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« on: July 09 2019, 05:23:51 PM »
Now, back to my question. Is there any current opinion on the advisability of keeping the lowers close to parallel to the ground and using the uppers to establish the desired instant center, or does it really matter as long as it works and does not create instability when you stand on the brakes?
I'll stick my nose in here. If you cannot adjust the bottom bars on a 4 link, you do not have full adjustment. Typically, 4 links are installed w/one or two of the bottom's holes below the bottom or frame level and about 2 holes above. You then have adjustment for a wide range of power. Almost everyone starts with the bottom bars in line w/the bottom/frame of the car. The driver side bottom sets the diff in the wheel well. The pass side bottom squares the diff. The pass side upper sets the pinion angle. The driver side upper corrects body 'twist'. I have never been around a 4 link car using a sway bar. Instant center (oem) on an A body is usually around the frt bumper to the bottom of the radiator support. G body IC is usually around 1 1/2 ft in frt of the bumper at bumper level. Most start a 4 link w/IC at just below the drivers butt. To answer your original question, lowering the IC below the body keeps the frt down on high powered cars. IMO, an IC as high as the drivers shoulders can bring a 12.0 car high enough off the track to cost time. Inability to carry the frt is hard on parts. All that said, I do not like a full competition 4 link on the street. They are overkill on slower cars and not optimal on high end fast cars. If this picture posts, it is a 1.40 60 ft. The white car went 8 competition rounds in Pro at Eddyville this last weekend. A balanced, dedicated race car w/ladder bars.
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« on: July 09 2019, 11:19:14 AM »
Now who wants to buy Mark's passwords? 
I love it. Thanks, guys.
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« on: July 09 2019, 11:07:01 AM »
Rain keeps me off my bicycle, so here comes my opinions.
You will not get body separation on an A-body or a G-body, oem. The harder the rear drops on the hit, the quicker it will unload. The most successful are able to delay the unload until farther from the hit and at higher speed. 1.0 G's x 1sec = 22mph. After posting a near mathematically perfect time slip and a video of a really nice clean run, you have chosen to fight a losing battle.
Scoobum flogged his bracket car as hard as anybody. His signature shows 6.72 1/8th (about 10.3-10.5 quarter). 1.72 60'.
From memory, you ran 11.55 and 1.67 short. Having been though this, it is possible to spend considerable resources to gain very little.
One of the quickest A-bodies I got involved with (10.9)was a 355 sbc w/a large nitrous button. He would release a trans brake and instantly hit 200+ nitrous. I thought the pass side rear bumper was going to hit the pavement. Hard counter steer for probably 200+ feet. His time/effort/money/my advice got some really nice runs. He also gained a few hundreds of a second.
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« on: July 09 2019, 10:17:38 AM »
I'll try not to bother you guys.
Damn, not sure what to comment. You certainly are not bothering me. I am somewhat new to this forum. I make no excuses, I have and intend to gain from my membership. Everybody here gains something. That said, this forum requires effort and dedication not easily visible or often appreciated.
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« on: July 08 2019, 12:53:23 PM »
3360 sq ft.
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« on: July 07 2019, 04:27:54 PM »
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« on: July 06 2019, 11:48:35 AM »
It almost certainly could be used, if std bore. That said, I would look elsewhere. I would salvage what came easily, sell the rest cheap. I would not mislead. I believe your intent to take it to a reliable machine shop is a good plan.
The last V8 blk I had bored was 'fitted'. $375 out the door for 100% street. The last build I was asked to get involved with (360 in) had went down twice w/less than 100 mi total. My advise easily fixed the problems. Machine shop bill was $1150 for oem blk & hds. 100% street Duster went 12.6 the first run.
There are certainly cheaper hobbies, goldfish for instance. Good luck forward from this point.
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« on: July 05 2019, 09:07:40 AM »
and, in a nutshell, anything run by the government will never compete with free public enterprise. When large private companies start buying each other up, the result also approaches government run enterprise.
I would just change one word. "will never compete with unregulated public enterprise."
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« on: July 05 2019, 08:55:24 AM »
thanks for the replies.
I usually try to eliminate middle men. However, I think my best bet is with a supplier orientated toward GN's. I believe this is my best shot at the right color grey. There must be a half a dozen shades of grey listed on non specific interior supplier's websites. They almost certainly supply the GN community.
I will remove the headliner before ordering and add clips, misc, etc. I have owned this car 23 yrs, no need to hurry. The only other headliner I have done was a '56 Bel Air. Over 30 yrs ago.
thanks again.
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« on: July 03 2019, 08:26:15 PM »
I am going to R&R the GN headliner. I pulled the map/dome light and visors this pm. After considerable research, I intend to buy the unit whole.
I am looking for advise, experiences, opinions, favorite suppliers, etc. If you replaced your headliner, how did you choose the color and how did it turn out? I believe I will need an extra set of hands to remove (?) and surely to install the headliner. The front trim will stay, I intend to remove the rest as needed.
I am not going to recover the visors. They look ok and the drivers side has an oem sticker on the top side.
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« on: July 03 2019, 08:00:24 PM »
She worked in administration .............. .............. .............. .............. .............. .............. .... needed a heart transplant. Absolutely every surgeon that could do that operation denied him! He probably wasn't a viable candidate for extensive surgery. For every instance anybody can cite, I will have another in opposition. Pre-Obamacare. Most w/o Medicaid. People I know/have known do not go without healthcare for the inability to pay. After the ACA, most or a lot of employed people had to drop their insurance because of increased cost of premiums.
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« on: June 27 2019, 03:40:56 PM »
I have had small burns on my hands and face. 3rd degree on my hands and 2nd degree on my face. Regardless, my imagination does not allow me to contemplate your experience.
I will use your ordeal as perspective with my issues. I wish you well.
The mental aspect of near fatal issues amazes me to this day. Mine changed the way I see everything. There is no way back.
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« on: June 26 2019, 06:14:25 PM »
Thanks again. I wish him well.
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« on: June 26 2019, 06:10:53 PM »
I installed my DW 200 (S), in the oem position. No problem except their strainer would not work. I used the oem style rubber boot on the bottom and clocked the pump for a Napa #B-0052-S strainer. I installed the strainer in parallel w/the float. Possibly, the 300 series would work the same. I did not alter the fuel sending unit in any way.
I will see if the idle problem is going to straighten itself out. It is much better. Too bad I can not drive the car.
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« on: June 26 2019, 05:50:24 PM »
Thanks for this, Steve Woods, I wondered. You evidently communicate, I hope he see's a specialist. 5 or 6 doctors over 7 or 8 years, could not find my issue.
Even though I almost certainly will never be diabetic, I have had impaired glucose tolerance since at least '92.
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