What did you do to your Maverick or Comet today

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  1. Krazy Comet

    Krazy Comet Tom

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    Fixed a couple nagging items...

    First I cut approx ½" off the master cylinder rod, dropped pedal from approx 7½" down to 5½", a little lower than I thought but I think I'm gonna like the new height... It's defiantly better than prior, as I needed to be careful not to catch my shoe sole on pedal...

    Also I changed the speedo gear, original 20T and 255/60/15 tires were causing it to be approx 10% slow at 60 mph... Knowing a tooth is generally worth three to four MPH I tossed a 18T in place and it now reads 61 at 60mph...

    Presently waiting for paint to dry so I can reinstall the kickdown rod from carb to transmission...
     
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    71gold Frank Cooper Supporting Member

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    got my wheel centers done today and installed.
    Weld centers and Maverick logos...:yup:
     

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    71gold Frank Cooper Supporting Member

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    You were not alone Frank
     
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  6. mercgt73

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    I like the black lug nuts! Nice touch. :thumbs2:
     
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    71gold Frank Cooper Supporting Member

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    the before...
     

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    Big difference in the before and after, I like it Frank!
    I'm switching wheels whenever my fronts ship, the slots I have came bare, so I bought some generic center caps and and a place on eBay printed me some proper sized vinyl
     
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  9. mojo

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    I put my car back on the ground yesterday, after being on jack stands exactly 2 months. I finished Borgeson steering mod., installed new master cyl. and adjustable push rod. Also, fixed my park/emer. brake along w/some other minor changes. I shortened the brake push rod abt 3/8" and it lowered pedal abt 1", however, I cud not get the all air from the brake system. I drove the car around the block, but wud not chance going any farther. I will take it to my local shop and let them bleed it.
    The Borgeson setup seems to require about 20% more input effort/than the OE setup. I cud not get a real idea of how the steering change will effect handling but, all the plumbing associated w/ the stock setup, gone, noise from the pump, gone. When I get the brakes working properly I will be able to give a better account on whether it is worth the trouble. I will p0st update on my update thread.
     
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    IMG_0669.JPG IMG_0659.JPG IMG_0664.JPG ]Installed engine and Procharger to send out for radiator and intercooler fabrication.
     
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    M.A.V. Yep,my real initials.

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    installed semi mini starter and bolted mufflers to headers today :victory::wow:sounds GREAT at first I wasnt really happy with the cam but now that the exhaust is on Im okay with it still may change it since I asked for a cam with a 351 firing order and didnt get it.
    also got the msd box issue I was having fixed with the new starter and setting the timing before trying to start it :banghead:

    I thought you hooked everything up and vwallah it takes car of everything since its the programmable msd 6al2 box and I got no help from the JERK with an attitude on the msd tech line :boxing::badwords::bsod:
     
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    Installed all new classic instruments gauges and a new console...
     
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    Sorry, had to! :bouncy:
     
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