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4 cam tbird

4 cam tbird

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Had to roll it out of the garage to do some sweeping.
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Then Saturday finished up the fuel system and...
 
Still quite a bit of work to do before it is driveable. No brake lines. No power steering/hydroboost lines. Then there is all of the stuff that got cut that sheet metal needs welded in for, shock towers, trans tunnel, trunk floor. Spring is actually looking like an honest target though now.
 
The 17 inch steelies are still pretty uncommon. I've seen a few sets around at events in a few places but still not a lot. It's really too bad that I only had the car on the road for ~3 months when I first put them on because I'm fairly certain I had the first set. I think I may have the only set of 9 inch wide ones they made. The part number in their catalog was wrong when I tried to order them, then they found out they couldn't make the listed backspace when I got that straightened out. Then I finally got them and now they don't list 9 inch wide ones in the catalog anymore.
 
I'm planning on turboing it eventually. Making it drive is really the priority though. It'll be on the road in naturally aspirated form next year. Then winter of 12-13 I can work on making it a little faster. The fuel system is all set up to handle what I'll be doing. Just spent the money and did it right now. It isn't too terrible heavy, honestly, wiki says they were 2900-3600 lbs for all body styles, so Country Squire and Verts with big blocks on the upper side, formal roof with a 6 or a small block on the low side. The aluminum 4.6 is about the same weight as a small block and it is a fast back. 3300ish? Lighter than my Tbird that ran 14.4 in Nebraska with a Mark VIII intake, exhaust manifolds, auto, and IRS. Should run 13's anyway being a few hundered pounds lighter, with a Cobra intake, long tubes, and a more efficient drivetrain and being that we are at 1000' lower elevation. '68 Torino, mid-high 13's, 25ish MPG, sounds cool to me :). It'll be decent enough for a year. I mean, it won't be as fast as the new ride that should be on it's way into my garage here in a couple weeks but it'll be as fast as everything I'm currently working to dump.
 
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4.11's, truetrac, 9 inch, triangulated 4 link, coil over suspension.

Dropping a few hundred pounds, doing things that have been proven to add a few HP, and dropping some track elevation compared to a car I've run 14.4 in sure makes cracking 13's seem pretty reasonable. Mid-13's might be a stretch but 13.9 shouldn't be a problem.
 
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