Oh forgot.. what are the dimensions on your radiator Sent from my iPhone using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
Stock wheel base,dose look good to many,but fact is that short wheel base mixed with big HP= really bad control under max power/driver can't drive straight....... Longer WB fixs the control thing,but to some that have not raced much at all,it may look bad to them. Too those that have drag raced more then just playing around,long WB looks way cool an fast ! Back in 1964 our club built English Ford 105E powered by sbc,made it to the drags first time with stock WB. After 3 club members gave it a go,all 3 nearly crashed an could not do a full run. Yes they were good drivers and one was our FED driver. We took it back to club garage an added 4feet to WB out front. Made good full runs after that.
http://georgeklass.net/gassers.html Really cool read if you get time.. I can't stop going back to this article.. Sent from my iPhone using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
It is a radiator out of a late 80's Honda Civic. I will measure it this afternoon when I get home from work. It was an ebay special radiator and fan combo for less than a hundred bucks . Seems to work .
Is it "altered"? Undoubtedly. Is it "an altered"? Absolutely not! But I'm pretty sure you already knew the answer to both of those questions!
No , that's some douche bag who put a Morris minor body on a Jeep frame or some other short wheelbase 4x4.
Looks good! I have a brand new Griffin I think may work that I bought cheap. Sent from my iPhone using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
This was definitely my worry & reason for wanting to run altered WB.. Still might? Just don't know how it would look parallel leaf setup.. ? I'll Do some more searching and digging of vintage short WB gassers. Sent from my iPhone using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
You could ,but you would be comparing apples to oranges. There is a Morris Minor now that is running in A/Gas in the Southeast Gassers. You may want to contact Earl McLamore his car is as fast as any of the A/Gas cars ,he just hasn't figured out which direction it is going fast in. You can stick a transverse leaf spring or coil over axle out close to the front and gain some wheelbase. Anglia's are around 92 inches after they are set up. The Morris is 87inches , so if you push the rear back a couple and the front forward a couple you have an Anglia. short wheelbase cars are all about trying to control the violence in the first 60 feet. Then say a quick prayer and hang on.
I’ve been thinking going full altered moving the rear axle back and not running rear fenders and a big tire in the back .. pushing front axle just in front of the body.. kinda competition coupe-ish Sent from my iPhone using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
Need to move axle back a little and get a different offset wheel to get more tire under the body.. but definitely would look early sixties experimental.. Sent from my iPhone using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
Was thinking about using Wheel Vintiques 15x12 or 15x14 steel wheel custom back spacing Sent from my iPhone using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
a 15x14 inch wheel with 7.5” back spacing would do the trick Sent from my iPhone using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
I like it . There are no rules, build it to please you and screw the rest of them. It's your car and you are not building for a specific class, just an era.
Never drag raced a Morris Minor.......heck fire I never even drove one but can imagine the first 60 feet COULD be a hand full! Couldn't you sorta "walk into it" instead of ....'side-step-it-at-7 grand?! Of course its going to rear up like a spurred buck'in horse when you stomp-it. Adjustment-adjustment-adjustment on the suspension and wheelie bars. If those mega-thousands of HP funny cars can get a straight(pretty straight) run I bet you can too! 6sally6
Probably take it easy till I figure out what its going to do.. lol Sent from my iPhone using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
Getting the finish welding & fish plating done on the frame this weekend. Sent from my iPhone using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
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