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    Yesterday 4:48 PM  #1

    6sally6
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    From: Surfside Beach,SC
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    My idea of the perfect set-up....

    425-450 HP.... 150 Nitrous shot....top loader 4 speed...dual disc clutch...narrowed trac-loc with 3.00:1 gears
    Couple of Big Fat Mickeys on the back..as close to bullet-proof as there is....RIGHT!?

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    Yesterday 6:45 PM  #2

    Ron68
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    Re: My idea of the perfect set-up....

    5000 rpm clutch dump with the emergency brake set again?

    68 coupe - 351W, 4R70W, 9" 3.25 -- 65 convertible - 289 4v, C4, 8" 3.00
     

    Yesterday 8:28 PM  #3

    50vert
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    Re: My idea of the perfect set-up....

    I once had an old Dodge dually truck with a slant 6 that looked like that after lending it to a "friend" to move a caravan. Got a call saying it was on the side of a highway, and she didn't know what had happened.Found out from her son, that it didn't like having the gearbox mounted handbrake pulled on at 60.
     

    "Those telephone poles were like a picket fence"
     

    Yesterday 11:08 PM  #4

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    Re: My idea of the perfect set-up....

    Only as good as the weakest link

    Money you enjoy wasting is NOT wasted money... unless your wife finds out.
     

    Today 6:40 AM  #5

    BobE
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    Re: My idea of the perfect set-up....

    Ouch! 
    Interesting that the driveshaft looks 'new', compared to the undercarriage. 

    65 Fastback, 351W, 5-speed, 4 wheel discs, 9" rear,  R&C Front End.
     

    Today 7:36 AM  #6

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    Re: My idea of the perfect set-up....

    MS wrote:

    Only as good as the weakest link

    Which everyone who knows anything would tell you should be the clutch.  This is what happens when you ignore the advice of folks who know better than you. 

     

    Today 7:38 AM  #7

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    Re: My idea of the perfect set-up....

    6sally6 wrote:

    425-450 HP.... 150 Nitrous shot....top loader 4 speed...dual disc clutch...narrowed trac-loc with 3.00:1 gears
    Couple of Big Fat Mickeys on the back..as close to bullet-proof as there is....RIGHT!?

    Seems a lot more like: Diesel dually with locked up rear some moron swapped a new driveshaft into and quickly discovered that the original drivehsaft being mangled wasn't due to anything having been wrong with the driveshaft. 

    "It won't move!"

    "The brakes are just stuck, floor it!"
     

     

    Today 9:38 AM  #8

    MS
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    Re: My idea of the perfect set-up....

    Maybe the solution to my traction issue is to install dually rear tires on my 66!

    Money you enjoy wasting is NOT wasted money... unless your wife finds out.
     

    Today 10:11 AM  #9

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    Re: My idea of the perfect set-up....

    MS wrote:

    Maybe the solution to my traction issue is to install dually rear tires on my 66!

     
    Or install a Detroit Locker to eliminate one wheel peel. With your open headers you'll never hear the DL.

    Bob. 69 Mach 1, 393W, SMOD Toploader, Armstrong  steering, factory AC.
     

    Today 12:50 PM  #10

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    Re: My idea of the perfect set-up....

    rpm wrote:

    MS wrote:

    Maybe the solution to my traction issue is to install dually rear tires on my 66!

     
    Or install a Detroit Locker to eliminate one wheel peel. With your open headers you'll never hear the DL.

    Probably still feel it though
     

     

    Today 6:40 PM  #11

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    Re: My idea of the perfect set-up....

    Had a 79 Bronco with 40" tires.  Dumped the clutch and twisted the driveshaft in two.  Welded a new one up on the shop floor.

     

     

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