"Sorting out" Issues...

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Aside from the simple mechanical fasteners going loose, or an aged donor wire harness just being itself, there's the complete mismatch of a bunch of race oriented parts thrown at a street car.

The most famous is "my car is overheating/the battery won't stay charged." Usually caused by a set of underdriive pulleys not spinning the water pump and alternator enough to make them work. Add the one wire alternator, something really designed for a tractor and misused on cars. Then apply the spiral cell battery, which keeps the whole thing running just long enough to give up the ghost 35 miles from home.

Search across the forums and it pops up everywhere.

The early races Shelby American went to with their newer models are a litany of sorting out. Differentials overheating, breakages, the infamous Daytona fire, on and on. What kit builders put together today - roadster, coupe, rod, street machine, rat rod, whatever - have the same problem. The builder isn't putting together a system of compatible parts in a design to meet the requirements. He's putting parts together that he thinks are cool, and it's really amazing that it actually works as well as it does.

'94 Mustang brakes on the roadster? Big area to sort out. Small lines on a Championship racer that restrict crankcase breathing at high rpms forcing oil out the dipstick tube? An area to sort out. AN fuel lines from tank to engine leaking and causing fires? Sort it out.

There are posts every day. The factory uses names like recall or technical service bulletin. It's all sorting out.