The Jalopy Journal
That's so sad. I only got a chance to talk to him on the phone once when I got my fuel injection setup working. Now I really regret not meeting...
This is actually kind of funny. Between EarlyHemiBill's injected desoto hemi-powered valiant, ENFO's soon to be turboed Anglia, Metalshapes' DZ...
lol I totally forgot about those headers. I have no regrets. This is a thread of some (more) recent stuff....
You are making all my middle school dreams come true. fantastic stuff
I think the b-17 radial engines had some form of turbo supercharging as well. Please correct me if I am wrong. I would love to see a hot rod with...
I have an old sears vertical bandsaw and have also had luck with it on aluminium. I use a smaller tooth(14 tpi, sold at sears as a metal blade) on...
WOW. Thanks for spending the time to write this up. very nice work. Youtube is full of Joe Dirt videos on casting, not that there is anything...
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famdoc3, that sounds like a cool setup. post up some pics if you can.
Yeah, I've been told that for a good midrange powerband, you generally go with a throat size the size of the intake valve. Maybe smaller. the 600...
Check valves are an interesting idea! what is your range like with them? my manifold idles at 65 kPa and goes to atmospheric, which is 91 kPa...
Whoa!! those tb's look familiar! what are the filters from?
Thanks guys! Alex, I ended up buying another MIG welder, but thanks for the offer! Are you going to be at any shows in the near future? I...
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A little update. I posted these pics on dogfight awhile ago. Hated that intake(wayyy to ghetto even for me, but I learned tons from it) I...
not bonneville, but el mirage: http://www.greenbird.co.uk/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRFRQXPtXTs the thing looks like its going to...
Just saw it over the weekend at a film festival here in Tucson. Really great film and absolutely stunning story! In the film they show tons of old...
that car is so sweet! so much character! I love the painting on the back. totally outrageous!
that is absolutely insane!! i gotta ask, do you hang down from the rafters to paint that? or do you just do it on the ground leaning over the car?
Thanks MetalShapes! I hope we can meet some time in the near future. Shawn has told me a lot about your projects. I'd love to see your work in person!
that is awesome! are you going to run four pipes all the way back? going to sound great! I have an Idea for the alt mount, and thats my only...
Hokey Ass Message Board: Spreading the gospel of grumpy old men world wide! I'll probably just swap in a set of block huggers, a holley and a...
oh man you're right! Never thought of that! Sorry, I'm 20. I'm not so jaded. I want to experiment. Im a "learn the hard way" kind of guy.
Your telling me I have too much time on my hands?!? Come on dude, we build hot rods! Its the biggest waste of time ever! do hot rods cure...
you ran some on a 57?! do you have any pics? I already built fenderwells! they worked well, but i wanted to give these a shot! im actually...
I have them tacked together right now. Hoping to weld them up and wrap them in the next few days.
crappy cell phone pick of graphite-kevlar hood. it weighs about 3 lbs. the chrome weighs twice as much! a lot of work still to do.
in the back, I took out 3 leaves and 2" lowering blocks, in the front, I got a little crazy and cut I think 2.5 or 3 coils. Its about as low as a...
What size are those tires? Looks amazing dude!
Sorry, I guess I need to take this more seriously:confused:. That Divco is cool man, are those built on a ford or chevy truck platform?
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