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Floyd Gets a New Power Plant and Suspension

May 1, 2012 Uncategorized

We finally made some driveability decisions so we decided to replace the old king pin front end with a new Jim Meyer Racing coil over with rack and pinion steering and 11 inch disk brakes.

We also decided to replace the motor with a base Chevy 350 mated to a Tremac 5 speed form Amp Performance. The motor has arrived and the 5 speed should be in next week. The Jim Meyer group is back logged so we will not see the new front suspension until mid June.

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A Small Bit Of Bad News :( (but it is not too bad)

May 1, 2012 Uncategorized

While cleaning out the rocker area I uncovered some severely rusted metal under the fiberglass, who would have known there would be metal in a fiberglass car 🙂 The good news as major as it looks it will only set the project back a day or so and about $400.

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