Recent content by Darby

Hi Everyone, I’m going to be installing my front door windows and could use some guidance. I have everything to rebuild where the glass/chrome slides in the track at the wing. Before I take it all apart to replace the wing rubber seal and sliders, is there anything you guys know about this job...

A Awesome, make sure you follow the directions to a T. Proper grounds are vital. When my car is on the road, I have a place that’ll dyno tune it for me. I have a basic tune in it now and it runs great, it'll be an exciting day to see it on a chassis dyno. I had it on an engine dyno several...

I also had plans to go with Holley or FiTech, I was leaning more towards the FiTech for a while. I ended up going with a Sniper because I could get the entire Hyperspark ignition system and the in-tank pump/sending unit from them instead of mixing brands. Two or three years after I purchased...

I would only use the calculator instead of inputting all the car info. I know it helped me make decisions while I was building my car. All the transmissions you mentioned have a final drive of 1 to 1, the type of transmission doesn’t matter. Year, make, and model will also make no difference...

Try this, if you don’t have overdrive, just look at the drive at 1 to 1. Someone mentioned they need this info for a 15 inch wheel. That doesn’t mean much without the tire size. Just plugin the info and it’ll give you rpm at any speed. You can change any of the info to see what you might like...

Next week we’ll see it “for sale” for $10,000

Thank you for being on here and showing interest in the c-bodies! They seem to be left behind by many companies. I have a '65 Sport Fury and like almost everyone with these cars, the hood emblem should be replaced. Is there any possibility these will be reproduced? Also, the trunk emblem, it...

It's good you found a 26" support. I understand finding a nice one isn't the easiest thing to come by. I know the weather in PA is way different than the southern states. I'm a school teacher and we travel through the summer, we really don't think about the temperatures too much. We have a...

What thermostat are you running? If it's not a 195 degree, you might want to change it. The coolant needs enough time in the radiator to cool and with a cooler thermostat (or no thermostat), it flows through without cooling down enough to keep from overheating (boiling the coolant). I know it...

I was at a training a long time ago, I'm guessing it was in the early '80s. I didn't get much from the spraying techniques, but I still remember the safety items I didn't know about, even after going to school for collision repair, they didn't go into depth as much as this training. For this...

I know what you mean, it can be a glass finish and it's great to do spot repairs on. It's just so hard that it chips easier than urethane, actually, back then it would have been acrylic enamel w/hardener or DuPont Imron; still available and I can only assume it's still a really good paint, but...

You’re 100% correct, the auto body repair and painting has been around long before me. It has come a long way from lacquer - I’ve used a lot of that with and without clear and I liked it. When a member has a question about what would be the best way to paint his car, I’m going to try and help...

A long time ago I did a lot of single stage painting, with hardener of coarse. Then the base-coat paints came out. The biggest problem with single-stage is making a repair, trying to blend the paint, trying to melt the paint edge in to the old paint can make for a good repair at the time. The...

TTI has the best fitting exhaust system I've ever installed. They're so precise that a bad engine mount will cause it to not fit correctly. I installed a complete system on a friend's '70 Road Runner that has HP manifolds, TTI needed the part number of the manifolds to make sure of the fit...

I pressed the bearings on and that was it, no extra seals or doing anything to the gear set. I don’t see that I’ll go back to stock bearings and seals. I’m using a Yukon Power Lock carrier with the stock 3.32 gears.