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« Last post by scarebird on Today at 12:08:41 PM »this is what I get, new posts or not.
1995 rides again.
1995 rides again.
Front and rear PTFB GT suspension (springs), new gas tank and sender, new lower arms and new tubular upper arms with the longer PTFB ball joints. Koni shocks all around. PTFB aluminum solid body bushings. Alignment and shims this morning. Trying to ready it up for FirebirdFest 4 in a week. Still have a few things I want to do to it before the trip.
Did you just replace the sender with a stock unit? Do you have any needle fluctuations as you drive? Mine seems to move about 1/4 tank back and forth as I drive.
I got home from 4 days of driving (FirebirdFest is a blast- I highly recommend it if anyone is interested in a show where you DON'T sit by your car all weekend, but actually take it on daily drives) and can give a report. Yes, I bought a stock gas tank and sender from Firebird Central. The gauge doesn't bounce around. I checked mileage every time I fueled up (averaging almost 15 on road and town combined. I decided to really test it on our way home yesterday. I usually fill up at 1/4 tank. Always have with all my cars, and did so this whole trip. It would take right around 15 gallons, which is right for a +/- 21 gallon tank. On the way home, I ran it until the needle was thisclose to the uh-oh mark 19 gallons later, it was full. So yes, it is (so far) accurate at any level and doesn't float around.
At this point I am very tempted to put the front sheet metal on. But, I think I will get the underneath stuff finished first. I had my shop put the u joints in my prop shaft and its ready to go. I put the front back on my cribbing to get some underneath clearance and will do the rear once I know the brake lines are not leaking anywhere. Underneath stuff that needs to be completed is the prop shaft, the exhaust and the parking brake. I am still debating whether to get sub frame connectors. My 77 does not have them and creaks and rattles worse than my knees in the morning. Not sure if they would help that situation. I figure as long as I have this one up on blocks it would be easy enough to install. I think at that point I can set the car back down. I am pretty sure I am going to get a new ac compressor and I would like to get all of that hooked up before the front end goes back. I have most of the stuff to finish so its just a matter of me getting out to the shop and putting in some hours.