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We are back from Alaska. We had a very nice evening visit with Tim and Chris Knapp in Anchorage. Both have jobs with in Alaska state governement and are living their dream. I learned that my 460 was not built by Tim but he bought it already setup race ready in a '73 Mustang. He said he didn't do muc...

Mailed out 7 copies to Cleveland yesterday. Hope you enjoy 'em.

I just finished the slideshow DVD for 2006 Carlisle. I'll be making copies soon and mailing them to Fred before I leave for Alaska on Friday.

Here's where it all started sometime back in the year 2000:



460 Mouse Motor:

Ol' Blue now has new front shocks, radius arm bushings and front disk brake slider pins. I took her to Wheels4Hope yesterday for a test drive. I didn't notice any difference in the steering, but I felt a whole lot more secure knowing the front end wasn't moving around. Here's what I was concerned ab...

I'm gaining more and more confidence in the swap these days. Next is a big job replacing the bushings in the front I-beam suspension followed by the brakes. I'm gonna put her up on jackstands this morning and start ripping things apart again. I've got the O2 sensors installed so I'm poised to start ...

It's been a while since you guys have had an Audio/Video experience. Here's what the FlowMasters series 50 sound like. Crank up the volume (5.8MB): http://www.tiresmoke.org/walt/flowmasterscut.avi By the way, the new choke is working great. I just have to tweak the rod just a tiny bit to make it sli...

I'M ALL CHOKED UP!! While waiting for my radius arm bushings to show up, I thought I'd take a crack at a new choke. I had previously bought the Edelbrock choke spring assembly from a local speed shop. It is intended for a small block Chevy. I hope the Chevy police don't get me for putting it on a b...

Mark, before I made any decision on mufflers, I did my own informal FlowMaster survey of the truck guys. The response on the loudness issue was very subjective. One guy's "too loud" is another guy's "sounds great". I wanted no part of that annoying resonance. I was fortunate to f...

Finally, no more nagging oil leaks! The final one turned out to be the oil drain plug itself. It was difficult to discover because the bottom of the pan is concealed by a frame member. I had to crawl under and look from just the right angle. It took just about an eighth of a turn and now all is dry....

I had my exhaust system installed today. I got 2 1/2 inch pipes and FlowMaster series 50's. In addition, I had two O2 sensor bungs installed. Bruno and I are going to the junkyard on Monday. I plan to pull a couple of O2 sensors and take them home with me. I'm looking forward to hooking them up and ...

Just an unrelated observation. I'm really surprised that I got no reaction from my last post in Carlisle '06. You guys are really slippin'

Took 'Ol Blue to the Wheels4Hope garage today. It's about a 40 mile round trip. She's still doing well. Yesterday I filled her up with mid-grade gas and noticed today that I'm still cackling like crazy on a hard low speed pull. When I got home, I found some octane booster and dumped it in the tank. ...

She's back on the road! I put on the hood today. I should have taken some pictures. Randi helped me 'cuz no neighbors were available. I hooked the hood to the engine crane from the front. When all the way up, the rear of the hood just cleared the radiator. Randi and I worked it into place and it set...

Thanks, Dave, great info. I'll shoot for one multiwire sensor. I'm assuming that all O2 sensors have the same bung size and threads. Right?