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Old 06-16-2010, 10:40 AM
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Got the fuel guage working yesterday afternoon, turned out to be a poor conection between the tank sender and the wire. Functions now.

I got a SERIOUS itch to drive her and took her out for the first semi major shakedown run last night. About 100 miles of backroad cruising. No major problems short of the fact that I burnt the rest of the Mufflers out, sounds like open headers now. That's gonna change., I couldn't keep a conversation with myself let alone anyone else!

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Old 06-18-2010, 10:28 AM
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Exhaust ran last night, RH tailpipes are a bitch on these cars. Ended up making in two pieces.
I'm seriously thinking about a Pypes system on her when funds loosen up a bit. Did another hundred miles last night. Control arm bushings are going to be a must in the front but other than that no big issues I can see. Will know more tomorrow as I'm taking it to a B-day party about 90 miles NE of here. We'll see how she does then.

Ran into an interesting issue with her. The Ceramic pads I put on the front are dusting the wheels. That's gonna change and soon, but this is the first set out of well over 200 that I've installed that does this. Car stops well just turns the wheels black on the front. brakes aren't dragging, calipers aren't sticking but these will filthy up the wheels in 20 miles of normal driving.

A/C will be next when I get time.

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Old 06-18-2010, 02:24 PM
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Exhaust ran last night, RH tailpipes are a bitch on these cars. Ended up making in two pieces.
I'm seriously thinking about a Pypes system on her when funds loosen up a bit. Did another hundred miles last night. Control arm bushings are going to be a must in the front but other than that no big issues I can see. Will know more tomorrow as I'm taking it to a B-day party about 90 miles NE of here. We'll see how she does then.

Ran into an interesting issue with her. The Ceramic pads I put on the front are dusting the wheels. That's gonna change and soon, but this is the first set out of well over 200 that I've installed that does this. Car stops well just turns the wheels black on the front. brakes aren't dragging, calipers aren't sticking but these will filthy up the wheels in 20 miles of normal driving.

A/C will be next when I get time.
Those rotors are probably a little soft, not being designed for metallic or ceramic pads.

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