Recent content by M_Body_Coupe

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Nice ride dude! So is the 'under the roof' admission by invite-only kind of a thing??? I've gone to shows where that's been the case...and this is the BIG-ONE...yeah?

I can't speak to the factory "how many would have had a balance weight" question, however you can get this one installed and do a quick check whether you've got a problem or not - and this won't require a test drive either. Put the rear axle on stands, tires off of the ground, put some...

Do you have the '78 Parts Book already where you can xref the M-body to F-body trim? I do not want to assume the scans you posted mean you do...and if you do not, I have a 1980 & 1981 books, but nothing prior for our rides.

That's a good point...but for what it's worth, when I used to run one I ported the snot out of those passages. All hard corners were removed, smoothed the bends, etc....hey, made my head hurt a little less!

SHOW OFF!!! BUT BUT...I have seen both, and hell ya, that's a slick (no pun intended, you know, oil, slippery...drummmroooollllll please....) setup!!!

Well, you could clock it upwards, meaning the filter actually drops-down onto the adapter...I think some of the factory thinking went along those lines seeing as there is a U-shaped cutout in the framerail on my coupe (which I have always seen in all the M-bodies I have owned) that would allow...

All WIX filters: 51335 2.483" by 3.660", 3/4-16 thread, by-pass valve 8-11 psi, drain-back valve, 280 psi burst pressure, 7-9 GPM Flow Rate, 21 micron 51085 3.836" by 3.660", 3/4-16 thread, by-pass valve 8-11 psi, drain-back valve, 340 psi burst pressure, 7-9 GPM Flow Rate, 21 micron 51085XP...

Very nice insight on the torsion bar adjustment. I can certainly attest to the fact that the final-adjustment does in fact make a difference!

Yikes! I hope/take it no one was hurt? What was the root cause? Old tank and corrosion, or something more sudden?

Mike, That DeWalt oil was a Priness Auto purchase btw...easy!

So a few years back I picked up a used IronHorse 60gal compressor (Model# 6160V1 by WOOD Industries). Had some teething problems to start off with, embarrassed to admit it, but the price was a steal (too good to be true as it turned out) and seeing as the compressor switch (another missed...

Yeah, absolutely agree with this! Sure, you could patch it up with plastic stuff, but after a few years it'll come apart.

I was going to post this in a separate thread, but seeing as I had already started this one (on the same topic) I figured I would just tack this on. So I have been looking at the overall ride height (at the back) of my Coupe, and really getting that thing about 1" lower would be nice. That in...

So the weird part to me - which is what I have been thinking all along in this thread - is that I have never actually seen a set of F/J/M-body leaf springs that actually extend the shackle back so far that is hits the dead-stop bar! That would just seem like the leaf spring is too long...