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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.
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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.
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    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...
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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...
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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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    Finally found another Square Body....

    Cool truck fro sho!
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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    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...
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    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...
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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...
  14. Catbox

    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.
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    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.
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    3” header back exhaust pipe kit for 2wd?

    Junior has the aftermarket Vortec's from Summit. From his research, the cam and valvetrain should work together. I will however show him this information so he has it in his pocket when he starts building. He will be adding the 1.6 rockers to the intake valve, as the exhaust should be fine. But...
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    3” header back exhaust pipe kit for 2wd?

    I believe that this is the cam that the boy went with. It is base off an old school design that gives it the classic choppy idle and lope that was a calling card of the street warrior from the days of old. I showed him the old Duntov 30-30 and he liked the numbers and performance it would...
  18. Catbox

    Finally found a good canopy for the K20!!

    Looks perfect upon the truck! Good score.
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    3” header back exhaust pipe kit for 2wd?

    It is also installed upon a 307 engine for now. My brother is going to be building up a L-31 roller 350 for the truck. It should put out the internet acclaimed easy 400hp when we are done.
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    3” header back exhaust pipe kit for 2wd?

    The exhaust kits are under $200 shipped to you. I just looked this up right now and is the kit we used on my brothers truck. The welder we bought was not the super duper cheap one, but the one that is around $550 from Harbor Freight. So for around $800 with hangers, you can do it all... And...
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    3” header back exhaust pipe kit for 2wd?

    Meh. Run 3 inch. It will be fine. You won't loose enough to care about. You are not designing it to pull the n-th amount of power. If you can, buy a universal dual exhaust kit from Ebay. You can do it yourself and have the satisfaction afterwards of knowing you did it. We do it to all the cars...
  22. Catbox

    Latest Lost Cause Project: 1979 Z28

    Looks like a fun time for sure.
  23. Catbox

    6 x 9 speaker mounting in door

    If you thought it was good enough, run them there. Personally, they would provide far better performance in the front of the lower door. At least then they would be firing right into your feet instead of the seat hump.
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    Let’s see your memorabilia?!

    It double posted that last one. So I present my vintage flashlight issues as my wife calls them. I have several versions of the Captain, this one is super huge.
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    Let’s see your memorabilia?!

    I love this thread. Always fun stuff to see and lust for. We have been toying with the idea of moving from Oregon to North Dakota for a while now. Small town feel as we would need to be near one of the major cities as my wife needs the health services they have. My latest finds at the thrift...

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