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Ok, I'm trying to understand something. If a grade 5 comes out of the hole, why are most of the people here replacing it with a grade 8? Do you know something that the engineers don't when they designed it, or is it the bigger is better speech?
Fine is generaly used for high vibration use. More contact in the threaded areas. Switching to a coarse thread bolt will not down grade your clamping force, although, a fine thread does have a slightly higher clamp load.
SAE J429 Standards 1/2" example:
1/2-13 9046lbs
1/2-20 10197lbs...
Maybe one of you coasties, or like me ex-coasties, could jump on fredsplace and post a request of pictures of trucks from the conversations thread. I have a log on but I don't even remember what my screen name is. I think it was cutterdude but I can't remember:cookoo:. Just a thought.
Yeah, he kinda went off the deep end. I wonder if we will ever know the real reason behind it or if it was just as it seemed, as in some old guy pyning for the days glory past. :?
I think that is a Superformance Daytona. Shelby had a stake in the company and sued Factory Five a couple of times. He really didn't like F5R and didn't sign many, but he did sign some.
Cool pics and great looking truck.
I usaully keep my mouth shut on things like this but...
2 weeks ago my fathers best friend and good friend of mine was driving his 1964 Superformance Cobra 427, topped a hill where two cars were parked in the road for some reason, veered into the oncomming lane and was killed outright. The 2...
Well thanks for building to support the troops. I'll be frank and say loose the chrome or paint it black. It just doesn't seem right. Other than that you have a fine looking truck and we can tell that thought and prepration went in to making it look good. Again thanks for helping out with the...
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And their response to this lawlessness is that he should remove stuff on his property because they won't do anything about it???:shock:
The lot of LEO's and DA need to be fired. How does not doing anything about a known problem solve anything?
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