Comet in the shop again

washington state rain festival dates january 1st thru december 31st.

i think today was 110 days without rain. it would sure be nice to see a little. not too much, but at least some.

 

I think this week is 45+ days of rain. Sure would be nice to see some sun...

 

I was told by the instructor at the college, it's not a posi. That is Chevy's term. Ford's term is TorqueLoc (3.80 gears). Excuseeeee Meeeee!!! You learn something new everyday. I got it off of Ebay, from Pure Muscle Performance, out of California. Says it will handle up to 350 horsepower. Comes with a one year limited warranty. Sounds great for highway & strip use...

 

Hey Coop...good choice This will wake your car up more than you can believe. I drove mine for a few years with the 4:10's and switched back to 3:50's for a few weeks...it felt like my brakes were dragging..holding me back. Did you ever get those new heads on? If not...get'er done! Nows the time...you'll feel like you have a totally differnt car next year! You might want to get some taller street tires for the highway...those gears are good but it will rev. I should have taken you for a ride in mine..then you would know sort of what your in for...

 

I liked mine with the 3.5's in it, but that was because it was being a gas sipper (comparitively) and it was kind of nice having a differential instead of spool for a while.

 

Went to the college today. They have the axle housing back in the car. They surprised me. They hot tanked & bead blasted the axle housing, then painted it rustloeum semi flat black. All I paid for, was the paint. WooHoo!!!! Here are some pics, enjoy! The last picture is the old pumpkin.

 

Went & checked it out today. The rearend is completed, except for shocks. I told them to put new stock shocks & due away with the air shocks. Look how high it sits, without the shocks in it. Instead of 1" higher than stock, it looks to be 2 or 3 inches higher. I won't cut the coils. I'll leave the front sitting stock. It will have enough rake, without lowering the front. Getting excited now. Still waiting for the upper & lower control arms. Then it will be complete. Here's some pics, enjoy....

 

wow, you could put 16 inchers with truck tires in there now.

 

Yeah.......I don't think you will need air shocks.

I don't think you will need shocks at all...........it doesn't look like it will give an inch.

 

Hey Coop! I would put the air shocks back on...it looks like you could use a bit more clearance(kidding eh!). It looks like you may want to have your headlights re-aimed though.

 

Did they put the rear above or below the leaf springs? Just curious...

Oops..sorry...just saw the pic of the back. I guess I should've looked at all the pics before I asked anything.

 

oh he will definately want shocks. rode in a car without them. very bouncy and very scary on the freeway.

 

I really don't think the back end of that car will move at all.

The 1971 I just bought has really stiff springs on the back. No air shocks........and I can't get the rear-end to budge at all!! It rides like a lawnmower!!

 

Wow, the back of that thing is high.

 

it'll get good gas mileage as you'll always be going downhill.