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Landsharks 76er Refresh and Build

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landshark99

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Making some upgrades, additions and other odd and ends I never got to.

Starting with new 4.11 drop out to see how I like it before I regear the front.

Painting it up:

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Got the new center section in. Noticeable difference but not earth shattering. Definitely don't need to get on it as much to get going. Turning 3000 rpm's at 65 mph. Will need a new speedo gear as at 65 speedo says iam going around 80. Will run it for another month or two before I decide to keep and regear the front or go 3.7's or 3.9. I think it will be fine as I don't do a ton of highway driving and honestly the 302 needs the revs.

For reference: 4.11 gears with 31" tires and C4
 
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Making progress. Got my tranny cooler mounted but need to wire it up. Finished plumbing the master cylinder and bench bled it as well. Almost done with the hydro boost but need a couple more fittings Monday.

Going to pull the upper plenium as I think I need to tap the lower Egr hole as my freeze plug I used probably popped out. And I need to cap the old brake booster vacuum line anyway.

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Hmmm need to take a few more pics of the coolers and stuff.
 
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She is alive! Brakes are night and day better. Steering no longer wanders when going straight and is so much easier to turn. Have a few things to tie up but over all feels good.

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Still need to wire up the fan and deal with the throttle and kick-down cables not getting full throttle. Ps still does a little whining but isn't leaking and no ill effects from the power steering and hydroboost.
 

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Who did your paint? Good experience? Lessons learned?
I have "trust issues" after reading so many cautionary tales.

Thanks,
Scott
 
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Who did your paint? Good experience? Lessons learned?
I have "trust issues" after reading so many cautionary tales.

Thanks,
Scott

Sorry Scott, totally missed this post -

I had a local shop do my paint, I am very happy with the job they did, it exceeded my expectations, the person was very talented and did a great job.

With that being said the shop is no longer there as the owner sold it off and moved onto to another place out of town.

Other than that i would recommend you do research and get feedback from previous customers. Ask for references if you can and ask those people what relationship they have to the painter - you want to try and get unbiased feedback. if the shop isn't willing to do that move on. You are paying too much money to chance it.
 
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