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  1. don-f

    Bearing questions..

    I am slowly redoing my 1970s Civic for vintage racing. I am gathering parts to put the engine back together. The car was originally built by Jamie Housman in the mid 80s but had deteriorated over the years and other owners. When I got it, it had a supposedly "fresh" 1.3L engine that had massive...
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    Tire Machines and Cantilevered Slicks

    I was just wondering if any of the old manual tire machines work for taking on and off road coarse radials and the cantilever slicks? I don't live in a huge town and its been hit and miss with tire mounting competition tires. More miss. I tried several tire shops over the years. They all say no...
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    Fuel Cell Plumbing Questions

    I am redoing the fuel lines on my project (1970s Civic GTC now being converted to a vintage car). The car actually came to me with a stock fuel tank, one of the many safety hazards on the car when it arrived. I have an ATL 8 gallon fuel cell, but what's the best way to plumb it to the pump? I...
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    Header Building

    I just thought I would share. I was starting to build a header for my 70s GTC Civic being restored for vintage production racing. I started printing pieces on a 3d printer to help mock up the thing. This helps a lot. I can tell you what doesn't work pretty easy now without wasting a lot of...
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    1970's Hitachi Distributor Prep?

    I am slowly working on a 1970s Civic that was a tub based GT class car in the 1980s, but is more suited to vintage racing now. I contacted a few vintage groups as I am putting things back together and all seem to want the crank trigger ignition gone. That is fine, but since I was told that the...
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