gothand

Is this a common occurance Jim? Perhaps I'm completely oblivious, but this is the first I have time I have seen this concern raised on this board.

Although I've seen plenty of the get that POS Holley, Edelbrock, et al, carbs off of there and get the Autolite that came with it (never mind the fact that the engine itself may be far from stock) but have yet to see anything along the lines of get that POS Autolite off of your stock engine and put on a throw-me-down double pumper Holley.

I will certainly keep that in mindfuture postings.

Norm Peterson

With respect to topics that might better fit into a separate forum

Probably most of the suspension swap discussions would fit there as well. They all 'work' somewhat differently than OE (particularly the rear), and generally require different spring/shock/sta-bar tuning to work properly. In the rear, I'm talking about 3-links, torque arms, laydown coil spring sort of stuff here, as opposed to different leaf springs. IRS is a given. There has been talk of a DeDion, and at least one oddball street rod kit. Up front, there are tubular control arms, Mac struts, Mustang II-based swaps,etc. Several kits already exist, and others are still under development. These threadscan get rather heavy on theory.

Extensive chassis mods probably belong there as well. These tend to be one-of-a-kind or extremely limited production. If you're even thinking along this line, you should know that you're way past simple bolt-ons and standard-ish rebuilds. It might be a coin toss, but tranny swaps that require lifting the tunnel probably qualify here, as the tunnel is a major structural element in these cars, particularly in the convertibles.


Norm

NorCalTroy

That makes sense to me. Glen can handle the OEM sub-section and someone else can handle the other section. That would be a good solution to the problem also.

Instead of:
Classic Mustangs (presently one mod for all)

or:
Stock and Restomod (as suggested in this poll, with two different mods)

or:
Stock and Modified (my original suggestion, with two different mods)

how about:
Classic Mustangs (as it is now except with a new moderator)
with a sub-forum for concourse/OEM (moderated by Glen)

Celtic37

You guys can't just basically demote Glen because he can be aggressive about what he believes in. By saying that you are taking a low blow, insulting his moderating skills and saying he should be gone.

JMD

We need less negatives,,,, and more positives,,,,

We need to quit picking at the scab..............

hity645

I stick outta the threads when heat starts to pick up or I get the tail end of it. I don't know what Soarings stand is on stock vs. non-stock but it sounds like he is all for stock cars. With an OEM subforum we wouldn't need a new moderator. He can mod both, like said previously he's knows alot about mustangs. If the owners of the site decide to get a new mod then its their decision. We have no right to choose who, what and where people mod.

Norm Peterson

Jim - Agreed. We're starting to drift from the original topic a bit.

And the art of compromise is that everybody gives a little in order that everybody wins.


Jim - This topic has been moving too fast* for me to acknowledge that you were probably right about "equal footing", and that I probably reached a bit too far with my phrasing. Would you agree with "reasonably equal footing"?.

* see what I mean


Norm

JMD

I can agree with you on both points, and I want to ensure that there is no friction between the two of us even though we see things a littlebit differently on this particular issue. I have always enjoied your posts and admiredthe depth and expression of your automotive knowledge. Thank You!!

Celtic37

I agree with that part. It started as whether or not we wanted seperate forums, then turned into a "cyber war", with Soaring vs. Restomods

Galactusz

Good grief, bitching, bitching, bitching, lol.

Hey, Glen rubbed me the wrong when when I first started here (he hates my "restomod" seats), but now I love the guy, yes, he's a cranky ol' Texan, but I'm a crazy ol' Californian, so we are all even now.