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Old Mar 18, 2020 | 07:39 PM
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What transmission are you gonna use?
I decided on an ultima 6 speed with a kicker. I commented on it a few posts up.
 
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Oil cooler mount from angle iron

 
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Old Mar 24, 2020 | 08:11 PM
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Foot clutch, heel operated, rebar & plate steel.
 
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Old Mar 24, 2020 | 08:13 PM
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Made a coil mount
 
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Old Mar 24, 2020 | 08:15 PM
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And a shifter.
 
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Old Mar 24, 2020 | 08:34 PM
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Originally Posted by graultytc88
Made a coil mount
Did something similar on mine
 
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Old Mar 26, 2020 | 06:57 AM
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Originally Posted by graultytc88
And a shifter.
Make the baseball bat shifter quick detachable, you never know when you might need it...

Looking good! YD
 
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Old Mar 27, 2020 | 09:36 AM
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As mentioned before, I have to relocate the mounting holes in the frame, so I added the plate and welded up the existing holes

then drilled the new ones


Now im on to prepping the frame for paint!
 
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Now that I'm waiting for paint to dry I'm looking into the motor, and Oh, Oh...

Plugs not suppose to look like that!
small nick in the piston too. Guess I'll have to tear it down to see what else is wrong.

 
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Old Mar 30, 2020 | 02:55 PM
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Would be advisable.. without going back through the entire thread what is the history on the motor.. Just easier to ask, lol..
 
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