Michael H. wrote:

6sally6 wrote:

In Mississippi terms........"itsa bad'un"

No doubt about it!

6sally6 wrote:

You know he lives in-your-neck of-the-woodz...Laurel

I've heard that, but never had a chance to meet him.
I need to find out who he uses for machine shop work in our area.  At some point I need to have the heads from the 390 in my '68 F100 reworked. 

Michael,
I would use Freddie Walker at the Universal Auto Parts machine shop (NAPA Store) in downtown Laurel. He's been rebuilding engines since 1975 at least when he taught me how to recondition connecting rods at the old Christian Auto shop. If he can't fix your 390 heads then they can't be fixed.

Just for the record, my mustang ain't got nitro or nitrous OR a pear tree, although I do enjoy eating them. It does have a Roush TVS supercharger and a Snow methanol injection just for a little cooling effect. It only makes 676 at the rear tires but still gets 23 miles to the gallon and will run somewhere north of 165 mph, given sufficient pavement.
Way north from what I have seen. :-)
Oh yeah, I do not have a line lock either.
If you see a blue 2012 Boss 302 tooling around Laurel sometime then its probably me.

Just another day in the world of hotrods and friends. Thanks to Tubo and Carol for making  a potentially bad situation nothing more than an opportunity for more quality time with friends.I retrieved the old heap and it is safely back home where repairs will be made.Thanks to all for a great weekend at the ​bash and especially for the assistance from them Tubos for getting home.

Bummer, Dude. That is a big monkey wrench in the plans but nothing to stop the bash. We can always have a balona sandwich and Moon pie lunch. Whatever, we be coming.
 

You guys are funny, ha ha. Maybe I should tow the mustang behind the chevy just for fun? At least it ain't red.

Guys, i just finished the Hotrod Power tour where I chased a vibration in my car for over 2500 miles. Everything was smooth as silk up to 60 mph and then from there on up it was just a steady vibration and roar throughout the car. During the trip from MS to I replaced the front tires, balanced the rears and checked the front wheel bearings with no improvement. When I arrived in Eau Claire we put the car on a lift and 14 hours later we had new axle bearings(they were shot!) and rear tires, two new u-joints and a rebalanced driveshaft, a new bushing in the trans tailshaft along with a bunch of new car bugs worked out. Back on the road all was sweet until I hit the 60 MPH mark and the vibration and noise were back. 15 hundred miles later I parked the old heap in the garage and pulled the axles to check the bearings - check- all good. Tires and wheels balanced OK. Then when I removed the driveshaft I noticed a lot of slop in the yook where the universal joiunt sits. BINGO! the yoke had signs of u-joint failure in the past and the u-bolts indicated the yoke was distorted. I replaced it with a brand new yoke and now its as smooth as can be.
The u joint was not fitting tightly in between the two tangs that retain the cups and allowing it to rotate off center and setting up harmonic resonation which was destroying the new trans bushing and who knows what all else.
 

Brother T, brother D is stuck in New Zealand and don't know when I will be allowed to take some time off. I have bought 3 additional cars since I have been here and it would be nice to get home and at least see them. I would love to make the cruise but at the rate I am going here I don't know when that will be. There are some awful nice cars here though.

I have been waiting patiently for some more artwork from the Phoenix Project. That is some fantastic workmanship you have going on there and it will almost be a shame to keep all of your hidden details out of sight. Thanks for the update and press on!

Sal Old Buddy Old Pal, it was great spending time with you and catching up on some hotrodding. To me the best part of a  car is sharing it with others and you sure seemed to get a kick out of it!
A couple of corrections from your original post: it redlines at 7500 and you bumped it plenty of times during your "spirited driving"! It got 24.7 mpg while driving 80-90 mph and at an honest 70 it will get 27. ThI wish you could have heard it with the side pipes opened but in the interest of your heart I chose to keep it quiet.

If your shifter has stop bolts on it they may be too tight and not letting the transmission lever move far enough to engage a gear. Does the problem occur while the engine is running AND with it not running or only while running? Is the clutch properly disengaging to allow the transmission to shift?

Merry Christmas from Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam!

In a different direction from the harmonic dampner, I once had a bad vibration in a 66 coupe that I eventually diagnosed as a worn 4 speed transmision tailshaft bushing. It was apparent by the large abount of clearance between the yoke and the bushing. I replaced the bushing with a new one and the vibration and droning was cured.

Here is a short clip of the sound of which Tubo speaks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cBrF3O_9T8

Restrictor plates have been removed as well as the cats. A little loud around town but you should hear it going through the Mobile tunnel at full song.