What Did You Do To Your Car Today?

dsrtjeeper · Sunday at 5:51 PM

TKX installed. Drives great but shifter handle needs to move towards the driver's side more.

Snorky · Sunday at 7:59 PM

Pulled my tranny/clutch/flywheel....

Bread beats pilot bearing evertime

Musturd · Monday at 12:24 AM

dsrtjeeper said:
TKX installed. Drives great but shifter handle needs to move towards the driver's side more.

Yea you need the setup like I have

weendoggy · Monday at 8:48 AM

dsrtjeeper said:
TKX installed. Drives great but shifter handle needs to move towards the driver's side more.

I use a Modern Driveline shifter. Lot's of options.

dsrtjeeper · Monday at 11:09 AM

weendoggy said:
I use a Modern Driveline shifter. Lot's of options.

That's what I'm using. It's offset 1" toward the driver's side and 1" rearward.

shovel · Monday at 3:07 PM

Last year my wife's 02 Mustang broke down in traffic (alternator failed, didn't notice until the engine just shut off) and some kind dudes ran up and helped push it off the road.. they pushed on the spoiler which is made of hollow plastic and it didn't work real well as a push handle.

I put a temporary spoiler on her car to keep it from being unsafe,

but I also kept my eyes out for a replacement spoiler in the same color so I wouldn't need to repaint it. Despite being a super common color a Mineral Grey spoiler never showed up so I found a silver one and yesterday I painted it. Also got started painting the grille and bumper for my F150 . They are not the same color but I also got 2k clear for all of them and that stuff doesn't last after you mix it so I'm shooting all of them at the same time.

dsrtjeeper · Monday at 3:08 PM

Musturd said:
Yea you need the setup like I have

I bought the shifter that you have.

Musturd · 2026-08-04T15:34:33-0400

dsrtjeeper said:
I bought the shifter that you have.

Yea with out the correct offset for the top it’s the same as any other shifter though. Can put a spacer between the handle where it mounts to move the handle closer to your leg if needed . I’m installing my tkx tomorrow again I’ll post a bunch of photos of my shifter handle setup it’s super comfortable

dsrtjeeper · 2026-08-04T15:40:41-0400

Musturd said:
Yea with out the correct offset for the top it’s the same as any other shifter though. Can put a spacer between the handle where it mounts to move the handle closer to your leg if needed . I’m installing my tkx tomorrow again I’ll post a bunch of photos of my shifter handle setup it’s super comfortable

I bought the 1" offset to the left and 1.15" rearward one.

https://www.moderndriveline.com/sho...r-socket-front-position-68-69-camarofirebird/

RAU03MACH · 2026-08-05T13:44:40-0400

So the last time I left off on this engine I was prepping and painting installing cam bearings and tapping all the bolt holes
Im going with white just a last min deal

RAU03MACH · 2026-08-05T13:55:20-0400

Just pre fitting

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RAU03MACH · 2026-08-05T14:07:17-0400

Bronco2Fan · 2026-08-05T14:14:19-0400

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Badass, what's it going in?

RAU03MACH · 2026-08-05T14:44:04-0400

Right now just test fitting

Bronco2Fan said:
Badass, what's it going in?

This 351w is going in my 95gt
Should make a big difference

RAU03MACH · 2026-08-05T14:45:58-0400

Going with a old school oil filter relocation kit

RAU03MACH · 2026-08-05T14:50:57-0400

shovel · 2026-08-05T15:25:00-0400

Grille and bumper are back on the project F150. The truck is a silver color, kinda grey with fine flake metallic, but the metal front bar of the bumper was more of a neutral gloss grey without metallic. When I repainted the bumper & grille I shot it all with the same metallic grey but it just didn't look right so I went back and did the bumper black. I think that was the right move.

b1pig · 2026-08-05T16:04:08-0400

Snorky said:
Looks smooth! The problem arises when back in the day you would see a car that look like it fell into a JC Whitney catalog. The solar wing, the 3 fake stick on chrome vents on the fender. The chrome fender trim. The literal 3m tape hood scoop. The altezza tail lights, monster truck stance with poorly offset ugly wheels.

The solar wing and even aluminum rear window louvers can look damn good on a car when the rest is presented correctly such as this fine example.

That was a problem my car had. Had three different kinds of mustang decals on it. Both generation badges... the later SN95 GT badge and the 5.0 badge. I have not taken to removing them yet.... at least removing the GT badge, maybe leaving the 5.0. Also, whoever added the white racing stripes used the leftover decal material to add extra racing stripes onto the decklid spoiler. Just glad they didn't keep it long enough to screw it up further.

dsrtjeeper · 2026-08-05T16:47:08-0400

Snorky said:
Looks smooth! The problem arises when back in the day you would see a car that look like it fell into a JC Whitney catalog. The solar wing, the 3 fake stick on chrome vents on the fender. The chrome fender trim. The literal 3m tape hood scoop. The altezza tail lights, monster truck stance with poorly offset ugly wheels.

The solar wing and even aluminum rear window louvers can look damn good on a car when the rest is presented correctly such as this fine example.

Back in the day? Kids are still driving through Pep Boys with a $hit magnet and sticking anything and everything on their jalopies. Lol
I can't believe colored glow lights and florescent green paint are still a thing.