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or put the backing plates on the sell thread here if they are in good shape. Backing plates are hard to come by for these trucks - most are rotted away in the rust belt states.
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Do you foresee any problems with the parking brake or master cylinder?
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for best braking, you could use a montero master or starquest one - depends on the master cylinder mounting on the booster. 4wheel disc requires more fluid to work than disc /drum setup.
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The parking brake is cable operated on both systems and seeing the two together they use the same legth to operate the parking brake so the MM cables will work just fine. This rear disk set up uses the smaller drum system inside the disk hat as a parking brake too. I also took all the rear brake hard lines from the rubber body hose down to the axle to axle including the spliter block and will be swapping all of them over as well. We'll see how it turns out
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even the family has support for the truck project!! feeling truly blessed!!! my brother got me all the speakers and electronic stuff which is more his forte anyways, because i have no clue about car audio lol. but it all looks amazing!! and the rents got me the floor mats because they know i'm doing the Ralliart theme in the truck, couldn't be happier and i love them dearly!! Merry Christmas!!
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so here is the latest bit of adapting from the junk yard. new sleeker sportier chrome mirrors instead to the factory "box" mirrors
Mazda B2200 mirror + Mighty Max factory mirror mount = sexiness
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hmmm didn't know the heads bolted on like that to the mounts...
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Chrome mirrors and the Ralliart theme you have going on are going to look JDM as hell. Sweet.
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alrighty, i realize it's been a while since i've done any kind of update but with me working on my tuck out in the open air old man winter has put some serious brakes on that unless it's a sunny sunny day LOL. so all i can do now is spend the green stuff and pile up the parts!!
more chrome! i got the door handles off line and saved the stock chrome tail lights by flitzing the sh*t out of them. i think they'll match the mazda mirrors well, i think the theme is going to be murdered out black with chrome accents everywhere
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suspension adapting time! i took the tip from Rahtid and got some of these Belltech Nitro-drop front shocks for the ridiculous price of $10 a piece so i bought 2 sets for $40 and haven't looked back, you do have to cut the dust covers off but that's easy enough with a dremel
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my solution to cutting off the metal covers was to buy a set of rubber boot's for $25 for 4 and install them and use the left over 2 on the rear for the toxic shocks that didn't come with any boots to begin with.
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i also got my drop springs in too, and NOOO they are NOT Belltechs. gonna try a different company and see how they work. i have no clue what the length of the belltechs are but these are considerably shorter than the factory's. also i was happy to see that the nitro's come factory with a energy suspension bushing already in them!:))
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should be getting my brand new upper control arms here soon and all my steering components!! more to come!!
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The floor mats you have are the factory floor mats out of my ralliart lancer, good you were able to get the shocks,
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Thank you for the heads up on them! Great price for a great shock. I was really surprised when I got the floor mats I knew they were for the Evo and I have no clue what I'm going to do with the two extra back mats but the two fronts fit the truck and my ralliart theme pretty well so I'm happy with them. I'm also intrested in these springs I've got, I got them from the same place I got the shocks but they seem like they may be shorter than the normal belltech drop springs, you wouldn't by chance know what the length of the belltech springs are do you?
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not sure of the length what color are the springs
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eehhhh you can see in the pics they are kinda a dark gunmetal grey color, i know belltechs are a light silver almost white. here is a picture of them next to the stock cut springs that were on my truck when i bought it, about the same height but the lowering spring is a hair taller and has way more coils to it
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Not sure the lowering springs on my red truck are yellow,
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Finally got my new OEM upper control arms in today and i am stoked! they still look like the day they were made lol ever for be +20 years old. going to feel good to replace those old ones with the dry rotting bushing and blown joints for these new stiffer parts. next comes all the steering parts from MOOG along with one of their steering stabilizer kits. and then it all goes together!!
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Wow. Are those NOS? Truck is going to ride like it did off the showroom floor.
You're like a one man economic stimulus package. :usa:
I've changed my mind 5000 time but if I can put a diesel deal together I might have something kinda neat for you.
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yup factory original parts. they are soooo stiff! even the ball joints! i love the little covers that came on them! i am curious why someone drew a "tamper line" on them though. you know a line drawn on two objects to when taken apart and put back together if they don't line up you'll know it's been messed with. they did that with a black sharpie on the ball joints and covers and white dots on the shafts and bushings
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No. 1 reason why i can't work on the truck and i'm reduced to only gathering and sitting on parts.....
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At least you're not in Boston right now...
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oh I see you installed a new grill. That ice will tweek stuff up sometimes too. Pulling shit apart and make things squeak, hate that freezing fog/rain.
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after much searching i have finally been able to find a much needed part to move forward on my motor build. a replacement roller cam from Clevite to replace the factory one that the bone head Fedex BROKE when they delivered my non-MCA roller head. it's not staying long thou LOL it's going straight to Schneider Cams for a aggressive regrind and a new set of valve springs. on the plus side though, because of the Fedex broke my cam when shipping my head i ended up getting it all for free in the end.
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in other news my buddy finally got a chance to mount my wheel and tires in his down time with the recent snow. he said everyone and their brother has tried to buy them from him since he mounted him and he keeps telling them they arn't even his!! i can't wait to get the rest of the suspension finished so i can get it back down on the ground, they are 15x8.5's Vector Hurricanes wrapped in 225/60-15's
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I was looking at those wheels back when they were new but never bought a set - great retro look. It takes real talent to break a cam in a head like that. Makes me remember the time a local shop back in the early 80s ordered an axle truss for a full size 4wd without insurance. It arrived UPS - the ends were touching, and he was out the cost of the truss. He never ordered anything else without insurance again.
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sooo i used to have a pop-up sunroof in a old S13 240sx that i used to have and i always loved it and the draft it provided with the windows cracked since i won't have any AC and a solid back glass with no slider. it was aftermarket and tinted and it never leaked on me so this prompted me to want to put one in ole Rat Bastard. But not just any would do, it had to fit the theme that i'm wanting to go with this thing. kinda a old skool late 80's early 90's inspired race truck with a modern touch and twist
AND BOY DID I STRIKE GOLD ON THIS ONE!!!! i'll let most of the photo's speak for themselves but yes it's NOS never installed or used, and that is a solar powered fan!!
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oh and it doesn't stop there, the seller was nice enough to throw these in for free, FOR FREE!!!!
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and your totally right Pennyman1, Fedex are some complete asshats sometimes. it all started when they lost my head and valve cover completely and just wanted to offer me how much i payed for it on ebay, and i TOTALLY refused. the reason why was because the head in question was a RARE 2.0 non-MCA fuel injected roller head that was only offered from 89-92. So i asked where the last place was that they scanned it and they said Nashville, and i said WELLLLLL i live about 35 min away from there and will be there this afternoon to search every box until i find mine. low and behold it turned up in no time, beat to shit....needless to say i got my stuff for free and ALL my money back and got to have some AWESOME colorful words with alot of Fedex wearhouse higher ups to their face with my broken stuff sitting at our feet in the warehouse.
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sounds about right - they didn't think you would call their bluff. That cam looks bent too - takes real talent to fuck things up that bad.
