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    Two makes of MT et street drag radial tires... which is the best?

    yeah, those 315's look badass on a car dont they?
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    Two makes of MT et street drag radial tires... which is the best?

    i feel you guys about saving the money. however, i already have the 17x10.5's and they need tires anyway. thats th reason i didnt buy set of welds and slicks this year for the rear.
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    Two makes of MT et street drag radial tires... which is the best?

    haha yeah but i loved my 315/35 r17 bfg dr's.... and seeing that rear end with those steam rollers is awesome :drool: plus i could get 1.8 60' times with my bfg's on the 17x10.5 s on stock suspension.... doing double adj uppers and got lowers now, then longtube headers :nice:
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    Two makes of MT et street drag radial tires... which is the best?

    pretty much just driving to and from the track lol:nice: oh and the occasional trip into town...
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    Two makes of MT et street drag radial tires... which is the best?

    I have a set of 17" rims, x10.5 in the rear, and im in the market for a new set of drag radials for the spring ( my old bfg's are worn out... 315/35 r17) and i noticed there are two seperate makes of the MT's im looking at. one, while smaller width wise, says its especially designed for...
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    Two makes of MT et street drag radial tires... which is the best?

    I have a set of 17" rims, x10.5 in the rear, and im in the market for a new set of drag radials for the spring ( my old bfg's are worn out... 315/35 r17) and i noticed there are two seperate makes of the MT's im looking at. one, while smaller width wise, says its especially designed for...
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    HELP!!!! Changing brake pads under time constraint...stuck!!

    ok...i learned my lesson. I really didnt want to bother anyone (a whole family of drag car builders), so i tried to tackle this seemingly easy issue myself. note to anyone thinking they can just get under there and fool around...if you have someone that knows, ASK! turns out i did ok, but i...
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    HELP!!!! Changing brake pads under time constraint...stuck!!

    oh, i may be able to post a pic tomorrow of the nick. im gonna take everything off again just to check it, so ill probably take a pic while i have it apart
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    HELP!!!! Changing brake pads under time constraint...stuck!!

    than the week after that i will probably get my gears in...no promises though (darnit...its been way to long)
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    HELP!!!! Changing brake pads under time constraint...stuck!!

    front...rears are tomorrow....party was ok...oh well...gotta finish two more cars tomorrow. mustang and my beater, getting ready to park the mustang (but next weekend is a postponed holloween race at our local track, may race then) and getting my beater ready...
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    HELP!!!! Changing brake pads under time constraint...stuck!!

    ok, good deal. ive got them on and in the right place! i noticed one thing, though, when i had them off. one of the pistons on the caliper has a knick in the side, like a rock got stuck in it, compressed, left a small knick pressed out of the side, and fell ut. is this having an adverse effect...
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    HELP!!!! Changing brake pads under time constraint...stuck!!

    ok, next question!!!the brake pads i bought have two little steel nubs that are getting stuck on the caliper as i try and close it. the pistons are fully compressed, can i just grind these off?
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    HELP!!!! Changing brake pads under time constraint...stuck!!

    len! thanks man! i got it, i was looking right at the dam thing and it didnt even reggister...god, dude, your a life saver!!!!:SNSign:
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    HELP!!!! Changing brake pads under time constraint...stuck!!

    oh, and no chevy jokes. im a ford man, the chevy was just too good of a deal to pass up...ive just never changed the brakes before on a ford
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    HELP!!!! Changing brake pads under time constraint...stuck!!

    Ok, this might make me sound stupid but screw it. I changed the brake pads on my van (chebby) yesterday with no problems, right? well, the mustang needed it bad, so im doing them right now, and im stuck! at the beginning! Is there some sort of trick to getting off the caliper?i have been turning...
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    Aftermarket hood hinges???

    bump :p anyone seen these anywhere?
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    Aftermarket hood hinges???

    noone seen em, huh? I know they exist, seen em on a few cars in pictures, hope they arent one offs. I really wanna go with an extended cowl, i think they look incredibly bad a$$!!!!
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    Gears improvement

    I was waiting for someone to bring up centrifugal blowers. Im bout halfway to my Novi 2000, and ive always heard 3.73 for roots type/twin screw, and 4.10's for the centrifugal blowers (to give them enough pep off the line to accomodate for the lack of boost at first)...does that make sense?)
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    Aftermarket hood hinges???

    Ok guys, ive proposed this before, but I have an idea and this is the only way I will possibly get this to work. Does anyone have any idea where i can get reverse hinges for my hood? I wanna get an extended cowl hood for my mustang but I dont want it to lift off, I wanna be able to lift it...
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    new cowl hood?

    something like this... http://muscle-mustangs.com/popup_image.php?pID=219