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It is done! Unfortunately the builder is unable to Dyno it for me. They do not have the hook ups for the poor old fe. Really disappointed to be unable to know the numbers!! Lot of coin to just guess the performance out of it. Did not think it would bother me when we started but as I kept adding to the build I now hate not getting to see the results on paper. Very happy with the shop and builder!! Great couple guys.
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One thing for sure.... It's a real looker!
Put it in and see if you can tear up a transmission, twist a drive shaft or break a rear axle.... that will tell you that you have a pile of HP.
Only two places in town and the other guy is to busy for guys like me. Only works on the high,high,high dollar stuff. Kind of leery taking a engine to another shop to “push it” knowing they did not build it and then heaven forbid something happens. We all know it would not be their fault blah blah blah should of had them build it blah blah blah. Nobody seems to want the business anymore, but most complain about not making money. I am not talking about just the car world.
Working on the steering upgrade. Wow, not much room here. May try and cut my filer piece (new mounting plate) a little shorter and bent the top of the frame down to gain more clearance below. Using 1/2” thick so I can move it out 1/4” to get what clearance I have right now. Pro is it will give me a nice ledge to weld to.
I'm loving the detailed, close up pics of the 4 bolt 78/79 power steering box install. Hopefully, I'm not too far off from getting this upgrade completed on my truck. Your pics will be a nice reference.
I see what looks like grade 5 and grade 8 bolts on the box. Why not grade 8 all around and what length bolts did you use? 9/16"-12 x 4 1/2" bolts are what I've seen are stock length.
I only used grade 5 for trial and error. I bought grade 8 flange bolts and flange lock nuts for the final install. I went with 1/2” x 4 1/2”. Could not find flanged grade 8 in a 9/16”. For trial and error I used the 4 1/2” toward the rear and 5” toward the radiator. Did not know which would fit.
It is done! Unfortunately the builder is unable to Dyno it for me. They do not have the hook ups for the poor old fe. Really disappointed to be unable to know the numbers!! Lot of coin to just guess the performance out of it. Did not think it would bother me when we started but as I kept adding to the build I now hate not getting to see the results on paper. Very happy with the shop and builder!! Great couple guys.
Just measure power to the rear wheels. There are lots of shops that offer this service and it is pretty much universal. Power at the wheels is a more impressive metric IMHO because it is closer to real world performance in that it accounts for all the parasitic drain in the power train.
Ok, I got the cab off of the frame today. Used my cherry picker. Ran out of daylight to get the bed off. Plan on boxing in where I had to cut cross member because the new pan was to deep. Got the transmission home this week also. Did put a TCI R servo in it.
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