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this is the car as it sits right now, he has the body and quite a few suspension components. the original roll bar is in place but the braces...
Some time in the late 60's or very early 70's the car was repainted red and was converted from a transverse leaf front end to a torsion bar front...
A buddy of mine has a vintage sprint car / modified that he is restoring, this is a car that his dad crewed on back in the 60's and 70's but sadly...
I e-mailed Gary Schroeder and he said " I don't know who manufactured this steering box. It is not a Schroeder but similar." Spent some time...
Still looking for a possible manufacturer of this steering box. Yeah, I've looked into using a steering quickener as a reducer but have yet to...
Hey guys, I bought this steering box a while back (advertised as sprint car steering box) and have since disassembled it. I am hoping someone on...
I like the center crossmember braces (from trans k member to the front of the rear fender mounting holes). Who makes them? does the master...
If you want the threads inside the tubing, I used 3/4" O.D. x 0.156" wall DOM steel it's about the right size for 1/2" threads. the tapered bung...
I drilled and tapped the back of my block for 95% oil filtering, did this while the block was disassembled. Used an O'Brien Truckers "Hildebrandt"...
Lowsquire, one more thing, i also made a deck stress plate that my machine shop could use while boring and honing. don't know if it helped but i...
I had previously dealt we another flathead (assembled and machined by someone else) had Ross pistons and it scuffed the pistons after 200 miles....
Cam is a Schneider 270 F .395 lift, yes i degreed the cam but it was only out 1/2 a degree so i installed it straight up. i'll see if i can find...
peak power was made at 4800 to 4900, fell off drastically after 5200 rpm, not sure if a cam change would help or if its past it's breathing...
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I've slowly but surely been making a little progress on my hot rod, ran the engine about a month ago, ran strong, very happy....
Ok, I received my new nozzles, but when i try to put them in the tip doesn't enter the hole in the venturi because the conical wedge is already...
How hard do I drive the new nozzles in? hand pressure? small hammer?
After testing my Stromberg 48's I noticed that my accelerator pump discharge nozzles (jets?) were squirting out the side of the curved portion as...
I recently took apart 3 Stromberg 48's, removed all the emulsion tubes and found a few holes oval shaped. All 6 of the emulsion tubes I removed...
Here's my first shot at tech week. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=570963&highlight=tech+week
Although I used some specialized tools this time, the first two dies I made using a drill press, band saw and hand-held plasma cutter. The Mustang...
I used this stamp in my floor pans, bomber seats, and tailgate of my truck bed.
Before stamping, I would mark out the area for the X and anneal the aluminum. I put a light coat of acetylene soot in the shape of the X and...
Tech week thread Stamping shapes into sheet metal When I started my Model A project, I knew I wanted X shapes in the floor pans similar to...
I am also interested in the saginaw gear conversion, (it would have to look good) the Schroeder box is expensive and the prices for them on e-bay...
I built a two hoop set up out of 1"x0.065 chrome-moly for my cowl steering, I used a schroeder box and made swinging pedals with needle bearings...
At the Brainerd national event we had the bore and stroke measured with a digital caliper, in other words take the heads off. Thankfully our heads...
I have very limited experience with an A/fuel car and i am learning as a crew member when i get the chance to go. here are a few things i have...
I made mine out of .080 aluminum, they will be riveted down to the stock model a cross braces. The " X " is a stamp that I made, because I wanted...
Can anyone ID this steering box?? the guy i bought it off of thought it was a P&S box, I'm not so sure, the housing is aluminum and the only...
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