[PANAVIA]

It would be nice to have a reprint of this to start from, but @ $750 holy cow batman.

-- I am starting from scratch on the 4xxx manual and so far nothing makes sense, and after discussions with 3 other CSX 4xxx owners this is going nowhere fast.

The problem being that there are no real standardizations in CSX 4000 land ( now 6000 land)

There are differences in 4000/6000 cars based on being from HST or HiTek or LV builds.

I will keep plugging away, but recently I had a setback with the car -- 3 fold -

1. -- in order for me to be able to drive it ( pretty much at all) I will need to have the foot boxes re-carved and moved. / IE Cutting frame and moving pedals. -- I am not crazy about this. --I did my seat trick (de stuffed to 1" foam, removed rails) and it is all but hopeless --

So Bob, Troy and I set about measuring the passenger compartments and foot-well/seating areas and the 4000 is significantly smaller on the inside than the SPF.
so if you are over 6'2" and over 17-18 stone in weight, this will be tough fit.

2. I cant use the Shelby Heads with my 428. -- the valves at their angles wont clear the deck surface of the block without significant notching of the bores ( I am not crazy about this either)

3. Transmission fit issue -- I cant use a T56 in the Shelby tunnel, and I have had another CSX owner mention an issue with the Tremec TKO fit that I have to double check what will (actually) fit.

so right now -- I am trying to regroup and figure out next steps.

(sigh_)

Steve