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and fer wayno ....3d float plane ...40" wingspan...3s brushless...the floats affect some manuevers ...but it knife edges like a mofo with the floats compared to with out....lol...li almost died retrieving this plane on a bad landing ...

 

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Tossed the one piece drive shaft in today....wow big difference ....520 one piece dropped right in with new u joints.....so much quieter. Sol much smoother. Ridded myself if a vibration in th shifter and the terrible growling off power....oics to come

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at this ride height,  which is aided by my goon rear end in the bed .....

 

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thisis the amount of clearance i have to the cab ......the 520  driveshaft is the same diameter of the stock two piece......my goon one is much larger in diameter...

 

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I went back through this thread but can't find info on your front brake swap. What are those? Did you ever hook up speedo to the custom 5spd? When you built that trans did you have to replace many bearings and internals? I bet this is a nice cruiser w/5spd and a weber upgrade.

 

With your trick speaker pods did you lose much legroom on the side or is there still room for your foot when you are off the clutch and cruising?

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how to short tail 5spd, by wayno:  http://community.ratsun.net/topic/28473-how-to-put-together-a-shortshaft-5-speed-for-a-l20b/

 

brakes are Beebani: http://community.ratsun.net/topic/25124-hardbody-disc-brake-brackets-for-620521520320/

 

 

 

Wayno -- i dont think the rockers on the 520 are good.  but, im sure jon can call him to make sure or I could make another visit to the poor thing...

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Wayno -- i dont think the rockers on the 520 are good.  but, im sure jon can call him to make sure or I could make another visit to the poor thing...

 

Will that guy sell that bumper light? Im like 87% interested... If youre over there ever (or Jon) Id love to know if it was a vintage light or a cheap new one.

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When I went to get the driveline, he wasnt there. I had to wait for Jon to text me to make sure I had permission to work on it.  Didnt want him to come home and think I was trespassing and stealing...  Im sure he would let it go, I think everything that he wanted off of it, he got.  Jon can call and find out, and i can grab anything anyone wants (im just down the road).  I know its also got the factory square speaker.

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If the speaker box isn't cracked, I'd be interested in it if noone else is jumping on it.  Also, I assume the dash and metal door pulls are gone?  All you cool kids already have the 520 dashes.... poor me, I'm always late to the party :crying:

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how to short tail 5spd, by wayno:  http://community.ratsun.net/topic/28473-how-to-put-together-a-shortshaft-5-speed-for-a-l20b/

 

brakes are Beebani: http://community.ratsun.net/topic/25124-hardbody-disc-brake-brackets-for-620521520320/

 

 

 

Wayno -- i dont think the rockers on the 520 are good.  but, im sure jon can call him to make sure or I could make another visit to the poor thing...

 

I am looking for something with good rockers, although if it was being scrapped out I could still use some of the exterior sheet metal.

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how to short tail 5spd, by wayno:  http://community.ratsun.net/topic/28473-how-to-put-together-a-shortshaft-5-speed-for-a-l20b/

 

brakes are Beebani: http://community.ratsun.net/topic/25124-hardbody-disc-brake-brackets-for-620521520320/

 

 

 

Wayno -- i dont think the rockers on the 520 are good.  but, im sure jon can call him to make sure or I could make another visit to the poor thing...

by any chance does it still have the metal package tray?

 

An jon, nice work in getting the drivshaft in. loks great all freshly powder coated. this was the inspiration i needed to get mine done.

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