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The electric fan may not offer noticeable power gains but will it offer a noticeable mpg bump?

it was 3/8 for future reference, thank you

Hi all i am installing a vacuum gauge into my 65 slant with a carter bbs so i don't have any extra vacuum ports on the carb. i just have one for the distributor witch doesnt work because it only gets vacuum when the throttle plate is open. the carb is from a 63 so there are no provisions for...

i did a coolant flush,blew a bunch of crap out of it and put on an overflow tank. so now she's all set

Im not sure if it is, i was just wondering if 180 was oem operating temperature

Thanks for the insight, I'm going through canada cause its shorter. how much lighter is your car than mine? I'm going to join the ecomodder website as well. i put an air dam made out of a conveyor belt thats three 3in off the ground I'm doing some more mods to "try" to overcome the brick like...

ill look into the external cooler, but like i said ill be cruising at 65+ to Michigan- Thank you!

Thanks for your suggestions, ill be carrying some extra parts. What rpms do you run at 65? is the 2.25 exhaust from manifold to the bumper? and ru still running points? sorry for all the questions I'm trying to get some more opinions on this stuff-thank you

it looks like I'm grabbing a temp gauge to verify, it should run at 180?

so are the 29s spot on? whats a "locking torque converter", and can i put one in easy enough, or does the tranny have to come out? thanks!

I was playing around with the summit gear ratio calculator and found… 2.76 gear 29 in tall tire 70 mph =2238rpm Will the slant hold up all that way at those rpms? or should i try to fit a bigger tire (as in taller) with some "adjustments" i know 29 is the tallest without masaging ;)

Hey all, Going on a looooooong road trip at the end of july, and i was wondering what the safest/best most economical rpm is for the road trip 1000<miles. Its a 65 dart slant/auto very stock, i beleve 2:76 gears just bought 15 inch sbp wheels and was wondering how tall of tires i should get...

ooooooo right the altered wheelbase drag cars, in that way i don't think it'll make a noticible difference

thank you all I'm going to do a coolant flush very soon, the reason for the electric fan wasn't to band-aid the high temp problem it was just to take some load off the engine and for a few more ponies and some more mpgs. could it also be the thermostat?

Hello i have a 65 auto, it runs a bit hot on the highway i am going to start to check things out soon. but i did have a question about what electric fan to put on it after i get her running good again, have any of you used an electric fan from the salvage yard? what vehicle? did you get an...