32 Ford "tweaks" and a few mods - Lateral-g Forums

**GregWeld** · #1 09-25-2010, 02:44 PM

Great! Glad you guys like the ideas...

I didn't want to repaint the whole car -- it has a whopping 600 miles on it... and the paint and bodywork is flawless... but I thought the wheels and stance sucked.... and I just can't do "carbs" --- and the 6 speed would never get into 6th - even with 4:88's -- which would make the rest of the gears suck... so why bother! LOL

The interior will get "square weave" carpet... and the dash will be re-done and higher quality. The engine turned bit is some kind of cheapazz plastic wannabe stuff... and I wanted a small console for my coffee cup... so we'll do a key fob style push button starter in the console... and Steve restores old style heaters so we'll add one of those - even though they're mostly useless in a roadster.

I'm thinking the new license plate should be: REDEUCE

**Flash68** · #2 09-25-2010, 03:44 PM

I like it and those wheels are perfect I think.

But not sure why swapping out the T56 for the TKO? just because of 6th? or you want that shorter first gear?

96z28ss · #3 09-25-2010, 04:06 PM

so when the car is done it will look some thing like this, without hood sides. I know yours is a high boy and the pic i attached isn't,

Are you going to run Lakester headers? or a lake side pipe like the 32 attached?

NOT A TA · #4 09-25-2010, 04:28 PM

Very cool car Greg! Have fun with it!

**tones2SS** · #5 09-25-2010, 04:55 PM

Nice car Greg. It will be cool to be see the "tweaks" that you bring to it. Looks like a great starting point for sure. Really nice car.
Good luck and enjoy!

srh3trinity · #6 09-25-2010, 06:23 PM

Looks like a nice start and the concept is spot on.

awr68 · #7 09-25-2010, 07:06 PM

It's going to be sweet! Yes, please use those wheels!

Any idea how long it will be at Steve's?

**GregWeld** · #8 09-25-2010, 10:01 PM

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Originally Posted by awr68

It's going to be sweet! Yes, please use those wheels!

Any idea how long it will be at Steve's?

Tony --- the Kugel rear end is a month out.... and I would imagine that plus more for the wheels etc - so if we started tomorrow it would be December. I'm thinking they'll get started (once we settle on all the final details) about the time we hit SEMA or before.

**GregWeld** · #9 09-25-2010, 10:00 PM

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Originally Posted by 96z28ss

so when the car is done it will look some thing like this, without hood sides. I know yours is a high boy and the pic i attached isn't,

Are you going to run Lakester headers? or a lake side pipe like the 32 attached?

Bob --

I think we're talking LAKESTER like the header shown... I don't like the lake side pipe - or as we used to call them -- ANKLE BURNERS

I think the look is "updated dry lakes roadster" -- so smooth - sans door hinges and trim on the grill shell etc -- but with a hint of tradition.

**GregWeld** · #10 09-25-2010, 09:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Flash68

I like it and those wheels are perfect I think.

But not sure why swapping out the T56 for the TKO? just because of 6th? or you want that shorter first gear?

Dave --

These POS run real tall tires -- 29 inchers -- so the effective gear is higher than the numerical number... So the car just would never see 6th gear. I'd have to run a 4.62 to use 6th.... and any gear ratio above a 4.11 is a "race gear" -- thus noisy with howl etc. Plus that gear would destroy the 1st gear in the car... you'd be shifting in the first 10 feet.

I think the T56 that's in there now is the .50 OD... at least that's what it drives like -- And of course this is all subject to change depending on what we find when we start breaking the car down.