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Picked up my tranny and a Mark Yacavone converter yesterday. Thanks Mike Graham for building me a low gear C4.

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Have you got a $$ total as you go? (or should I not ask...lol)

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About 6k so far. I over spent on a few things but wanted to do it right the first time. These parts will last a long time and handle the 11 second bracket motor I plan on running most of the time. I don't want to beat my stocker motor at all the local races.
Had a good day on the car Saturday. Finally got all the sound deadener and seam sealer dug out of the car, and cut out a bunch of un needed wires, and got the rubber bushings out of the A-arms. What a pain that was.

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I have experienced your same pain Robbie, and I must do so one more time on my own stocker a-arm bushings. I would say "never again" after that, but life has had a way of surprising me on that "never" word.
Enjoying watching your progress on your build happen and taking hope from yours that mine will complete the way I want it to also. It is conceivable we could meet up some day!

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Maybe you guys already know this, but I've had good luck removing rubber bushings by setting them on the driveway and lighting 'em up with a torch. They sit there and burn until nothing's left but the metal sleeve.
Works like a charm!
dEv-0

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I've used an air hammer with pretty good success on those bushings, on the advice of a mechanic buddy of mine.

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Last two suggestions , in conjunction with one another, work well.
Heat the outer casing with a torch until the rubber pops out, then fold the casing in with an air chisel and push it right out . No chisel marks that way.
Just don't let the EPA see you do this.

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make sure you dump the junk in the river...seems to be ok with the epa out here;)

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Made some good headway this weekend. I got the upper and lower suspension braces bolted, then welded in. Almost ready to bolt in the rear end. I'm still undecided what brand of shocks to run and whether to run a air bag in the right side.

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Put a NERF football in the right spring seen it before?????? NO JOKE! Does it work don't know!
If your 302 runs like mine it won't make enough power to lean to the right LOL!

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I like it! Dime Rocket tip of the year..so far!

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Send me a dollar! LOL

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Well I got a little more done so i thought I would post it. I got the new rear end under the car and got the engine bay cleaned up and painted. Ready to install the K member and front suspension next. Also got the heads checked for cracks and off the the shop to get them done.

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This is amazing..

U/SA National Record 12.94 seconds at 101.16 mph
Set by BJ Graham in a 76 Ford in Tuscon, AZ Feb 21, 2016.


R/SA and T/SA are at 13 flat by Briaine Philbrick 76 Monza
and Don Lisell's 77 Caddy which is pretty damn good.

But a 12 Second U/SA...wow !!
Guess V/SA is next to figure out how to run a 12...:D

Here is a prediction; All Mack will eventually find an 11sec ET in Q/SA.

Dan

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Didn't a V/S (stick) Chevy truck with V6 run high 12's to be the #1 qualifier at Indy few years ago?

Will Lamprecht
I/SA Impala still in progress, but close!

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If they are seen on my land I can guarantee they'll never be seen again. :D

We used the torch method too. Someone mentioned toasting marshmallows over the burning rubber until I said I wouldn't be taking them to their chemotherapy treatments if they did. ;)

Re: 79 Mustang project U/SA
 

Cool build you have going on there RobbieRacer. I enjoy reading up on your progress.

Years ago I had thought about building a '78 Fairmont boxtop with the 302 / C4 combo

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Hmmm....might be a new goal.
The closest I ever came Dan as a Q car was a 12.36 in 2013, and that was my very first pass ever in NHRA Stock Eliminator.
Too bad I did not back up that run or it would have been the record.

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AL...you took a non standard combo and made it rock !
After you cut a 11 second ET you will become famous !!

THEN after that NOW what are you going to do? :D

D

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It's been a while but I getting things done. I got the front end back together and got the front brakes done. These are the rims I will be running but the tires are going away. I put the car on blocks so I have more room under it. Next project it welding in the sub frame connector's.

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Looks like it's coming along nicely. Congrats.

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Long day yesterday. I took the day off and welded in my frame connectors. It took longer than I thought it would.
Body work and paint next. It will be the first time I ever painted a car but I want to do this myself. Stressful but fun.

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To me paint is just slightly less stressful than starting a new engine for the first time. But I enjoyed doing it.

I should probably send you a list of all the painting mistakes I made! You wouldn't want to repeat them. I can also probably pull together some articles and/or DVDs on painting for you.

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That would be a huge help, Thanks Dave.

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Watching youtube videos from THE GUNMAN helped a lot. I still made plenty of mistakes but were fixable.
1)Plenty of lighting above and on the ground a must.
2)Fresh filtered air in (swap cooler)and a place to let it evacuate out.
3)Practice spray on metal with metal laying down and standing up.
4)Have someone help you with the air hose getting twisted up and touching car.
5)Don't think that small areas that could use more prep will be covered with lots of paint and clear. It wont, work the areas until satisfied in primer before color.

Im sure there are 100 more tips but these are what I did or wish I did.

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It's been a long time, so it's time for an update. It's been too darn hot outside to work on the body work but I have a body and paint class i'm taking at the end of the month to make sure I'm doing it right.
I got my block and crank back form the machine shop so they are ready to go. Also got new pistons and rods for the motor and the heads are almost done, so I am making some head way.

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So you and AL Mack are going to attempt setting the record in the high 11's :rolleyes:

d

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I would be very happy with 1.1 under. That's what i'm shooting for.

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Getting a little more done before it gets to hot today. Painting the interior plastic and vinyl parts from red to black. It looking pretty good so far. The car would look weird Yellow and Black with a RED interior.

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Good progress,Robbie.
Is Tibor doing the heads? Haven't talked to him in a while.

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No Mark he was a little high priced for my budget. Mike Graham is doing them.

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Robbie , lookin really good... Glad your going with the yellow and black colors....photos??

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Right now she is way UGLY. I am sanding off all the cheap Macco paint so I can get a good base to start with. The car will be painted like a 79 Cobra without the hood scoop and stickers.

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That will look good.

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Yellow and black it is then.

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Robbie what's going ? Progress .....

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It's been a long hot summer...LOL
I have all the bad paint sanded off the car and the body work is done.
I should be shooting some color in the next few weeks. I'll post pic's as I get stuff done.
I'm working lots of hours at work so I don't have much free time. (family stuff comes first).
I have 90% of the parts I need so that is looking good.
And I want to say Thanks to Mike Graham. He has been a HUGE help to me on this project.

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Well I finally got started on the paint work. Life and cold weather has been getting in the way. The color in the pic's looks a little orange but it's eastwood Electric Yellow. Nice and bright.

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Looks very, very nice!

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Looks good, Robbie. I painted my Mustang with zero experience and can appreciate the effort involved.

One of the baddest cars around here in Washington is a U/Stocker painted in a driveway in cold weather. Yours is prettier.