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You DESERVE coilovers (subliminal message)...

Mount a go pro by the dip stick to make yourself positive. You deserve the ability to be certain.

Coilover that thang and get it over with! You can do it!

beerman-that's no lie! You know, I've had those vise grips laying around the shop for years and I finally found something to do with them. Also, I don't have either an SAE or metric wrench that fits the hex portion, so I used that tiny little crescent wrench that my dad gave me for like my 6th birthday. Still had my initial on it in fingernail polish so my brother couldn't steal my tools! Thank goodness I didn't drop the reaction disc!

Sure. It will be next week, but I'd be happy to. Thanks for confirming "no lock nut."

The latest of many brake master cylinders I have installed is the 15/16" version. When I swapped it, I didn't know how to adjust the little sloppy link inside the master cylinder. So, anticipating aggravation, I installed a set of front caliper flex lines in-line with the hard lines that usually connect the master cyl to the rest of the brake system. After a year of having a firm, but low pedal, I finally got around to adjusting the length of the rod. The flex lines made it super easy with no brake bleeding required. I made an intial adjustment of the rod using a tooth pick to estimate the changes I needed to make-that wound up being too short, then I made one adjustment that was too long, then (like the 3 bears) I made an adjustment that was just right. The flex lines made the whole job a breeze. My only question is: there is no lock nut on the little push rod??

Here are some pics of Torque Seal. This product is only a marker. It is not a torque glue like Loctite.

You suck.

Looks great, knuckledusters. What offset on wheels? Which flares? Where'd you get each of them?

Sorry, I used a different radiator. Just heard from a buddy that somebody makes an aftermarket thermostat housing that has the hose flange coming straight out instead of off to the side. That would have helped be a good bit.

BEAUTIFUL CAR! Like it best with the hubcaps. That's coming from a guy with a V8. Super clean.

A -little- off topic but related: what piece of hardware do you guys use to "cap" a M10x1.00 brake line at the flare nut (both the male and female sides)? And where do you get it?

I'm always up for caffeine! Maybe I've had a little too much lately. I will be at the B&B Saturday night so I can definitely do breakfast on Sunday. I'm at Gulf Shores this weekend, so I'm like a kid who is off school waiting to open Christmas presents! Too much idle time on my hands (no body sick to help and nothing broken to fix) and sugar plumbs running around in my head. Ive got a blue datsun and a silver S10 pickup. See you there!

I'm sure I will need a break. Is it possible for you to drive some kids around too? I won't be "watching the meter"! I feel like I'm gonna be just like those kids on Saturday-doing a once in a lifetime thing (I'm not planning to start a road racing career! Why don't you bring or borrow a car to drive some kids around and I will just sit out for a while and Ill shoot some pictures? I would consider it a bonus opportunity for the day. BTW-I have been trying to download some kind of app for lap timing and a speedometer (mine doesn't work). I have played with a couple of the free ones-and I'm worried (perhaps too much) about entering corners too hot, but there is a pretty bad lag on the ones I have tried. If you have anything to bring or suggest....

On my calendar in pencil, will start politicking Mrs Thompson in mid-September and will delay winter tear-down for upgrades until after this event.

Very professionally done-would we expect anything less?

I mounted my lap belts in the stock holes using the stock bolts-super easy. I wrapped the shoulder harnesses around the cross bar on the roll bar-that is a pain. You really need an assistant to make that easier, to act as a mannequin in the seat. Start with the belts adjusted as loose as possible and install them as tight as possible-you will have a lot of slack when you are finished and you can use the adjusters to adjust that out.

Yeah, that's what I'm talking about. How instantaneous is the data, like the speedo? I'm thinking about using a GPS speedo for a high speed track event I have coming up cause my speedo doesn't work and i don't have time to fix it. Are the iPhone GPS apps fast enough to give me real time data? I was thinking of mounting it to my windshield. Any other good Apps?

At various events, I have seen guys with their cell phones clipped on their windshields. I have seen them used as speedometers, g-meters and cameras. Please list your favorite motorsport apps for cell phones. For example, I have no speedometer-can I just use my cell phone? Moderators please move this post if there is a better place for it.

Left or right side?

Can you tell I'm at the beach, posting like a mad man? Where is your window switch set? Did you do a fuel pressure safety switch? WOT switch at pedal or throttle body?

Finished going thru everything. TC rods were fine, but the bolts connecting the outer CV to the companion flange accepted some turning to get them back to 55# with a crows foot. I went ahead and took them on up to 60# then put thread seal on them. I'm gonna start blue locktiting all these bolts in the future. Surprisingly, the JTR headers have stayed torqued just fine.

Ok thanks for being so nice. I am wondering what kind of mods you did to the pushrod-lengthened it? When I did a tilton clutch MC, the tilton rod was longer but had the wrong thread pitch for the clevis. When I go to the trouble of wrestling the pedals down this winter, I'm gonna weld and redrill all the pivot holes (they feel pretty egg-shaped) and change all the weld nuts on the clevises (clevi?) to SAE so I can use the longer aftermarket rods. I've warned my wife that there is gonna be a lot of profanity from the garage. I'm really just sourcing parts and making my plan out right now.

Man, I appreciate it. I've already bought a 1" tandem MC but I just took it off my booster and there is no leaking to be found! Can't figure out how I'm cleaning fluid off the bottom of the booster every couple weeks(???). Anyway this is gonna be a winter project for me. You've given me the ratio that I was looking for. I don't think you'll be able to get any good photos under the dash unless you took any of the project in-progress. Did I understand you correctly-you used the Datsun pushrod, not the wildwood pushrod?

Now we are talkin'. What thickness plate? And how much did you raise the leverage hole on the pedal? Did you raise the master cyl or just let the pushrod just come in at an angle?