Giggling like a school girl

[turbohunter]

Yeah I just bought some Nittos for set up 'cause I know they ain't gonna last long once it's rollin'.
BTW I had the rear end built an inch and a half shorter. There's a little light between the tire and springs on one side and just barely touching on the other. So I'll use an 1/8 inch spacer with these wheels.
Should be plenty of room on the outside.

[Nightmist66]

Yeah I just bought some Nittos for set up 'cause I know they ain't gonna last long once it's rollin'.

Not with a healthy FE in front of em! Which trans are you planning on running? Will you be using the hooker super comp. headers?

[turbohunter]

It's already got a C6.
I'm actually kind of interested in auto tranny technology for racing these days.
I'm thinking about the super comps for now.
We'll see about that.
Trying not to spend an arm and a leg to get it to the track.

[ScotiaFE]

Looking Great Marc!
A well done C6 will take pretty much take all the punishment you can give it.
At a reasonable investment.

[turbohunter]

Thanks Howie.
I plan on spending a fair amount on the tranny.
I've never run an auto to race before and I'm kinda into it.

[jayb]

Looking good, Marc.  That thing will hook!

[turbohunter]

  That thing will hook!

Hope so Jay thanks.
Another thought. You see the old drive shaft hanging there. Not gonna use it.
What's preferred these days, aluminum or chromo?

[My427stang]

  That thing will hook!

Hope so Jay thanks.
Another thought. You see the old drive shaft hanging there. Not gonna use it.
What's preferred these days, aluminum or chromo?

So is this one getting a Performer or SP2P intake?   

Just kidding, very nice work, need get serious on getting mine to hook, that looks like exactly what I need!

[turbohunter]

So is this one getting a Performer or SP2P intake?   

AAAAAAH ROTFLMAO

[cjshaker]

Looking really good, Marc! That thing is pretty solid underneath for the cowl being so rusty. Ford wasn't real good about getting primer or paint into that cowl area though. A pretty dumb build process on their part.

The rear is the same type housing I bought from Currie years ago for my Mach. I have never had one single issue with mine since the car was originally done. The only disc option they had back then was the Explorer type, but I opted for the Torino bearing ends with the large station wagon/truck type drums. What type is that on your rear?

[turbohunter]

They're Explorers.
But it does have Torino ends.

[cjshaker]

Ok. Just a word of caution, those have the second set of drum shoes that act as emergency/parking brakes. It's good practice to pull those rotors off occasionally and clean that inner drum area of dust from the disc pads. If you don't they can get pretty gummy and start to rust. Then you can lose emergency brake action and it can be a real pain getting them off when needed. I've dealt with that issue numerous times. It might seem like a little bit of a pain, but it can save you some headaches down the road. About once a year or every other year would suffice, depending on how much it's driven and in what weather (although I seriously doubt it'll see much rain with those tires ). If it's strictly a nice weather car, you could probably get by with every 2-3 years.

[turbohunter]

Thanks for the heads up.
It won't see to much street action.
I figured at the time I might want the e brake for the occasional jaunt though.

[cjshaker]

Yeah, I'm a big fan of emergency brakes for ANY car...lol
Emergency brakes may not be able to stop a drag car if the brakes fail, but if they can slow you down even 20mph, that's a lot less momentum that would otherwise have to go somewhere

[ScotiaFE]

  That thing will hook!

Hope so Jay thanks.
Another thought. You see the old drive shaft hanging there. Not gonna use it.
What's preferred these days, aluminum or chromo?

I use a 57" 3 1/3" steel shaft with non grease able 1350"s. Aluminum is kool also.
It's more important to have a quality shop make it up and give it a good spin up to at least 6000 rpm for the balance.
You can get Carbon Fibre shafts, but they are out of my league.