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Old 08-13-2009, 07:03 PM   #3
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Default Re: IHRA Modified Eliminator Video Clip - Mid 80's

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Originally Posted by Robert Swartz View Post
Rich,

I think you could get a 7:17 for the Dana. You could get 6:20 and 6:50's for the Ford 9". I ran a 5:67 in my Mustang, a SBF w/steel rods and 8,000+ rpm = alot of scattered parts. A crap budget and big dreams contributed to much of that as well. If you weren't breaking motors, you were shelling driveshafts, axles or in my case a third member.

The part about high maintenance was true as well. Even most of the well funded guys had a hard time keeping these things upkept.

That was another time, I can still recall cranking the gears on my Mr. Gasket inline shifter. Those days are gone forever, only to be relived by those of us that experienced them.

Robert Swartz
Hey Bob, you know how many years the old white trailer was stained with gear oil from the last nine inch you took out? Trick question, the answer is you can STILL see traces of it, noticed it on the last rewiring job... It bled back through the last paint job ever how many years ago that was... lol

How hard did Ken and Toby twist that poor little 2000 cc Pinto motor in the D/MC car?
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