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Nice find! Those valve covers look just the ones I recently fixed up and painted to match my car. I also don't know who made them, but I like them a lot!

I got the rear pinion angle shims installed last night and then today I pulled out the lower back seat and carpet so I could get the driveshaft loop slid back further to where it needed to be with the shortened driveshaft. The driveshaft shop was able to knock it out for me Monday. That came to...

At least it looks like that dam isn't holding back a huge reservoir.

Prayers for you all that the rain takes a long break soon!

Not looking good for Mankato, Minnesota... https://www.fox9.com/weather/rapidan-dam-imminent-failure-condition-minnesota?

Holy crap!

That's a really great compliment, Thanks so much. This car, to me, represents everything I have learned to do when it comes to cars. I have many years of blood, sweat & beers into it! LOL I've done everything myself except for the machine work on the engine and with the help of a great engine...

Clearance is all good, thanks! I was wondering if the old units were maybe larger with all the previous installs I've seen here. The new unit comes with a 1350 front yoke.

Made some 1/2 aluminum blocks to shim my rearend back a little in order to center the larger tires (295/55/15 Drag Radials) in the wheel opening better. They were pretty tight to the front before. I replaced the stock spring hanger bolts with longer grade 8 bolts. I also flipped the spring...

Made some 1/2 aluminum blocks to shim my rearend back a little in order to center the larger tires (295/55/15 Drag Radials) in the wheel opening better. They were pretty tight to the front before. I replaced the stock spring hanger bolts with longer grade 8 bolts. I also flipped the spring...

Damn, guys. I feel for ya'll struggling with this. We have a ton of water on our property as well, but it's all still in areas that we don't need to use. Our house and shop are still probably 10 feet higher than the flooded areas, and we don't have a basement to worry about. Best wishes for...

This all sounds exactly like what I described (or tried to) in my original post, so I will go with the 3 degree shims as planned. Maybe my post was a little sketchy, but I thought I included all the details. My trans angle is basically down 5 and the pinion is up 5. 3 degree shims should bring...

Yea, let's not talk about the 'squitos! OMG

Just finishing my install of a Gear Vendors Overdrive and checking my driveline angles to make sure I end up with the correct specs under load. First photo shows about 4.5 to 5 degrees down on the output of the overdrive and about 5 degrees up on the pinion angle. I ordered some 3 degree shims...

I got to see Stevie play those songs live in Austin, TX during a torrential storm, along with the Fabulous Thunderbirds as opening act. It was amazing. The canopy over the stage gave gave way to the rain. Then Stevie and his brother, Jimmy Vaughan, came out in front of the crowd and setup a...

Great Song, BAD weather! Half of my 10 acre property is under water here in Rush City, MN. -and more coming! Luckily, the house and shop are both on high ground.

Finished fitting the new Gear Vendors Overdrive in my Barracuda with no cutting! Here's my thread on it: My Gear Vendors Install Thread - '67 Barracuda Notchback 340/416 Stroker

The overdrive is all bolted in and fits with adequate clearance. Best of all NO cutting and only minor dimpling to the tunnel in one area on the driver's side. Just gotta do the final electrical connections on the overdrive unit and speed sensor. Next up is to shim the rearend back 7/16"...

Looks great!

Well, my work schedule for today changed a little, so I made some more time to work on the Overdrive installation. I transferred the paper template to a thin cardboard (beer case) and took some more careful measurements with the centering rod and angle finder in place. I set it at a slightly...

Well, good news so far! I got the new Gear Vendors tailshaft in and test fit with the crossmember loosely in place and everything looks not too bad at all. If it was centered just a little better it would almost fit with little to no tunnel mods. The first thing I made sure to do was to pop my...

Me too. But I'm gonna give it my best shot and document everything I can here with plenty of good photos. I spent a ton of time making my car nice and want to keep the hacking to the bare minimum needed. -obviously

The dash button switches it from auto to manual mode. In manual mode, you use the floor switch to engage/disengage the overdrive. In auto mode, it is switched on/off based on the rpm signal from the speedo sensor. In either auto or manual, the control module switches the overdrive off below a...

From everything that I've read, you want it to equal zero under full load, when the pinion comes up a few degrees. So the initial "resting angle" should be down 2-3 degrees so that it ends up near zero under full acceleration. That's what I'm shooting for by adding the pinion angle shims. And...

Last night, I finished up all of the electrical side of things and also started some disassembly for the mechanical side of things. I mounted the switch panel that I had made and also made some labels for that panel as well as the floor switch... In case I die tomorrow and someone needs to know...

I'm not real smart on all of this stuff, but based on what you said about fun, retirement and bracket racing in the 1/4 mile VS 1/8th, I'd lean towards the most consistent ET setup you can get while making sure you don't blow it all to Hell. -More time at the strip and less time and money on...

Sweet score on that truck! I just scored this nice '87 at Mopars In The Park this year. I traded my '78 440 van for it. Power everything, cruise and AC and it all works! 40,000 miles on it from South Dakota. Stacy loves it so that's a win for me! I threw my business logo on the doors in a...

For modifying the tunnel area where the overdrive is said to make contact, my plan is to use a convex dimpling tool on my air hammer. I figure that should do a good job of slowly stretching the metal where needed rather than trying to beat it into submission with a big hammer. We shall see! I...

The new units come with a much smaller new controller module which is easier to find a place for. I placed mine inside the driver's side kick panel near the top of it. The first I did was to fab up a mounting bracket for the manual override switch and indicator lights. I'm planning to mount that...

Hello! I 'm just beginning the install of a Gear Vendors Overdrive in my '67 Barracuda and figured I'd start a thread with as many details as I can post along the way. I started by reading through the install notes a couple of times so I could make a plan of attack and "hopefully" avoid too...