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    elky drag car build

    for 600-800 you could put a 8.8 in it,and if it comes from a v-8,it will have a limited slip and probably 3.23 gears,but a new set of ford motorsport 3.73 or 4.10's can be had for 150.00.get some ranger drums and redrill the axles and you have a 5 lug rear,just off the top of my head,with the...
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    G Body LED Tail Lights

    its on the turn signal lever,up and down is turn signal,pull back for high beams
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    elky drag car build

    i'm not to worried about a 8.8,i have several friends with 9 and 10 sec mustangs running c clips and stk axles,every 7.5 10 bolt i ever shattered was not the axle but the carrier,a set of moser's or stranges would not have done any good
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    elky drag car build

    well got some parts in today,the solid engine and frame mounts came in,so maybe i can at least start getting the motor ready to set in,but i kinda wanna wait till i decide about the steering,either convert it to rack and pinion or just put a manual box on it
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    flowmasters

    yeah the dreaded flowmaster drone,us mustang guys have been living with it for years even with our h and x pipes,a trick they are doing now is to come off right after the muffler and and put a small y pipe in and cap off the y pipe part,somehow the reverberations(sp) is lessened and the droning...
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    elky drag car build

    that car should have a 10 bolt 8.2" ring gear,not that bad and definitely a whole lot stronger than the 7.5,be nice to find a 8.5 10 bolt,the correct width,ive seen them built correctly and hold a bunch of horsepower,in my opinion a 8.8 wouldnt be a option for your car period ,when there are...
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    elky drag car build

    i agree,but i was trying to do it on a budget,but i have seen some that look pretty decent for a couple hundred dollars,now if only i get some blue prints of one for a g-body and i could fab my own
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    elky drag car build

    well as you can see in one of the pics,i'm a fox mustang guy and from everything i have read on the intraweb,was to use a fox 8.8 axle,well the one under the fox in the pics is the one i will be using,it has 4.30 gears,five lug converted,31 spline axle and a cobra 31 spline differential,i'm...
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    work list

    yeah i cant believe how much transmission fluid has gone up,i servcied the transmission in my jeep wrangler,fluid was 4.69 a qt
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    elky drag car build

    first off i am building this car for my dad,he is supplying the money and i am doing the labor and some horsetrading for parts ,he wants to get back into drag racing,it will be a street legal class,hence the drag radials and i'll be bending some rules as i go,i am anticipating a mid 11 second...
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    new guy

    hey guys,new here,i have been lurking for awhile now, but decided to join up,i will be starting a build thread in the el camino section,this is my third g-body,'82 malibu wagon,'86 grand prix and now a '81 elky for my dad,great info here and hope to enjoy my stay :D

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