Nate here are those pictures of the air cleaner elliminators I made for my friend. Its the only way to hold his scoop down other than running an air filter, you have to use the air cleaner lids with these.
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Not yet I didn’t. I dont want to change too much at one time so I can see what each individual change does. Want to try the different air cleaners first. Steve thanks for the pictures!
Got the car all cleaned up. End of last year on the way home I passed a vehicle going slow on the side of the road and just assumed it was a tanker hauling manure from the hog barns. When I got home I realized the were spraying the gravel on the side of the road with tar and my car got a nice dose of overspray on it. It was pretty much freezing temps when I put it away so never got to clean it up. A good wash and 4 hours later with a clay bar today and she is nice and clean again. 
Looks like your hard work payed off 
Yes it did James!
Well the new scoop finally showed up Friday. Only got it set on for now. Being I’m using a flow top I want to make sure the scoop will be secure so I have an idea for that it will just take a little fabrication. 
Nice 
Sure looks like a hot rod from here ........Nice
Been working on the air cleaner project here and there. The filters on the old scoop are actually bigger diameter and won’t fit in the new one but I have some ideas. With the hot weather we have been having I went for a drive on a 95+ degree day and she ran warmer that usual on the road but would run cooler in town and come all the way back to normal if it sat and idled. I suspect it is the shroud on my electric fan being too restrictive so I modified it with flaps today and will see what happens the next time out.
Nate did you do any pulley changes sounds like water is not staying in radiator long enough.
No I haven’t changed any pulleys. I’m using a 6” lower pulley and a 6.5 water pump pulley if I remember right
I got the air filter setup done. Will have to see how it works. I made the support from some scrap aluminum I had around. The one part is a old peterbuilt clutch linkage I had in my tool box at work. It uses a 1/2 fine thread bolt to hold it down so it should keep things in place. I used some grease between everything to make sure it’s all sealed good.
Nice work........!!!!.......Somebody’s using the old grape for more than just a ramming tool.........
Had fun at the Onawa race and decided to do some more upgrades. Changed the front springs from the Moog 6004 to Moroso 47170 springs. The Moog springs were keeping the front up and I wasn’t getting much suspension travel. Was only getting about 3” of travel. Was told 4 or more was better. Another part of the problem with my suspension travel was the ball joint spacers hit the frame before the upper a arms stop did. I got Howe extended length ball joints to fix that and installed them when I did the springs. The first springs I tried were moroso 47195 springs which others are running successfully but the front of my car is apparently too heavy for them. With the 47170 springs the car sits almost level and now I have 4.5” of suspension travel. Also got the correct 62 rod from the pedal to the z bar in the frame so that lines up properly now. One thing I definitely need to work on is my shifting. I’m having a hell of a time breaking my old habits.
