the slo-vo build thread...

[86 slo-vo]

yea just had to break the bead on one side pour them in and air back up.

the bb's work pretty good, i had about 5oz worth in each tire when i mounted them but still had a good shimmy at 45-47 mph...havent got much of a test drive yet but it felt pretty good

 

[RangerSVT]

Didn't think of that....but I'm sure I would fab some type of funnel...
SVT

 

[86 slo-vo]

they wont fit through the valve stem

 

[RangerSVT]

How do they balance out?? Does it work at al speeds??
SVT

 

[86 slo-vo]

they do pretty good, i havent had a set of tires balnced in the last few years...for as rough and uneven wear these tires have and they are pretty damn smooth at 70 and that was before i added more

 

[86 slo-vo]

welp finally did the valve cover gaskets, wasnt too bad at all. she got new plugs wires and the oil will be changed tomorrow

didnt take many pictures.

 

[4.0B2]

you use cork or rubber gaskets? i've had really bad luck w/ the cork...

 

[86 slo-vo]

felpro rubber, wouldnt use cork if it was free. never had good luck with it.

 

[4.0B2]

alright.. cork is just what's always in the motor kits (which is the only times i've changed mine; building the motor for the swap and then when i put the full engine gasket set on).. i'm getting some rubber ones tomorrow i think..

 

[86 slo-vo]

i think it was $32 for the rubber felpro's, its worth the money over fixing the corks a few times when they start leaking again.

 

[86 slo-vo]

got the truck running right after the vc swap, in other words i got the firing order right i obviously cant count to 6

also moved my cb whip to the rear and while i was at it i ran a new piece of coax since mine had got rubbed pretty good under the truck and picked up a wilson 4ft tuneable fibreglass whip

this weekend im going to tackle a few exhaust leaks that ive been listening to for a while

 

[Bray D]

Nice. How's your SWR at that location? I wanted the shortest whip, and mounted as low as possible. I think I ended up with a 3' firestik mounted inside my driver side bedside. Sticks about 10" above my cab. SWR is barely safe over the whole range. If I know we'll be using a certain channel during a trip, I'll tune around that channel.

 

[86 slo-vo]

i dont have a good swr unit, but the cobra has one built in. i dont know how good it is but it says its under 1.0 so it doesnt get much better. havent really got to test it out but i was picking up quite a bit of trucker talk.

i should have got the 3 footer, but oh well it should stand up to the tree's pretty good

 

[Bray D]

i should have got the 3 footer, but oh well it should stand up to the tree's pretty good

Put a spring on it! I was stubborn, and didn't want to get one. Finally gave it, got one, and it will definitely save your whip. Now I just gotta worry about ripping the damn cap off all the time

 

[86 slo-vo]

thats what i should have done...3ftr and a spring. but the guy at the cb shop is one of those old guys that follows you around asking a million questions when all you wanna do is look so i grabbed it and ran. well after i paid lol

i may end up with one, ill just have to see how it does back there