Re: More race truck progress
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04/13/09 02:16 AM
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Refresher, Ron...what's the grand plan for this one?
And thanks for the pics. Gives me a better look at what kinda work an MII install is like.
This truck has a 4" chopped top and it will have a 41 willys nose on it, I have a 493(440)stroker kit and a set of edelbrock heads and a race trans to go into it as well as a 4.10 Dana with ladder bars. I want to run around 10.0 at 135mph
check out this thread below to see how this build has gone so far. Ron...
https://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/show...e=0#Post3092168
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Re: More race truck progress
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04/14/09 09:42 AM
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Refresher, Ron...what's the grand plan for this one?
And thanks for the pics. Gives me a better look at what kinda work an MII install is like.
As I recall and of course Ron correct me if I am wrong but that is a stock MII clip. So if you are looking at picking up an aftermarket MII cross member it may look or fit a little differently depending on the application.
Ron great work as always you are an inspiration for me to get moving on projects once the rain stops.
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Re: More race truck progress
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Refresher, Ron...what's the grand plan for this one?
And thanks for the pics. Gives me a better look at what kinda work an MII install is like.
As I recall and of course Ron correct me if I am wrong but that is a stock MII clip. So if you are looking at picking up an aftermarket MII cross member it may look or fit a little differently depending on the application.
Ron great work as always you are an inspiration for me to get moving on projects once the rain stops.
your right, putting in a stock mustang cradle in is a little different than putting in an aftermarket one, like a fatman unit.
the stock mustang frontend has the top hat(where the upper arms attach) and the lower crossmember are all one piece. where an aftermarket one is separate.
with an after market one you mount the new lower crossmember to the bottom of the frame and then you put on the 2 upper(top hats) pieces and weld it all up.
with a stock mustang crossmember you have to trim the frame till the mustang unit clears everything and then you have to measure from side to side and top to bottom and front to back and when your sure its where it needs to be you weld it up and I make plates to box it all in and make it strong Ron...
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Re: More race truck progress
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04/14/09 12:57 PM
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What was the reason for ditching the toyota front end?
it was an older style frontend with single thin rotors and the torsion bars were in the way for the engine and trans, the plan all along was to go with the mustang II style frontend. I have Tube "A" arms for it as well as big brakes and a new manual rack and pinion setup
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Re: More race truck progress
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04/14/09 09:19 PM
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Looks great Ron!
Thanks Pat
well I am now at the point of no return
I fitted and "CUT" the willys hood, and found out that it will have to be widened down the middle also
so I started cutting and fitting and now it is Klecoed in place and it looks like it goes from nothing in the front to about 2 1/2" at the rear. Oh boy glass and resin work ahead
well thats streetrodding you have to just work through the problems you come across Ron...
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Re: More race truck progress
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04/15/09 05:47 PM
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Looks like the fit is perfect after you cut it though! What are you planning to do about side panels, if any?
I thought about leaving them off(to let more air out) but when you look at it from the front it looked a little weird and you could see to much of the firewall area, but the sides had to come off as the body line is opposite to the dodge. dodge goes out heading down and the willys goes in heading down. so it looks like I will glass that area so that the body lines and body below blend in the way they should. I knew that the hood was going to be the biggest challenge making this nose and body work together.
I thought about using a dodge hood and nose cone and make it meet the willys center section but I felt that the hood would be pretty heavy in steel so I cut up the willys glass hood yeah I know crazy.... Ron...
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Re: More race truck progress
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04/17/09 11:49 PM
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Hey Ron, I just caught this thread! The truck is comming along nicely! The hood won't be any hill for a climber! LOL I like what you did with the Mustang II front end. Keep up the good work. Mark
1996 Ram 1500 Sport 1968 road runner 1952 Sears Allstate licensed, pump gas, Hemi 5.98 @ 115.73 1.33 60 ft. The best is yet to come. Painless Performance / Street RODDER magazine Top 100 for 2019
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