Recent content by BIGDART72

You need to have the motor and trans installed. Without that you have no "true" value to set pinion angle. A quick search through the forums will result some good info on this. I personally do not like to "set" my pinion angle without installing the rear, in other words, I install the rear...

For what its worth to you, I cut down a drive shaft out of '87 D250 for my '70. It measured 4" as well, I have no clearance issues, I'm running a 8.8 rear too. The rear has been cut down on drivers side in which moves the pinion towards the drivers side. Hope this helps.

For you guys who have moved your rear back, how close is it to the gas tank? I'm in the process of finishing up my swap, and with it mounted in the center of the perch, I have 1-1/2" from the diff cover to the gas tank. If I were to move it back 1-3/8" it isn't going to leave me much room. Too I...

Like AJ said, measure, measure , measure and then measure some more.. don't assume what worked for one with tight clearance will work for you.. ( lesson learned via school of hard knocks). Imo, best guarantee is to find the wheel and tire combo that suits your need/want and build rear to suit...

Lot of mods? Only mods was cutting down the column. What did he cut out? Did he cut a section out of the manifold?

The factory service manuals will go along ways in proper setup of drum brakes, don't ignore there specs on things. I do not know of any secrets as far as swapping parts, ie master cylinder, wheel cylinder, from another donor, what I can tell you is there is certain criteria that needs to be met...

The biggest key to drum brakes starts with having the correct components, ie master cylinder, wheel cylinders, correct proportion valve. Once them demands are meant it is an absolute to have good drums,ie ones that are within spec, brake shoes that are installed correctly,( ie primary and...

I don't have any "hands on experience" with using them headers, but through some research I have found others whom tried it and was a no go! I have a set of '92 magnum Dakota manifolds on my '70 dart, with that said, I have manual steering, floor shifter and I fabricated my own motor mounts. I...

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I'm not a big "poster" on here, or any other forum, to many voices and "opinions" can make for a foggy answer to a question! With that said, just like Rusty, I will not even consider installing a camshaft without putting a degree wheel on it! Once you install one that is few degrees off and...

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It be of my opinion some of the chebby loving asses that are on here need to take there selfs and fondness of them over to a forum that is more suited for that brand!! If you grew up in that era of time ya would understand where some of these fellas come from, but it is obvious some havent and...

Snap-On, end of story.. 3/8 and 1/2 " drive..