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DBasher 10-30-2015 08:32 PM

I get what you're saying about "skookum". I thought about running flexible line, nobody will ever see it and it's so easy....couldn't do it. My 3/8" aluminum showed up today so once the tranny crossmember gets sorted out I'll start on the line.

Thinking that I'll protect it behind the sfc and run it up past the front suspension like yours to keep it away from heat until it enters the engine bay. Thanks for the pic. :thumbsup:



Man that house looks good! I know it's big but it doesn't look huge and out of place. April huh? I thought we'd be eating Christmas ham this year sitting
around the fireplace next to the "holiday" tree. Haha! It'll be done before you know it, looks great!

GregWeld 10-30-2015 08:40 PM

It's not that big of a house - 3 bedrooms is all..... :peepwall:



You can barely see it above the tree line from across the valley! Just there -- to the right (looking at this pic) of the White Clouds golf course (the green stuff there in the hills).... The living room floor is at 6372 feet elevation. All that property behind and left and right is BLM..... so we're all alone for now!







http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/a...e/IMG_7990.jpg

DBasher 10-30-2015 08:49 PM

Charlie got a place to stay until April?
:sieg:

GregWeld 10-30-2015 08:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DBasher (Post 620615)
Charlie got a place to stay until April?
:sieg:




Yeah --- at his place in Scottsdale.

clill 11-01-2015 06:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DBasher (Post 620613)
I get what you're saying about "skookum". I thought about running flexible line, nobody will ever see it and it's so easy....couldn't do it. My 3/8" aluminum showed up today so once the tranny crossmember gets sorted out I'll start on the line.

Thinking that I'll protect it behind the sfc and run it up past the front suspension like yours to keep it away from heat until it enters the engine bay. Thanks for the pic. :thumbsup:



Man that house looks good! I know it's big but it doesn't look huge and out of place. April huh? I thought we'd be eating Christmas ham this year sitting
around the fireplace next to the "holiday" tree. Haha! It'll be done before you know it, looks great!

In a race car that might get crashed I think I would prefer a good hose for fuel delivery. I would think it would hold up better than a hard line in a crash...

GregWeld 11-01-2015 06:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by clill (Post 620728)
In a race car that might get crashed I think I would prefer a good hose for fuel delivery. I would think it would hold up better than a hard line in a crash...



I thought the exact same thing -- which is why it's still the way it is. I think I'd be okay with running SS tubing as long as it was inside the frame rails for protection -- and then I'd make sure it was braided flex (I prefer PTFE) from there where it was going to be anywhere it could get damaged from a crash.... so maybe as soon as it left the protection of the frame rail and headed for the engine bay..... Only thing I wouldn't do is to run it near the suspension which is likely to suffer damage in a crash or tire blowout etc.

DBasher 11-01-2015 09:02 AM

You both bring up good points. I had thought about switching over to the PTFE as it exited the protection and ran under the upper control arm on the drivers side....I'll take another look at it. I may be able to protect it in that location or maybe just insulate/protect it from the heat of the header and run it that way.

:cheers:

jeff71 02-15-2016 04:00 PM

Hey Greg can you post a picture of the rear shock mounting upper and lower on your Mustang.

Thanks

GregWeld 02-15-2016 04:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jeff71 (Post 630047)
Hey Greg can you post a picture of the rear shock mounting upper and lower on your Mustang.

Thanks



No -- sorry -- the car is at BMR Racing in California... and I've never taken good pics of the rear suspension.

It's Maier track bar
Leaf Springs
Custom shock mounting for clearances - but basically IIRC - they're on stud perches off the leaf spring birdcage/mount


This pic isn't going to help you a bit --- and the whole thing is custom due to all the crap back there etc.




http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/a...r/IMG_8660.jpg

jeff71 02-15-2016 05:13 PM

Do you think they would allow me to sneak a peek at your shock mounts? I will be in Sac for Rugby on Saturday.

The upper shock is eyelet also? How does that mount to the factory floor?


Heres what I have and it won't allow the shock to swivel enough to locate the upper shock into the floor mount.



http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/...smugz7giu.jpeg


Heres how far off it is.

http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/...s1rhbbevb.jpeg


I'm thinking if I went back to a stock type spring plate and using something like this could work.


http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/...sjua43w2n.jpeg


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