GodsRods Duster II

Rob Simmons · Post subject: (Wed Mar 14, 2012 2:09 pm)

I ain't THAT skinny! Rolling Eyes

You'll be all wet with yer tears from cryin' when I whoop up on you at a drag race!... Oh wait! That's prolly never gonna happen, huh? Razz

Now get out there and work on the Demon! Twisted Evil

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Ron Parker · Post subject: (Wed Mar 14, 2012 7:09 pm)

Aint that a shame Cookie is crying like the rain Very Happy

thanks Possum

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I, Possum sir, am right as rain. Mater is the big dang crybaby! Always tries ta git his way. Always complainin'. Reminds me of a ...........woman.

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CNC-Dude · Post subject: (Thu Mar 15, 2012 9:52 am)

I thought calling him Mater was bad...now he's calling him a girl! Razz

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Rob Simmons · Post subject: (Thu Mar 15, 2012 11:31 am)

"Sticks and Stones" gentlemen,... "Sticks and Stones"... Rolling Eyes

I think it's pretty obvious to all (even Bagel! Laughing

) following along in this saga between Cookie and me that he is nothing more than hot air and evil intentions.

Whenever he is in a quandry over what to say he resorts to name calling and twisting my words around. Very sad actually... Sad

C'mon Cookie... Ya gotta do bedder 'n dis! Shocked

(Don't let your enthusiasm "wayne" just because I'm already whoopin' up on ya! Pick yerself up by the boot straps and be a big boy about it. Razz

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Rob Simmons · Post subject: (Fri Mar 16, 2012 12:19 pm)

I replaced the melted shifter cable last night. Very Happy

While I was down there fiddlin' I noticed that I could re-route the front tranny fluid line to get it away from the header and shifter cable. When I was re-tightening the line I broke the fitting off in the transmission! Shocked

Luckily, my "easy-outs" were close at hand and I was back in bizness.

Does anyone have pictures of how they routed their shifter cable to avoid melting the cable?

Dennis described his method and I thought I had it far enough away from the header, but I was abviously wrong. Embarassed

Perhaps the metal I was using to divert it from the header actually transferred heat to the cable... Confused

I've wrapped the new cable with header wrap stolen from the Challenger shifter cable, but I still need to route the cable as far from the header as possible.

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Rob Simmons · Post subject: More progress... (Wed Mar 21, 2012 12:49 am)

A fun evening at the garage tonight.

I re-routed the shifter cable over to the passenger side of the transmission and looped it under the bell housing. Thanks Romeo Furio for the advice and pictures. Wink

Here is the melted cable and the broken fitting from the last time I fiddled with it.

Here's how I made my heat shield / "cable diverter" to go under the transmission.

Then I just flipped it upside down and bent it so that it hangs a bit below the transmission and points to the rear. This gives the cable a place to rest and keeps it away from the header.

Like this! Very Happy

If left to its own devices, the shifter cable would dangle underneath the oil pan in front of the shield I made.

But it easily pushes behind the shield and points away from the header.

And on the passenger side.

Then it loops up around the dipstick tube.

And through the trans tunnel on the passenger side.

To come up to the shifter like this.

Here you can see the hole up higher and toward the middle of the fire wall where the melted cable went through and where this one goes through the trans tunnel lower down and to the passenger side.

I still put some aluminum foil around it for more protection. Next time I'm over there I will put some header wrap around the header where it comes closest to the cable.

I had quite a bit of foil, so I just used what I had. Laughing

I did discover that I need to replace the idler arm. It seemed fine when I checked it several months ago, but I guess a couple passes down the 1/8th mile and the backwards tow to and from the track loosened it up to reveal how bad it actually is. I just sold one at the banquet too. Rolling Eyes

While I was laying under there I saw some more easy weight removal in the form of more 30+ year old grunge that I can scrape off. Laughing

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Rob Simmons · Post subject: (Fri Mar 23, 2012 2:04 pm)

CNC-Dude · Post subject: (Fri Mar 23, 2012 4:01 pm)

More HP.

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Dart270 · Post subject: (Fri Mar 23, 2012 6:50 pm)

Sounds like you have too much converter and too much gear for that motor - will likely slow you down. If GR I actually ran high 14s, then you should already be in the 13s. Have you tested the actual conv stall?

Lou

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CNC-Dude · Post subject: (Fri Mar 23, 2012 6:59 pm)

X2 on what Lou said about the gear. A lighter car shouldn't need as much gear as a heavier car. I bet if you had the 3.91 or 4.10 gear in it that would be plenty.

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Rob Simmons · Post subject: (Sat Mar 24, 2012 7:06 am)

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