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Just wondering what parts are you looking to see? A bone yard I use alot has a few 260 & 280s. For the most part the cars are there for rust damage so inside they are in good - fair. I would be happy to take some pics for you.

Very true. On a good note metal coated in oil dose not like to rust. I would ask " how did that red wire get through the floor on the right side?" I would also look at the floors near the rear of the doors. It looks rusty there but I cant tell from the photo. LOOK HARD :devious: at the frame rails under the hood. Where the sway bar is mounted is a good spot for starting your look.

texasz I will look around @ a few of the older first gen. 4-runners. I am just unsure if there would be a good 4-runner in that price range. I know some one with a 4-runner 98 I think. Very happy as you said you are with yours. VERY VERY TRUE:D There not around here. The only other Subaru legacy I have even seen is owned buy a postman. He imported a RHD one for running his mail route. Another thing is they rust bad. I took mine with me from Vegas so it's rust free.

Happy days are here again. :classic: Good to hear she is alive once again.:devious:

Here I go. I need alittle help with making up my mind. :stupid: After a good run of 268,XXX miles. Yes a 1/4 of a mill in miles My 91 Subaru legacy is going down hill fast. ( on a good note the rear end in the subaru is the 4:11 that will fit a Z :devious: )So now I need a everyday driver. I am unsure of what I want. So why not post a list of wants and needs from a car and see what others think I should test drive. Miles. I drive ALOT not city roads but country roads. Far more dirt roads then most. Tons of hills and turns with alot of stoping and starting on large hills. I live within the Ozark mountain range OK :stupid: With the hills in mind I NEED power as in HP. Get up and go is a must. The roads around here are fast to say the least. With all the hills and speed limits 65 MPH country and 75 MPH interstate power is a MUST. Pulling out on a 65MPH blind hill with alot of 18 wheelers running 70+ is done every day. Yes there are tons of bad wrecks around here :dead: Space. I dont need tons of room. I would enjoy a 2 door sport style car but not needed. 4 doors are fine for me aswell. Makes it easy for the back seat and keeps the insurance down so. Tough I also live on route 66. Yes the real live Route 66 from the movies and songs from the 50s & 60s. Anyway the 50s & 60s are about the same years they did any work on it :tapemouth along with most of the other roads out here. Dont get me started on the dirt roads. Trust me there BAD rough with lots of large rocks and good size holes. #5 Money I am looking to spend at the top side $5000. I just dont know what to look at I have even been thinking truck but then I would loose the fun of the roads so..... Anyone ???? Thank You.

That photo of the T\A is one bad wreck:dead: Street racing will keep getting us photos like that. Or movie clips like this. CAUTION THIS IS A VID. CLIP WITH A STREET RACE GONE VERY BAD:dead:

Worth a try, You never know till you try. IMO the dye will get to it from the back side. I think it would save parts but spot in others.

Use to use it for the same thing @ my detail shop. Very easy if you take them out. Then you can can make up the dye and drop them in. This way you get the same color all the way across and dont chance sloping any on your seats. The die wont harm any metal so that fine. With the belts that retract. Pull them out all the way. I use a small visegrip on the belt so it wont retract. Then drop the belt in the dye. Leave the belt out for it to dry!!!!!!!!!!!!! Down side. The only real down side is that any tags on the belt will dye solid color aswell.

Sorry, I was wrong on the Microfische...... Microfilm is whats used. :stupid: :stupid: :stupid: :stupid: It was early and I needed my coffee. :cheeky:

Yes, it is. This stuff is so cool when used proper. The color change paint is spendy for a reason. The main key of this paint is microfische (microfish) :stupid: It gets ground up into a powder as fine as babypowder and mixed with what will be the top coat. First the car will be painted with a dark base. Then the color change part gose over the top of that. I have always loved the looks you can get with color change paint BUT I would not paint a whole car with it. This is just IMO. I dont feel it was ever ment for the whole car other then trailer queen street rods. I would use it for a cool looking stripe job or some bad azz flames. I have seen it used for a flame job and WOW it was COOL. The flames looked like they would move around the car:love: I also have a few buddys that are into there lowriders. One has a 63 chevy pick-up low rider with the marble style paint. Looks real cool just dont damage it!!!!!! You will never match it:disappoin

One thing I do with cables, wires, and vac lines. Get some masking tape and a marker. Now as I pull I make a tab and mark it with a letter. Same letter bolth ends. Now when I make it back that way I am not going :stupid: It makes life easy in the long run.

Did you do this? It can LOOK seated and not be. I would pull the caliper outa the way. Place the wheel on and crank it down. You may want to post a bigger photo of the whole thing rotor and all . Hard to tell without seeing.

I must say the members. There are alot of automotive sites around and this site has a rare thing going. REAL PEOPLE with REAL CARS. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.

This is a real long shot. with the backfire and missing maybe a streched timing chain and it may have jumped one. Or maybe your distributor came loose and got a little turn on it?

That should be fine if not the best. If you start running reg unleaded 87 oct. you may start getting pings and or light knocks underload with the turbo. How do you like that janspeed turbo ? dont see many none the less get to talk with someone runnin one.

Oh yah I made sure on that. Turns out the 3.8 is the same size as the 5.0 just shorter by two cyl. :stupid: So that was easy. As for all the tubes up top there are 3 and they can move with alittle work. The supercharger is not much taller then the stock non SC fuel injection so thats not a big deal. Wouldnt take it that way from you. :classic:

Yes, I think it will find a good home under the hood of my Z. :cheeky: My plans have been a motor swap from day one on my Z. I have just been low on the money end as of late. I had a TPI 350 from a vette on the table for it for awhile. But when money was real low I sold it so.... But that was kind of a everyday swap for the Z and that not my style. Now money is not alot better but with looking at getting the whole car (thunderbird sc) for the money I dont think I can go wrong. Plus I cant find anyone that has done one so it looks like its on me to go first :devious:

You dont know how true that is But I cant wait to get started. I have been at a stand still so long. :tapemouth

Thak God the search is over. I was out running around from bone yard to bone yard today part hunting and hit gold. I found a bunch of 260 and 280s along with a ton of ZX cars. But just on a hunch I saw a newer ford thunderbird and thought I would look under the hood. BAM the hunt for my drive line is over:devious: Turns out the car is a 1993 thunderbird SC with a 3.8 supercharged V-6 and five speed. The car had a big time front hit and will never be good for anything but parts. Knowing this I talked with the owner and we set the price. Lets just say under 1000 :cheeky: It is VERY VERY clean with 54,XXX miles on it. I have never thought about this motor till I saw it sitting there. Then with the price a bell went off. I know it runs fine and I get the whole thing tons less then any other set-up I have looked into. So why not a supercharged V-6. Power Plant: The Super Coupe's comes equipped with a 3.8 liter V-6 powerplant that is force-fed with an Eaton Corporation supercharger. The 8.2 to 1 compression ratio, combined with six computer controlled sequentially fuel injectors, completes the well rounded underhood package. While running at a maximum 15,600 rpm's, the supercharger provides 12 psi of boost and as a resultant it develops 210 bhp at 4000 engine rpm's. The engine develops 315 lb-ft of torque at 2600 rpm. The supercharged V-6 delivers ample power without much noise but an underdrive kit and a performance chip are available to boost the horsepower rating to 255 bhp. Here it is I hope to get it home tomorrow or the next day. Then the fun starts :devious:

I do agree. I just posted but didnt want this lost by pushing it down. I would write in about my other half here but I am still looking But the test drives are fun as well you know :cheeky: Soon enough I will pick one or maybe she wil pick me who knows. Rick, it sounds as if you have found your soul mate and that make me happy for you. Most of all make sure she knows how proud you are of her.

I have had uni joint that pop and crack for months :stupid: Not that I am saying it a good thing or safe. The sound is the joint falling out of place then being forced back in place :sleepy: Once you hear it replace it. Otherwise once it falls you may find a shaft beating the hell out of everything on that side. Floors a-arms brake lines and so on.

If you are running the stock electric antenna you are kinda stuck with the switch. The old or stock style antenna did not have anything that would stop the motor from running till you let off the switch. I am sure there is a way that you could hook up a relay for it to work. But how is unknown to me :stupid: I would say buy a new style power antenna. Then its just the one wire from the head unit (the blue one) and your done. Just make sure if you use the older brush style car wash you shut off the radio off or it will get bent or broken real fast.

It sounds like you know what it will need for getting it back on the road. You will want to get that gas tank taken care of before jumping into the whole carb deal. Replace it or have it sealed other wise you will fight it the whole time. :tapemouth I would also look over anything rubber mounts lines so on. You have a heads up on most people doing this. Being your the 2nd owner that put it away 14 years ago. Most of us find these cars that have been stored for years but know little if any history on the car. What year and so on car is it anyway? Sounds like you may have a gem here.

I found this on another site ROFL ROFL YOU MIGHT BE A RACER IF ... You think the primary purpose of wings is to PREVENT flight. You take your helmet along when you go to buy new eyeglasses or check out cars. You are happiest when your street car's tires are worn to racing depth and the wear bars are showing. When something falls off of your car, you wonder how much weight you just saved. Your email address refers to your race car rather than to you. You've paid $4.00 a gallon for gas without complaining. You bought a race car before buying a house. You bought a race car before buying furniture for the new house. You're looking for a tow vehicle and still haven't bought furniture! The requirements you give your real estate agent are (in order of importance): 1) 8 car climate controlled garage with an attached shop. 2) Outside parking for 6 cars, a motor home, a crew cab dually, a 28' enclosed trailer and a 34' 5th wheel. 3) 3 phase 220V outlets in the garage for your welder. 4) A grease pit. 5) Deaf neighbors. 6) Some sort of house with a working toilet & shower on the property - or - hookups for the motor home. You sit in your race car in a dark garage and make car noises and shift and practice your heel and toe, while waiting for your motor to get back from the machine shop. You have enough spare parts to build another car. More than one racer supply store recognizes your voice and greets you by name when you call. You think the last line of the Star Spangled banner is: "Racers start your engines!" People know you by your class, car number, and car color. You astound the clerk at Sears by bringing in a snapped breaker bar every other week or so. Your family brings the couch into the garage to spend time with you. A neighbor asks if you have any oil, to which you query, "Synthetic or organic?" and they reply, "Vegetable or corn." You enjoy driving in the rain on the way to work. You always want to change something on your street car to make it handle better. You've tried to convince your wife you needed that flow bench to fix the air filter on her station wagon. You save broken car parts as "momentous". You've found your lawnmower runs pretty good on 108 octane gas (but doesn't particularly care for alcohol). The local police and state highway patrol have a picture of your car taped to their dashboard. Instead of pictures in your wallet, you have time slips. You quote your street tire wear life in weeks rather than miles. After you tell your wife where you'd like to go on vacation she answers: "Why...is there a race there?" You know at least three 1-800 numbers to aftermarket parts houses by heart. You are on a first-name basis with owners of every local speed shop. You want to take apart and rebuild things, even though they are not broken. You have the monetary equivalent of a lunar rocket invested in it, but your car still won't cut a good light or run the number. You own a vehicle that has at least 500 horsepower more than when it came out of Detroit. You look for hi-po cars in the movies and try to guess what engine size, tire size, and whether or not it has nitrous in it. You are the type of person who goes postal when you have to sit in a traffic jam for more than five minutes, yet you can spend five hours in the staging lanes. Every stoplight becomes a practice tree to test your ability to tree the guy in the other lane's eyes out. You wash your car like it was your firstborn child, you tend to its needs like it was your own body, you protect it like it's your family, then you drive it like you stole it. You understand racing is a way of life, not just a means of transportation. 1. You set off car alarms throughout any parking garage you drive into. 2. Neighbors mistake you driving by for either thunder or a low flying jet. 3. Your neighbors either hate you or want rides in your car, or both. 4. You exclaiming "Warp 9, number one!" before standing on the gas does not elicit laughs. 5. The smell of unburnt fuel from your exhaust at idle makes eyes water at 100 yards and kills small birds and insects much closer. 6. WOT has another nickname: Tire Fry. 7. Judicious use of the throttle has become more than just a good idea. 8. You have more gagues in your vehicle than any three of your friends, combined. 9. Your entire driveline has been replaced with more durable parts for fear of catastrophic failure of stock parts. 10. On a ten hour drive you only age 2 hours. 11. Your pastor tries to explain what one of the seals of the apocalypse breaking is like by using your car as an example. 12. When confronted by your car police either laugh or cry. 13. you refer to pump 93 octane as tow truck fuel 14. you buy fuel in 55 gallon drums 15 you know the octane rating of toulene and xylene by heart 16.you had no idea marvel mystery oil was sold in containers smaller than 1 gallon cans 17. you think spark plugs life expectancy is one race 18. you can,t believe it takes those pit crews the whole 15 minutes to swap engines 19.you can,t believe the tire ballance guy won,t believe the tires have a harmonic shake at 218 mph 20. you know the exhaust temps plus/minus 10 degrees by the shade of red the exhaust pipes glow

The parts you are talking about can be a real pain in the ... I have been able to free them with a short screwdriver and prying on it. You dont get much of a lip but its there. Another thing. You can look just ahead of the (Y) and pull one pin to drop the cable adjustment rod. This can take some pressure off the clips.