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Can't get much lighter than that. You should be averaging 40 mpg. :lol:

Saw this in the car corral at Mopars in the Park. Very nice car.

I have that engine in my Dart.

Glad you're feeling better, Rob. It's good to have you back.

The TC sold. Dropping the pricing of the 727 to $425.

Sale pending on the TC, with two waiting in the queue. Dropping the price on the 727 with all accessories to $475.

Sorry, but I don't regularly sell parts and don't have the means to crate up and ship something as large as a tranny.

Its for a big block.

Selling a 727 TF and TC out of my 69 Coronet. I swapped in a TKX and not going back. The trans was pulled in early October and is in perfect shape. It was rebuilt in July 2016 and has less than 8K miles on it. Comes with a Frank Lupo built 3,000 stall TC. Trans has a B&M deep sump pan with...

A little driving, but check out Jaws Gear and Axle in Sacramento. They set up my 8 3/4 for the Dart and Coronet. I recommend them.

Snatch. Guy Ritche's English version of Pulp Fiction. An all-star ensemble cast with Brad Pitt arguably playing his best movie role.

So what changed from Fri and Sat to Sunday? The initial .082" TIR was because the engine mounting surface was not smooth and prepped. After prepping, the second measurement came in at .048" TIR; not great but within spec using a .021" offset dowel. The reason the 3rd attempt jumped up to .056"...

There's no substitute for experience and over the past week I've scaled the learning curve and its finally beginning to flattened out. Back to the task at hand: Greg took the initiative to drop one of his 440's onto a cart so we could compare runouts. The cast iron bell had almost zero runout...

Tomorrow morning we're going to bolt up the TKX bell to a 440 that Greg has secured to a stand. If the runout is consistent then we know its the bell. I'm actually more concerned that the bell will fall in spec. That means something is off with the engine. The engine mating surface has been...