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Old 07-10-2009   #16 (permalink)
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Do what about torque boxes???? Explain....

I betting money they are ripped ,torn or cracked....

the repair is to reinforce and weld them back & better.....
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they are not ripped im just reinforcing them
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they are not ripped im just reinforcing them

An ounce of prvention is worth a pound of cure....
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if you notice im building everything under the car before i even start with the motor or transmission
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if you notice im building everything under the car before i even start with the motor or transmission
You are building the way i do ......

From the ground up.......
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its not a cheap way of doing things. you dont want to know what i have in my suspension so far and i still have close to 1500 left for suspension
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its not a cheap way of doing things. you dont want to know what i have in my suspension so far and i still have close to 1500 left for suspension
I have a very good idea what you have in suspension....

because i know what i have in mine.....

but when you do it right there first time you only have to do it once......
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my next stang i will definitely build the suspension first. but its hard cause you always want to mess with the motor, or at least i do.
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if you dont have a motor its not hard to mess with it haha
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i now have

9in ends
strange rear brakes
strange rear end cover
strange rear end yoke
strange rear 5/8 studs
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33spline moser axles
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I'm gonna have to start my build thread when I go heavier.
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ok....
what weight reduction have you done
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Are you talking to me?
yes, you're the only person who has posted in my thread in a month
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my work is done.

the front end is pretty much mocked up and the 5lug conversion is done.

im waiting on the rear end to be completed so she can be back on the ground
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