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Originally posted by STINEY View PostFound a reasonably priced new short side axle shaft for the 8.8, with new bearing and seal. Arrived yesterday. Time to get chopping!
I'd say to put the axle in and cycle it just to be safe?
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Originally posted by STINEY View PostI did catch it peeping at the Cadistangs bottomsides. Or is the Cadistang doing some weird on-top act to the TR7? Barn Shenanigans..........
Do they know you're peeping on them?Doing it all wrong since 1966
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Okay, on another note..............does anyone have any first hand experience with these cars? As in, are the factory brakes really as dangerous as the rumors make them out to be? I know I will need an upgrade (especially to go with the rear explorer discs) but not sure how far I'll need to go. Have been deciphering the WILWOOD kit offered by TheWedgeShop, it appears they use #120-6805 for the caliper and #160-12959 for the rotor. This uses an aluminum spacer to move the mounting lugs out and apart, increases the radius-arm of the caliper. Surprised me to learn that they didn't make their kit to incorporate a radially mounted caliper? Weird..
From another site, a guy weighed this setup as compared to the factory setup. Holy Wow - Huge increase in unsprung weight. Huge. Went from #15 per side to #29.6 http://www.cardomain.com/ride/247299...ph-tr7/page-6/Last edited by STINEY; October 11, 2013, 06:48 PM.Of all the paths you take in life - make sure a few of them are dirt.
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My friend's brother had one, it didn't have enough power to get up to panic braking speeds, and when it did get up to speed it didn't stay running long enough for brakes to be a problem, it dropped valves like Timothy Leary dropped LSD. Couldn't be any worse than stock '79 fox body brakes could it?
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Originally posted by hauen View PostMy friend's brother had one, it didn't have enough power to get up to panic braking speeds, and when it did get up to speed it didn't stay running long enough for brakes to be a problem, it dropped valves like Timothy Leary dropped LSD. Couldn't be any worse than stock '79 fox body brakes could it?Doing it all wrong since 1966
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Originally posted by hauen View PostMy friend's brother had one, it didn't have enough power to get up to panic braking speeds, and when it did get up to speed it didn't stay running long enough for brakes to be a problem, it dropped valves like Timothy Leary dropped LSD. Couldn't be any worse than stock '79 fox body brakes could it?
Actually they (like much of the rest of the basic design) bear a strong resemblance to the FOX stuff. So who copied whom, eh?Of all the paths you take in life - make sure a few of them are dirt.
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Check out this thread on the Brit car website. http://forum.britishv8.org/read.php?7,16167
It covers V8 brake, spindle & bearing upgrades using off the shelf parts & some home made brackets.
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