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#41

Electric, Gauges, & Lights / Re: Factory 8 track with 1500W...

Last post by Kern Dog - July 17, 2025, 08:28:48 PM

I saw the Billy Squier tape and thought back about the video that killed his career.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fR0j7sModCI&ab_channel=RetroVault2

This shit cracks me up. The guy was riding high, his career was strong then THIS video came out.
Can a straight guy LOOK any more GAY than this man did in that video? Pink clothes, sashaying around like a tranny, crawling on the floor like a drag queen on ludes....
His career suffered a STEEP drop off after this video came out and he never regained the same level of fame afterwards.
I liked his songs but holy crap....he really screwed the pooch on this one.
Glad to see you got the buzz/hum thing figured out.
Cheers

#42

Paint, Body & Trim / Re: Wheel Arch Brace

Last post by Kern Dog - July 17, 2025, 08:00:09 PM

Hmmm....

Forgive the blurry images. I took pictures from a video of mine on TV.







Mine sort of follow the contour of the fender. Yours looks like it is bulged out at the point where the brace meets the wheel arch.

#43

Engine, Transmission, Rearend, & Exhaust / Re: New lifters, can't say I'm...

Last post by 375instroke - July 17, 2025, 07:43:44 PM

A new set of Johnson's is cheap insurance. 

Wow has the aftermarket gotten that bad that we now accept this as good enough?  Hell no, send that Chinesium garbage back as fast as possible   

I'll see how they handle it before giving their name, but they say they are TopLine Hylift Johnson lifters.

#44

Electric, Gauges, & Lights / Re: Factory 8 track with 1500W...

Last post by timmycharger - July 17, 2025, 03:24:12 PM

I finally got back to this issue as I really miss having music in the car when cruising, especially since I just picked up a few more 8 tracks for my collection.

I made some real progress after doing more research and ended up putting in a MSD noise filter as many people with  MSD 6A/6AL etc were having the same issues.

The installation was pretty straight forward, I followed the directions to cut insulation off of the heavy red/black wires as close as possible to the MSD box and make a loop for the bolt to go through. Older instructions for this unit say you can use ring terminals but I didn't have any the right size in stock, I may re do the wiring in the future with ring terminals as it just looks cleaner.

The result? It worked! no more annoying buzzing with the amp turned up with the 8 tracks and music through the headphone jack. Playing music through my phone or ipod sounds incredible, so clear and loud! The 8 tracks sound amazing as well, can't believe how loud and clear I can get them to play now through all 4 speakers with the car running!

I have one issue that I didn't have before that I need to look at. Now at idle, my amp gauge needle bounces around like crazy but will steady out when giving it gas. Alternator is charging fine per the multimeter, not sure what the issue is. The gauge never really worked anyway as I have upgraded my wiring, following Nacho's bulkhead bypass thread.   Wondering if the ground isn't as good as it can be on the MSD or if this filter is causing it by itself. I feel like the lights are slightly pulsating as well when the car is idling but can't remember if it did that before I installed the filter or not. I may do a test in the future. 

#45

Paint, Body & Trim / Re: Wheel Arch Brace

Last post by JMF - July 17, 2025, 01:08:57 PM

Thanks will give it a go

Was just worried about damaging or distorting the front fender if I were to bend it back up

Does anyone have a clear pic of how that brace should look ?

Eg and underside pic without the front wheels on etc

Many thanks

#46

Engine, Transmission, Rearend, & Exhaust / Re: New lifters, can't say I'm...

Last post by timmycharger - July 17, 2025, 12:59:14 PM

My machinist said that as long as the edges were not raised that it won't post a problem.

Cosmetic flaws like that don't instill confidence but shouldn't affect performance. Think of the pits as "oil reservoirs".

Wow has the aftermarket gotten that bad that we now accept this as good enough?  Hell no, send that Chinesium garbage back as fast as possible   

#47

Engine, Transmission, Rearend, & Exhaust / Re: New lifters, can't say I'm...

Last post by b5blue - July 17, 2025, 12:46:48 PM

A new set of Johnson's is cheap insurance. 

#48

Aero Cars / Re: MoparStuart's Convertible ...

Last post by moparstuart - July 17, 2025, 11:52:33 AM

     I was to long for the packaging 

#49

Engine, Transmission, Rearend, & Exhaust / Re: New lifters, can't say I'm...

Last post by 70 sublime - July 17, 2025, 11:49:57 AM

My machinist said that as long as the edges were not raised that it won't post a problem.

Cosmetic flaws like that don't instill confidence but shouldn't affect performance. Think of the pits as "oil reservoirs".

Depends if you payed for perfect price or good enough price for them

#50

Engine, Transmission, Rearend, & Exhaust / Re: New lifters, can't say I'm...

Last post by John_Kunkel - July 17, 2025, 11:32:47 AM

My machinist said that as long as the edges were not raised that it won't post a problem.

Cosmetic flaws like that don't instill confidence but shouldn't affect performance. Think of the pits as "oil reservoirs".