RE: IML: Imperials; Modifications and mailing lists
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RE: IML: Imperials; Modifications and mailing lists



Please don't start a new list. I fall on both sides. In fact I bought my first Imperial (1983) to avoid modifying my 'cuda. I started with a car that was already missing its original engine and fuel injection I have a Magnum crate and I have the parts to do an 11.75" brake conversion. I have since gotten a bone stock '82. I don't think we should worry about offending anybody as long as we stick to Imperials and away from politics and personal attacks.

Just as many of you may tire of hearing our pipe dreams about efi and overdrives, I don't much care for the simple stock is better/Chrysler engineers know best posts. I do appreciate that many of our members can give specific reasons why a modification is detrimental, difficult, or not cost effective. There are several web sites that will make you think that an efi conversion is easy for a novice, but if you read Brad Hogg's Pro-Jection blog you realize the potential difficulties. I believe Mikey Sutton has tried to overdrive a fleet of cars and can explain how it's not that easy and probably not cost effective. It's good to get both sides of the coin.

Kenyon and others rightly suggest that a properly working stock system (brakes in particullar) is acceptable and a swap to discs is not a cure all for problems like rusty lines and swollen 40 year old flex hoses. The fact is that most of us don't want to spend the money to perfect our stock system and THEN upgrade to discs. I generally wait until there is a problem with a system and then I upgrade. For instance the Magnum replaced my blown engine, a bigger truck radiator replaced the leaking stocker, and the big brakes will go on when my pads go.

Sorry for the book, but there's too much snow to go out. I'm snowbound at my girlfriend's and she fell asleep!

Rob

From: "Rob McCall" <Rob_Mopar@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Maybe there should be a separate mailing list for people who want to modify
their Imperials?  This could avoid most of the philosophical differences
that seem to cause so much trouble here.





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