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04-25-2012, 08:05 AM
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agreed on the lack of power of the gas sippers. Just giving you a hard time. Buddy of mine had a 87 IROC. Did a bunch of head work for him and then he blew up the 305. Swapped a 350 then ran into a bunch of TPI problems... One of the quickest productions cars I drove was my buddys 88 Saleen Mustang
I was wondering what was up. Was that really the problem?
04-25-2012, 08:08 AM
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yea...that came directly from the IB rep.
FYI IB was hit by a DDoS attack today. It was another site but affected a cluster of servers which in turn affected many databases. Issue should be resolved and performance should slowly get back to normal as the evening progresses.
04-25-2012, 08:26 AM
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04-25-2012, 08:27 AM
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Whats the new motor, how is it not as strong as you wanted it? If you get the money and can get it here from home I could throw some parts on/in it for ya. Built the whole motor that is in my pickup. Forged aluminum SCAT crank and rods, knife edged and balanced, new cam and main bearings, dual plane aluminum intake, Edelbrock performer heads 2.02 intakes 1.96 exhausts, comp extreme energy cam 520 lift 299/319 duration 112 degree lobe separation, full hydraulic roller cam and rockers, Holley 750 4 barrel all to make my 408ci Windsor
04-25-2012, 08:36 AM
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Whats the new motor, how is it not as strong as you wanted it? If you get the money and can get it here from home I could throw some parts on/in it for ya. Built the whole motor that is in my pickup. Forged aluminum SCAT crank and rods, knife edged and balanced, new cam and main bearings, dual plane aluminum intake, Edelbrock performer heads 2.02 intakes 1.96 exhausts, comp extreme energy cam 520 lift 299/319 duration 112 degree lobe separation, full hydraulic roller cam and rockers, Holley 750 4 barrel all to make my 408ci Windsor
04-25-2012, 08:46 AM
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04-25-2012, 08:50 AM
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The old block was fused cause the PO blew a piston, then let it sit for 16 years...and failed to mention it. I figure it'll be better in the long run this way, but I'm gonna have to learn what I'm doing. My focus right now is just getting it back on the road. Still needs a new windshield, maybe a new transmission, and I wanna put air bags on the front so I don't scrape driveways and speedbumps.
04-25-2012, 08:55 AM
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The old block was fused cause the PO blew a piston, then let it sit for 16 years...and failed to mention it. I figure it'll be better in the long run this way, but I'm gonna have to learn what I'm doing. My focus right now is just getting it back on the road. Still needs a new windshield, maybe a new transmission, and I wanna put air bags on the front so I don't scrape driveways and speedbumps.
04-25-2012, 08:59 AM
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Old Army buddy offered to buy it for $1k back in Germany, but I have no idea if he's still interested. I'll see what my dad's friend (the guy doing the work) wants to do with it.
Oh, and once it's running well, you're gonna have a new paint project. PO touched up the scratches with black gloss rattlecan. I wanna go flat black with metallic silver stripes.
Oh, and once it's running well, you're gonna have a new paint project. PO touched up the scratches with black gloss rattlecan. I wanna go flat black with metallic silver stripes.
04-25-2012, 08:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Green2000
Whats the new motor, how is it not as strong as you wanted it? If you get the money and can get it here from home I could throw some parts on/in it for ya. Built the whole motor that is in my pickup. Forged aluminum SCAT crank and rods, knife edged and balanced, new cam and main bearings, dual plane aluminum intake, Edelbrock performer heads 2.02 intakes 1.96 exhausts, comp extreme energy cam 520 lift 299/319 duration 112 degree lobe separation, full hydraulic roller cam and rockers, Holley 750 4 barrel all to make my 408ci Windsor
04-25-2012, 09:02 AM
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I'm headed to work. Alex, you can email me if you wanna keep talking about it. Don't know if I'll be on a computer at work, though. Depends what's going on today.
Mike, same to you if you get my message.
Mike, same to you if you get my message.
04-25-2012, 09:12 AM
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Took my buddy with a wrangler through bowie state yesterday...i accidentally went through the deep part of the river crossing and barely made it through...he got stuck and took on water...good times haha
04-25-2012, 09:13 AM
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agreed on the lack of power of the gas sippers. Just giving you a hard time. Buddy of mine had a 87 IROC. Did a bunch of head work for him and then he blew up the 305. Swapped a 350 then ran into a bunch of TPI problems... One of the quickest productions cars I drove was my buddys 88 Saleen Mustang
what was he doing? holding revs high and popping the clutch?
04-25-2012, 09:16 AM
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