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71 rebuild
Lefty:
--- Quote from: wabco40 on June 12, 2017, 03:39:07 PM ---Thanks Craig.
I fitted one of the chrome heat shields today but don't think I like the look. I am thinking about getting them done in black chrome instead of satin black. There is only one shop in WA that does this so I'll go and talk to them when I return from work.
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Lefty:
Sorry, user error on previous reply.
Brad,
Have you driven yet on those bilsteins?
How was the ride?
Lefty
wabco40:
--- Quote from: Jethro on June 12, 2017, 04:26:11 PM ---Yeah BradO black chrome the the heat shields s or leave em off !
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Black it is Jethro. Can't leave them off or I will end up losing the skin on the back of my legs or worse still my wife will. Then I would never hear the end of it!!!
wabco40:
--- Quote from: Lefty on June 12, 2017, 04:50:16 PM ---Sorry, user error on previous reply.
Brad,
Have you driven yet on those bilsteins?
How was the ride?
Lefty
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Yes I have. I am using a 330 lb rear spring and a mono leaf front spring setup on its softest setting. The bilsteins seem to work well with this. The ride feels nice and firm, certainly not soft but not that hard that you feel every bump in the road. I like the way it feels when cornering. I think if I setup the mono leaf on its medium setting then it would be to hard for normal street driving.
Brad
wabco40:
I spent the weekend bending and flaring new hard lines for the fuel rails. I used 3/8" seamless stainless tube. I previously had -6 braided hose with the feeds entering at the front of the engine and the return at the rear. This time I have got both the feed and return at the rear. The back of the manifold is a bit cluttered as I had to route the tubes to make room for the distributor and avoid the wiper motor when its back in the car.
Taking the fuel block and feeds away from the front of the engine cleans it up quite a bit. I was going to use 1/2" (-8) tube but decided to use what Aeromotive suggest for their phantom efi pumps and stay with -6 tube.
When its fitted back in the car, the feed and return pipes will be bent and then sercured to the back of the right cylinder head. They will then be hooked back up to the existing braided teflon hose.
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