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Buddies adjustable sway mod.

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Mine!! (I don’t have the sway bar yet so it is not welded up yet but you get the idea)

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Also all the suspension is back from powdercoat.

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Big improvement over this stock(ish) setuphttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...00270d6404.jpg

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Um.....
What??!!! It went for 310k!!!!!

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Wow.

Bolts back from playing shop now it’s time to sort.

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Also cool parts beginning to show up. Every day is xmas!

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This is very good!


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Webbies. :yum: I remember playing with them years ago. PITA to set up if you don't have a manometer.

Shimming the 3.35 diff with Quaife. Fun

The other (spare) 3.55 diff is a spool (spool=welded and cheap diff) for hooning and maybe backup track use if I need a shorter gear for some reason)

I don’t remember which one came from the 240 and which from the diesel maxima. I’m guessing the taller gear came out of the diesel? Don’t recall.

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Dammit!!!!

Never easy. So time to shim the spindle.

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Looks like you're a tad low on the toe.

Surfdog’s 71 240
 

This sweet 240 cam is off to Cali for a custom grind!!

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In the mean time I’ll work on lightly porting but more importantly port matching my Webber intake manifold. (Fix core shift, clean up casting marks a bit and get the head and intake ports to line up a bit better.). It’s not totally necessary, but since we’re all apart anyhow... why not.

A stock diff can be pulled apart pretty easily, but the fat boy Quaife LSD won’t fit in or out with bearings pressed on, so we had to pull the side bearings in order to shim the drive spindle. (Sheesh!). What a PITA! (A bit of trial and error here)

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Note (at the bottom of my quickly growing parts rack) all those pesky fasteners zinked up and sorted out!!! Yay!
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Yes we’re guessing we need to add a 15/1000s shim to pull the spindle up a bit higher.

That will also likely mean more shims left to right to tighten up the lash a bit. It is at 4/1000 now which is on the tight side of perfect. This will probably loosen it up a bit which means I have to chase down some more shims. . It’s a bit of a chase your tail type excercise.

The cheap spool is just stock welded up. So I’m hoping will drop straight back in with little lash fiddling.

PLUG AND PLAY! (That never works out)

I was thinking .0001" to .00015", no more than .0002". Chasing your tail is right. Make one move on the pinion, end up making 10 moves on the ring.

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What's the coast side look like?

It’s in too. Just on the other side of this but good. You’re always trying to average right down the middle.

Seats are in!https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...5448c4dda7.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...e6a9bb19f7.jpg

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Tearing down steering rack today for sandblast strip, repaint, and repack.

Pretty straightforward though I’ve never done one before

I was covered in solvent all day so not many pix. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...be85fb6338.jpg

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Building this 3.2 motor, I bought this e88 head to replace my e31.

Supposedly the e88 will flow better on the L28 stroker block. (According to the guy who’s helping me design my 3.2). They look IDENTICAL to me.

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I hear the combustion chamber is better and the compression is better. I honestly can see any difference. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...b2e9114a01.jpg

Once I clean them both up, I suspect they will be identical. I e heard the valve seats are different?? Who knows.

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Stub axle refurbishment.

I could run CV axels which are stronger and lighter but these will probably suffice and CV conversion runs about 1100 bucks.

I’ll swap them in if these detonate

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The main hangup has been trying to source just the right O rings for the slider bearing caps.

Also, long awaited replacements for my rusted our side rails have come in. They are MUCH nicer than the ones I ordered in a few weeks ago. (Strangely the price is still a question mark... long story). The floor plans will hopefully be in very soon. Then, body repair can begin!!

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I think these classisfab panels are going to be great. (They are very well made and nicely designed. They should save me a ton of fitment work and time)

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This is my fear about running the stub axle vrs CV. (I believe this one broke under load getting bounced over the apex berm.)
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I've seen some CV's blown apart too. :icon14: I changed the front axles on my Power Wagon front u-joint to Indy style CV's. The axles came from RCV. $2,600 both front axles.
1st pic you can see the u-joint. The 2nd pic is the CV joint.

More repair panels!!
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I may not need them all. They are prototypes!

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Many times harder than it should have been due to my basic baffonary.

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Did you put the grease fittings in the correct position? They have to be under the compression side side of the yoke.

"Many times harder than it should have been due to my basic baffonary."

That statement hit real close to home for me.

Heads are being cleaned and block bored and checked. I should be able to start motor building in a few weeks!

Surfdog’s 71 240
 

Covid stopped the world but we’ll begin body panel replacement and wheel flare building this week. Also my bored block is back from the machine shops as well as my balanced crank and heads with mild cam. I’ll start building the motor in a week or two.

My hood was pretty bad so after months this beautiful thing has arrived.

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I’ll probably put about 10k into body work to make her way better than new. That will include a full SCCA type cage.

The parts bin is just about complete. This body work has been in line for several months. It’s good to have it rolling again.

Glad things are moving forward. That hood is sexy.

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I was in the Denver area a couple days ago seeing family. I wanted to catch up with you. But got busy.

Ordered nice rear spoiler to match sweet hood. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...d500cb64a9.jpg

Floor pans in, rust holes out!!!!

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looking all good......
nice job

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Rust is a major headache. :icon14:

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Mostly done with body work. Need to pull the front right corner straight.

Fabbing up the fuel cell mount bracket.

Picked up roll bar steel this morning.

You're this far into the chassis. Just as well to seam weld now.

Hey man, this might be of interest to you: