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Here is another great thread by Kirk when we did his LT-1 swap into his 80 back in the day.
Not the 1st V8 swap in an 80 but probably the 3rd or 4th one.
https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/v8-swap-project-begins.71271/
He then outdid himself... I had already moved to CDan-Land by then and could not help on this swap:
https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/v8-swap-project-begins-again-with-ls2.399302/
He also owns the famous "Short Bus" that Christo built years ago.
Not the 1st V8 swap in an 80 but probably the 3rd or 4th one.
https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/v8-swap-project-begins.71271/
He then outdid himself... I had already moved to CDan-Land by then and could not help on this swap:
https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/v8-swap-project-begins-again-with-ls2.399302/
He also owns the famous "Short Bus" that Christo built years ago.
So you are saying this fresh crop should learn how to search?
I know well how to search... I also noticed he hasn't been on since April 2013... Hence the question, what happened to him?
I might be new here, but not to the internet... That said, there are an awful lot of new guys on here that do need to learn that there is a search before just posting questions. I get real annoyed at part number requests when they are so easy to find.
I'm glad to hear his shop is doing well. I know right where it is in North Canton as I used to work nearby and used to drive/ride a bike through his shop's neighborhood a lot. I miss living in that area only for the fact that if I needed welding, blasting, painting, or anything similar done, I knew right where to go. Now I'm in Michigan and I can't find anything or it is all in the depths of Detroit...I don't have enough armor to drive around some of those neighborhoods.
That comment wasn't directed at you in anyway. I was just playing off Beno's comment. There is a rich 'mud history here with lots of very insightful threads; some even pioneering where and how we use our 80 today.
I love looking at some of the old posts when guys thought they were so badass for making the smallest mods. And I totally get it.
Now there are some much bigger, more complex things going on and it is even better. You can really see how things have progressed...
Now there are some much bigger, more complex things going on and it is even better. You can really see how things have progressed...
I thought it might have been a quote from Him, but I couldn't remember who had it in their sig line.
I'll add CDan as the source on my desk note
I'll add CDan as the source on my desk note
Yes, Him should always be capitalized when referring to CDan.
Chris Delancy has it in his Sig line after CDan told him specifically in a thread 
While there were some amazing 80's advances in the past, it isn't like when those people left they took the knowledge went with them. Guys that have been around the 80 platform since the beginning are still here. CDan, Slee, Powderpig, and many many others. I think they read the threads and many times don't answer just because the same things get asked over and over, but when a rare question comes up, they make sure to let us know who the old guys are
While there were some amazing 80's advances in the past, it isn't like when those people left they took the knowledge went with them. Guys that have been around the 80 platform since the beginning are still here. CDan, Slee, Powderpig, and many many others. I think they read the threads and many times don't answer just because the same things get asked over and over, but when a rare question comes up, they make sure to let us know who the old guys are
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lol I have been a member here since the beginning and it cracks me up to see this stuff resurface.
Pre-evolved Mud, my sig line.
Ahhhh.....the good ol' days of Mud....
It doesn't matter if you search and bump an old thread, still gonna take flack for. Think I did for bumping the Shortbus thread, even.
Or get flamed for posting a new thread without searching. Internet forums are a strange place.
I hate the search!! Just FYI
Or of those that were pioneers of the day.
Not as common on the 80 board, simply because there wasn't a forum in '97-'98, but on the distant cousins forums, where guys bought new FJCs or T4Rs, drove them straight home, cut the IFS out, linked, CO'd all corners ala sbechtold or plnfixr....
That's cool to see.
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This is a great old thread. Inspiring for how to proceed with my 80 project.
