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    Re: Welding manifolds?

    all sound like great ideas guys! thanks!

    I'd be willing to buy a header and such, but like I said - too poor to do much but fabricate it myself ;) I also have a few other ideas to try out, but...
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    Re: Welding manifolds?

    stick welding?

    I know a local welder, but hes not comfortable with cast iron parts, so he just doesn't do it... I want to modify a TBI manifold, and not too much, but he still doesn't want to do...
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    Welding manifolds?

    As I get closer to doing some ACTUAL work on my car (in terms of going faster), I've been contemplating a tbi/hybrid monstrosity of an exhaust, but will my little wirefeed welder work well enough to...
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    523 shifter/cables, louvers, trunk cover

    I'm needing to swap my starter, and if I'm going to do that, I may as well do my tranny, and while I'm working on that I may as well put the T2 stuff in, and to do all this, I need some parts.
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  5. Re: Pressure drop results *action packed story-interesting results too*

    forgot to also add, that unless you put the tap in a stagnated flow area, you wont get rid of the velocity effects, and the fact that the boost is probably more turbulent than ground-effect is from a...
  6. Re: Pressure drop results *action packed story-interesting results too*

    the velocity effects would be next to nothing in most motors...

    A 3" pipe has a x-sec of about 0.05 sq feet. A stock turbo flows at most, around 27 lb/min IIRC. Density of air at 300 degrees...
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    Re: I give up - smec harness swap?

    hmm... methinks we have some differences. Was you work with an '85 L body?

    The 10 to 35 should be 10 to 36 (fog lamps)

    50way pin 1 for me lists "battery feed" (rd wire)

    What year smec were...
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    Re: Volt Gauge Sky High

    lmao - Yeah, I carry a spare... everything... in the trunk. The friend riding with me when it happened in phoenix (145 miles from home) laughed his --- off when I pulled out a spare... COMPUTER for...
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    Re: I give up - smec harness swap?

    how's this for starters?

    50 way 40 way
    1 connects to
    2 connects to
    3 connects to
    4 connects to
    5 connects to 39
    6 connects to 5
    7 connects to
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    Re: I give up - smec harness swap?

    Okay, I found a bulkhead pinout for an '88 G body, I assume the bulkhead connector for a smec car is the same for turbo/non-turbo, but that the HARNESS is different? If the bulkhead connectors are...
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    Re: I give up - smec harness swap?

    still in need - been really f'n busy at work for 3 weeks, but I have about an hour each night before bed to do this...

    I can get *some* of what I need,but the pinout for the '89 (or 88?) daytona...
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    Re: Volt Gauge Sky High

    its still your alternator...

    Like I said, same issue with me. It doesnt' matter at all what wires go where on the field (so long as they ARE field wires). If there is a short in your field, it...
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    Re: ceramic brake pads

    There are also some available through autozone for select applications, I can't recall which ones though - if I can remember to look, I'll see which ones they're listed for - and they come with a 2...
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    Re: replacing heater core/draining A/C safely?

    makes the nose tingle a bit... I think... huh, guess I dont recall that day so well anymore...
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    Re: new job, need struts

    maybe I'll go ahead and give them a try - $61 a pop compared to $36 for the same brand for the charger struts, but at least the car actually sits the way *I* think it should, and doesn't bottom out...
  16. Re: OBX, burnout box, unequal shafts= unequal tire heat buildup?

    I just sold a pair of rear airshocks for an omni - so they're out there... just gotta find them ;)

    the NEON strut thread at TD.com I think has a listing for an application that is similar to ours...
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    Re: Volt Gauge Sky High

    its your alternator, trust me. I had this SAME issue with my charger last year, you can read the drama on TD.com

    Anyhow, there was somehow a short ONLY at higher rpm than idle that would full...
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    I give up - smec harness swap?

    I got me-self an '89 2.2 TII smec and harness finally, and have the bulkhead connector to swap it into my charger... The only problem is I CANT FIND THE PINOUTS.

    I've pm'd, I've searched, I've...
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    Re: Will a 2.4 fit in a Shelby charger ?

    the 523 and 568 also bolt up to the neon motors dont they? (excluding the srt).

    I know at least one other person has done that, and claimed it worked very well and didn't use a bunch of wierd...
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    Re: Wheel Hop GRRR!

    LOL, I agree with ya - but its hard to put into words. Its not that a SOFT strut will help wheel hop, but to INCREASE traction, the quoted book is trying to say that one should run struts as soft as...
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    Re: new job, need struts

    how well? how heavy of a spring will they control? I know they're decent struts, but I'm not sure how well they'll take ~250lb springs, and wether they'll bounce a lot or not...

    Oh, and anyone...
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    Re: Wheel Hop GRRR!

    Heim one end, and bush the other - fewer wear points, and it'd also be stiffer. I have a 1/2" heim around here somewhere, and need to install this 523... so...
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    Re: Wheel Hop GRRR!

    I think what that is really saying is that you want to run as soft as possible WHILE eliminating wheel-hop. Basically, soften the front until it hops then step back one...
  24. Re: OBX, burnout box, unequal shafts= unequal tire heat buildup?

    almost.

    Equal torque = equal force at the tire.

    Less weight (normal force) on the pass. side means less friction force (friction force = friction coefficient times normal force). Less friction...
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    new job, need struts

    I finally have a steady stream of income, but the wife would kill me if I spent the $$ that Koni's cost on my '****box dodge', so... what to get?

    I have an '85 Shelby Charger, and bad struts up...
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