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    New & Improved Red 85 SVO

    I've been working on this car over 20 years. I just got everything back together & drove her around. Working great. The problems I had had to do with wiring, timing & broken gears. It's now New & Improved.

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    That's great news , do you have some pictures of your car you can share?
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    I'm trying to post some pics but I'm not doing something right it goes to yahoo when I try to attach a pic.

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    Well I can't get pictures posted. I drove about 60 miles today for testing. It's running great. It drives like a new car. Wisco pistons .030 over. Big valve ported head Compitition Cams cam , water cooled AR.63,single 2 1/2 single exhaust straight Cherry Bomb muffler 3:73 rear axle, Bullet 17 in wheels

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    You could always as email pics to someone that may know how to post pics.

    Just sayin'.
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    Looking good!
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    Everything Looks So Clean

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    I used Super Clean Degreaser. I was worried my new epoxy coated floor would get messed up from all the liquids I spilled on the cardboard I had under the car. It didn't do any damage and cleaned up real easy. I made the floor to hold up from oil & gas. Now that I fixed all my oil leaks it shouldn't get too dirty.

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    Looks like you got the attachments thingie worked out.

    Nice progress!!
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    Oh YES!
    It looks very nice.
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    The testing has gone well. 3/4 way thru a full tank. It looks like it's getting good gas mileage. I did spot a leak. The rack & pinion is leaking at the shaft that connects to the steering column. Looks like another project.

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    Looks good!

    What size tires are you running on those wheels? Did you use a spacer so the center cap fits?

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    Car looks really good!

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    The tires are the 235/55 x 17. The tires are too tall. They are new Pirelli tires that came with the wheels, so I plan on wearing them out before I put on 225/45 x 17. The center caps are plastic and don't fit well. I dimpled the metal bearing grease cap. That's one on the list of detailed stuff that I'll work on later. The nice thing about these tires is I have more ground clearance.

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    I pulled the rack & pinion out today. I've got to pull off the tie rod ends tomorrow, then head to Summit for a new rebuilt Summit rack & new tie rod ends. Get er back in next week & drive. A/C is next on the short list.

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    Looks great!! Nice work, man!!
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    Curious why you have two pictures of my eng rebuild in your post?

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    I didn't notice that. I was having trouble posting pics from this tablet so I transfered pics to my desktop. How I did that is unknown. Let me edit that out.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Under Pressure View Post
    I didn't notice that. I was having trouble posting pics from this tablet so I transfered pics to my desktop. How I did that is unknown. Let me edit that out.

    No problem, I have a hard time getting images posted myself.

    Nice car BTW!

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