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    Let's see those side pipes!

    found this on FB My car so i took the image ... side pipe has a shim meaning i can blank it off on the street and open it up at the strip. main seating area is on this side of the strip so everyone's ears get gently sand blasted Y pipe before the muffler with a 2 bolt flange sounds like...
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    Stupid A''hole

    I think you could probably put in a starter from a 90s dodge truck the denso style mini starter used to be able to pick up a rebuilt generic unbranded one off rockauto for $60-80 1994 DODGE DAKOTA 5.2L V8 Starter Motor | Shop Now at RockAuto been running one for 10-15 years on mine and its...
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    Steering column wiring

    when i say aussie car i'm talking of a valiant rather the ford of holden and my experience is VG VH VJ which kinda follow the 1967 dodge dart valiants had Borg warner 35 TF904 and a few had TF727 in the Later VH VJ range (borg warner strike, no 35s to be had) they called the borg warner...
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    Steering column wiring

    [edit] what he said quicker than me :) i think your neutral safety switch is usually a roller ball or pin type switch running on a detent in the trans or on the linkage, i might be wrong i have a manual car, but i think its already under the car 3 wire harness, white switch unit on a...
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    Power Steering box recommendation

    a rebuilt steering box that is sloppy in the middle, regardless of if it is a power box or a manual box, is a steering box that has been rebuilt with either a worn sector shaft or a worn ballnut or ballnut-piston or has not had its final adjustment done properly the centre of the box should be...
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    Is this normal, or am I really that sick?

    and you have to remember that pulling a 1 to 1.5 tonne car around with only 79 HP at the wheels is what the vast majority of the rest of the world did Those engines were 1300 CC to 2000CC, 80- 120 Cubic inch and worked best in the 4000 rpm+ range BUT everyone had some fun the most...
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    Headlights Cut Off

    I know....but 8 years in and the switch i purchased is still working well.... customer service is good. Adverts, well, i just put that down to it being American stuff for American purchasers... The old borax salesman approach is strong with the US aftermarket... always happy to sell you the...
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    65 Barracuda quick brake question

    same bolt 3.5 inch pattern as toyota hilux jag xj and austin princess if you had an urge to want to go custom All are a bit of work and you have, in some cases, an imperial to metric conversion to do...i.e custom felxi hoses and machining to make things 1mm too big... fit. mid 90s...
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    273 rod: offset or not

    i am pulling a junk yard engine apart my with son at the mo. its a hemi 6 we got to taking off mains and rod caps.... at the mo. i can not tell if it has the rods correct way but the monkey who built it put the rod bearings in so that the one with the hole for the rod oil squirter, is in...
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    65 Barracuda quick brake question

    that pbr has 2 pistons they are perfectly effective all of the VC and VE cars that came to the UK were top end Regal/VIP trim had them...most were 273 or 318 cars with a small bore master cylinder they will work you need one with less than 1 inch bore.... to get decent peddle feel.... if...
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    65 Barracuda quick brake question

    if you have aussie disc stubs they have the same taper as your US upper arm ball joint, so the top joint is the same. no problem there. and they have the same taper as the lower arm joint so the bottom balljoint is the same in that respect. only difference between LHD and RHD lower balljoints is...
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    Coil compatibility

    the current the coil primary can flow to work effectively and the current the ignition module or points can supply needs to be well matched for example an HEI module and a bosch blue coil module expects 0.6 ohm primary bosch blue coils come in 3 ohm and 1.8 ohm primary coils for 12 volt 4...
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    Help identifying intake

    hello peter emptied it Dave
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    From a Mopar style ignition box mfg.

    yeah id guess they use whatever they can buy in bulk reliably that has same or better specification than the original...much like what chrysler would do... i like vintage wire wound components and in-era vacuum tubes something from 56- to mid late 60s decent branded tubes GE sylvania philips...
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