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  1. fan2488

    fan2488 Member

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    heres a couple of pictures for you to check out. what do you think? still have a ways to go. its a lot better than what is was. what do you think of my wing nut. thats a prototype the actual one will be made from aluminum (i hope). i will post before and after photos when its done.
     
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  2. dmhines

    dmhines Dixie Maverick Boy

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    Nice nut! :)
     
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  3. fan2488

    fan2488 Member

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    thanks i think. when i get the other done i will then have two:clap:
     
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  4. PINKY

    PINKY .....John Ford.....

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    looks good!
     
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  5. luckyirishpride

    luckyirishpride "Youngest Comet Owner"16!

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    Thats awesome!

    Is that like an HEI distributor or something?
     
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  6. Mavaholic

    Mavaholic Growing older but not up!

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    Pretty neat!!!!
     
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  7. Jamie Miles

    Jamie Miles the road warrior

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    Looks like a duraspark distributor. Where did you get the valve covers? I like those. Looks good!
     
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  8. maverick75

    maverick75 Gotta Love Mavs!

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    looks great

    like jamie said that looks like a durapsark one i have in my mav...HEI ususally have a box like thing for the coil to hook up to, at least the one in the surburban does.
     
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  9. luckyirishpride

    luckyirishpride "Youngest Comet Owner"16!

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    You mean the type you are going to look for for me when you go to the junkyard???hahahaha
     
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  10. fan2488

    fan2488 Member

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    trophymustang.com. i got these off e-bay 50.00 including shipping.they are 79.00 on there web site.
     
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  11. maverick75

    maverick75 Gotta Love Mavs!

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    i've seen plenty of those set-ups in so-cal junk yards

    even duraspark II's
     
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    the valve covers look like the old cal custom ones from several years back...
     
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  13. fan2488

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    yea, those are the ones i wanted.but way to much money. these are close enough,and the price was right.
     
    fan2488, Jun 20, 2006
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    scooper77515 No current projects.

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    Looks great! That intake looks kinda familiar (y)

    Have you started it up yet...is it running well?
     
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  15. fan2488

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    have not started it yet.still putting it back together. while it was apart it got a new timing chain and gears, water pump,power steering pump, fuel pump and all new hoses. then powder coated all the brackets. just installed the headers today.picked up new fuel line and spark plugs today.new spark plug wires are on there way. i wonder why that intake looks familiar? cant wait to here it run again.although it will have a compleatly different sound from what it was. fixing the battery area now.
     
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