Maggie's Maiden Voyage

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  1. nickmav70

    nickmav70 Nick Maverick

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    Here is my 70 (a.k.a. Maggie) after a lot of downtime and a efi, v8, and t5 swap....

    still gotta do a little work on the tune but its pretty close to where i want it.....


    first time the car has put its tires on actual pavement for over 2 years now...


    brakes were terrible though... extremely soft and barely worked... i pulled the drums on the rear and half the stuff for the self adjusters were G-O-N-E, gone.... so im gonna take care of that tomorrow and see if it helps at all

    here are the vids... enjoy

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_profilepage&v=QHm1TIO8lD8


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_profilepage&v=e6BxeLUcfog
     
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    don graham MCG State Rep

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    Congratulations. Good luck with it.:)
     
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    Sounds mean! :thumbs2: I like the wheels.

    Your yard looks like a Mustang Dealership. :D
     
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    nickmav70 Nick Maverick

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    i like mustangs a little bit lol... but none of those are mine... the new 5.0 is my dads and the black sn95 is a buddy of mines twin turbo gt.... im down to my ranger and my maverick now... focusing all time and money on the mav now
     
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    71gold Frank Cooper Supporting Member

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    way to go...:thumbs2:
    just in time for the Perry Swap meet the 11th - 13th...
     
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    predfan2001 David in Tn

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    Heck yeah! I did my maiden voyage a few weeks ago. Everything felt good and I ended up gone for 2 hrs.
     
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    I did my "test voyage" and was satisified until it came time to turn around and head back. I went to hit the brakes and had forgotten what its like to drive a drum brake car. I almost ended up in someones living room as I tried to turn around. THats when I decided to do the disc brake conversion. :)
     
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    nickmav70 Nick Maverick

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    yeah i cant say i know what you mean... i did the disk brake conversion before i ever even got to drive my car lol....


    in the video you can see me test the brakes in the drive way and kinda hear my reaction to how terrible they were... fixed them today though... replaced all the stuff for the adjusters and rebled the whole system... drove like a completely different car :thumbs2:... even got to shift into second gear hahah


    gonna swap injectors tomorrow to try to lean it out a little bit and take her to her first cruise in
     
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    The car is looking good and sounds Awesome :thumbs2:
     
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    Good job, Nick, hope to see it soon!
     
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    Yeah I had forgotten how bad drum brakes are. Now I have the front end all tore down and am waiting until I can afford to buy all the ball joints and such for mine.
     
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    Could be because both wheels were turning backwards in the video right before you pulled into the driveway. :hide:

    Glad to hear you're on the road
     
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