Ricko's New Ride-'71 Baja

rickosuave1987 · Post by **rickosuave1987** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 6:46 pm

Drove the car today. Runs really well. I can feel the power of the new engine. Front end is pretty stiff. And the brakes in the front hardly work..I guess they need to be bled some more

Cant wait til next weekend though!

baja5 · Post by **baja5** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 7:43 pm

Scrap the adjusters and cut and turn it.Why add more stuff to go wrong?

rickosuave1987 · Post by **rickosuave1987** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 10:01 pm

baja5 wrote:Scrap the adjusters and cut and turn it.Why add more stuff to go wrong?

I did cut and turn it. Cheese and rice, dont you pay attention to anything? Just kidding

See?

baja5 · Post by **baja5** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 7:04 am

Sorry,I guess i skipped that page.Great job on the car,looks like you'll make it farther than a lap around the fire ring now.

You gunna make it out to the poker run.

rickosuave1987 · Post by **rickosuave1987** » Sun Apr 08, 2007 9:40 am

baja5 wrote:Sorry,I guess i skipped that page.Great job on the car,looks like you'll make it farther than a lap around the fire ring now. You gunna make it out to the poker run.

More than 1 lap...I certainly hope so...

Not gonna make it to the poker run. Hopefully the one in october I will go though.

rickosuave1987 · Post by **rickosuave1987** » Thu May 03, 2007 9:14 am

Just picked up a solid tranny kit. Does any one have a picture of theirs installed? No instructions of couse (empi

) I think I have it figured out, but where does the smaller strap go around and what does it attach to??
It is this kit here

And this is the peice im referring to

Post by **david58** » Thu May 03, 2007 9:26 am

The smaller strap goes around the top of the tranny and bolts or welds to the frame horns.

CopperBaja · Post by **CopperBaja** » Thu May 03, 2007 12:23 pm

I've heard that the solid tranny kit can cause problems...

Is this true? and if it is, does the urethane bushings fix the problems?

rickosuave1987 · Post by **rickosuave1987** » Thu May 03, 2007 12:36 pm

Well you cant run a solid mount and urethane at the same times. The urethane ones just replace the stock rubber mounts. The only problem ive heard of with the solid kit is more vibrations in the car and a little more noise. But thats better than feeling my engine bounce when i hit a bump.

Thanks david, I figured it would go over but I just dont know where.

Any pics guys?

Post by **Leatherneck** » Thu May 03, 2007 1:13 pm

CopperBaja wrote:I've heard that the solid tranny kit can cause problems...

Is this true? and if it is, does the urethane bushings fix the problems?

Been, well always have run solid mounts, yea it causes problems, vibrates, ya feel the engine

bajaherbie · Post by **bajaherbie** » Thu May 03, 2007 2:47 pm

position it at the front of the trans and drill a hole on top of the frame horns use a drill bit a little larger that the bolts that you are going to use. position a nut on the hole and weld it to the framehorn. you might have to dimple the frame horn so the nut will sit parallel to the strap.

if you dont have a welder then there is another part of the kit available that loops around the framehorn and it is bolted to the strap....

rickosuave1987 · Post by **rickosuave1987** » Thu May 03, 2007 3:05 pm

Thanks Herbie. Thats exaclty what i needed to know.
Ive got a welder so no problem on the nut.

Im not a welding or metal expert, but would I be able to weld on the steel that the kit is made out of? It seems to be the same material as grade 8 hardware. I wanted to brace the frame horns through the solid mount.

Skidmark · Post by **Skidmark** » Thu May 03, 2007 3:57 pm

Just an FYI...

Urethane mounts are stiffer than stock. They last longer under hard abuse than stock as well. The reason you should not mix mount types is this - if you have some mounts that flex, and another that's rigid, when the soft mount flexes something will break at the rigid mount. If the rigid is at the front nose cone, you will break the nose cone. All solid mounts will give you a better launch (more torque transferred to the wheels sooner), and you will feel the engine/trans vibrations. You will also hear it more. If you are racing, go solid. I have solid mounts in my '68 baja, and I prefer them. The project car had new urethane mounts on the trans when I bought it, so I ran with them. When they wear out, I will switch it over to solids.

Really boils down to preference...

takotruckin · Post by **takotruckin** » Thu May 03, 2007 5:14 pm

and if you happen to run a 3.8l SC ford engine, you REALLY dont want solid...

Post by **david58** » Thu May 03, 2007 6:12 pm