Re: Good Morning Thread

by **smoken340** Thu Feb 23, 2017 5:02 am

GONEFISHIN' wrote:Phsio assessment today - told the therapist I expect to be able to kick the clutch in by end of May - he laughed, and asked "what's a clutch"

Determination and an end goal, are always good when doing physio.

by **smoken340** Thu Feb 23, 2017 5:05 am

Good morning all. Woke up this morning to +10 temps. we are supposed to hit 15 today. Going to play around in the garage for awhile. Have a great day all.

by Ragtacker Thu Feb 23, 2017 5:55 am

Good morning,-1 still calling for flurries but nothing yet thankfully. Didn`t know what a clutch was eh? Such a sheltered life lol
Have a great day

by JGL Thu Feb 23, 2017 3:32 pm

Good day all, got back from Fredericton a little over 2 hours ago. We left shortly before 8 at a temp of -3 and reached a high of 10 this afternoon. It's only about a 1 1/2 hour trip each way IF you don't stop.
Have a great day all.

by Ragtacker Fri Feb 24, 2017 5:49 am

Good morning, 0 and still calling for snow flurries but nothing other than brilliant sun so far. Weather forecasters pffftt. The new to me 8 3/4 is ready to go in the car and my exhaust is welded so I see a weekend of laying around in my future.
Have a great day

by JGL Fri Feb 24, 2017 7:23 am

Good mid morning to all Moparians, already 6 at 11:15 am, sort of like spring, help is on its way to finish putting my 8 1/4 sure grip together and under the car where it belongs.
The sun seems to be fairly bright but there is a thin layer of clouds hanging around.
Have a great day all.

by **Keith Mopar** Fri Feb 24, 2017 10:24 am

The weather is good all around us but here it's is -6 and light snow.

JG hopefully that sure grip is in after the weekend...

Reg it's nice to see some parts going back on the car...

by JGL Fri Feb 24, 2017 12:44 pm

Sure grip all done as of this afternoon. Just have to bleed the brakes...sometime before May.

by **smoken340** Fri Feb 24, 2017 1:21 pm

Good day all, we reached a mild +8 today. Not as nice as the last couple of days, but still above 0. and that's good anytime.

by JGL Fri Feb 24, 2017 2:46 pm

smoken340 wrote:Good day all, we reached a mild +8 today. Not as nice as the last couple of days, but still above 0. and that's good anytime.

Well well well, we sure beat you today with a high at home of 17. The snow banks sure are suffering.

by **smoken340** Fri Feb 24, 2017 3:16 pm

JGL wrote:
smoken340 wrote:Good day all, we reached a mild +8 today. Not as nice as the last couple of days, but still above 0. and that's good anytime.
Well well well, we sure beat you today with a high at home of 17. The snow banks sure are suffering.

I guess the weather that we got for the past week, has finally reached you guys.. But that only means the stuff we are getting now will be all yours next week.

by JGL Fri Feb 24, 2017 3:48 pm

smoken340 wrote:
JGL wrote:
smoken340 wrote:Good day all, we reached a mild +8 today. Not as nice as the last couple of days, but still above 0. and that's good anytime.
Well well well, we sure beat you today with a high at home of 17. The snow banks sure are suffering.

I guess the weather that we got for the past week, has finally reached you guys.. But that only means the stuff we are getting now will be all yours next week.

Maybe but don't forget those darn currents coming up from the states. When those come up your weather usually ends in southern Quebec.

by philcollins Fri Feb 24, 2017 5:41 pm

Went for a ride in snowmobile yesterday morning, Was supposed to be gone for an hour or two. Meet some guys i knew and long story short, just come back. 560 kms later, mostly off trail, in the montain. Had lots of fun.

by JGL Sat Feb 25, 2017 5:42 am

philcollins wrote:Went for a ride in snowmobile yesterday morning, Was supposed to be gone for an hour or two. Meet some guys i knew and long story short, just come back. 560 kms later, mostly off trail, in the montain. Had lots of fun.

I spent yesterday afternoon mostly on my back...under my car with a friend who knows a lot more about cars than I do, we got it put all back together, 8 1/4 sure grip with 3.55 gears.

by JGL Sat Feb 25, 2017 5:50 am

Good morning, 1 degree on the positive side but with clouds so far. Might see the sun this afternoon.
Have a great day all.

by Brads70 Sat Feb 25, 2017 5:57 am

Good morning all. Lots of rain here, I can actually see parts of my lawn poking through! Cass for DrDiff just sent me tracking info on the 4:10 gear set and install kit. Who hoo its on it's way!

by Ragtacker Sat Feb 25, 2017 6:47 am

Good morning -1 and waiting for the flurries to get started. Looks like they will be right this time unfortunetly. Nothing I like more than rolling around under the car outside in minus weather but its got to be done. Sounds like alot of us are into rear ends right now, out with the 7 1/4 in with the 8 3/4 today or tomorrow here. I have to mount the exhaust from muffler back to get the right lengths for the header back pipes and cut those then get them welded to the collectors. I may just pull the old 7 1/4 and not install the new 8 3/4 until I am all done with the exhaust which still needs polishing, lots to do yet.
Have a great day

by JGL Sat Feb 25, 2017 8:06 am

Those 7 1/4 rears are stronger than most people think. I ran the old 7 1/4 for about 7 years before I got to install the 8 1/4 and it never said boo but during that time there were no burnouts although it did see WOT a few times all coming from about 350 HP. 8 1/4 and 8 3/4 are much stronger though and a sure grip makes them even stronger and I cant wait to find out how those 3.55 gears feel like compared to the 2.76 (more fuel).
I hope you have the proper shock plates...but somehow I don't think you forgot about them.

This seems like a popular year for rear ends.

by Ragtacker Sat Feb 25, 2017 8:12 am

JG the shock plates are on their way just not in hand yet. I am interested to hear how you like the difference in gearing.

by blown motor Sat Feb 25, 2017 3:09 pm

Dan, what time are you in Stratford? Will it work to have brunch?

by JGL Sat Feb 25, 2017 5:39 pm

Ragtacker wrote:JG the shock plates are on their way just not in hand yet. I am interested to hear how you like the difference in gearing.

Won`t know about the gearing til about mid May...unless we get awfully lucky. It takes that long for the streets to be salt free and washed a couple times. You get some guys who don't care about their cars and take them out about two weeks earlier.
For the gearing part ''Keith Mopar'' told me it would be like having an extra 50 HP...more fun too.

by JGL Sat Feb 25, 2017 5:41 pm

smoken340 wrote:Good day all, cool but still at +8. Got to go tomorrow and pickup a set of 340 heads.

Is this another item you don't really need?

by Ragtacker Sat Feb 25, 2017 6:13 pm

An extras 50? Sign me up

by **smoken340** Sun Feb 26, 2017 4:13 am

JGL wrote:Won`t know about the gearing til about mid May...unless we get awfully lucky. It takes that long for the streets to be salt free and washed a couple times. You get some guys who don't care about their cars and take them out about two weeks earlier.
For the gearing part ''Keith Mopar'' told me it would be like having an extra 50 HP...more fun too.

I'm running an 8 3/4 sure grip with355s in mine. At 70 MPH, the RPM's are a little high, so I use a bit more fuel than I would like.

by **smoken340** Sun Feb 26, 2017 4:18 am

JGL wrote:[Is this another item you don't really need?

Do we ever really need anything. That would be like asking you if you needed to change the rear end in your car. lol Didn't your car wok fine with the 7 1/4 ?

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