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TT II's will look sharp on that car. :)

I think I spent his money. The brakes, the tires, the rims, all what I pushed for from day one. Classic & loud, but not over the top.

It will be way more fun to pull fresh new stainless lines than to reuse the stock crap, I am glad it is ALL getting replaced. Next winter I am going to build him a custom dash and at that point I don't think there will be a bolt/screw left in the car that we haven't tweaked!

If you haven't already ordered the SS brake lines, I've had good results with the Right Stuff Detailing stuff.

Thanks, they were part of a complete kit of brakes from Frank @ Prodigy. Actually Josh is getting the second set of 6 pistons to go with the 12" rotors, a Wilwood special for Frank. The first set are the ones pictured above :)

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Part number to be released for sale shortly as a standard though.

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All manual, no hydro, no vacuum. I am curious to see how that feels on the thighs.

Um, why no vacuum booster?

Just too big of a cam?

Budget, plus there seems to be a theory with the Wilwoods that it won't be necessary. My thighs will let you know in about three months. My guess is sometime next winter we will be adding a booster :D

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A-arms and spindles are coming off tonight as DSE ones will go back on...when they get here.

Polished 18" TorqueThrustII with BFG KDW2's will hide the 6 piston Wilwood fronts and 4 piston rears.

The brakes, suspension, and rims are "in the mail" but obviously both Josh & I wish they were here. :(

Some nice parts there :)

Make sure you put that front sway bar in before the lower A arms.

Ha, good point. Hotchkiss bar again IIRC. You know I ain't the F body guy? (It is an F body isn't it?)

Yep, Camaros and Firebirds/TAs are F-bodies.

If you forget to get that sway bar in first, it'll require a BFH to get it past the arm and it'll scratch the piss out of everything.

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The interior will be white. The front seats are being made now and the rears are having custom stitching done. His dumb ass would let me help so he is paying someone to do it. Personally I would have taken power seats out of something modern, but he is going to have stitched race buckets to match the interior. The white is going to look great in the car though with all the black.

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TT II's will look sharp on that car. :)

I think I spent his money. The brakes, the tires, the rims, all what I pushed for from day one. Classic & loud, but not over the top.

It will be way more fun to pull fresh new stainless lines than to reuse the stock crap, I am glad it is ALL getting replaced. Next winter I am going to build him a custom dash and at that point I don't think there will be a bolt/screw left in the car that we haven't tweaked!

If you haven't already ordered the SS brake lines, I've had good results with the Right Stuff Detailing stuff.

Thanks, they were part of a complete kit of brakes from Frank @ Prodigy. Actually Josh is getting the second set of 6 pistons to go with the 12" rotors, a Wilwood special for Frank. The first set are the ones pictured above :)

Fancy.

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A-arms and spindles are coming off tonight as DSE ones will go back on...when they get here.

Polished 18" TorqueThrustII with BFG KDW2's will hide the 6 piston Wilwood fronts and 4 piston rears.

The brakes, suspension, and rims are "in the mail" but obviously both Josh & I wish they were here. :(

Some nice parts there :)

Make sure you put that front sway bar in before the lower A arms.

Ha, good point. Hotchkiss bar again IIRC. You know I ain't the F body guy? (It is an F body isn't it?)

Yep, Camaros and Firebirds/TAs are F-bodies.

If you forget to get that sway bar in first, it'll require a BFH to get it past the arm and it'll scratch the piss out of everything.

I am bringing over my 10 lb'er to help get shit off, but I surely don't want to use it to put things back together.

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thief'it again

:nutkick:

motherfucker

Ah yeah.

<--did yer mom

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All manual, no hydro, no vacuum. I am curious to see how that feels on the thighs.

Um, why no vacuum booster?

Just too big of a cam?

Budget, plus there seems to be a theory with the Wilwoods that it won't be necessary. My thighs will let you know in about three months. My guess is sometime next winter we will be adding a booster :D

Your guess doesn't sound real far fetched to me...

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The interior will be white. The front seats are being made now and the rears are having custom stitching done. His dumb ass would let me help so he is paying someone to do it. Personally I would have taken power seats out of something modern, but he is going to have stitched race buckets to match the interior. The white is going to look great in the car though with all the black.

Looking forward to seeing pics of this.

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A-arms and spindles are coming off tonight as DSE ones will go back on...when they get here.

Polished 18" TorqueThrustII with BFG KDW2's will hide the 6 piston Wilwood fronts and 4 piston rears.

The brakes, suspension, and rims are "in the mail" but obviously both Josh & I wish they were here. :(

Some nice parts there :)

Make sure you put that front sway bar in before the lower A arms.

Ha, good point. Hotchkiss bar again IIRC. You know I ain't the F body guy? (It is an F body isn't it?)

Yep, Camaros and Firebirds/TAs are F-bodies.

If you forget to get that sway bar in first, it'll require a BFH to get it past the arm and it'll scratch the piss out of everything.

I am bringing over my 10 lb'er to help get shit off, but I surely don't want to use it to put things back together.

Good luck taking things apart. There were a couple bolts on mine were as stubborn as an anti-evolution supporter.

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I got magic smoke to escape from the PG 500.2, but for some reason it didn't die...yet.

Went to check into the local SKYWARN net on 2 meters, I hear this crackling behind me...look at the amps and see there's a bit of smoke coming out of the 500.2. It wasn't turned on at the time. After initially thinking I've toasted it or it's still on fire, I turn the head unit on and both amps come on, I get sound...very strange.

It still smells a little smoky, but the heatsink feels cool. I think the smell is just residual from whatever smoke might still be in there...think what happened was I didn't have the shield of the coax cable on the radio I was using connected, the radio probably had a crazy-high VSWR but it rolled back power to protect itself, the amp went apeshit with the high RF content, it usually has the entire van to act as a Faraday cage for it.

So those of you that think SQ people can't get smoke to come out of amps, you're sadly mistaken...we just come up with unique ways to do it :D

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I always end up having to use a BFH when taking apart old suspension.

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All manual, no hydro, no vacuum. I am curious to see how that feels on the thighs.

Um, why no vacuum booster?

Just too big of a cam?

Budget, plus there seems to be a theory with the Wilwoods that it won't be necessary. My thighs will let you know in about three months. My guess is sometime next winter we will be adding a booster :D

Your guess doesn't sound real far fetched to me...

I drove the Galaxie with the ole Kelsey Hayes 4 piston front 2 rear without a booster for a while (well actually no vacuum) and it was a beyotch to stop, a real beyotch. Frank seems to think differently and Josh is far from a wuss, but we shall see.

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The interior will be white. The front seats are being made now and the rears are having custom stitching done. His dumb ass would let me help so he is paying someone to do it. Personally I would have taken power seats out of something modern, but he is going to have stitched race buckets to match the interior. The white is going to look great in the car though with all the black.

Looking forward to seeing pics of this.

Probably be at least a month. Have to strip the subframe, paint it, reassemble it, pull the motor apart and check all the bearing tolerances (supposedly it was just rebuilt, but since it is out I wanna see the inside and check it all out), fit a new tranny (TKO), install the pedals, deaden the interior, undercoat the bottom, fit the rims and measure for tires, put in the new rear end (after having it made), fit a new steering box, ....

The list goes on, better make that two months. We should be driving it to the power tour though :)

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I always end up having to use a BFH when taking apart old suspension.

That is why I am bringing it. Screw the pickle fork, the BFH is more fun.

That reminds me, I need to pack earplugs!

Just got the call, I am off to "take pics"

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I will take another TOP

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I got magic smoke to escape from the PG 500.2, but for some reason it didn't die...yet.

Went to check into the local SKYWARN net on 2 meters, I hear this crackling behind me...look at the amps and see there's a bit of smoke coming out of the 500.2. It wasn't turned on at the time. After initially thinking I've toasted it or it's still on fire, I turn the head unit on and both amps come on, I get sound...very strange.

It still smells a little smoky, but the heatsink feels cool. I think the smell is just residual from whatever smoke might still be in there...think what happened was I didn't have the shield of the coax cable on the radio I was using connected, the radio probably had a crazy-high VSWR but it rolled back power to protect itself, the amp went apeshit with the high RF content, it usually has the entire van to act as a Faraday cage for it.

So those of you that think SQ people can't get smoke to come out of amps, you're sadly mistaken...we just come up with unique ways to do it :D

:lol: only you Jim...

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