The 510 Realm

You might have to change out the speedo drive gear in the tranny to get an accurate MPH reading. If so they are available from the dealer for way less they they are selling on eBay for. Contact Chad at Chico Nissan
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Corey (PMK) the car looks good, Your body man did a nice job on the supersonic lines. It's a good thing you bought the tires and wheels now 'cause in a couple of months that's all going to end. LOL!!!

Steve,
I had to move the carb throttle shaft bracket 3/4" -1" further away from the pivot bracket so the connecting rod was too short

Additionally the ball ends were pretty yellowed and (possibly) brittle, and the rods were oxidized.
Who am I kidding! I just like the shiny new bits!!!

Steve,
I did the same bracket conversion on my car, I bought these ball ends and cut and threaded round bar stock to make the connecting rods.
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This was given to me 42yrs ago as a gag gift when i was looking for a jeep.
One of my girls colored the top with a magic marker, at one time I thought about cleaning it off but now it has such huge sentimental value I'm glad i didn't.

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One of my favorite "Before" pics

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I have the same headlight setup however I used a dual relay setup where one of the headlight sockets plugs into a "male"socket which fires the headlight relays. I had no polarity problems with this setup. Plus I have full voltage to the headlights.
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I noticed that i was getting some unacceptable voltage fluctuation so just for good measure I replaced the 60 amp alternator and voltage regulator. Other than swapping out the pulley it was painless. It holds a steady 13.8 V now. One question / observation, while checking my electrical system I saw ...

I ordered a couple of these from Summit Racing to replace the illumination light sockets on my tach. They say they are for a 5/8" hole but they are a bit too big, however the holes in the tach were slightly enlarged due to the heat of the light bulb which allowed the original socket to fall out...

This is very tempting but my "CFO" says no more vehicle projects until after the master bathroom is remodeled.

GLWS
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a couple more of the 02

the order of the pics is reversed
he was passed by the 17 car which was super fast

here's a few more

The Ford Falcon Ranchero was ungodly quick! it was lapping cars before the end of it's race.

I Went to the Vintage Sports Car Racing Event in Las Vegas this past weekend.
here's a sample of some of the cars

I'm currently running a five speed transmission which I believe is a truck unit. It has the speedo drive gear hold down bolt in the six o'clock position. And also has the fifth gear indicator switch. So according to the research I did is is the second generation model FS5W71B. It shifts fine but it ...

I have to agree with you when welding "Heavy Metals" Back in the day, we used to weld up alot of grease exhaust duct from 16Ga. Galvanized steel. it was not uncommon to get "Galvanized" poisoning especially when working in confined quarters. the immediate side effects could last ...