On the 2nd cylinder to fire on the pair of siamesed intake cylinders are you getting different plug colors like the half are running rich and the other half lean? Cylinders 1/3/6/8 versus 2/4/5/7 robbing fuel?

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John

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I have a platform lift which doesn't work for lifting a body. It is stored from my last house. I like the gantry idea but will likely attach the I beam tracks to the building.

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Good point on safety factor. I could just assume whole weight of car less engine and trans for body even though frame weighs something obviously.
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John

On a 51 to 54 the weight for a senior is 4200 pounds and the engine and utramatic is 1000 pounds. If the body is separated from the frame and front clip any thoughts on weight? I am guessing around 2000 leaving the reamaining 1200 for the rolling frame and front clip?

Designing a shop and want to be able to lift the body from the ceiling/roof trusses. But need to know weight to design.

John

Mike
I am moving so the project is at a standstill. I haven't done anything driveshaft wise. I am using a 99-04 jeep grand cherokee rear axle and driveshaft. It has disc brakes and fits stock packard wheels. I build a Megashift megasquirt trans controller. There are other controllers that are pre build. For the column shifter I got a universal column linkage kit but haven't installed yet. Hopefully later in the spring I can get the project going again.
John

Dakota Digital and a few other make a speedo driver. Or you can use a new speedo and just put custom graphics on it so it looks like the original or you can rebuild the original with electronic guts. Or early 4L60e that are hard to find can have a mechanical spedomoeter drive. 700R4's have mechanical speedo drives.

You could use a 4l80e but others with v8 packards successfully used the 4L60e so I thought it was good enough.

John

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Just wondering if anyone had suggestions here.
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