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Originally Posted by kgordonl
Or perhaps... REBUILT! I'm basically going back and doing some things the way I should have done them in the first place. (I know that Joe Sherman is grinning if he is reading this!) 
The transmission is where I really got burned. Ebay is a wonderful thing, but you have to know how to sift through all the B.S. that is out there. Not being familiar with AOD's, I should have done more research and had it built locally instead of buying the "Ebay special".
The top end stuff is really more of an upgrade than doing it over. I knew from the start that I would probably upgrade the heads when I had the money to do it. Fortunately that happened sooner than later. The top end is being torn down now, and I already have my Procomp 210's, intake, and rockers sold to a friend who is building a 393.
Thanks Dennis! |
I've been to the school of hard knocks too. At first I bought a Stealth and an RPM intake. The Stealth made it on for a year until I figured out how to put the Vic Jr under my hood. I also started out with the ProComp heads and happily moved onto the AFR's. Sometimes I wished I had tried the Canfields instead. Bought my present cam with the intention of using the car almost exclusively on the street, but now am considering a nasty strip roller. That would require a new custom carb, and I would probably tear the whole motor down again for a refreshening. I've been through various clutches in the last 2 years. I started using the car with 3:70 gears and a traction loc. Burned up 2 of those in short order on the street. Swapped to the True Trac and 4.11 gears and have been reasonably happy--4:30's would have made me happier. About the only thing that I haven't tinkered with twice is the toploader--that thing, so far, has been a rock.
Oh well, I guess doing things 2 or 3 times to figure out what really works is part of the fun.
Good Luck with that Monster!
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Dennis
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65' STANG (3330 lbs), 393W NA, Toploader 4 Spd, 4:11, AFR 205's, Vic Jr. Intake, CI Custom SFT, 750dp, 11.0 CR
11.25@122.19mph
