Re: progress on the race truck project
[Re: Mopar Ron]
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06/02/07 09:58 AM
06/02/07 09:58 AM
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sorry ron. i know what a spool is. i wondered what "brand name" [strange, moser, etc.] it's early in the morning [for me anyway......eyeballs not working,brain feeling crankity, etc..........] the reason i asked, on my hump, the spool in the dana is a strange unit. i'm not sure, but i think i remember[?] something about a spool made that accepts a "factory" 3.54/4.10 gearset as well as a 4.56/488 aftermarket set. something about not "needing a spacer" or something. anyway, i was wondering if you could maybe measure the distance from the bearing seat to the ring gear mounting surface & the approximate thickness of your ring gear ? oh, by the way, yesterday i finally had enough ambition to fiddle in the garage. i took a jack & spread the sides of the box out about 1 1/2" & lowered the truck down another 2". looks a ton better now ! i'll try to get a couple of new pics today or tomarrow.....
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Re: progress on the race truck project
[Re: moparx]
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06/02/07 10:46 AM
06/02/07 10:46 AM
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Oh sorry I thought you knew what a spool was it's strange eng. stuff. I was looking at a chrome moly spool at the spring fling swapmeet that I almost bought($125.00) but the guy was honest and told me that it was for 5.13-6.14 ratios and I would not be able to use it with 4.10's and a friend of mine said he had a friend that could set me up with a new one and new 4.10's for a good price so I went for it never thought to ask if I needed a spacer but I am sure he would have told me if I needed one. I'll find out anyway it is 5 1/4" from the bearing seat to the ring gear surface area. and the new ring gear looks like 1 1/16 from the surface area( where it mounts to the spool) to the tall side of the gear. or the gear at its tallest point to the work bench is 1 1/2" does that make sence, not sure I am discribing it right Ron....
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Re: progress on the race truck project
[Re: Mopar Ron]
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06/02/07 03:22 PM
06/02/07 03:22 PM
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that is what i was looking for ! my spool is a strange unit too. i'll have to pull the cover off again] & see if i got what you do. my unit has 4.88's....... a wee bit much for what i have in mind. i bought a VERY nice set of 4.10's from [arrghhh .........brain freeze....."oldtimers"......he is a member.......deals in old hemis.......agghhh ......] oh, i could scream....anyway, i got this gearset from him at carlisle a couple years ago. i was hopeing to use it on my spool..... thanks for your time measuring your stuff ! i'll have to measure what i got... I REMEMBERED ! TRWATERS !........
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Re: progress on the race truck project
[Re: moparx]
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06/03/07 02:09 PM
06/03/07 02:09 PM
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I was in San Diego a couple of weeks ago... stopped by to see Ron and his projects. The new race truck is going to be one fine ride! Ron has quite a few other projects lined up that will be nice rides eventually. Spent about 4 enjoyable hours with Ron including a quick trip to one of his favorite burger places for lunch. Ron, I want to thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule for me ... it was fun!!
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Re: progress on the race truck project
[Re: Mopar Ron]
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06/04/07 08:08 PM
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yes I do have way to many projects, thats a real problem that I have, I am building 5 or 6 cars down the line in my head Ron...
i'm like you ron.....too much time to think wish i could meet up with you some day too ! i'm sure we could come up with SOMETHING ELSE to build..........
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Re: progress on the race truck project
[Re: Mopar Ron]
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06/05/07 09:22 PM
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It was very cool meeting up with you Jim. thanks for lunch yes I do have way to many projects, thats a real problem that I have, I am building 5 or 6 cars down the line in my head Ron...
No Joke!
And I can't figure out how I want to build mine
I see a Willy's in my future
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Re: progress on the race truck project
[Re: moparx]
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07/07/07 06:44 PM
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Ron I was wondering yesterday if this post was going to fall off the edge into cyberspace too because I saw it right at the bottom of the page. But then I found out why!! When you are on the Street Rodders Forum page look below the list of topics to the left it says something like "show topics active-1 month" Click that drop down menu and change it to "all dates" you end up with like 15 pages of topics. Goes back like a year or so. Hope that works for you.
Graham
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Re: progress on the race truck project
[Re: Mopar Ron]
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12/08/07 04:15 PM
12/08/07 04:15 PM
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Thanks for briging it back up. I was looking for it two days ago to show a friend and couldn't find it. With your COE you just got. Why don't you get two more Buicks and put in a TV T Ivo drive train.
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