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Jimmy, This subject is a messy one.... There are steel gears, composite gears, brass gears... and lots of opinions. The key is to check with the cam manufacturer. You need the correct distributor gear for the cam you are using. Based on my personal experience, if you have the gear...

Hey, thanks! And very, very good news! Congratulations on your car!! Have fun with it!!! The newest pictures I have are some taken at a track event last January south of Houston. I learned that I can spin the car.... I haven't put any new pictures on my website in some time. You're...

An English friend of mine at work had a ride in my MkII awhile back and he claimed he like it. He just returned from a visit to Australia. He told me they were driving near Torquay, Victoria on the 4th of April when a royal blue GT40 caught his eye as he was going around a roundabout...

No, I don't think I'd put the plastic tiles everywhere. They would let fluid spills drip through underneath. I suppose out of sight, out of mind... but I'd rather be able to clean it up. I have had my engine stand with engine sitting on them and there's no real problem with it. I dropped...

Interesting comment... I had .015" over Weisco pistons in a 351C for years and now have .020" over pistons in the same engine. (long story... don't want to go there.) It was easy to obtain the pistons. I have another 351C I've just put into my Pantera and it uses .015" over JE pistons...

When I had my new garage built in 2007 (30 x 60 from Morton Buildings), I went with a combination of floors. The majority of the floor is epoxy that my son and I applied. If you ask him, that was the worst job he's ever been involved in... he was the one on the spikey shoes and man handling the...

Or maybe I should have said.... still.

I might have missed it if it was mentioned here already, but 1083 is for sale again? Ford GT40 for sale | Hemmings Motor News

I had the same problem. The hose was not on far enough nor was the clamp straight and the bead was not covered. My leak was more dramatic. The hose decided to come off completely under hard acceleration while giving a friend from Canada a ride. When I saw the steam in the engine compartment...

Couldn't agree more... I know the guy driving 'Chainsaw' (CHN SAW) on the right. He used to work here as manufacturing manager. He went to China on business right after that little event on Woodlands Parkway and when he came back, they were waiting for him at IAH. :stunned: Probably the...

Confirmed. The stud on the A-arm, the bolt and the threads on the rod ends are 12M x 1.75. To put the sway bar arm above the A-arms would take some serious modifications in my opinion.... FWIW, Kirby

Joules, Thanks for the link. I didn't see them in my Google search results. Yep, they certainly have 12mm x 1.75 rod ends. 30 degrees is the max swivel though, as I've seen with most rod ends. Regards, Kirby .

Al, 1) I have not cut anything off. The front suspension is as I received the car from Olthoff (other than the welded sway bar arms). 2) The picture angle is not very good. Moving the link back actually moves the link further off of vertical. Since the stud on the A-arm is already angled...

On the Jan 2nd, I went to Houston MSR with 2155. I found that I'm rusty as hell trying to drive after too long overseas and no track time. Managed to spin the car on street tires. My fault. I can give you lots more excuses why if you want to hear them, but if you listen to the video, you'll...

Since Mike has mentioned 'a GT40 that lives in Houston', I'll lay claim to that description. I used Mike's system and applied it to both my GT40 and my Pantera. The system has been applied to several Panteras in the Houston area (I can count 5 for sure, might be more) and nobody has any problem...

Hope you enjoy this as much as I did. Merry Christmas everyone! Kirby

Very much like Wally described, I really didn't like the Superformance seats. There's no lateral support. The grommets come out. I am 6' 2" and need to sit as low as possible. (I have no Gurney bubble, but the cars I have sat in with the bubble all had the bubble too far forward, so it was no...

Re: Replica/Kit Makes : Superperformance GT40 2009 Ford GT40 Superperformance GT 40 T The tail end of the car is extensively modified to accept the Ricardo, the turbos and the intercoolers. You can barely get a quick jack under it. I know. I did it in my driveway. And as I've said many...

Re: Replica/Kit Makes : Superperformance GT40 2009 Ford GT40 Superperformance GT 40 T What should I offer them? $30k? :laugh:

And here's a nice picture of both. That's Jack Houpe in his MkI and me in my MkII on the front straight at Texas World Speedway.