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| Author: | Rob Simmons [ Tue May 14, 2013 6:26 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: You know... |
Quote: I have a factory front sway bar that could fix that roll a bit...you just have to weld in the angles on the LCA's and bolt it in...
Hmmm,... I told Chase we could put some thicker torsion bars in there I've had for years and haven't used... get a sway bar... Looks like fun though. -D.Idiot He said,"I want to paint her first!"  Form over function... Where have I gone wrong..? 
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| Author: | wjajr [ Tue May 14, 2013 7:33 pm ] |
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Quote: Hmmm,... I told Chase we could put some thicker torsion bars in there I've had for years and haven't used... get a sway bar...
Well give him credit, he is holding off on the neon undercarriage illumination, and a fart can…
He said,"I want to paint her first!" Form over function... Where have I gone wrong..? |
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| Author: | Rob Simmons [ Wed May 15, 2013 5:48 am ] |
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No underglow on this one... His older brother put it on the SRT-4... With the headers and side exit exhaust Stella doesn't need a fart can.
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| Author: | emsvitil [ Wed May 15, 2013 3:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: You know... |
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Form over function... Where have I gone wrong..?
I'm with you........ I've always thought beauty was in the form of function..............
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| Author: | Rob Simmons [ Wed Jun 19, 2013 9:54 am ] |
| Post subject: | The hits just keep on comin'... :-( |
I kinda figured this was comin' with all of our carb issues and not making much progress on Stella... Chase informed me last night that he wants to sell her and get something newer with better defrost, A/C, etc. I drove her to work today and a guy at the gas pump asked about her. I told him she's his for the same $2,700 we bought her for. We'll see... (No Cookie,... You can't have the quarter panels... )
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| Author: | wvenable [ Thu Jun 20, 2013 6:46 am ] |
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 Sorry ta hear that Mater. Throw a 2bbl on it and git 'er goin' and see if he perks up.
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| Author: | Rob Simmons [ Thu Jun 20, 2013 7:30 am ] |
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It's all good. He has been a sport about it and we've had some good bonding because of it. No regrets. When we go back to Germany next summer and he goes off to college he'll want something he doesn't have to fiddle with anyway. |
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| Author: | Rob Simmons [ Fri Jun 28, 2013 8:33 am ] |
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I've had several tire kickers look her over, but no serious buyers... Wednesday I tore the 1 barrel apart for the rebuild. Maybe this weekend I'll do the swaperoo... |
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| Author: | Rob Simmons [ Wed Jul 03, 2013 5:54 am ] |
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I've been driving Stella the last couple weeks and Chase has been driving the SRT-4... Interesting gas mileage differences...  SRT-4 went from 23-25 down to 17-20 Stella went from 8-9 up to 14+  I still plan to swap back on the 1 barrel and stock exhaust. Maybe I'll get it back up into the higher teens again.
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| Author: | Rick Covalt [ Wed Jul 03, 2013 7:43 am ] |
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Rob, you should be doing better than that even with a 2 barrrel. My trucks mileage did not change at all with the two barrel swap. On the road I get 18+ fully loaded and running 65-70MPH Rick PS - Sounds like your son drives like you used to!!
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| Author: | Dart270 [ Wed Jul 03, 2013 8:02 am ] |
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I have usually seen as good, or sometimes better, MPG with a BBD vs. any 1bbl carb. Adjust rod step up under the little cover and that can make a significant difference. Lou |
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| Author: | Rob Simmons [ Wed Jul 03, 2013 8:09 am ] |
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Since we're selling it I'm not going to bother with a 2 barrel upgrade. I'm just going to put it back to stock and move on. That 390 is just too much carb for the stock engine. You know it's bad when the girl working the drive-thru complains that your car makes her eyes burn!
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| Author: | Rick Covalt [ Wed Jul 03, 2013 12:48 pm ] |
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Quote: That 390 is just too much carb for the stock engine.
Whoops! Forgot you had a 4 barrel on it. Although there has been a few Covalt vehicles with stock engines and 4 barrels that got pretty decent mileage. Sorry, none of them were Holleys.
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| Author: | Rob Simmons [ Thu Jul 04, 2013 8:01 pm ] |
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I went out to Ohio Valley 1/8th mile track for test & tune Wednesday evening to see if the pig rich Holley and Clifford manifold would make any difference in ET before I swap back to the 1 barrel... They cancelled because it looked like rain. It's been raining non stop all day today too... |
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| Author: | Rob Simmons [ Tue Jul 09, 2013 4:38 pm ] |
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I've got the 1 barrel carb rebuilt and ready to re-install along with the stock intake and exhaust manifolds. I spent the weekend cleaning the garage and working on the Challenger engine instead. |
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