Sorry for the long delay in responding but things have been a little crazy around here lately. It all started with Katrina when the wife's cousin, hubby, kids and her aunt & uncle who live in Chalmette (south east of New Orleans) came to get away from the hurricane.
These folks lost everything, water was over the gutters. They were allowed to go home last week and salvage what they could but when they went in the house it had 2' of mud. They were able to salvage a few items and just walked away from the rest.
So my problems were minor when the hot water heater goes out with a full house, then the a/c quits while it's 99 degrees followed by ice maker. Then when things are almost back to normal there 20 year old son who sleeps all day and stays up all night on my computer has the thing so messed up it won't go no more. Well 300 bucks latter, losing everything on it and still not working I now have a new one.
Then here comes RITA. After 2 days to put every thing up and board up all the windows we head north. The wife has the horses and the cat and I have the GT in tow with the dog (now it's 100 in the shade).We were lucky that it only took us 12 hrs. to drive what usually takes 2 hrs.Two other family's from our area who took different routes spent 26 & 31 hrs. on the road.
Thanks for the kind words about the GT guys.
Bill I will get some more pictures up as soon as I can but yesterday I pulled the body off to sand it and put another coat of primer on. More sanding tomorrow and last coat of primer. Hope to have paint on it next week. I'm having a fellow who is a really good painter do the final paint in trade for work on a 63 Falcon (some mini tubs, wack the front off to install tubular a-arms with coilovers and a rack).
Howard It's been to long for me to remember but I will look up the sizes in the next day or so. I wanted to go with 6 piston on the front but the guy's at Precision Brakes said it wouldn't stop the car any better but would have better pedal feel. Being half the cost I decided to go with the 4 piston for now but will probably change them out latter, can't help but think that a pad with twice the surface area wouldn't stop better.
As you all have noticed I have a G50/50 and really like it , ratio's are nice and shaft angels are good. I purchased an Audi box and looked it over before my car arrived but decided to go with the G50/50. Hersh and others seem to have proven that it's probably not a bad box for the money, it will be interesting to see if Ron can tear his up or if it lives. I just didn't want to worry about it breaking. I didn't build this car to have to drive it easy.
No real issues with bottoming out but had to go around a few speed bumps. All I plan on doing is raising the ride height 1/2 " , machining 3/8" off the back space on rear wheels and going to a 24" tall front tire instead of the 26"and also in a better
tire all around.
Ross, thanks for the offer. I have no problems with the reservoirs, just had to install residual valves on both cylinders.
Simon
These folks lost everything, water was over the gutters. They were allowed to go home last week and salvage what they could but when they went in the house it had 2' of mud. They were able to salvage a few items and just walked away from the rest.
So my problems were minor when the hot water heater goes out with a full house, then the a/c quits while it's 99 degrees followed by ice maker. Then when things are almost back to normal there 20 year old son who sleeps all day and stays up all night on my computer has the thing so messed up it won't go no more. Well 300 bucks latter, losing everything on it and still not working I now have a new one.
Then here comes RITA. After 2 days to put every thing up and board up all the windows we head north. The wife has the horses and the cat and I have the GT in tow with the dog (now it's 100 in the shade).We were lucky that it only took us 12 hrs. to drive what usually takes 2 hrs.Two other family's from our area who took different routes spent 26 & 31 hrs. on the road.
Thanks for the kind words about the GT guys.
Bill I will get some more pictures up as soon as I can but yesterday I pulled the body off to sand it and put another coat of primer on. More sanding tomorrow and last coat of primer. Hope to have paint on it next week. I'm having a fellow who is a really good painter do the final paint in trade for work on a 63 Falcon (some mini tubs, wack the front off to install tubular a-arms with coilovers and a rack).
Howard It's been to long for me to remember but I will look up the sizes in the next day or so. I wanted to go with 6 piston on the front but the guy's at Precision Brakes said it wouldn't stop the car any better but would have better pedal feel. Being half the cost I decided to go with the 4 piston for now but will probably change them out latter, can't help but think that a pad with twice the surface area wouldn't stop better.
As you all have noticed I have a G50/50 and really like it , ratio's are nice and shaft angels are good. I purchased an Audi box and looked it over before my car arrived but decided to go with the G50/50. Hersh and others seem to have proven that it's probably not a bad box for the money, it will be interesting to see if Ron can tear his up or if it lives. I just didn't want to worry about it breaking. I didn't build this car to have to drive it easy.
No real issues with bottoming out but had to go around a few speed bumps. All I plan on doing is raising the ride height 1/2 " , machining 3/8" off the back space on rear wheels and going to a 24" tall front tire instead of the 26"and also in a better
tire all around.
Ross, thanks for the offer. I have no problems with the reservoirs, just had to install residual valves on both cylinders.
Simon
