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Messages - TurboMonte
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« on: July 21 2022, 02:34:48 PM »
You're just fine,,,20# @ idle fine,,,10# for each 1000rpm just fine also (cruise, etc.),,, 20W-50 also just fine (and it makes one feel better!). Don't know what your climate is (or condition of car garaging/storage) so the higher viscosity doesn't give you potential starting issues.
Your build looks amazingly similar to my last/former GN.
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« on: June 04 2022, 09:28:53 AM »
Yepper Steve, seems we all tend to somehow gravitate back to our "roots" vehicles/memories. Hence my black 51 Merc cpe (past 20 yrs), similar to one I graduated HS with in 58 & off-to college... Some vivid traveling trips/memories in a friends 70 Dodge Polara wagon w/ 440 engine & bad accelerator pump. We would load up 4 golfers and gear for week-long trips & travel to upstate NY (in mid-80's). We appropriately named it "The Lurchmobile", and were lucky we didn't have accidents when pulling out into traffic. I'm recalling in a dual-action tailgate also...? They seem known for tranny issues? The MGBs make the Miatas look large/full-sized... Thx for the recent chat and ALL the GN help over the past years--now time for my nap (it's almost 9:30, but a.m. !!) 
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« on: June 03 2022, 10:09:59 PM »
Steve, it looks like your project vehicles are becoming smaller (in size) with age--however, the Green Mile appears to be a BIG exception. I've really thinned the herd, from 4 to 1, and my last project in & out was also "much smaller" (in size only)--an 80 MGB Roadster. 
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« on: July 25 2016, 06:55:38 AM »
I have a nice pair of boxed Upper Control Arms to go with these. Please see my recent/separate listing in "Parts For Sale" Section. No thread hijack intended--perhaps this can bring yours TTT. Or, better yet, I hope you have Sold yours by now...
Monte
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« on: July 25 2016, 06:46:57 AM »
For Sale is a nice pair of boxed Upper Control Arms for 87 vintage GN. I have sold the car and no longer have a need for them. $50 + $15 Shpg to Continental US (only). Paypal only please,,, Monte
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« on: February 18 2013, 04:43:49 PM »
2x 300's still==Ultra-SICK! [and only 25--damn, I'm almost "3-of-you"...] Steve Wood still needs to respect me--at least for being his elder!!
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« on: February 02 2013, 08:05:36 AM »
I guess his "personalized plate" (pls correct my recalled abbreviation above) somewhat sums it up...
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« on: February 02 2013, 07:55:37 AM »
I'll take the Ford!
I'm at $15k for the "Ford" & he's asking $18k for the XGDNATL" 
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« on: February 01 2013, 01:11:50 PM »
Pr rear "boxed" stock Upper Control Arms, w/ good bushings--$35 + shpg
Good AC condensor--$30 + the ride
I had purch'd for my 87 GN--but did not use/need,,,Paypal only
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« on: February 01 2013, 12:40:13 PM »
OK, based on length (11" eye-2-eye) etc., these are definitely UCA's instead of LCA's. I'll now advertise as such--ANY INTEREST IN PURCHASE out there??. I'll list them appropriately in "stuff for sale". Thx for ID help  ,,, pix attached for reference.
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« on: January 22 2013, 05:38:12 PM »
Oops, gotta trek to FL tomorrow for abt a wk--shed search for CAs will have to wait.
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« on: January 22 2013, 05:34:36 PM »
Any update here? Did a hose literally explode/blow-out (never heard of that@ <30 psi)? Steve was on the right track re: hose poping off IC to TB (stock setup)...If you have a front mount, then there are more possibilities to pop a hose loose both in & out of FMIC. I once went to silicone hoses (expanding blue-theme under hood) & SS t-clamps & they apparently didn't tighten enuf (bottoming out), & popping loose after several runs (24# boost). As high boost lets off, the hose(s) tend to slip back on & don't create a prob @ normal lower boost operation. I went back to original type hoses & clamps & sold the "slicker" silicone stuff.
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« on: January 20 2013, 10:07:28 PM »
Paul, thx for prompt reply...glad to see you over here & still NJ "MagnaMan"...I'll try to dig-out CAs in next several days & measure/ck-out eyes/take pix for ID...
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« on: January 20 2013, 08:56:09 PM »
4-5 yrs ago I bo't what I thought was a pr of boxed stock lower control arms...I since sold my GN w/o installing same. I was recently told, however that they were not LCAs but Upper CAs...Could someone please give me the dimension (length eye-to-eye) of LCAs so I can determine what I really have. As they're now buried in my stg shed, I can't provide a quick measurement of same...
I would now like to sell them--but don't want to advertise inappropriatel y...Thx
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« on: January 20 2013, 08:40:30 PM »
No BIG DEAL--found a better file pix re: reply #10 above...
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