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Whole_lotta_luv
 Post subject: Project Shrinky-dink
PostPosted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 2:11 pm 
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Chopped 3inches
Channeled 5 inches
narrowed 9", Currie 9+ nodular case w/4.56 gears
32x14 slicks
4' 1" to the top of the roof 8)


Just ordered a bunch-o parts to get this thing rollin! MSD ignition, 3500 stall convertor, reverse man. valve body, hughes performance tranny rebuild kit, and other small misc. parts.

Gonna temporarily run the 327 I built for my old 'camino.

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Bored .030 over
Balanced
ARP rod bolts
Edelbrock aluminum performer rpm heads
Crane gold series roller rockers
Sig Erson cam
10.5:1 forged pistons
Fluid damper
Yada Yada


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It should be fun. So when will be the target test drive date?

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Luvrv8 wrote:
It should be fun. So when will be the target test drive date?



I'm hoping to have it at the track by June sometime. We'll see how it works out. Depends on how motivated I stay lol.

You have a buildup thread for your truck? That looks like one bad ride! 8)
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That should be a fun ride.

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Torched the floors and firewall out and got a mock up motor/tranny sittin in it. Stuck the motor back so far that the front axle centerline cuts #1 and 2 cylinders in half and still leaves me a 1/4" from the back of the 750dbl pumper to the firewall. Gonna pick up some 20gauge this weekend and start puttin a floor/firewall together :) I still can't get over how short this thing is. 4'1" to the top of the roof 8) Will get some pics when there's something worth taking pics of.
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Here's a couple of pics. Nothin special to look at yet. Gonna pick up some sheet metal soon and put a floor and firewall in it. It's scootin along so far


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You going to run one of the front mount distributor conversions? Coming along nicely.

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You going to run one of the front mount distributor conversions? Coming along nicely.



Where can i find one of these? That would sure make life a whole lot easier. Otherwise I have to get at it from the interior :roll:
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MSD makes em for sure. NOT sure what the total cost is. The dist. itself is like $249, but I'd assume you have to run a crank trigger and a dummy shaft to complete it. With the set back you have, it'd sure make the install easier though.

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Cut some more out of the bed to clear the tires. Still need to trim a little bit more but you get the idea.

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mytmouz wrote:
MSD makes em for sure. NOT sure what the total cost is. The dist. itself is like $249, but I'd assume you have to run a crank trigger and a dummy shaft to complete it. With the set back you have, it'd sure make the install easier though.



I'll definitely be looking into this. You'd still have to have the shaft to drive the oil pump, but do you have to run coils on every plug with a crank trigger since there would be nothing spinnin the dizzy?
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I'm pretty sure a belt turns the dizzy. If I can find a link I'll post it.

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Here ya go:

http://www.msdignition.com/pdf/2005/FRM ... 0_8520.pdf

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I hate to highjack , I really liked those year fords . Truck is coming along nicely .
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mytmouz wrote:
You going to run one of the front mount distributor conversions? Coming along nicely.


It's called a FORD 302. :lol:
(Sorry I used the F word. Please don't ban me. :roll:
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I hate to highjack , I really liked those year fords . Truck is coming along nicely .



It'll be for sale here pretty quick if ya wanna buy it :smt023 It's a pretty fun ride. 78 f150 shortbox, 12 inch lift, 42" swampers, fairly well built 460 and a np435 mated to an np205.

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mytmouz wrote:
You going to run one of the front mount distributor conversions? Coming along nicely.


It's called a FORD 302. :lol:
(Sorry I used the F word. Please don't ban me. :roll:



Thought about it, but I all ready have a BUNCH of Chevy parts kickin around. Plust putting a ford in a chevy just wouldn't be right :smt104
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You will have space for a nice BIG radiator to keep that thing cool ! 8)

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Here's a pic of one of the "CHEVY" front mount distributor conversions.

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Depending on how you build your dog house you should be able to run the stock type dist. al though it will be tight. Also you can get low profile dist.caps and make it work.On my truck i did some checking a figured that a stock small cap dist. wold work as i have a 6" dog house and i would probably put an access door in anyway. I think i have some pic's as i think my motor is setting close to what you have .

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