The Jalopy Journal
I quit going to the HAMB drags because they only let SDRA cars use timed runs with the regular dragsters. I do most of my racing in Tulsa, or...
I see you are in Missouri, I live about 45 miles north of Springfield Missouri, I have a SDRA car, it has a 1954 GMC 302 bored out to 320. It has...
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and may your fingernails always have grease underthem.
This really great footage of the Lions strip. I tried to save it to my computor but I can't seem to do that. I right clicked the movie but it...
Make your plenum 1/2 the cubic inches of the engine, the bottom of the carb butterflys should be 13 inches from the bottom of the intake valve....
You will need a 3/8" engine plate with a 1/2" spacer behind it because the GMC crank sticks out behind the block. Take a 153 tooth Chevy flexplate...
I forgot the most important thing unshroud the intake valve on any GMC head, it is more important than taking a lot of metal out of the ports...
Well never let it be said that I was reluctant to give advice. The 270 is a good engine. You need a head off a 302 GMC that the head # ends in...
The lower the horsepower the higher the stall, because it takes horsepower to stalll the converter, 4500 stall convertor that might stall at 4500...
I have had two heart attacks, quadruple bypass and three stents. Now I am walking along and suddenly I get dizzy and about fall down, when my...
I have bad news or maybe good news. I have a heart condition where my heart loses beats and slows down, some times my pulse is 44 and the next...
Joe when that happens come down on the tire pressure about 3 tho 4 lbs. If you have the tire pressure at about 25 lbs and it is good bite you will...
Everybody in Tulsa has portable generators and they charge the battery between rounds. Also by doing that you keep the water pump and fan running...
After all the changes you have made I thought your first pass would probably look like this.:D
Tom if you can cut your own flanges then go to the website of Speedway and they have header kits for small block Chevies with u-bends so you can...
Bob, you can use epoxy or that old favorite JB Weld to create a smooth transition from the floor to the ports. Your idea is great to give you some...
I would go to at least half of your cubic inces of the engine for the plenum and make sure there is no V in the bottom below the level of the...
Rocky that video should be watched by every young person that likes dragracing. My hat is off to you for making this dragster because when the...
Actually if you have pipe to spare put long collectors on it and use cheap spray paint on them and cut off where the paint stops burning off. That...
Go a collector length of 18 to 20 inches and it should really come on strong from 2500 rpm. On the dyno zoomies only make as much or more power...
Mudflap, I have 15 grandkids and 1 greatgrand daughter and I have built something for each of them so I hope that the great grandkids will keep...
Merry Christmas to all!!! I have been out in the shop with saws and drill press instead of welders and grinders helping Santa.:D
Tom after spending many weeks this year and last recoverying from surgeons knives I know what you are going through. The waiting to get back is...
It is the same as the 235 only it has more cubic inches. It has the "Captains Bars" on it.
Here are the cars and guys that raced this season at Tulsa 1. Todd Martin and driver "Snake" 2011 Champion. 1950's GMC cu. in. ? 2. Roy...
I had three back surgerys and a heart attack and I'm still here so get 'er done and come back even stronger.
David built the car himself and he is a fabricator so I would expect it to be of greart quality. If you are old enough to remember Leland Kolb, he...
THe fit and finish on this car is spectacular. It is a car that you will look at all the details because the little things add up. I am amazed at...
Happy Thanksgiving all you racers. I have a lot to be thankful for just being alive after 2 heart attacks. No matter what life throws at you, we...
I have been quiet on this but I just have to stick my two cents worth in. I personally think that to keep HA/GR and SDRA viable we need the bias...
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