Carman340
Well-Known Member
Wait a minute...Ford Maverik brake drums on a mopar???? Nobody in their right mind would do something like that.
So first I have to tell you that I spent many hours on the paint job on my 1972 Demon and am proud of the results ...mostly. It is TX9 black so it had to be nearly perfect. And it almost is even though I am not a body man by trade. Not braging. Machinist instead. So I am very protective of my car's apearance. But that's not what I was going to say. My engine was built with a 10.06 compression ratio with Indy T/A aluminum heads. Therefore it runs good on 93 octane pump gas.
Well I thought maybe it would run even better on 112 octane race gas. So I bought 5 gallons of that stuff and dumped it in the tank of the Demon on Saturday. Took it to a cruise about 60 miles away hoping to see a difference in the way it ran. I did and it ran worse, wanting to stall at every red light. So that was a waste of good cash. But that isn't what I wanted to say.
On Monday after work I backed the old beast out of the garage (noticing the blue grey residue all over the back bumper from the leaded gas) and headed for the gas station to top off the tank with 89 octane pump gas just to help give it a diet that it was more used to. I didn't get half a mile and a deer jumped out right in front of me. Panic stop. Slammed on the binders. All four wheels locked up the some instant and I came to a stop just in time as the deer wandered off the road. Tire marks say I don' t have to be embarrased about my Ford Maverick brake drums anymore!!
Yes... I had to change from small bolt pattern to big bolt (4 1/2) pattern and that worked. Just had to bore the center to fit the Moser axles.
So first I have to tell you that I spent many hours on the paint job on my 1972 Demon and am proud of the results ...mostly. It is TX9 black so it had to be nearly perfect. And it almost is even though I am not a body man by trade. Not braging. Machinist instead. So I am very protective of my car's apearance. But that's not what I was going to say. My engine was built with a 10.06 compression ratio with Indy T/A aluminum heads. Therefore it runs good on 93 octane pump gas.
Well I thought maybe it would run even better on 112 octane race gas. So I bought 5 gallons of that stuff and dumped it in the tank of the Demon on Saturday. Took it to a cruise about 60 miles away hoping to see a difference in the way it ran. I did and it ran worse, wanting to stall at every red light. So that was a waste of good cash. But that isn't what I wanted to say.
On Monday after work I backed the old beast out of the garage (noticing the blue grey residue all over the back bumper from the leaded gas) and headed for the gas station to top off the tank with 89 octane pump gas just to help give it a diet that it was more used to. I didn't get half a mile and a deer jumped out right in front of me. Panic stop. Slammed on the binders. All four wheels locked up the some instant and I came to a stop just in time as the deer wandered off the road. Tire marks say I don' t have to be embarrased about my Ford Maverick brake drums anymore!!
Yes... I had to change from small bolt pattern to big bolt (4 1/2) pattern and that worked. Just had to bore the center to fit the Moser axles.
