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Old 07-10-2009, 02:27 AM
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Originally Posted by lastrights
at least put a exhaust cutout on it , so you can open the exhaust to have fun
Do as told! Cutout! Open it up as you need or want.
 
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Old 07-10-2009, 03:18 PM
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Originally Posted by busaguy05
How do you know the push rod are the right ones for the motor? By decking the block and/ or changing the thickness of the head gasket will effect the length of the push rod as well the eddy heads could too. I wouldn't get to crazy with the push rods yet, you might be taking them back lol
update for my build: Those push rods that i ordered a month ago that are probably the wrong length... havent shown up yet, the speed shop keeps blowing me off. I have lost my patience. I need to do a bit of homework so i can get this right the first time.

What pisses me off, is that i am 30 days behind now...
 
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sleepers are fun at stop lights, especially when the ricers try to show us up
or mustang
or transamtthingy
or thunderchicken
or ...........
 
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Another truck owner that thinks he can beat a mustang
 
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Well We know how yr turn out, One gets hit one has issues, Ram is missing a motor.
 
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Originally Posted by dodge15004x45.9
Well We know how yr turn out, One gets hit one has issues, Ram is missing a motor.
That has nothing to do with a big truck beating a Mustang. A worked diesel or a sc'd or turboed high performance truck would have a chance. I doubt a run of the mill 408 would though. Its more cubes but the weight of a truck would kill it.
 
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dropped off the heads tonight. put the cam in,lifters and oil pump. put the timing chain on but it had too much slack so it goes back and I will have to wait untill wednesday for a new one.
 
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off the line i can beat my cousins V6 mustang, but he's got me on top end
 
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Well here is a photo of when we were putting in the new gears with the trac-lock carrier. And while waiting for the timing chain I started to wire wheel the frame and remove any rust from the body seams. Then I scrubbed the entire underside with a scochbright pad and then cleaned rised everything off. I will use the preprime coating that is pictured several post above. Then some ruberised undercoating.




 
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well tonight I was able to pre-prime everything. From the firewall all the way to the back of the cab inbetween the frame rails. I did the inside and bottom of the frame. I wanted to get this area now so that when the motor and tranny go back in I wont be stuck. It will take a couple of days for this to dry enough to put the ruberised undercoating and paint on.
 


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