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  1. Bill Dedman

    Opinions on FirmFeel???

    I installed a rebuilt Stage I Firm Feel box in my Valiant a couple of years ago and every place it could leak it's dry as a bone. Plus, there's virtually NO play "on center," and it has just the right amount of road "feel." for me. In addition to that, the guys at Firm Feel are easy to...
  2. Bill Dedman

    Whats better Manual steering or Power?

    "36 lbs.." That's about a fender-lenth in the quarter-mile... less than that in a thousand feet and even less in an eighth-mile... I think I'll keep my power steering and "eat" the difference. But, I'm O-L-D, and tired.... lol! Fifty years ago, I'd have jumped on it! You'll see...
  3. Bill Dedman

    Whats better Manual steering or Power?

    Good point; I'm not sure you can PUT 11 horsepower through a small, single V-belt. I could be wrong, but if you're going in a straight line (like, down a drag strip), and the box is not doing any work, how can it absorb 11 hp? Whatever the pump is creating in the way of pressure is just...
  4. Bill Dedman

    1968 Dart K frame's

    Yes, what Jeff said, but to elaborate a little bit... You were on the right website, but that K-Member identification chart is not easy to see/find. You need to look at the far left side of the screen; there's a purple (on my computer, anyway) 1", or so, wide column of color running from...
  5. Bill Dedman

    8 1/4 will it hold up?

    The 8.25"s can work okay with an automatic, but the pounding that a 4-speed dishes out, with a decent clutch and some sticky tires is a little beyond the torque-holding capabilites of an 8.25, I think. I see A-Bodies at the drags pulling wheelies with 8.25" rears, but they are always...
  6. Bill Dedman

    Your opinions on the firmfeel suspension company?

    Those guys are the best. I have nothing but praise for them and their steering boxes. I have a Stage I (I thinkl it's the basic Firm Feel remanufactured unit) in my '72 Valiant and it has ZERO free play on center, and is a power unit, but doesn't have ANY seepage or leakage, anywhere. It has...
  7. Bill Dedman

    Mopar Turbo

    That's right, Chuck, and that's a good thing because what you have, with all that pressurized air and gas is a BOMB, looking for a chance to explode... A very bad idea, intercooling a draw-thru... very baaaaaaad.. Bill, in Conway, Arkansas
  8. Bill Dedman

    Mopar Turbo

    The main disadvantage to a draw-through system, where the air goes through a carburetor first, is that realistically, you can't run an intercooler for safety reasons. Once you have a large amount of turbo-compressed air that contains atomized gasolne, you have, basicallly a BOMB, that in case...
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