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  1. robo

    Upgrading my 347 feedback

    Hello all. I've got a CHP 347 stroker kit in a factory block. I have made 50 or 60 passes in the last 8 or 10 years with it. The engine is in a 91 LX and has gone 11.69@113. Current engine has a pair of fully ported GT-40 "y" heads, a port matched cobra intake, 38# injectors, 65mm TB, 90mm...
  2. robo

    need help with aerospace brakes

    yes, two front brake lines come off the line lock and route to the front calipers. lines are 3/16". hard lines everywhere except at the front calipers and a 15" flex at the rear axle split area.
  3. robo

    need help with aerospace brakes

    the front of the strange master cylinder is plumbed to the line lock and then from there the front lines split. the rear of the master cylinder goes to the rear brakes. (rear reservoir is larger but i've read and been advised that that is the way you want it plumbed with a drag radial and a...
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    need help with aerospace brakes

    hello all. i have a 91 fox lx hatch that runs mid 11's. i've recently installed a completely new brake system. it consists of a strange (mopar) manual master cylinder and aerospace 4 piston brakes at all four corners. all the lines are new and there are no leaks. i moved the contact point for...
  5. robo

    1980 302?

    highly doubt it has 4 bolt mains. i'm sure he is mistaken.
  6. robo

    E85 is cool

    the fuel savings is amplified when you switch from racing fuel to e-85! not so much for pump gas. as already mentioned, there are several performance advantages as well.
  7. robo

    E85 is cool

    what fuel system do you have? i have a complete aeromotive on my 347 but i'm worried that the -an hoses are not compatible with the e-85.
  8. robo

    Has anyone installed a Hurst Line Lock?

    i have one on my mustang. one port on the solenoid is the feed in. the other two on the solenoid are the left and right front brake feeds out. i have a brake line from the master cylinder in to the "in" port and a brake line to each front caliper from the "out" ports.
  9. robo

    What did you do for your Fox today?

    bled the new aerospace brakes. dropped the c-4 tranny pan and straightened the rails. removed the ty raps from my -8 and -6 fuel lines and secured them with stainless steel straps. making ready for the dyno tune on the 7th.
  10. robo

    E85 is cool

    did you have to change the fuel lines? i'm thinking of making the switch myself.
  11. robo

    Question on Engine

    and you will get what you pay for! never enough money to do it right the first time but plenty of money to do it over and over again.
  12. robo

    Question on Engine

    2400 is dirt cheap for a quality machine shop to rebuild an engine.
  13. robo

    what are you guys using for c-4 pan gaskets

    cork, moroso rubber over steel? just dropped the pan and straightened out the rails. (they were badly deflected due to over tightening) thinking of the rubber over steel. what do you guys use? thanks, rob
  14. robo

    Hard lesson on drag radials in the rain

    sorry to hear about your luck man. i bet you can fix it in the 2000 range. probably less if you do the tear down and parts location yourself. good luck!
  15. robo

    Heads

    what was "checked" on the heads? guide wear, deck surface flatness, spring pressure and installed height, valve seats, etc..... as far as the cam goes, i would highly recommend you contact cam motion and have a custom cam ground for your specific application. it will run you an extra hundred...
  16. robo

    Nitrous on a 115000 miles Gt, is it safe?

    higher the mileage.....higher the risk!
  17. robo

    battery relocation question and opinions needed

    moving the battery to the trunk works well when setting up a car for competition. it's not placed on the passenger side to offset the drivers weight. it is placed there because when the engine "winds up" the chassis, the passenger side "unloads". (watch a car leave the starting line at the...
  18. robo

    Intake Manifolds

    edelbrock victor 5.0 intakes are not 300 bucks. they are more in the 600 range. typhoon intakes are imported junk! don't waste your money. buy a cobra or gt-40 and be done with it.
  19. robo

    c-4 leaking fluid

    hello all. i have hot rod c-4 in my fox. it has all the stuff ati makes for a c-4. after i run the engine there is about a pint of tranny fluid on the ground and for the life of me i cannot determine where it is coming from. the bellhousing and torque converter are dry as is the...