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Darchangel posted:I didn't show off my swap meet finds from a couple weeks ago. Hell yeah, vette brakes. Darchangel posted:I already have a Ford 460 (7.5L) throttle body to use on my Cutlass. Similar throttle body used on the original '90s Mustang Cobra (a bit larger, I think). What will you do for an intake manifold? Obviously you can make an adapter for the throttle body, but you need something that drops onto a SBC (BPO?) and has fuel injector bungs. Is there an affordable option?
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Boaz MacPhereson posted:I know the fronts are essentially identical between C5/C6 and LSx F-bodies. Apparently the Vette calipers are a bit stiffer with beefier ribs or something. I believe the rears are drat similar, too. This is what I was getting at. Although I didn't know the fronts were the same, but I thought the rears were. Aren't at least the C6 fronts bigger than the C5 and late 4th gen?
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May 12, 2018 04:27
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Darchangel posted:
If your ratchet head won't fit, it looks like there might be clearance for an offset screwdriver 
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Aug 7, 2018 04:51
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Larrymer posted:Less terrible version of that tool I know about these, but it was not clear from the picture that there was clearance for the ratcheting head. Like how you can only use your ratcheting box wrenches maybe1/3 of the time because there's always something nearby that fouls them, but not a normal box wrench. Darchangel posted:Oh, these are rather nice: These look pretty great, though. I've seen something similar with Snap-On branding, but didn't know there was a knockoff affordable by mere mortals. Maybe I should get a set
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Aug 9, 2018 04:55
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Darchangel posted:Still haven't found the right paint to match what's on it. Tried a Krylon Fusion "Satin Rolling Surf" I found at Lowes, and it's pretty much the same color as the previously-tested Krylon Chalky Finish "Waterfall". I saw a Rustoleum 2X at Walmart that might be right, but I wanted to try the Rolling Surf first. I know this is crazy, but have you tried asking the PO what paint he used?
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Mar 9, 2019 06:48
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Darchangel posted:I'm also going to have to move that electrical outlet on the right wall (why is it even there, and allll the way to the front edge? Convenient for a hair dryer, I guess, but not for anything that stays plugged in to charge) to the back wall so it'll be to the right of the sink. Might sneak one behind the vanity for charging stuff (shaver, toothbrush) inside the vanity. I bet it was intended for use with an electric razor, or, as you mentioned, a hair dryer. They used to be corded, you know. Otherwise, looking much more productive than my weekend was.
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Mar 13, 2019 07:17
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cakesmith handyman posted:Holding things at the right height, like if you've got a bunch of bits of optical equipment you need to align they'll all have different working heights so you jack them up to the right heights. At work we use them for this and also holding things in place as they are assembled. I have a pair (one of which has a broken arm) that I've been meaning to use as adjustable speaker stands for the bookshelf speakers on my desk.
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Mar 20, 2019 06:25
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Have you put an LED or CFL bulb in place of an incandescent, in the opener? I've read that the switching regulators in LED bulbs in particular can generate enough noise to jam the receiver.
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Nov 23, 2019 12:59
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Darchangel posted:It's not hoarding if it's all organised, and actually useful, right? 
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Jan 29, 2020 06:57
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Darchangel posted:Last time I did something like this was on my '68 El Camino that predated locking columns period. Only by one year, though. What's fascinating to me is that, if you have a floor shift car starting in '69, the column still has all the column shift linkage parts in it, and they're all hooked up. It just doesn't have the actual handle on the rotating cylinder. So, as you shift the floor shifter, the cylinder around your steering column also rotates, just with no shift lever attached to it. All that just to lock the column!
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Dec 22, 2020 21:09
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Darchangel posted:Yeah, my parents’ ‘70 SS 396 Chevelle did that. Noticed the column bit rotating as a kid, and asked dad why it did that, so he explained the locking column thing to me. Most of what I've read about the affordable aftermarket columns has been negative, the consensus seems to be that the stock stuff is better. For what that's worth. If yours is all worn out, maybe it would be at least no more expensive to rebuild the original one? For my car I'm planning on just popping the roll pin out and removing the handle, but leaving the mounting nubbin there for now. Looks like grinding/filling it isn't that much work, but if I bother to do that it'll be much further down the road.
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Dec 22, 2020 22:52
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we got a regular smokey yunick in here. looking good you're really not helping the scope creep of every project ever 
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Darchangel posted:
looks like a coil bracket, lol
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Sep 4, 2021 09:03
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i assume he means the kind of person who is into putting camo on everything and also driving a crown vic might be a dipshit bootlicker, not that anyone would think its an actual cop of any kind that said, i like the blue dazzle. its far enough from the digicam that my brain doesnt categorize it as "support are troops"-y and the splash of color looks cool
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Oct 23, 2021 10:28
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Darchangel posted:Zillow estimates $253K for the current value on the house, but I can't get over the fact that $32K is a third of what I paid for the house in 2000. And, yeah. I'm not a 6-figgie job haver. this is really beside the point because 32k is outrageous anyway, but arent you a computer toucher, and a contractor at that? maybe it's worth joining those of us who have found better employment recently. the job market is super hot, at least in engineering
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Nov 18, 2021 06:17
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Darchangel posted:Also, look closer at the carb. i dont see pictures of the carb, so maybe im missing something, but some oem ford carbs were real holleys, with an autolite tag. and a holley 2300 is basically just the front half of a 4150 anyway, so they're easy to mistake at a glance could be that these later ones use something different, though
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Jan 14, 2022 03:30
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ah, yeah it looks like a newer replacement holley 4-barrel to me. can't really see much other than that. weirdly, it doesn't have the usual center hung float bowl on it. maybe it's one of those truck avengers, or something
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Jan 15, 2022 09:25
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altech is usually a lot cheaper than phoenix or wiedmuller, but probably still a bit more than whatever from ebay/amazon
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May 7, 2022 07:46
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not if the control pressure comes from the tank side of the solenoid. doesn't really matter what state the 'noid is in if the compressor is off and empty.
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Sep 16, 2022 08:31
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STR posted:I assume there's also a lot more failsafes and redundancy in a factory vs someone's home garage. if we were talking about anyone else's factory, i might agree
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Sep 17, 2022 05:11
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qjets are spread bore. do you have a manifold that will accept both?
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Mar 14, 2023 21:16
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Darchangel posted:won't have to mess with it another 200K miles. lmao be careful saying poo poo like that, lest you tempt the fates did you replace that front seal while you were in there?
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May 24, 2023 05:03
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fyi, ace hardware tends to have JIS hardware in their bins. also, are those D/P (  ) markings left over from the original jdm configuration, and they just never changed the stampings for usdm? or did they update them for export to avoid this kind of confusion
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Darchangel posted:This is apparently not new rust, because there's filler and screen from one of those kits like the can with the wheel bearings: when this image first loaded, i was sure this was a wasp nest. Darchangel posted:That's above the gas tank or frame rail, so I can't see it from below for the moment. 9" and slapper bars, he must have had some pretty ambitious power goals for this thing. what motor is in it? you probably said, but i dont remember.
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Darchangel posted:That's not a 9". Guess again! It does have 4.11:1 gears in it (IIRC.) huh! i dont really know 50s stuff too well (obviously); i had no idea chevy ever made an axle with a third member. a lightly hotted up 283 is pretty cool and suits the car, though it probably isn't gonna be too earth-shattering. are you gonna get it running as-is?
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