Recent content by Catbox
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3” header back exhaust pipe kit for 2wd?
Max's '49 has 4 single chamber mufflers on it now. It is still rowdy, but with less raspberries in it.- Catbox
- Post #24
- Forum: Engine & Performance
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Lawn/ Garden tractors/ Riding Mowers, Cool Mods and tinkering
Yup. This thing will still grab hard ground and buck like a true horse. But it is miles better than the front tine tiller we have used in the past. -
Needs MORE POWER!!! (Tim Taylor Style!!!)
If it were mine to make choices on.... I would find a junkyard L-31 engine for $250. Rebuild that with a 4x4 power cam that would support a set of the inexpensive aluminum heads that work like champs. That way you no longer have that lifter noise. You have roller lifters. No more flat cam...- Catbox
- Post #40
- Forum: Engine & Performance
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Needs MORE POWER!!! (Tim Taylor Style!!!)
If you haven't already, try installing a set of 1.6 rockers on the intake valves. The exhaust is good enough already and won't really need them. A little more lift, just might provide the pep in your step you are looking for. Just roll the engine over by hand before you start it. Only you know...- Catbox
- Post #6
- Forum: Engine & Performance
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Lawn/ Garden tractors/ Riding Mowers, Cool Mods and tinkering
Mmmmmm some Troy Bilt Horse porn for ya. This is a rare U-Haul variant we scored from Marketplace a few months ago. It is full blown U-Haul orange instead of the typical red the horses came in. There are several things that are much heavier duty on the U-Haul than the production units. Hardend... -
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Show off your non-square project cars.
Another project car I have is this 1970 VW Squareback. It has VW rear bug fenders that have been fitted to the square fender and then welded on for a widebody kit. This car has been off the road since 1998 when the PO passed away randomly while in the middle of a carb swap. I love the look of...- Catbox
- Post #31
- Forum: Other Vehicles
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Show off your non-square project cars.
Once I found out he was lifting the rear of the car with the body... Yanked out all that crap and put all stock stuff back in. Juan traded the work for the hydro set up, I traded a stock powerglide for a set of stock rear springs. I also located a new front subframe to replace the one with...- Catbox
- Post #30
- Forum: Other Vehicles
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Show off your non-square project cars.
Well ya know.... The previous owner, Juan. Took the car from Portland to Tijuana to have the one day interior done to the car. It looks pretty good and has held up well. It was also on hydros when I got it, those were fun. All the way down would smash your toes with the chassis, ask me how I...- Catbox
- Post #29
- Forum: Other Vehicles
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What have you done to your square lately??
It is crazy, I know. Trusting an old truck with the young lives of the kids. But the dang'd old truck is such a loyal thing. It was having starter issues where it would only crank the engine over maybe one and a half times before the solenoid would stop. Once we got fuel in the carb, the big... -
What have you done to your square lately??
I cleaned the junk and a 1/4 yard of gravel out of the bed of my truck that has been sitting for the longest time. That way the boy and his girlfriend could go on a 500 mile drive to pick up some new to us toys. The truck was no issue at all after sitting so long. From our house to Yakima WA... -
Show off your non-square project cars.
I have a 1954 Bel Air that I bought many years ago back in 2009/10ish. It had the paint and interior done on it and that was how I justified the simple mechanical issues it had. But it ran and drove just fine. How I purchased it with my new wheels on the front. Fast forward a bit (2011ish) of...- Catbox
- Post #16
- Forum: Other Vehicles
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Show off your non-square project cars.
The boy has this 1955 and it was found by him on Craigslist one day he was sitting at home. The OG drive train is gone as the 265 was fully stuck. But it did yield a set of verified 1958 Corvette heads from a fuel injected car marked with the X 58. Those are valuable to someone that is going...- Catbox
- Post #15
- Forum: Other Vehicles
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hook style wiper arms
I think we are running a set of Ford truck wiper arms on ours to get the J-hook. I will have to confirm with the boy though as he is the one that found the hack online. -
3” header back exhaust pipe kit for 2wd?
Sounds like a traditional build sequence. Engine, exhaust, transmission, rear end, brakes. This is the video short that sold him on the cam selection. There is a whole build video of the car in the short somewhere. He just confirmed that Dart is who made the Summit Vortec heads he purchased.- Catbox
- Post #21
- Forum: Engine & Performance
