Recent content by Duke5A

I wouldn't call that feeble by any stretch. You doubled the HP of that motor. Don't get caught up in chasing the entire product catalog at FF. I can give you an itemized list sorted by biggest bang-for-buck for suspension mods. I had a lengthy post somewhere I on this forum. I'll see if I...

That has some serious Resident Evil vibes going on.

It's probably going to be a easier using a late model axle rather than hunting for something that ceased production 50 years ago. Does Cal Trac have normal leaf springs or just the split mono leaf? Mono is going to make for a car that rides horribly on the street. What's your budget and what's...

EFI isn't going to fix anything over a properly functioning 2bbl. If you want EFI for the creature comforts, then go for it, but your deciding factor shouldn't be having a driving car. I'm using a Sniper in my car and I'm happy. As noted the fuel tank is the biggest obstacle. These tanks are...

Wagons were geared lower and /6 even lower still. OP's car is going to have a 2.24:1. We can sit here and argue about it until the sun burns out. Our frames of reference are grounded in different times. The interstate is now 70MPH and Kia shitboxes will do 14 second quarters. OP is just...

They're shorter. The series measurement is the percentage of width, 60% the width of 255. These cars are geared ridiculously high from the factory, so a shorter tire is probably what you want.

My car is a corner carver (for what it is). I've been through so many combinations of parts over the years it's stupid. The solid bushings aren't going to ruin ride quality. Pair them with a set of new Monroe shocks and it'll ride nice. If I were I'd weld in a set of frame ties and add...

235-60-15 on the front and 255-60-15 on the back won't rub. You can fit 275-60-15 on the rear with the correct offset, but it's close and you need to measure. Anything larger than on the front and it'll rub the torsion bars and K at full lock with a 4.5" BS.

Yeah, I'm there with you. Straight torsion bar setups are easier to work on and everyone makes bars for them.

Professional work. Almost looks new.

Merry Christmas.

That's exactly what I did when I rebuilt the front end of the 5A, many moons ago now.

Nope, one bar to rule them all. Traverse cars only ever got the 140# rate bar. That's why when FF released their bars years ago I jumped on it. To my knowledge Firm Feel is the only outfit to have ever produced aftermarkets traverse torsion bars.

Did you ever get that torsion bar bushing I sent you?

I just gave one of those away to a board member. lol.