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« Thread Started on Sept 13, 2011, 7:39pm »
i am trying to find the celebrity tips and tricks section that used to be on here getting ready to start building one for next year
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Re: celebrity tips and tricks
« Reply #1 on Sept 13, 2011, 7:57pm »
You just found it.
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Re: celebrity tips and tricks
« Reply #2 on Sept 13, 2011, 8:20pm »
Most importantly replace front subframe mounts.
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« Reply #3 on Sept 13, 2011, 9:15pm »
This one is in the thread locator now.
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« Reply #4 on Sept 13, 2011, 9:22pm »
fix motor mounts! front one breaks pretty easy and after thats gone motor flops back and forth.
and of course like any other fwd. doughnuts on the rear and tuck trunk. pull hood forward and bend in front of rad.
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Re: celebrity tips and tricks
« Reply #5 on Sept 14, 2011, 9:06am »
Run a transmission cooler, and keep the lines from getting pinched. No need to worry about the tranny getting hot but when the front starts to bend and the radiator gets twisted the stock tranny lines get kinked or broke and thatll ruin your day. I mount my cooler on the driverside where the stock battery was mounted, I bolt it to the strut tower.
I like to trim the bottom strut mount on the front where the spring sits and pound the rest onto the spring this gives a little more tire clearance.
Might be hard to understand but if you run stock bumper shocks go right behind where its bolted on the car drill through the subframe and the shock inside the frame stick a bolt in the hole and weld the head of the bolt to the frame. This will help prevent your bumper shocks from pulling out of the frame.
Electric fan- I take the two bottom bolts out so the fan isnt bolted solid allowing the fan to work if your front starts to get smashed. Wire up the fan so its running when the key is on.
If you pull the dash out do not cut any wires just tape where you have to and zip tie them up and out of the way. Pull unneccessary fuses out of the fuse box. Take all wires going to the back and relocate them wherever you want inside the car(this way the wires do not get pinched when the rear folds up which causes them to short out maybe ending your night)
Rear I always prebend mine I have access to a loader and heavy tractors and always prebend. I wouldnt run one without prebending JMO.
Brakes I only run front brakes. When the rear folds up lines can break causing you to have no brakes. One could just smash the lines flat going to the back, or I cut the brake line by the mastercylinder unscrew the line braze it shut then screw it back in the master cylinder.
Shorten and plug vacuum lines, seems to be a lot of unneccessary lines sprawled out in the engine bay. Cut one of those in a derby and your car runs like crap.
These are things ive come across and have fixed if someone has a better way to fix these problems or wants to correct me please do so id love to hear easier solutions.
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celebrity tips and tricks
« Thread Started on Sept 13, 2011, 7:39pm »
i am trying to find the celebrity tips and tricks section that used to be on here getting ready to start building one for next year
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« Reply #2 on Sept 13, 2011, 8:20pm »
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« Reply #4 on Sept 13, 2011, 9:22pm »
fix motor mounts! front one breaks pretty easy and after thats gone motor flops back and forth.
and of course like any other fwd. doughnuts on the rear and tuck trunk. pull hood forward and bend in front of rad.
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« Reply #5 on Sept 14, 2011, 9:06am »
Run a transmission cooler, and keep the lines from getting pinched. No need to worry about the tranny getting hot but when the front starts to bend and the radiator gets twisted the stock tranny lines get kinked or broke and thatll ruin your day. I mount my cooler on the driverside where the stock battery was mounted, I bolt it to the strut tower.
I like to trim the bottom strut mount on the front where the spring sits and pound the rest onto the spring this gives a little more tire clearance.
Might be hard to understand but if you run stock bumper shocks go right behind where its bolted on the car drill through the subframe and the shock inside the frame stick a bolt in the hole and weld the head of the bolt to the frame. This will help prevent your bumper shocks from pulling out of the frame.
Electric fan- I take the two bottom bolts out so the fan isnt bolted solid allowing the fan to work if your front starts to get smashed. Wire up the fan so its running when the key is on.
If you pull the dash out do not cut any wires just tape where you have to and zip tie them up and out of the way. Pull unneccessary fuses out of the fuse box. Take all wires going to the back and relocate them wherever you want inside the car(this way the wires do not get pinched when the rear folds up which causes them to short out maybe ending your night)
Rear I always prebend mine I have access to a loader and heavy tractors and always prebend. I wouldnt run one without prebending JMO.
Brakes I only run front brakes. When the rear folds up lines can break causing you to have no brakes. One could just smash the lines flat going to the back, or I cut the brake line by the mastercylinder unscrew the line braze it shut then screw it back in the master cylinder.
Shorten and plug vacuum lines, seems to be a lot of unneccessary lines sprawled out in the engine bay. Cut one of those in a derby and your car runs like crap.
These are things ive come across and have fixed if someone has a better way to fix these problems or wants to correct me please do so id love to hear easier solutions.
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