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Just an update for anyone following this - I've decided to ditch the Edelbrock 2186 for a Weiand Action Plus 8008. It's actually a chinese copy but it looks and feels just like the OG Weiand one. Actually pretty damn good quality I have to say, and much cheaper too. Only just found out that the...

Haha, a tale as old as time. At least with older cars it's fairly easy to work on them. Thought it was cool how I could drop the heater box without having to take apart the entire dash. Seems like these cars were made prior to (or avoided) the trend of literally designing the car around the...

Hah, small world, am in Sydney too. Haven't actually done it yet - still waiting on some bits to arrive, the carby is here and it's very nice, but waiting on the adapter #1481 to arrive, and also haven't bought the 2186 manifold off my mate yet.

As long as the pitting doesn't result in scoring on the piston itself, it'll be ok.

Wouldn't mind me an 80s Toyota Crown with the 1UZ V8... The fender mirrors would be great to use. Air suspension might be a problem since the parts are no longer available, but there is at least one aftermarket option available, albeit not cheap. Body on frame which is pretty neat too. And the...

Have to say though, with what we know now the electrical systems are quite outdated...ammeter bypass anyone? :D But yeah it's a shame to see how Chrysler used to make such great cars and now they're just meh, save for the halo cars like challengers etc. I remember reading somewhere that...

Always cool to see the original/previous owner's reaction to the car years later. I had an 89 cressida that I bought off a guy who was selling it since his dad could no longer drive. Unfortunately the dad passed before I got a chance to show him my manual conversion. But the guy was glad to see...

I believe the ECI kit uses a 1.031/1 1/32" master and if I recall correctly, the increased bore works with the increased piston size of the chevy calipers that are used in the kit to maintain the same braking distances and pressures, so there is at least some thought about these things put into...

I found one of your old posts about sticking the factory pie tin on top of an aftermarket 14" 4bbl base which would leave a 2 inch gap underneath all around...I think I might do that. I do like me a quasi-stealth appearance under the hood. Found me a cheap base that'll let me do exactly that...

Alrighty, AVS2 and adapter are on the way...kinda forgot about the extension though. Might have to find some hardware store stuff...is that extension 5/16 UNF or UNC? Also, does anyone know of any 17 inch air cleaner base plates that have a 5 1/8 inch carby hole? Was thinking of using the stock...

lol fair enough. i guess it also depends on how hard and how often you drive your car. i do plan on taking mine to the track some day...

I know this is an old thread, but just for anyone else that comes across this, a set of internal/external circlip/snap ring pliers works really well to remove this. Just be careful that it's secure lest it slip out and scratch the bezel. External circlip pliers allow you to squeeze the handles...

Update...for various reasons I wasn't able to get easy access to the car until very recently...is anyone able to get in touch with anyone at ECI Brakes? I think I might've annoyed them too much or got flagged as a spammer because I tried following up on buying a kit but they've stopped replying...

Nice. If getting fresh rotors or machining them, look into cryotreating them too. Makes them last about 2-3 times longer. Weigh up the cost of cryotreating them versus replacing them, not just in money but time/effort too. If machining best to treat them afterwards, otherwise it becomes much...

I remember reading somewhere that pull fans are about 20% more efficient than push fans, what the exact numbers are only the engineers who deal with this sort of thing will truly know, but the physics makes sense given that gases will always move from high pressure to low pressure. Which is also...

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooo Oh well. Better get started then. I did see the screws/nuts on the assembly holding it all together, was just hoping that I didn't have to pull the whole thing apart. Very odd that the engineers made the socket non-removable, but at least there's a decent amount of...

Sounds like a dumb question but my car doesn't have the owner's manual to consult, and these seem to be stuck on permanently. Tried all sorts of twisting and pulling but cannot for the life of me get to these bulbs. How do you take the socket off?

Wow that alternator's almost as big as my head

how about putting in a TKX? I'd imagine that in a manual you'd get a lot more power going to the wheels and less being lost to the torque converter in the 3 speed 727. Especially since these didn't have lock up converters until a few years later.

Nice, how'd he do up the throttle linkages and kickdown etc.?