Next Years Power Tour Car

[Donnie]

I like the new one!

[Xplantdad]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Donnie</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I like the new one! </div></div>

Times 1000~!!

[njsteve]

Nice modern look versus the old &quot;Tron&quot; movie prop look of the old one. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

[SS427]

I like it!

[IM RARE]

very cool

[kwhizz]

The learning curve continues.......In swapping the parts over originally, I was so ecstatic with the steering corrections that I just accepted everything as is was.........and after driving the car on the Good Guys Road Tour this year and driving thru a highway construction zone and after hitting a dipped area at highway speed....I heard a scraping sound........Hummmm!!!.....When we got home I put the car up on the lift to change the oil and I noticed the center link had a scraped area on it.........so.....I then really looked at the install closer and noticed the center link was below the front cross member (remember that on the initial install I had to add additional mounting holes in the frame to accommodate the 67 Pitman Arm which was 3/4&quot; lower than the 66 unit) See Pictures.....So.....I re-installed the 66 Pitman to raise the center link up.......and I installed the idler arm in the original holes which were set for the 66 Pitman arm......Perfect......Center link is now even with the bottom of the cross member......took the car today and got the front end aligned again......Drives perfect......So....If you are doing this swap I would just basically change the Idler arm assy and the center link......You can get by with the 66 steering arms.....(someone else did the swap with the stock arms and there are no problems doing it that way)........

[Xplantdad]

Thanks &quot;LS make um better&quot; guy!

[earntaz]

R&amp;D strikes again!!

[napa68]

Mighty kind of you to do all of the engineering for the &quot;suspension&quot; company Ken.

Your patience is admirable!

[kwhizz]

A couple of things still needed refinement.......Does it ever end.......When I put the car together I used the Lokar mechanical shift linkage from the column shift to the trans.......worked good, but.....When you would take off with a little Pedal.......the linkage would go from overdive to drive.........so.....I changed it around to a cable shift system........Now it stays where it is supposed to be........and ....I rewired the car to get rid of the old wires and glass fused panel........I bought a American Autowire Classic upgrade kit.......Now we have a up to date fuse panel and all new wires.........In stripping the old wires out I found some wires from the old dash system that had the insulation burnt off.........Of course that was from it's Nu Yawk dayz.............All fixed and neatened up......now we just need the weather.........

New Cable shift linkage



Old Wires........Rats Nest



Stripped out.....



All the old wires gone............



When I finished it and started it up everything worked perfectly...........LOL...........