The Jalopy Journal
I came to a similar decision. Used to schlep a motorcycle back and forth to SWFL. Finally decided to leave it down there. Took the battery home...
Sure you do. You have experience. ...and memories.
Could be Don, just playing a trick on the unknowing. I commented to him that the fuel supply line on an earlier Swamp Rat was huge. His reply,...
LOL In 1897 renegade Indiana mathematician named Edward J. Goodwin claimed to have his own, unique proof showing that the ratio of a circle’s...
Generally speaking, if you run 9.99 or quicker in the quarter your car needs to have the chassis certified for NHRA. And RECERTIFIED every three...
Since you sound like you have had experience running a car with a blower do you think the tech guys will require more stringent compliance to...
I will be curious to see what type of machinery will be used to finalize all the machined surfaces. Do you have access to a big boring mill?
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I just use a drain plug with an RTV magnet in it. Problem solved...
Is that a broken driveshaft hanging down as the Corvette in the other lane speeds away?
By my count eleven of the 13 opinions rendered said the use of sealer in lieu of end gaskets works. That pretty well answered the OP's original...
You're welcome. In another life I spent 31 years as an engineer at FoMoCo, mostly in engine development. At the Dearborn Dyno Lab we often had to...
There is an excellent 50-part series on YouTube about the Surfers. An amazing team in an incredible moment in drag racing time when three...
Some grades of silicone sealer are good to use for this. The silver or red Permatex RTV works well. You probably know the SBF manifold hold-down...
some crazy kid at Detroit Dragway: [ATTACH]
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...and what, if anything, was it used to power?
Good to know. I was being a little "tongue-in-cheek" since most '36 race cars got fiberglass one piece '33 noses. Does the observation about the...
Woolf Aircraft products is a good bet for what you are seeking. https://www.woolfaircraft.com/
Its probably a '36 with a '33 nose.
This brings to mind a question I have about bending up some stainless steel crash bars for my champ car replica. There is a boat salvage yard...
LOL Dave. You're a great kidder. The 300 does check all the boxes - gobs of torque lots of speed equipment trad reliable as an anvil but its not...
I vote 250 also. With speed goodies.
I would say only to be careful how you hold the piston for metal removal. Chucking it in a lathe may distort the skirts, so be judicious on how...
A VW damper on my Logghe altered: [ATTACH] Homemade clamp; the offset bend fit my tie rod location perfectly, by chance.
Thanks Robert. I'll be on the hunt for one now.
Robert, I digress, but do you know what the little lever on the outside of this car, just above the lovely lady's left foot, does?
Additionally, I question whether a parachute would have been effective when fixed to the back of a sedan delivery truck. The large zone of...
another of my heroes gone RIP
Thanks 'tiki. How nice those pics are without a lot of spectators in the line of sight.
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