Where is the intake at?
Just thinking what shipping might cost . . . .

The intake will be shipped from zip 40067

Finally got car back to local track. It’s been a rainy summer here in New England. I usually go on Fridays for test & tune sessions but Dennis Towle suggested I try the Wednesday night street stick class. My two time trial passes went poorly as I could not get the line lock to hold. My first elimination pass was against Dennis in his son’s Fox body mustang. I lost on a red light start but got the car down the track a little quicker than it has been previously. There were several changes to sort through including a rebuilt Jerico trans, aluminum flywheel with a Ram adjustable clutch and rear height increase.
Had a good time. Props to Dennis for the suggestion.


https://youtube.com/shorts/-BqZIvQ8Rq8?feature=share

Car is beautiful Jim. It's got a lot more in it; a little more time.

Thanks everyone for your thoughts and pictures. Jay - I will have a look at your timing cover also. Hoping to have this in place within the next few weeks.

My project isn't finished but here are my motor plates. I drew them in CAD and had S&W Chassis waterjet them for me. I copied the idea from my buddy Steve McBlane and his '65 Comet NSS. When I finish I probably will make new pieces with the cubic inch waterjet into them. These will probably get buggered up by the time I get to the end of the project. Steve's Comet has a 427 and runs 8.80's so using the water pump studs is working for him.

My mock-up pictures.

Those are nice looking Doug. What is your project?

Quote from: Towd56 on December 11, 2020, 02:22:58 PM

What controller are you using with the 6r80?

I'm using the Quick 6 from US shift. Also got a Holley TPS kit to add to my Quick Fuel carburetor. The Holley and QF aren't exactly the same but I'm told it will work.

I just checked their website. Unbelievable what that controller can do.

My wagon destroyed both the regular power grip and the HD in short order. At the advice of Brent - I swapped it over to a twin disk McLeod. Which also required me to change the input shaft to a 26 spline so I wouldn’t have to run a hydraulic TOB. During the swap I converted trans to wide ratio. What a difference!!

All I can say is that with the wide ratio trans the car seems like I’ve added a 100 hp, is easier to drive, and so much more fun. At the strip with slicks it did much better. It weighs 4640 and has gone all this year with no signs of trouble.

The only down side I see to the twin disk is that it is a little more grabby in traffic. I found that this can be easily addressed if you just use a little higher rpm before you start releasing the clutch pedal.

Was overall very pleased with both the clutch and conversion to wide ratio.

nice job Brent.

I am trying to get my wagon (67 Country Squire) straightened out with regard to pinion angle. I have watched nearly a dozen videos, bought a book, and also read a bunch on-line. It seems most of the info is geared toward four links or leaf springs?  Does someone have a best method of setting pinion angle on a coil spring car with a factory type suspension? Is 3 degrees total acceptable for a big car like this?

I am not a chassis guy nor am I an engineer so a layman type explanation may help me a lot.

thanks