What were the tires Mike had on previously? The side by side comparison from the pics you posted makes the new tires look HUGE! They look bigger than 9X30 in the pics.

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Mike had 10.5WX30 radials on it.

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See what I mean by the size difference comparison? The new ones look bigger to me. I know it's just my perception. I like these new ones!

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Those are the ones I put on when I got it. 28X9 bias, so yes, the 30X9's are bigger. My new wheels have more offset too.

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Ah! So I ain't as crazy as what I thunked I wuz… Whew!

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Pulled the intake and headers off Saturday. Dropped the headers off this morning at CPC Powdercoating in Crest Hills. They should be done by the weekend.

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Picked up my headers today and they look very nice. Ran out of time for putting them on, but tracks are closed until at least May anyway.

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Progress is progress... Man, the car looks great in those pics.

Lou

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Thanks Lou.

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Made it to the shop today and hung the headers back in the car. Tried mounting my NOS Clifford intake (from Slant Cecil's estate sale) and it will not line up on the manifold studs. I did not have the time today to massage it, so I stuck an Offy on to get it running.

Teresa and I were supposed to go to Gatlinburg on vacation in 2 weeks, but that's out the window now. Maybe I'll screw with it then.

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Since it is above freezing most of the time I finished disassembly of the 4.86 pig and started cleaning. For the moment I have the housing soaking in lacquer thinner and the ring and pinion are in Mad Scientist John's molasses mixture. They had some light surface rust on them. Normally I would have just wire brushed them and thrown it together, but I am trying something new here.

Just for Rob, I dug up a picture of it with the big tires still on it.

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Them big tars look real good on there.

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Brought a head home and my non fitting intake. Figured out why it won't fit, going to need a lot of massaging with the sanding rolls.

Pulled the 4.86 out of the goo today. You could still see the rust patterns on the teeth, but they wiped right off. I sprayed them off with water and WD-40 for now. Will give them a good cleaning tomorrow.

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Just went out and spent a little time sitting on my butt in the garage. Used my die grinder and got my Clifford intake to fit. It just required some touch-up of the 2 center legs to get them to clear the studs. Looking it over though, it appears the halves of the mold didn't line up very well. The ports look like crap. It probably doesn't really hurt anything, and when it's bolted on you can't see it.

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Went to the shop yesterday to pick up the car to go test at 41 last night. I took the carb apart because I had a mixture screw that wouldn't thread in all the way. Of course, my tap set is at home so I run over to Patrick's shop. His set doesn't go small enough so I run uptown to Hines Automotive and Frank fixed me up with an 8-32 tap and we're good to go. Put the carb back together and hit the starter button. Nothing. Check to see if the relay works and it's good. I ground it and the starter works. Dead neutral switch.

I go to the cabinet where I know I have 3 or 4. Nope. I put the jumper on and fire it up. Car sounds good. Idles at 1200 and 1000 in gear without dieing. Load it up and come home. I didn't bother going to 41 to get bounced for no neutral switch. I'm not comfortable doing that anyway because I'm dumb enough to start it in gear at the most inopportune moment.

Got it off the trailer this afternoon and looked in my parts stashes for a switch. None here either....... I pull the old one and it checks fine, so I ground off more plastic so the pin got longer. Put it back in and it works.

I decided to pull the valve cover and run the valves since I haven't checked them since before last season. All the exhausts were fine. Had a couple intakes I had to tighten up a touch.

I took the time to put the bottom plate back on the K frame. Mike and Blaine split the bottom off when they put the rack in. Patrick built new rack mounts and the plate needed shortened up. I guess he figured I couldn't screw that up too bad. I cut it in the right spot on the first try and bolted it back in. Got the tow hook back on just in case.

Going to try again to test Wednesday night at 41. If all goes well I am going to try some 1/8th mile 8:50 Index class at Coles County Friday night. Car was running 8:30's last time out. I figure it sill be easier to slow it to 8:50 than try to speed it up to 8:0.

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