Shelby10'

DAVE my shifter ball arrived!!! So my Hurst one is all yours! its weird they sent me a new hurst white ball, but it doesnt say Hurst on the side... oh well I like it better this way... the shifter already says hurst on the shaft in aluminum OH yea David the thread is 3/8'' - 16 thread

Shelby10'

I pulled all the crap out of my trunk and car so the weight should be down now... I'm planning on shaving my *****, butt, and back, get my hair cut, take a lotttttt of laxitive, and finally wear only a pair of whitey tighties when I run. to save on weight you see

Shelby10'

ba ba ba ba ba barang

Shelby10'

babarannggggg will ya take my hannnnddd

Shelby10'

babbarangggg we be rock and a rolling rocken to the rythem babarang baba baba barang!!! ok now I'm out of breath!!

Shelby10'

David are you lurking??

DavidM

Ok just caught up with the thread.

Congrats on the Cobra status Jeff.

Paul I think you have elephantitus of the testes, or you have been getting ideas from the movie Dodge Ball. Not sure which?

Jarrod you have succeeded in discusting me with your description of your weight loss ideas.

So all that being said wooohoooo tomorrow is T&T.

DavidM

Paul I wonder if they would let you sit in the tower due to your status?

DavidM

Hey Paul can you send out an invite to all members for T&T?? Be sure to include that they can come and watch if they don't want to race.

Shelby10'

Hey David have you taken your front swaybar off before?

DavidM

Not on this car. But have done it to my other cars in the past.

Just unbolt the endlinks and the brackets that anchor to the body. It should be pretty simple

Shelby10'

You want to both do it tomorrow at the track?? I wonder what socket size it is.. I havent looked

DavidM

I'm off tomorrow afternoon so I will look at it if I do it it will be here in the garage. Not really hip on taking a jack and all that crap out to the track. Then having to put the bar somewhere while I run and all. Do you think you can swing getting sick at about 3-4:00 to get off early? If so then gimme a call and you can swing by the house and we'll take it off.

cobra4548

Does it hurt any thing to take the front swaybar off every time you race? Does it really save that much weight?

Shelby10'

I heard it is a 1)heavy suspension part 2) less weight out front equals more front end lift Equals go faster

DavidM

Well in the older cars, removing the front swaybar allowed the suspension to travel fully up in the front. But I have read that in these cars it does a good job of going full up even with the sway bar in. The main reason people remove the sway bar on the s197 is to also remove the radiator support also which removes over 40 lbs from the nose of the car. I am planning on doing the brace perhaps before Shelby.

DavidM

So it looks like the factory shift **** thread is 12 X 1.75 metric, so I will have to retap or see the ball to determine if it has a replaceable insert in it like the old ones or whatever.

Shelby10'

ding ding ding... you are correct sir

DavidM

I need a couple hundred more posts to be uber cool !! Shelby GT350 status.....

Shelby10'

David I believe it has a brass insert for the threads.... I think it might be removable