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RIDES Sweet Z..........................................................................38 This flawless 69 Camaro brings back the age old debate among gearheads:
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entucky native Mike Thomas is no stranger to fast street cars. Having started racing a little over a decade ago, it’s no surprise that after getting his hands on his first ’06 Mustang GT that the adrenaline bug would sink its fangs in. After owning several differ-
ent Stangs through the years, Mike settled on a new sleek black 2012 Mustang GT. Once the Coyote-equipped car was paid off a few years back, he decided to take the freed up monthly payment and begin to modify the GT. And he’s not afraid to admit that he partially blames the hit show Street Outlaws for the inability
to leave the car alone. The 2012 Ford was purchased as a base model, with only a Brembo brake upgrade, and originally it was a 6-speed manual transmission car. “I raced the car with long tube headers, a cold air intake, drag pack, and a tune for a few years,” Mike explains. He ran a personal best at the time of
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BASE MODEL The 2012 GT was purchased as a base model, with only a Brembo brake upgrade, and started life as a stick car. Mike changed that however, when he swapped to a 6R80 6-speed automatic, and the swap looks OEM!
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11.44 at 120 mph in the quarter-mile. Although respectable, it wasn’t quite enough to keep up with his friends who were just a bit quicker. So it was time to get to work and close the gap. In 2015, with the help of Anthony Peck at Fast Track Performance in Louisville, Mike
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swapped the MT82 manual transmission over to a factory 6R80 6-speed automatic that he had purchased from a friend and the car now appears as though it came straight from the showroom floor with an auto. Mike didn’t cut any corners doing the swap and not a single detail was overlooked, as he replaced everything
down to the shifter, brake pedal, and even the brake fluid reservoir. “The transmission was built by Lee Blankenship of Shelbyville, Kentucky with Exedy clutches, a billet intermediate shaft, and a Circle D converter.” Along with the transmission change in ’15, Mike opted to add a little boost to the Coyote. Peck also built
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STANCED STANG Along with rear suspension mods, the car has been lowered. The Weld Racing wheels have been shod with Mickey Thompson ET Street tires for awesome looks and performance to match.
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a custom single turbo kit for the car which is now backed by a single 7675 billet Precision snail, Precision wastegate, and air-to-air intercooler. With this new found power, Thomas was able to hit the single digits in the quarter-mile, dropping his new personal best to a 9.68 at 143 miles per hour. In 2016, the untouched factory engine said it’s time to go, and towards the end of the year it let loose. Mike took advantage of the situation and came back with an MPS 1200 long block from Jeremiah Hussey in North Carolina. Swinging the Manley pistons are a Boss crank and Manley rods. There are MPS
water jacket modifications to the stock block, and MPS valve-springs in the factory heads. The intake and throttle body remain stock. Mike redid the fuel system himself, choosing to go with a Lethal Performance kit with 3-465 Walbro pumps. Two of which are running constantly with the third on a 5psi Hobbs switch. The GT is cornfed, running on E85 with Division X fuel rails and ID1300 fuel injectors. Out back, the Mustang is sitting on a Ford 8.8 rear end with Moser axles and an Eaton Trutrac differential. Although the front suspension remains stock, Mike has made suspension mods in the rear that
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TURBO COYOTE BOOSTED ‘YOTE After the stock motor let loose, Mike replaced the original engine with a MPS 1200 long block from Jeremiah Hussey in North Carolina. Swinging the Manly pistons are a Boss crank and Manley rods. There are MPS water jacket modifications to the stock block, and MPS valve-springs in the factory heads. The intake and throttle body remain stock. With four-digit horsepower on tap, Thomas has no problem roasting the rear hides.
include lower control arms with relocation brackets and an anti-roll bar as well as double adjustable shocks. The car has been lowered as well.
No amenities have been removed, and the Ford still has all the factory electronics and luxuries such as A/C and cruise control, and even though the newer Mustangs are no
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the car on a regular basis around town with family and friends. As far as real world power, the black beauty isn’t missing a lick, putting down 1034 rwhp on Blan-
kenship Tuning’s Mustang Dyno on 20psi. Mike reached a new best during a private track outing this past November. While he had managed in excess of 161mph on previous 8-sec-
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TURBO COYOTE
ALL THE COMFORTS OF HOME Nothing has been removed from the GT—it still retains all the factory electronics, A/C, cruise, you name it—meaning this Stang still runs at stock weight. The interior will soon see a rollbar, especially since more upgrades are in the works over the winter.
ond passes during the Turbo Coyote Shootout, (which he finished as runner-up in 2017), Mike clicked off an impressive and seemingly effortless 8.74 at 162 miles per hour with the car on rails during that test day. But he’s not finished with the
Wile E. Stang just yet, and already has mods in mind for the future. He plans on maintaining the street worthiness of the car, but already has a few new components ready to be added over the winter consisting of additional suspension components and better
WHAT’S UNDER HERE? Mike added some trick suspension parts to the rear of the Mustang including an anti-roll bar, lower control arms and relocation brackets plus double adjustable Viking shocks. The car is proof-positive that with today’s technology, you don’t need a full tube chassis or even a backhalf to run in the 8s.
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MIKE THOMAS’S TRUE STREET 2012 FORD MUSTANG GT Chassis & Suspension: BMR suspension, anti-roll bar, lower control arms, Viking dual-adjustable shocks. Eibach lowering springs with relocation brackets. Stock front suspension. Engine: MPS 1200 long block from Jeremiah Hussey with water jacket modification. Boss crank, Manley rods and pistons, MPS valve springs in factory heads. TSS billet oil pump gears and billet crank sprocket. ATI damper. Induction & Fuel Delivery: Stock intake and throttle body. Lethal Performance kit: triple pump hat, regulator, 3-465 Walbro fuel pumps: Two running constantly with the third on a 5psi Hobbs switch. -8 feed, -6 return. Division X fuel rails. ID1300 fuel injectors. Power Adder: Custom built kit from Anthony Peck. Single 7675 Billet Precision turbo. Precision wastegate. Air-to-air intercooler. Electronics & Ignition: AEM boost controller and AFR gauges. Dual relay transbrake mod hooked up to a MSD 2-step. Tru Boost duty cycle controller. Transmission: 6R80 6-speed automatic transmission swap by Lee Blankenship. Exedy clutches, billet intermediate shaft, deep pan and Circle D converter. Differential: Ford 8.8 rearend. One-piece driveshaft, Moser axles and studs. Eaton Trutrac differential. Welded axle tubes. Tires & Wheels: Weld Racing RTS 17x7 front, 15x10 rear. Mickey Thompson ET Street R 275/60. Performance: Car was tuned by Lee Blankenship in Shelbyville, Kentucky. Made 1034 rwhp on his Mustang Dyno on 20 psi. Tuned on E85. Best pass to date: 8.74 at 162 November 2017. Special Thanks: While Mike looks to the future with the single-digit street car, he would like to thank a couple of folks that have helped him get where he is today with the Mustang. “I would like to give special thanks to Lee Blankenship of Blankenship Tuning and Anthony Peck of Fast Track Performance for their contributions with the car.”
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8-SECOND RIDE Mike laid down a new personal best in November, and we were lucky enough to be on hand to see it happen. The black Mustang slammed down an effortless 8.74 at 163 miles per hour. Now that’s one quick street car! LEFT: Mike Thomas and his 2012 Mustang GT.
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s we’ve said many times in RPM, every car has a unique story that makes it special to its owner and those who appreciate our car culture. Some cars are loud and proud and speak for themselves, while others have
a story behind them that tells of how the car came to be, and some have both. We invite you to read on and make the decision with regards to this particular 1969 Chevelle —is the car better than its story or is the story better than the car? Good luck!
Scott Embley of Saylorsburg, PA has been the proud owner of this piece of iconic American muscle for the past 25 years. It all began while riding his BMX bike through town one day when he had a love-at-first-sight moment. He fell so in love that he traded
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his lifted 1987 Nissan pickup along with the $3500 he still owed on it to buy the Chevelle that same night. It is a very powerful thing when a young man not only finds his dream car but makes a sizeable sacrifice to buy it. Scott was raised by his mother Jeanne who is actually the person
who introduced him to drag racing, and she did so the very next weekend after he purchased the car. Jeanne was a longtime bracket racer and figured if she taught her son how to race safely on the track, he would stay off the streets (and that worked…for a while). That weekend, the Chevelle, now called “Sally,”
made her first pass with Mom cheering them both on. Scott’s first trip down the track resulted in a very modest 14.80 at 93 mph. However, it forever hooked him on drag racing. Scott and his mom worked hard making Sally a reliable street/ strip car from that day on. After losing his
THIS ONE’S FOR YOU, MOM Once a street car that got Embley into hot water with the law, “Sally” was transformed into a race-only machine. The wheelie bars and parachute are parts of that transformation as are the decals carefully placed alongside “In Loving Memory Of Mom” on the rear window of the Chevelle.
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driver’s license a few times, Scott’s mom decided it was time to buy him his first trailer (which he still has) and dedicate Sally to strip duty exclusively. Scott chuckled while explaining that at one point he had 53 points on his license. Scott’s mom taught him the basics of towing and
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bracket racing and the two of them had many fun times together racing and working on the Chevelle. Tragically, Jeanne lost her life to cancer at the young age of 53 but managed to get Scott and the car into the 11.90s before she passed in 1996. Jeanne is forever immortal-
ized on the back of Sally with a decal that says, “In Loving Memory Of Mom.” To this day, Scott and Sally share every pass down the track together with Jeanne and will forever remember the love and lessons they experienced together. Fast forward to 2017 and Sally is both
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ferocious and stunning at the same time – a car that commands attention and respect wherever it goes. This Chevelle took a lot of blood, sweat, tears, and cash to get to where it is today. The car saw five different versions that ranged from its first days as a 14.80 car into 12.80s,
then 10.90s, then 9.70s, then 9.20s and finally into its best pass to date of 8.90 with a 1.2 second sixty foot time. The heart of Sally is a 565 cubic inch Dart big block which houses a stout rotating assembly that includes a Callies crankshaft, Manley rods, and Venolia
pistons. A pair of Dart 345 heads and Pro-Filer Sniper Jr. intake were installed on the 565 and keep the 13.5:1 compression contained during those 8 seconds of violence. A Jesel billet belt drive and Jesel rockers were used and a top secret cam was installed to command the valvetrain.
HIGHLY MOTORVATED The 13.5:1 compression naturally-aspirated Dartbased big block Chevy mill sports 565 inches along with Dart 345 heads and a Pro-Filer Sniper Jr. Intake. Fuel delivery is handled by a Holley 1290 cfm Dominator carb and Magna Fuel pump.
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SCOTT EMBLEY’S 1969 CHEVY CHEVELLE DRAG CAR Chassis: 12-point cage 8.50 cert. Suspension & Brakes: Stock front suspension and ladder bar rear. AFCO BNC shocks in the front and AFCO Big Guns in the rear. Wilwood disc brakes on all four corners. Body & Paint: Custom Quasar Blue by Cliff’s Auto Body. Removable fiberglass 6-inch cowl hood and deck lid. Engine: 565 CI Dart Block with Dart 345 Heads, Pro-Filer Sniper Jr. Intake, Callies Crank, Manley Rods, 13.5:1 compression Venolia pistons, and Jesel valvtrain. Induction & Fuel Delivery: Sniper Jr. Intake with a Holley 1290 cfm Dominator. Barry Grant regulator and Magna Fuel pump. Electronics & Ignition: MSD Pro Billet distributor and an MSD 7-AL box. Transmission & Driveline: Sepanek Turbo 400 with Reid case. Dynamic 4,500 rpm stall converter. Custom driveshaft. Differential: Moser fabricated 9-inch housing with Mark Williams center section. Moser 40-spline axles. 3:90 gears. Tires & Wheels: FRONT: Racestar 15x3.5 with Hoosier 28x4.5. REAR: Racestar double beadlock 15x10 with Hoosier 30x10.50. Exhaust: Super Comp 2 1/8-inch headers into 3.5-inch collectors. Special Thanks: “I would like to thank my wife Sharon for all of her support and my children Jordan, Saige, and Jaina for all of their encouragement."
ON THE INSIDE The Chevelle is equipped with an 8.50 cert cage, race buckets, billet ratchet shifter, and an assortment of gauges and electronics to help dial the car in on race day. 112 octane race fuel is fed to the mill via a Magnafuel fuel pump and Barry Grant regulator into a 1290 cfm Holley Dominator carb. A complete MSD ignition provides the necessary spark and exhaust escapes through a set of Hooker Super Comp 2 1/8-inch headers. Helping the 1000-plus horsepower reach the pavement is a Sepanek-built TH400 with Reid Super Case and Dynamic 4,500 rpm stall
converter. A custom driveshaft connects the trans to a Moser 9-inch with Mark Williams center section, 3.90 gears and Moser 40-spline axles. Sally’s chassis is 8.50-certified and has a rather simple ladder bar suspension with custom-valved AFCO Big Gun shocks in the rear. Up front, the stock frontend uses a pair of AFCO BNC shocks to help keep things smooth after the launch, and in particular, following the wheelies that the
Chevelle has become known for. The portly 3590-pound Bowtie sports a set of Racestar double-beadlock rear wheels with Hoosier 30x10.50 slicks and disc brakes on all corners help keep Scott from hitting the sand trap. Part of what makes Sally so elegant is her stock appearance. With the exception of a 6-inch cowl, a removable deck lid, and Lexan windshield, her body is all Detroit muscle.
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WARM ’EM UP Heating the hides for the next hit. Embley carries the memory of his mom Jeanne, who started him in drag racing, with him on every single pass in the car.
Out back you will notice the parachute, which was a mandatory install after joining the 8-second club, and a set of wheelie bars, installed after a monster wheelstand resulted in more than a few boxes of broken parts. Keeping true to the classic look is a mostly OEM-style interior with a set of gauges to monitor vitals, a B&M Pro Stick, 5-point safety harnesses, and a full roll cage. Scott and Sally have won numerous races over the years but none were as special as winning The King Of The Track at Island Dragway’s 50 year anniversary and, without any help from Scott, Sally won the Super Chevy’s Top 10 Editor’s Choice Award two years in a row. When asked if he has any power adders in mind for the future, he replied, “The only power adder Sally has is my mom’s love—no nitrous, turbo, or blower can top that!” There are a lot of different types of love we get on a daily basis, but a mother’s love is a love like no other. Jeanne not only passed this love for drag racing down to her son Scott, but unknowingly she started a family legacy and racing team. Scott’s wife Sharon races
a mid-9-second 1971 Nova, his 25 year old son Jordan is building an S10 Blazer and his 15-year-old daughter Saige races her 1992 S10 Blazer in the Jr. Street class and was track champion her rookie year. While his 11-year-old daughter Jaina is too young to race, she takes the role as crew chief for EFR (Embley Family Racing) and helps keep the cars ready on race day. Scott admitted that it’s a chore to run four cars on a limited budget and still stay competitive, but his family wouldn’t have it any other way. While most families decide which country, island, or amusement park they are going to spend their family vacation at, the Embleys would rather attend a big footbrake race in another state. Scott has plans to build a blown 1969 Chevelle station wagon street machine as a tribute to the car his mom raced and use it as a tow rig to bring Sally to the track. Embley is adamant that none of the cars will ever be sold but instead will be passed on to his children to continue the family legacy that Jeanne started back in the spring of 1990 when she lovingly took Scott and his new Chevelle to the dragstrip for the very first time.
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AUTOMOTIVE PROCTOLOGY 101:
THE MYSTERIOUS REAR DIFF
IT’S ALL ABOUT HAVING THE RIGHT TOOLS FOR THE JOB JT
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o the average person, tools are metal objects that are kept in a toolbox and occasionally used to hang a picture
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include a welder, plasma cutter, chop saw, drill press, tubing bender, sandblaster, air compressor, hydraulic press, sawzall, and possibly a few other essentials. For
the more advanced enthusiast, the next level in the “tool chain” could include a lift, tire machine, balancer, brake lathe, front end rack, and a custom welding
table. And then there’s the extreme enthusiast, the gearhead that covets the machines you would normally only find in a pro engine building shop. This
1 is the top of the “tool chain” and includes things like a cylinder hone, crank balancer, seat and guide machine, head/block surfacer, or even a valve refacer. Now let’s be serious. How cool would it be to have all of those tools at your disposal? Assuming you had the knowledge to not only operate these cool tools but also conquer the repair at hand, you would be a self-sufficient one-man shop. Such is the case with a buddy of mine who has a very successful transmission shop near my home. Whenever I drive by, I like to stop in and enjoy a little shop talk. The other day, I was watching him rebuild a transmission and could not believe the number of special tools that he HAS to use. Besides a massive toolbox filled with your standard everyday tools, he has a small fortune of job-specific tools that enable him to complete more
1: I have written about it many times: the difference between success and failure all starts with a keen eye for the details. When it comes to wrenching on a thousand horsepower or more, your life is in the hands of someone who either did it right, or just did it.
difficult repairs. He is a modest guy and swears that transmissions are not as hard to work on as everyone makes them out to be. The most challenging part for him was actually acquiring all of the tools and textbooks needed to do the work. I often talk about the importance of tools and how having the right tool can make a task a bit easier to perform. Putting my tool obsession aside, though, the reality is that there are certain tools that are absolutely job-specific and as necessary as the part being replaced. It’s no secret that when it comes to auto repairs, I am a perfectionist who labors over every detail, as it is often the details that separate success from failure. This is not something to be taken lightly when it comes to the street or the strip. Not only is someone’s life at risk, there is an extremely
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expensive custom machine to protect. Recently, I was hanging in my shop with my garage squad and the topic of tools took center stage. On this particular day, I happened to be taking the rearend out of my pro street Camaro because it was making sounds that are not supposed to come out of a Dana 60. The guys watched as I unbolted the custom 4-link and Z-bar I fabbed for the car, and then as I removed the wheels, brakes, calipers, and rotors. They watched as I unbolted the driveshaft and made sure the rear end was free of any other connected part. Knowing that I’d be working alone for the remainder of the job, I needed a way to remove, relocate, and re-install the whole rear and axle assembly by myself. My shop squad watched as I fabricated a
2: When you labor over even the smallest of details, sometimes sitting back and taking a picture of your finished product is just what the doctor ordered. I was so happy to get this rearend back in and to finally have peace of mind that it was done right! rolling and adjustable rear axle stand right in front of their eyes. They were impressed as I lowered the car onto my newly built stand and effortlessly rolled the rear from under the car into a free bay to work on it. As far as I was concerned, my work was done for the day. But the squad had every intention of watching me rebuild the rear. They were bewildered at my response. I told them I simply did not have the tools necessary to complete the job and was
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planning to take it to a friend’s shop so he could help me with it. They were like, “WHAT!? You don’t have the tools? You are going to let someone else touch your car?” They went on to say there was no one they would rather have rebuild their car’s rear diff than me. After all, I am Mr. Detail, and it seems rear ends and being anal-retentive goes hand in hand, right? I thanked everyone for their confidence in my abilities and the relentless rearend jokes and sent them home for the night. As the evening progressed, I could not stop thinking about what they said. I decided to do some research and take inventory on the tools I would need to complete this job myself. These are by no means your ordinary, run-of-the-mill toolbox fillers. These are special tools that are needed
to complete the job to the required specifications. I looked at my assortment of torque wrenches and was surprised that I had seven. Out of the seven, one would be able to tighten the pinion yoke to the required 250 ft/ lbs., but I didn’t have a dial indicator torque wrench that could read the 20-25 inch/pounds of preload that the pinion bearing needs with the yoke torqued to 250 ft./lbs. I also did not have a dial bore gauge that could read the proper backlash specs of .005”-.010.” Adding to this part of the rebuild required me to have a set-up tool or jig to mount my dial bore gauge to and measure the pinion depth. I have a 20-ton shop press and some clamshell bearing removers, but didn’t have one large enough for the carrier bearings. I have an assortment of brass punches but
needed a really long one to pop the race out of pinion housing. Now that I had my shopping list, I just needed to convince my wife these were worthy purchases. Tools are an investment in future work, right? She lovingly indulged my thought process and I ordered them up. I went to work reading every article I could find on Dana 60 rebuilding and found an extremely easy to follow A-Z procedure from Strange Engineering. Bolts are bolts, bearings are bearings, and torque specs are torque specs. Why are people so afraid of setting up rear ends? I truly believe it’s the fear of not having the correct tools to do the job properly. I disassembled the entire rear and thoroughly cleaned the housing and axles. While I was at it, I sanded the housing and put three coats of fresh paint and
4 5: Fearing the unknown is what keeps most people from trying new things. If you have wrenching knowledge, can read a set of directions, and can read a ruler, you can rebuild a rear end. Don’t let fear take over. When you break it down, FEAR is simply False Evidence Appearing Real.
three coats of clear on it, as well as the fully adjustable ladder bars. I also ordered all new Timken bearings and seals along with a new Strange carrier and ring & pinion set. I had recently replaced the end bearings and seals so I left them alone. My newly con-
4: I proudly support all DIY’ers out there. After all, noone is going to put as much care into a repair as you will on your own car.
5 structed axle stand proved to be a lifesaver throughout the entire process, but I also devised a clever plan to assist with the bearings. I purchased an extra set of matching pinion and carrier bearings and had my dear friend Jason Leindecker of Leindecker Racing Engines mill
out the bearings just enough so I could push them on and off by hand during setup. This was truly invaluable as it took me over a dozen times to get the pinion preload to be within the required specs due to a lack of .001 shims. Removing a bearing
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SHOP TALK and pressing it back on a dozen times not only takes forever but the chances of damaging the bearing are very high. This setup-bearing plan was priceless. The rebuild was a success, but looking back, I should have invested in a very large adjustable wrench to hold the pinion yoke while torquing to a gargantuan 250 ft. lbs. The large pipe wrench I used unfortunately put some teeth marks in my very expensive Mark Williams Yoke. My shop squad was very proud of me for biting the bullet and buying the tools necessary to complete the project myself. My new tools are already being put to good use (generating work), as one member of my squad brought me another rearend to rebuild. I’ve said it before, and I will say again with a slightly different ending: respect your engine builder/machinist not only for their knowledge, but for the tools they’ve invested in. Respect your transmission expert for the same, and while we are at it, respect the person who tears into your rear diff. My garage squad now calls me the proctologist. If only I could charge what they do! So my friends, I hope I’ve presented a rock-solid case on the importance of tools. You truly can’t go wrong when you have the right ones. When in doubt, fear not and follow my lead—ORDER UP! Until next time…keep wrenching!
6: There are two types of over-thinkers in the world. There are people like myself who have to plan every step of a project before even attempting it. And there are those that over-think themselves into feeling they are not qualified to attempt the repair. If you are a serious gearhead, chances are you already have the skills needed for the job. Don’t allow over-thinking to let fear into the situation and stop you in your tracks.
6 7: Even though I was extremely careful during disassembly, I managed to put a few nicks in the paint of the housing. Since the rear end was now completely out of the car, I just had to put three coats of fresh paint and top it off with three coats of clear.
7 8: Taking everything out of the rear is an easy task. If you pay careful attention to the details during disassembly, you will save a lot of time during assembly. Case in point, label all of the bearings, races, and shims with their correct location. When you have a working shim count, you have a much better starting point than if you were doing it from scratch.
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his flawless 1969 Camaro brings back the age-old debate among gearheads: what makes a race car a race car and a street car a street car? That same question has been asked ever since
street car drag racing first started, but will there ever be a correct answer? We say, not likely. Deciding what is street and what is strip is probably one of the most subjective topics among fans of mega-horsepower street cars. Sure, you can add in
some objectivity based on equipment that would never, ever, under any legislation anywhere, be allowed on the street. Or mega-power levels and race-car only equipment that seriously reduce real-world driveabilty, but somehow people will argue
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SWEET Z their point to the bitter end. One thing’s for sure though, when you see a ride like Richie Shallcros’ 1969 Z/28 stick-shifted “race car that is occasionally driven on the street,” it’s hard to argue that it’s not either one, because it really is both. Now that’s confusing! Shallcros, from Warwick, Maryland owns Dent Magic, a painless dent repair business, and originally built this real Z/28 as a tubbed-out pro streeter that saw a lot of car shows and even placed at the original Street Machine Nationals. After the show scene, Shallcros decided to go in a new direction with the pristine rare Bowtie, transforming it into a high-power drag car (that could still be occasionally street driven), and the result is simply stunning. To add to the fun, Richie went with a standard transmission, and even further, he decided to have one that would actually be shifted with a clutch as opposed to the clutchless operation of many of today’s race cars. The “show mill,” a Rootsblown engine, had to go—mean-
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PRO STREET HERITAGE... DRAG STRIP CRED The classic Chevy was tubbed and blown back in the first heyday of pro street, even placing in the Street Machine Nationals back in the day. However, although it still sports current plates and sees occasional street duty, the now natuarally-aspirated Camaro spends most of its time blasting down the track these days.
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SWEET Z ing that step one in the rebuild was to decide on a new engine combo. And so a new 540ci big block from B+B Enterprises was born. Engine builder Butch Biesecker started with an iron block with a 4.503 bore and a stroke of 4.240. A Callies crankshaft was chosen to swing Crower H-beam rods and pistons from the fine folks at JE. Picking out a camshaft for the new engine was tasked to Reher-Morrison
in Alrington, Texas. Heads are AFR 335 models with a full complement of Jesel goods, and the engine is topped off with an intake from Dart. A Pro Systems 1050 gets the C12 fuel flowing, and spent gases exit via Lemons headers and race mufflers tightly tucked under the car. A G-Force GF5R trans backs up the mighty naturally-aspirated Rat and transfers power to a traditional pro street style setup fabbed up by
Joe Timmeny at Delaware Chassis Works consisting of a shortened Dana 60 with 4.30 gears and Moser axles suspended by ladder bars and coilover shocks. Aerospace brakes help slow things down to a stop after a pass on the strip, or a pass down the streets of Ocean City, Maryland. Up front, suspension mods use the stock front frame rails and include TRZ chromoly upper and lower tubular control arms and
coilover front shocks. The old-school stance is killer and a keen eye might notice the retro pro stock wheels—a set of super lightweight Motor Wheel Flys. These wheels were years ahead of their time and the fronts are built out of magnesium and the rears aluminum. The wheel company closed its doors in 1974 because they were getting out of the racing business and 43 years later they have become
very hard to find. You might source some online, but be prepared to spend in excess of $1,500—and that’s for just the fronts. A set of rears have sold for as much as $3,000! Inside the car, an 8.50 cert cage with swing-out side bars for easy access has been fabricated and the factory seats are covered in black and white houndstooth. New carpet along with door panels and headliner were installed and a
NO PRO POSER The knock on many pro streeters back in the day was that they were all show and no go. That’s certainly not the case with this Camaro, as the all-steel naturally-aspirated beauty has blasted a best of 9.24 @ 149 mph and is still docile enough to cruise on the street from time to time.
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RICHIE SHALLACROS’S STREET/ STRIP 1969 CHEVY CAMARO Chassis: 8.50 cert cage with swing-out side bars. Suspension & Brakes: FRONT: Factory GM independent front suspension conficuration with TRZ tubular upper and lower control arms, coilover shocks, and Aerospace Components disc brakes. REAR: Custom ladder bar suspension by Joe Timmeny of Delaware Chassis Works. Santhuff’s shocks and Aerospace Components disc brakes. Body & Paint: Factory steel body prepped and painted by The Auto Body Shop in Carney’s Point, NJ. Two-stage gloss black with white rally stripes. Engine: 540 ci BBC built by B+B Enterprises. Cast iron block with 4.503 bore/4.240 stroke. Callies crank with Crower H-beam rods and JE Pistons. Reher-Morrison camshaft and AFR 335 cylinder heads. Induction & Fuel Delivery: Dart aluminum Intake with Pro Systems 1050 cfm carb. Electronics & Ignition: MSD Pro Billet distributor and an MSD 7-AL box. Transmission & Driveline: G-Force GF-5R manual transmission. Differential: Narrowed Dana 60 housing with 4.30 gears and Moser axles. Tires & Wheels: FRONT: 15x3-inch Motor Wheel Fly magnesium wheels with Hoosier Drag Front tires. REAR: 15x12-inch Motor Wheel Fly aluminum wheels with Hoosier slicks. Exhaust: Lemons headers with full exhaust and race mufflers. Performance: 850 hp; best pass to date of 9.24 @149 mph through the mufflers.
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YOU’RE SUSPENDED The Camaro still rocks the factory framerails and factory independent front suspension, but the original control arms have been replaced with lightweight tubular chromoly pieces from TRZ and strut bars have been added for improved chassis rigidity. stock steering wheel and dash add a nice touch to the flawless finish. A Long shifter and full complement of aftermarket gauges finish the cockpit. Since the car was pretty much completely disassembled for the transformation, a new coat of paint was in or-
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No auto trans here. The Camaro sports a G-Force GF5R manual transmission and gear changeds are commanded via a Long billet shifter.
der. Richie handled getting the body cleaned up and ready for paint himself, then hauled it up to The Auto Body Shop in Carneys Point, New Jersey for its fresh new skin. After countless hours of body work and blocking along with panel fitment, the gun was
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RAT AU NATURALE The decorative but tempermental Roots-blown mill from days gone by is long gone, and in its place is a 540 ci naturally-aspirated big block Chevy built by Butch Biesecker. The power plant is capable of 850 horses without boost or laughing gas. a race car this time around. Not something to just sit in a show field, but something I could race.” And race it he has. In the Pro Stick series, Richie has driven the 850-horse streetable 3,400lb Camaro to a best run of 9.24 @ 149 to date. “I think of driving this car as a bit of a challenge. I am one of the few still using a clutch in a stick class, but this whole experience has been nothing but a blast! I love driving this car wheels-up and
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really, the racing is just a bonus to just how much fun it is to just drive the car around. I just have the best time of my life honestly!” Shallcros’s passion for power has been fueled by living the experience. Not only has he owned this car for 35 years, but
his family owned a Chevy dealership for 50-plus years. So you can safely say that his blood runs Chevy orange. “My goal would be to see it run an 8.99 pass before it’s over,” he added. “This dream has been with me for a 35 year journey and I think we have a few runs left!”
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RPM COOL TOOLS
Formed to Fit >>We put the Eastwood Extra Large Capacity Shrinker Stretcher to the test by
Toby Brooks
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etal fabrication is an acquired skill that takes patience and repetition in order to approach some level of competence. It also requires tools. In the past several months, we’ve brought you a series of Cool Tools features on metalworking tools we have added to our arsenal, including a box and pan brake, a slip roll, and a bead roller—not to mention welders, plasma cutters, and dimple dies. However, one tool that we’ve recently started using regularly on many of our projects was a relative mystery to us not long
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operated stand-mounted unit, and 2) a combo shrinker/stretcher unit that could serve either function depending on which jaw set is in place. After shopping around online, we found just what we were looking for in the Eastwood #51439 extra large capacity shrinker/stretcher with #51431 foot operated stand. With an MSRP of $599, the unit is reasonably priced compared to other brands we shopped, and we found the unit on sale for just $549 making it an even better value. You can also find free shipping promotions from time to time if you look for a while, too. Our unit arrived via standard ground shipping in two
boxes and was ready for assembly with all required hardware supplied. Assembly was a snap, taking less than 15 minutes. To add stability and combat against rocking on our less-than-perfectly flat concrete floor, we purchased threaded feet from eBay for $10 that installed right into the unit’s pre-drilled base. We grabbed a couple of scrap pieces of 20-gauge sheet metal to give it a try. The #51430 has a deeper-thanmost 8-inch throat that will accommodate larger pieces of material with no sweat. Rated up to 16-gauge for mild steel, the hardened steel
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1: The Eastwood model #51430 extra large capacity shrinker/stretcher and #51431 foot-operated stand came ready to go after just a few minutes of assembly. We added adjustable rubber feet from eBay for silent, non-wobbly operation but the unit will work fine without them.
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2 & 3: Here you see the shrinker jaws installed. Notice the “resting” position in photo #2 where the jaws are slightly gapped apart, while photo #3 shows the jaws together. This will effectively “gather” the metal
4 & 5: We then swapped the stretcher jaws in place, which do the opposite. In photo #4 the jaws begin together in the resting position, while they slightly spread apart in the foot depressed position. We grabbed some 20-gauge steel to give it a try.
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jaws had no problems whatsoever with our lighter weight 20-gauge material. What we really liked about the unit was the foot operated stand that allows you to precisely control the work piece with both hands while actuating the unit with a single foot, allowing for more precise control.
The replaceable jaws allow you to have either a shrinker or stretcher at your disposal depending on which jaw set is installed. Swapping jaw sets out is a painless task that requires the removal of eight Allen screws (four on each jaw) and a couple of minutes tops. The alternative for a shop
that uses both regularly would be a dedicated unit for shrinking and another for stretching, but for most, the added expense and floor space necessary to do so isn’t worth it, making the jaw swap the more practical alternative. While the process of shrinking and stretching takes a little
getting used to, the tool itself is smooth and reliable. Our biggest mistake was in over feeding the unit and pressing too hard on the foot pedal at first. Although the Eastwood jaw sets are made from hardened steel, they can still break if mistreated or used improperly. And with replacement
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RPM COOL TOOLS sets costing $199, trust us: you’re better off to work slower with less pressure and less risk. Working in smaller sections taking smaller bites, we were still able to work our piece into a complex shape in hardly any time at all. The jaws on any shrinker/stretcher will leave small tooth marks on the metal, so surface prep is necessary prior to painting or coating. A quick hit with a flap disc sanding wheel and they were gone, though.
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6: Using the stretching die, we added a subtle concave radius to a piece of 20-gauge steel for use in a wheel opening reveal.
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7: With a little tweaking, we were able to match the radius of the opening perfectly.
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We have already put our shrinker/ stretcher to use fabricating small pieces for Project aPocalypSe Horse, and the more we use it, the more we wonder how we did without it before. It is a versatile and valuable addition to our skill set and our assortment of available tools in the shop. If you anticipate doing sheetmetal work in the future, you should seriously consider adding one to your shop. You’ll be glad you did!
SOURCE Eastwood www.eastwood.com 800.343.9353
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MOPAR MADNESS
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BAD INTENTIONS Jim Pranis’s blown Hemi street machine looks like it will rip your face off just sitting there, but it doesn’t sit much. In fact, it is driven regularly. We caught up with him at Tom Bailey’s pre-Woodward drive-in street car get together in Michigan last summer. The parachute is a dead giveaway that this B-body is nothing to mess with.
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f there is any car that could be a symbol of the automotive art created during the first muscle car era, it has to be the 1968 Dodge Charger. The large body (built on Dodge’s B-body platform) and long sweeping lines coupled with its formidable engine options (not the least of which was the renowned first-gen Hemi) make it the quintessen-
tial representative of the muscle car movement of the ’60s and early ’70s. Yes, there was the Mustang and Camaro, but Mopar offerings were often different, with many being large and in charge. Large, absolutely, as the Charger was joined by other sizeable B-bodies such as the Road Runner, Coronet and Super Bee. As for in charge, well, with engine offerings such as the 383, 440, and
ultimately the 426 street Hemi, these cars could definitely put one over on the aforementioned on any given Saturday night. Verona, PA motorhead and hardcore Mopar enthusiast Jim Pranis happens to own a Charger that fits the above description, and it has been his labor of love for the past 34 years. “I have owned it and raced it since 1984,” tells Pranis proudly.
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DAT REAR END, THO... Nothing says power like the wide and commanding rear view of the ’68 Charger.
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TURN OFF The master disconnect switch is mandatory for the strip and placed between the twin unmistakably Charger round taillights.
MOPAR MADNESS For Pranis, his love for the large, stylish (and very cool) offerings from Dodge started back in the early ’80s. “A friend and I were out lapping go-carts at the local public track,” he explained. “And when we were done we walked out to the parking lot just as a blue 1968 Dodge Charger with white Bumble
Bee stripes pulled up. Ever since that day I knew I wanted a 1968 Charger.” Although his first few cars didn’t fulfill his want for that Charger specifically, Pranis was Mopar through and through. His first car, a 1967 Coronet RT, was unfortunately destroyed by a drunk driver. Luckily, Jim was not badly hurt in the crash, but
FLOAT LIKE A BUTTERFLY... Subtle matte black Bumble Bee stripes add to the appeal of the Charger.
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after, it was rusty to the point where reasonable restoration and modification was not really an option, so the search for a Southern car began. “In 1984 I found a guy in the Auto Trader who would bring Southern
YEAH...AS A MATTER OF FACT IT DOES HAVE A HEMI The ProCharged Elephant fit under the stock hood— almost! More specifically, the Charger sports a Gen II Indy-blocked supercharged Hemi. A Ray Barton intake is topped by a C&S Billet Aerosol 1100 Dominatorstyle carb and a polished aluminum blow-thru carb hat that, along with its piping, pokes through the stock flat hood enough to let bystanders know that this Mopar means business.
BOOSTED EXPECTATIONS The ProCharger F-2 centrifugal supercharger install is a recent re-fit to the Charger and had yet to be track tested at the time of this writing. Expect some serious numbers, beyond the high 8s it already ran as a nitrous combo, from the new setup.
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MOPAR MADNESS JAMES PRANIS’S STREET/STRIP HEMI DODGE CHARGER Chassis Type & Mods: Stock frame and floor pan, mini-tub, frame reinforced at the leaf spring mounting points, mild steel 8.50 NHRA certified roll-cage by Jon Anderson, Competition Engineering parachute mount. Suspension & Brakes: FRONT: Stock with Magnum Force upper control arms, 6 cylinder torsion bars, 90/10 Race Country front shocks from about 1985! Wilwood disc brakes. REAR: Mono-leaf with CalTrac (Calvert Racing) bars and 9-way adjustable Rancho shocks. Wilwood disc brakes. Body & Paint: Stock OEM steel body, painted Black enamel back in 1985. Engine: 606 cubic inch Gen II Hemi, Indy aluminum block bored to 4.510 built by owner with Stage V Big Valve Hemi Heads, Ray Barton T&D Rockers, Milodon oiling system, Crower Blower Cam and Charlie’s 10 quart oil pan. 4.750” stroke Callies Crank, Diamond 10:1 compression Hemi blower pistons with Hell Fire rings, Oliver steel 7.100 rods.. Induction & Fuel Delivery: Ray Barton 4500 single intake manifold, C&S Billet Aerosol 1100 Dominator-style carburetor, Aeromotive Professional Series fuel pump and regulator. Power Adder: F-2 ProCharger from the Supercharger Store. This set-up has not been tested yet, still in the tuning process. Electronics & Ignition: MSD distributor, MSD Digital 7 ignition box and 8261 Coil, MSD Hemi spark plug wires. Transmission & Converter: 727 with all billet Internals built by owner, ATI Blown Fuel converter. Differential: Dana 60 with 4.10 gears, Moser complete axle assembly. Event History: Pump Gas Drags 04, 05, 07 - Runner up in 2007. Drag Week 2016. Woodward RoadKill - Street Drags and Mopar Nationals – Many years of attendance. Performance: 8.93 @ 156 MPH with previous nitrous set-up (recently installed ProCharger setup has not yet been tested).
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cars up to Pennsylvania. He brought two Chargers—one was a 1969 and the other was a 1968. I purchased the clean southern 1968 Charger off of him for $1,200 and have had it ever since,” said Pranis. “I built this car for me. I wanted a fast street car,” he added. Since that day, the ’68 has seen a total of eight different engine
combinations, but in 2003 Jim went big and never looked back. A 572-inch Hemi was built for the Charger which has progressed into the ProCharged 606-inch Indy aluminum blocked Gen II Hemi that now sits under (well, almost under) the hood. Jim is proud to say that 90% of all the work done to the car has
been completed by him. “I have done several engines, transmissions, setting up rear-ends, etc. over the years,” he said. Chassis wise, the Charger rides on a stock frame reinforced at the leaf spring mounting points and a mini-tub rear to accommodate tires that will hold the kind of ponies that a blown
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MOPAR MADNESS 606-inch Hemi is capable of producing. A mild steel 8.50 NHRA certified rollcage was completed by Jon Anderson, and suspension is stock-type with Magnum Force upper control arms, 6-cylinder torsion bars and 90/10 Race Country front shocks, circa 1985! Rear suspension is mono-leaf with CalTrac (Calvert Racing) bars and 9-way adjustable Rancho shocks. Built by Pranis himself, the most recent Hemi started with a Gen II Indy aluminum block bored to 4.510 to provide a roomy 606 cubic inches. A 4.750 stroke Callies crank swings a set of Diamond 10:1 compression Hemi blower pistons with Hell Fire rings that are pinned to Oliver steel 7.100 rods. Stage V big valve Hemi Heads with T&D Rockers are studded in place
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and valvetrain duties are commanded by a Crower blower spec cam. To ensure the big-inch Hemi is always well lubricated, a Milodon oiling system is coupled with a Charlie’s 10-quart oil pan. Feeding the required amounts of fuel and air to 606-inches is a chore in itself and is expertly handled by a Ray Barton 4500 intake topped with a C&S Billet Aerosol 1100 Dominator style carburetor fed by an Aeromotive Professional Series fuel pump and regulator. And what’s better than a 606 Hemi? A boosted 606 Hemi, of course! After spending years with great success (and 8-second ETs to prove it) using nitrous oxide as his power adder of choice, Pranis decided to go boosted and installed an F2 ProCharger from the Supercharger Store. Although the set-up is
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TIMELESS STREET STYLING Note the muscle car era raked stance. The Charger’s chassis and suspension remain stock with some reinforcement where necessary and bolt-on goodies out back from the fine folks at Calvert. The car received only a mini tub to allow for tires yet maintain seating for five.
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MOPAR MADNESS BLACK ON BLACK Two thumbs up to Jim for keeping the stock interior of the muscle car mostly intact. While a pair of aftermarket buckets have been added up front along with gauges, a shifter, and of course the roll cage, most of the interior (including the rear seat) looks OEM. fresh and still in the tuning stages, expect bottom 8s to high 7s from the blown Hemi street machine.
A full array of MSD electronics keep the Hemi running smoothly and an owner-built 727 trans with
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Not wanting a street-only ride, Pranis built this Mopar to pull strip duty as well. “Some of the best times I have had in this car were at the
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CLASSIC UNDERPINNINGS No coilovers here. A Moser-filled Dana 60 with 4.10 gears is suspended by Calvert Racing mono-leaf springs and adjustable shocks. The trunk houses a poly fuel cell, Aeromotive electric fuel pump, battery, and a handy tool box just in case the need arises.
ticipated in RoadKill Nights and raced on Woodward in Motor City during one of the biggest street machine outings in the world. And don’t be surprised to see this Mopar cruising the streets at most any opportunity (we actually caught up with Jim as he pulled into Tom Bailey’s pre-Woodward cruise last
summer….just as the rain was letting up). “Most people who have them keep them covered up in the garage,” added Pranis. “I enjoy driving mine and racing it. I probably couldn’t replace it if something happened to it but I built it to use and have fun with so that’s what I will continue to do.”
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abrication tasks depend on two things: craftsmanship and quality tools. And just as we discussed last month in our Cool Tools spot, usually the more cool fabrication tools you have, the more you find that you absolutely HAVE to have. Such is the case this month. Way back in our July 2016 issue, we featured the NEXGEN Off-Road dimple dies (http://bit.ly/2CkMlep) and showed you how a typical set of larger diameter dimple dies can be used to add style to your sheetmetal fabrication projects. As so often seems to happen, though, we realized that similar tools could be had to make our projects even cooler. Specifically, we discovered several different dies that could be used to really trick out fastener locations, so we knew we had to give them a shot.
The first of the three we tried out this month was the 1/4-inch flat recess dimple die by Hammer Fab (MSRP $56.50). This unique die is manufactured via 3D printing out of solid steel. By drilling a single 1/4inch hole, threading the 1/4-20 bolt through the hole, applying lubricant (we used penetrating fluid spray), and tightening the bolt, we had a cool concave recessed fastener location in a matter of seconds. This little die is perfect for button head cap screws for a sleek look. Next up, we tried Hammer Fab’s unique 1/4-inch “Crater Maker” die (MSRP $76.50). Sadly for us, the 1/4-inch is the only one of these cool little pieces we sourced, but Hammer Fab offers them in #10, 1/4-inch, 5/16-inch, 3/8-inch, and a convenient 4-piece kit. While the Crater Maker can also be threaded tight like our recess die, it can also be used in a shop
press or with a hand-held hydraulic press tool. The Crater Maker adds significant style and dramatic shape to the fastener location, meaning a lubricant of some sort is absolutely essential. After installing the die in the same way as the flat recess die, a few tight turns and we had a super cool convex/concave shape that again looks cool with either a button headed cap screw or a typical socket headed cap screw. Just to check it out, we used a bolt with a Performance Engineering cup washer and cup cap. This tool would be perfect for any panel under a hood or in a trunk or perhaps even in an interior where you wanted to really accent your fastener styling. Last up, we put our NEXGEN Off-Road Dzus die (MSRP $16.95) to the test. Although we didn’t have a Dzus fastener handy to try it out with, we utilized the Dzus dimple die
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in the same fashion as the Hammer Fab tools to create a simple countersunk hole in our sheetmetal test panel that was appropriate for flushing in a socket flat head fastener as well as a standard quarter-turn fastener. As you can see, the end results possible with any of the three dies we tried out are unique and stylish and would be perfect for the detail-oriented neat freaks among us who would never be satisfied with a simple bolt through a hole in a plain piece of sheetmetal. Next time you’re tempted to slop your fabrication project together, reach for a fastener dimple die and add that extra finishing touch to your project.
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eglected. Forgotten. Pushed aside. It is safe to say that the classic 1970 428 Cobra Jet Mach 1 Mustang you see here had seen better days. And had it not been for Baiting Hollow, New York’s Michael Cuevas, it might still be sitting outside rotting away. “This car was first built back in 1985 while I was in high school. I remember seeing the car at local cruise nights, and it drew attention for the beautiful candy apple red paint,” Cuevas said. Originally built by legendary “Rat Pack” founder Pat Crafton, it featured all the styling cues that were hot at the time: tubbed out stance, snorkel hood scoop, and subtle graphics. And it was
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that distinctive paint job that first attracted Cuevas’ attention over a decade later. “Fast forward to 1997 when I saw the car parked outside beside a house in my parents’ neighborhood. It was uncovered, with leaves embedded in the paint and the engine not running,” he said. However, Cuevas remembered the car from back in the day and decided that he needed to make a play for it and see if he might be able to get it back in action. “I wound up trading my 1989 Mustang for it, and while everyone thought I was nuts for trading my nice driver for a project like this, I knew what I had on my hands,” he added. What he had on his hands was a real Q-code
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428 Cobra Jet Mach 1 Mustang. After having the car flat-bedded to his shop, Cuevas got busy making the car road-worthy again. Chassis and suspension mods were performed in the ’80s and consist of a mild steel back half with a narrowed Ford 9-inch differential on custom ladder bars and Viking coil overs. An Auburn posi and Richmond 4.11 gears have been partnered with shortened Moser axles. Meanwhile, the front suspension is largely unchanged with the exception of new shocks and poly bushings and 4-wheel disc brakes ensure great stopping performance. Rolling stock consists of era-perfect Weld Racing Superlites—15x3.5 up front and 15x15s out back—with
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Call it old-school if you want, but there’s just something about the timeless lines of a 1970 fastback Mustang that gets the juices flowing. Throw in some killer candy paint and a narrowed rearend and you’ve got yourself a pro street time capsule!
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pan and the look of the engine bay wasn’t in keeping with the rest of the car. Cuevas yanked the big but wounded Ford mill and sent it to local engine builder Jeff Lawrence of Jeff Lawrence Racing Engines who got it whipped into shape in a matter of weeks. Starting with the factory 428 block, Lawrence bored it 0.030over before fitting the balanced rotating assembly in place. The factory Cobra Jet crank and shotpeened rods were retained, while Speed Pro 10.25:1 compression slugs were selected. A lopey COMP Cams solid roller bumpstick was chosen to direct the COMP valvetrain, including chromoly pushrods and 1.7 ratio roller rockers. ARP studs were used throughout, and the Edelbrock RPM aluminum heads and intake were fully polished prior to install. “Neither was available polished at the time, so I taught myself how to polish aluminum,” Cuevas said. After a week solid on the intake and another week on the heads, everything had been rubbed out to a show-shine. Atop the hand-polished intake is a Holley 750 cfm double pumper carb and an NOS plate should the
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The well-detailed engine bay features plenty of candy paint and polished aluminum, but this pony is far from all show. The 428 has been poked 0.030 over and features an NOS plate system. need arise. Fuel is supplied via a Mr. Gasket electric pump and a Billet Specialties polished billet air cleaner pokes into the snorkel opening for a functional ram air setup. The factory Cobra Jet valve covers have also been polished and several pieces chromed for a show finish, while the Mallory ignition and Jet Hot-coated Hooker Pro Comp headers handle sparking and exhaust duties, respectively and 2.5-inch 3-chamber Flowmaster mufflers set the tone. Backing the fortified Ford powerplant is a beefed-up C6 transmission with a Pro Torque 3,500 rpm converter.
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Lastly, Cuevas updated the interior in the classic street machine with some more modern appointments. A pair of suede-wrapped Corbeau LG1 seats provide comfy and stylish seating for two. An Autometer 5-inch tach has been mounted atop the dash, while a quintet of gauges have been cowl-mounted in chrome cups. A Hurst billet pistol grip shifter compliments the Billet Specialties custom billet steering wheel nicely, and Simpson safety harnesses ensure occupants stay put in the event of the unthinkable. Tunes are handled by a Sony head unit with a JBL amplifier and Boston
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MUSTANG REVIVAL Acoustic Pro Series speakers. Cuevas is thankful to friend Jim Zahra for help in the restoration process along with wife Lily for her support. While the Cuevas’ have enjoyed showing and cruising the car with their two sons, one of the most memorable experiences came by sheer chance. Shortly after finishing the car, the Cuevases were having a home built in a new neighborhood. While visiting with their new next-door neighbor to-be, Cuevas noticed a poster in the new neighbor’s garage. “I asked her if her husband was a car guy, and as she picked up the poster to show me the car,
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she said it had actually been hers. What a huge surprise it was when I saw that I was staring at MY car!” he exclaimed. As it turned out, the new neighbor had dated the guy who originally built the car and she had purchased it from him before later selling it to the individual from whom Cuevas had eventually purchased the car. So as sheer luck would have it, despite years of neglect and abuse, this potent pony has been rebuilt, shined up, and otherwise given a second chance on life… right next door to someone who was there when it all happened the first time some 30 years prior!
The interior features a Billet Specialties steering wheel and Hurst shifter along with a pair of suede-wrapped Corbeau seats. The tell-tale bright blue NOS bottle between the seats is there should Cuevas decide to hit the juice.
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EXTREME WEIGHT LOSS CHALLENGE
EPISOD E FOUR
story and photos by
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surpassed by a bunch. We started by cutting a bunch of metal off the front end and replaced the full size radiator with a custom Pro Mod radiator from Be Cool. We then ditched the factory bumper assem-
bly and steel fenders for a Harwood Industries one-piece fiberglass front clip, and the factory glass windshield was pulled in favor of a scratch-resistant polycarbonate windshield, also from Harwood.
Last episode, I hit the treadmill for three minutes and replaced our AGM battery and alternator with a pair of 8-pound Go Lithium batteries. With a plastic convertible top rear window and a Harwood
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1: The first thing we have to do is get the factory glass out of the doors without breaking them. Since we are gutting the doors anyway, we just cut away the sheet metal in the way to make that easier. Once the glass was out and the regulator and electric motor removed, I carefully cut out the side impact door beam. Be careful to not cut through the outer door skin when cutting it out with an angle grinder. 2: I decided to keep a little bit of the sheet metal to support the door latch rod, but in hindsight it was probably not necessary. I may go back later and “Swiss Cheese” the rest of the shell if we don’t switch out to composite shells. Note the area up to where the inner belt molding would go, it is very thick and heavy metal and a couple pounds can be easily trimmed out. Notice I left the window tracks and supports intact.
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3: Without getting greedy at all, we cut out 23 pounds 10 ounces from each door with just the side impact beam, power window motor, regulator, and a little inner sheet metal.
4: I purchased some dark smoke 1/8-inch thick Bayer Makrolon polycarbonate online. This stuff is pretty inexpensive. I picked up two pieces large enough for windows for $40 shipped. I didn’t go with a scratch resistant coated polycarbonate due to price and how easy these windows will be to replace. If they start looking scratched up, they can be removed and copied in under an hour.
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5: With the sheet secured to the work surface, we traced the original windows onto the polycarbonate and cut them out with a jig saw with a plastic cutting blade. A quick edge clean up with a piece of 320 grit sandpaper and they were ready to go.
5 6 6: Next, slide the polycarbonate into the window tracks just like the stock glass and bolt it to the regulator slider at the bottom. Make sure it will go up and down without binding and that it fits the car at the top with the window all the way up. If it fits properly, you can remove it and go to the next step. I had to take a little more off the corner at the outside mirror to get this one perfect.
polycarbonate windshield, the only glass left in the car is the door and quarter windows, so this episode is dedicated to that. When you start your project with a Fox-body Mustang, you really enjoy a big advantage of heavy aftermarket support. You can get about anything for a coupe or a hatchback, but not so much for a convertible. While most coupe parts will interchange, composite doors and Lexan window kits are a different
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7: Now we have to build frames to support the polycarbonate windows. I picked up a complete kit from Chassis Engineering to do the job, the C/E3912 Door Window Frame Kit ($179.95) and the C/ E1019 Upper Window Latch Kit ($189.95). At this point we are just installing the door window frame kit. The upper latch kit is the two latches and “U” brackets right under the Chassis Engineering stickers. They will go on the windows up top/forward in an upcoming article. The “U” brackets weld to the roll cage at the top of the windows and the latches go on the polycarbonate windows and prevent the windows from being sucked outward at high speeds. The frame kit includes the tubing, tabs, button-head Allen screws with nylon insert lock nuts, support rod tabs and mounting flanges along with a handy tube bending tool.
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8 & 9: Chassis Engineering includes this handy tube bender in the C/E3912 Door Window Frame Kit. You just clamp it down in your bench vise and use it to form your tubing in the frame kit. Simply bend the tubing to fit a couple inches smaller than the perimeter of your window. story. The convertible doors were originally made from modified coupe doors by a conversion company for Ford, so if you want fiberglass or carbon fiber doors, you have to do what the conversion company did back then—your only option is to
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converting some composite doors soon, but for now we wanted to see just how much weight could be saved simply by gutting the stock doors and replacing the glass with Lexan. One on my difficulties in picking a composite door
10: To make both sides look identical, clamp the second long tube to the first one you bent and copy it bend for bend. As you can see Chassis Engineering doesn’t skimp on the tubing and we had plenty to make our unconventional set up that required us to take the tubing almost all the way around the window so the tubing bolts to the factory regulator slider.
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11: Next, we just weld the tabs around the tubing, spaced out evenly. Notice the tabs were not centered on the tube as you need to position them so that they lay flat against the window or else they will pull the polycarbonate and make unsightly ripples in the windows. 12: With the frame temporarily bolted to the window, we will test fit it and make the support rod tab for the door. We want to make sure it fits and functions perfect before painting the frame and removing the protective wrap from our windows.
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14 15: With the paint dry and everything test fitted, we can assemble the window. Notice the frame actually goes all the way around on the back side so that the last frame tab can bolt right through to the regulator slider on the factory window guide.
13 & 14: I painted the frame and the heads of the button-head screws with satin black trim paint. Punching holes in a piece of cardboard lets you stick the cap screws in standing up so they can be easily painted. Notice the finished frame’s vertical sides are curved slightly to make the window curved to match the factory door’s shape.
16: Now the window assembly can slide right down inside the door into the window tracks and can be lowered all the way before the support rod stops it from going any further. A little more bow or a bend in the support rod would allow it to go down slightly further, however we it won’t go any lower than this once we add the upper window latch kit.
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dow tracks and hardware, but we’ll that project is for another day. Our goal here is to make a window system that we can later transfer over to those fiberglass doors. Check out the pics and descriptions to see how we managed to drop another 75 pounds.
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17: Here is the window bolted in place and the strut rod tab welded to the inner door. We had to make different tabs here as we required extra length. A hole was also drilled right behind the door latch handle and another pull pin added that goes through the bottom of the polycarbonate window. A spacer sleeve was welded into the hole to support the pin and keep it horizontal. This holds the front of the window up and keeps it from tilting down in the front. To let the window down, we just simply pull the two pins. JE_BBC_RPM_2015_Layout 1 8/11/15 2:29 PM Page 1
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18 & 19: Our factory door panels weighed in at 8lbs, 14oz. We picked up a lightweight alternative from Scott Rod Fabrications. These slick looking aluminum door panels only tip the scales at 3 pounds 9 ounces each. That alone took another 10 pounds 10 ounces off the car.
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20: The Scott Rod Fabrications door panels came with the holes for the door latch handle and lock pins already cut. When you order the door panels you have the option of factory location holes including the factory window crank hole if needed. We just had to cut a slot on the door panels to let the window support rod tabs poke through.
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21 & 22: Once the perimeter holes are drilled the protective film can be pulled off. We used black trusshead screws to secure the door panels. You can also use rivets but we wanted to be able to easily take the Scott Rod panels on and off as needed. We ordered our door panels from Scott Rod Fabrications with the optional electroplated satin black color and upgraded bead roll design. Our panels with the upgrades were $225. Picking colored aluminum over natural is a $15 option and the upgraded bead roll design was $20 extra.
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23: We reused our old billet door latch handle bezel and trimmed out the front pull pin hole with a stainless washer held on by a spot of hot glue. This little project took our factory steel doors from 85 pounds each to 47 pounds each. That is another 76 pounds off the RPM Magazine project car. Before long we will have to tie it down in the pits to keep a strong wind from taking it away. So far in our weight loss series, the 4 Lug Thug is down to 2740 pounds race-ready without a driver— that’s a full 200 pounds from where we started. This is getting almost too easy. Chassis Engineering Maybe we need to 800.327.9402 www.chassisengineering.com bump our weight loss goal up to 500 Scott Rod Fabrications pounds instead of 419.292.1965 300 pounds!
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>>Whether you are buying a new trailer or just getting ready to tow, we look at the basics of safety, style, and function
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is—for many enthusiasts, at least—one of the key steps in being ready for the race or show season and not. If you only plan to haul your ride once in a while, you might be able to borrow a friend’s setup or rent
a trailer that you can pull yourself. However, if your race and/or show plans are more frequent, eventually it just makes sense to get a setup of your own. Last month we shared some cosmetic
updates we recently did to our classic 1995 Dodge 1-ton dually. This truck replaced a 1998 half-ton GMC we had for a while and loved, but when we decided we needed to tow, it just wasn’t enough to
meet our needs. Instead, the Ram can tow pretty much anything, and after our updates it was looking good and ready for action. The only thing we needed was a trailer. After looking for an enclosed unit and asking several friends with trailers of their own, we discovered a few common themes and suggestions. First, if you have a truck capable of towing the extra weight, a little added length always comes in handy. Traditionally, a 24-foot enclosed is standard, but a 28 or 32-footer will allow you to
easily transport things like a pit cart, spare parts, and other event essentials. Next, a side access door makes loading much easier and is a minimal added expense, often just a few hundred dollars more depending on the manufacturer. Heavy duty axles are a must, too. Typically, many bargain-basement entry-level trailers use 3,000 pound axles, and with the weight of the trailer around 3,000 pounds alone, most any street car would put you over that limit pretty quickly.
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RPM TOW TECH Other specs to look for include the positioning of the framework beams. Some budget trailers use 18 or even 24 inches on-center, but 12-inch spacing is preferred for added strength. Additionally, a screwless exterior provides a cleaner look and is much easier to wash, wax, and buff whenever needed compared to units with exposed screws or rivets. Lastly, if budget is an issue, we were told to go for a strong, heavy duty trailer with an unfinished interior. While a fully finished trailer with cabinets and work surfaces no doubt looks awesome, it can add
up quickly, oftentimes nearly doubling the cost of your unit right up front when, in actuality, such finishing can be completed later when funds allow. With these tips in mind, we began our search. As cool as the lightweight all aluminum offerings are, they just weren’t in our price range. Instead, we wanted a quality-built steel and wood design that might weigh a bit more but was durable and affordable. After shopping literally for more than two years off and on, we finally discovered Covered Wagon in Fitzgerald, Georgia.
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RPM TOW TECH For reasons unknown to us, all this shopping taught us two things: 1) there are hundreds of trailer manufacturers out there and 2) the vast majority of them seem to be based in Georgia. We called Covered Wagon and spoke to owner Gerald Pryor who promptly
worked with General Manager Shane Newmans and Sales Rep Aubrey Nicholson to help us spec out a trailer that was perfect for us. We opted for a 28-foot Goldmine Series Blackout Edition unit with 7,000-pound torsion axles and an unfinished wood interior.
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11 & 12: The Blackout Edition looks great with the standard machined aluminum and black powder coated wheels. We added the MetalLugz spiked lug nuts to match our truck’s wheels, but the trailer came standard with non-spiked chrome lugs. The E-rated tires are up to the task of the dual 7,000-pound torsion axles. When we titled and registered the trailer, we went ahead and utilized the 14,000 pound max capacity rating. In retrospect, since we will never come close to approaching that load and registration cost goes up depending on weight we probably should have registered it at 8,000-10,000 pounds and saved a few bucks.
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The Goldmine Series features a 12-inch on center steel frame with all LED lighting and your choice of 13 colors. Backed by a 3-year warranty, our unit also features a beaver tail ramp, making loading of a lowered vehicle much easier. We also opted for a side exit door and a spare tire, but our unit was otherwise stock.
After specifying all our options, we put a 50% deposit down and got our order in the production queue. Although lead times vary depending on how busy the manufacturing facility is at the time of order, our unit was complete and ready for pick up in just three weeks, two full weeks ahead of schedule. Friend
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RPM TOW TECH of the magazine Paul Spaulding just happened to be heading to the East Coast with his wicked Chevelle SS project car and was dead heading back, so he kindly offered to tug our new unit most of the way home for us. Despite stiff headwinds most of the way, Spaulding said the trailer pulled true and easy. After we hooked up to it with our dually, we’d have
to agree. For those who haven’t towed before, there are a number of tips that can make the process easier, safer, and in some cases help avoid a costly citation. First, when towing your tires need to be up to the task, both on the tow vehicle and the trailer. We recently replaced all six of our dually’s tires so they were all new and appropriately load rated. This
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RPM TOW TECH a 255/45R20 XL load rated tire, while the inner 16-inch wheel was fit with a 225/75R16 E-rated tire. The end result is a pair of tires on each side that are within 1% of one another, with the 20s measuring 29 inches in diameter and the 16s measuring 29.3 inches The alternative would be to run all four 20s with the downside that no manufacturer makes an E-rated 255/45-20 tire. With the stocker 16s, it’s a no brainer to run the load rated tires, but for the 20s it’s not so simple. Next, proper hookup is critical, too. Our truck is equipped with a Class IV hitch, meaning it can be used to carry up to 10,000 pounds and up to 1,000 pounds of tongue weight. Safety chains must be properly installed,
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can sometimes be an issue on dropped duallies like ours, as many times low profile large diameter (20+ inches) tires are intended for passenger cars and SUVs rather than tow rigs. We purchased XL rated tires for the four outers and E-rated for the dually inners. There is considerable debate about this tactic, with some claiming that all four rear tires absolutely MUST be the same size and others swearing that the large diameter wheel with a low profile tire outer can be safely paired with a smaller diameter inner wheel with a taller, load rated tire so long as the overall diameter of both the inner and outer wheels and tires together is the same. For example, our 20inch outer wheel was shod with
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such, a small safety cable that will pull a plunger and engage the brakes in the event of a hitch failure must be attached to the hitch body itself. While we are thrilled with the exterior look, fit, and finish of our Cov-
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18 & 19: Towing with the factory overdrive engaged is never a good idea, as it can lead to premature transmission wear and damaging heat. That means that without it, in order to run highway speeds, your engine may be pushing close to 3,000 rpm. Not only is that exhaust drone maddening on long hauls, the fuel economy is atrocious. Thankfully, our truck was equipped with a Gear Vendors external electronic overdrive unit which allows us to run closer to 2,500 rpm and a bit more quiet while getting a downright thrifty 7 miles per gallon. We know—a diesel would have been the way to go.
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RPM TOW TECH 20 & 21: Rear view visibility while towing is a real challenge. Traditionally, you either needed dedicated huge towing mirrors or dorky-looking clip-on temporary towing mirrors so you could see around the huge box behind you. No more! These cool convertible flip-up mirrors run as “normal” or “tow” and can be repositioned in seconds. They retain factory power and were less than $125 delivered.
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Additionally, even though our air ride suspension on the dually does a great job keeping the rig level and smoothing the bumps, several friends have insisted that we try out a load-leveling “equalizer” hitch,
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so we will likely be installing one of those in the coming months, too. Towing your ride is viewed by most as a necessary evil in the show and race worlds, but by following a few simple steps and using
good old fashioned common sense, your tow rig can stay functional, legal, and most importantly safe for you and your fellow motorists. Good luck and happy travels!
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