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hell yeah!! thats badass! i like the final result! and with the v6 you get almost the same sound as an I6. top notch!! no pun intened haha
my buddy just got this 53 GMC pickup from a guy he knows. its got an inline 6 and a 4 speed floor shift trans. he rebuilding the brakes right now....
back in high school me and a buddy were building a chevy luv with a v8. so before we put the 355 in the truck we ran it on a test stand to break...
well i didnt have my lisence in high school, but i did help my buddys build alot of rigs that were the hot shit at the high school. i helped...
just got done with this one. i havnt striped in like a year, so im a bit rusty. that and the brush wasnt cooperating that well either.
that fuel pump looks like one of those universal NAPA fuel pumps. if it is, what gph rating is it? i had the best one that NAPA had on my built...
dude, this car is gonna be flippin bitchin!! not even kiddin! keep up the good work man!!
heres a couple things i drew a few months back. just now got them scanned to the computer.
i built one back in high school welding class. when i was building it i planned on making it so i could put anything on it, but i ended up...
holy shit! thats my home track firebird raceway. which 'oldies but goodies' was that at?
holy shit guy!! those lobes go strait up damn near! that amazing! id love to hear what it sounds like!! awsome story too!!
do it! youll have a ton 'o fun!! not kiddin! ive built 4 smallblock luvs, and they all work and drive wonderfully. some are little more crazy...
my dad has a 2.3 in his courier. awsome little engine! hes bored it 20 over, shaved the head .011, hogged out the ports, hogged out the...
wow, man. thats a really clean rig you got there. what'd it look like when you got it?
how long has he been driving? if hes been since 16 id say that hes pretty damn lucky to have such lenient parents. also to have 2 cars! wow. i was...
the GM and ford t5s were a little different from each other. the GM tranny will need a yoke from a th350.
what sized weber are they? they looks like the 32/32 thats on my truck. i also have the same problem when i take the advance hose off the carb....
man that work theyve done is killer!! im gonna have to keep track of this thread to see how it turns out!
see that right there is another thing that pisses me off. whatsthe point of puttin an vintage motor in a new car and making it all technologially...
what a waste of a motor...:mad: why put such a rare motor in such a common car? i think that fuckin stupid. that beauty of a motor should have...
on my setup im using a wiper motor, hei distributor and 3 plugs that are about a foot into the tail pipe. wired it up so the ditributor has power...
man, that thing is bitchin!! that paint is killer!! and yeah, thats a quad4 and t5!!
one more question. im lookin at pistons right now and was wonderin if casts will stay together? or should i just go with the hypers?
ok yeah, screw the summit cam, im gonna go with a isky! got to lookin at the 278 mega and THAT is right up my alley! 2500-6800 powerband, lower...
fat hack, ive noticed the same thing with that comp 270h.i though it would be pretty nice for that 305, but it doesnt have hardly any bottom end...
yeah i know what you mean. im just tryin to get a starting point. my buddys got a comp270h in his 305 and it runs pretty well. it would run...
well i didnt want mention the make of the truck since it isnt HAMB friendly. it is small though. 2300lbs. so i was thinkin a high revvin 283 and 4...
found a 283 that i was plannin on buildin for my pickup. ive had alot of people tell me that the 283s make great revvers, and ive seen this...
what a joke! look at the 2bbls adapted to the 4x2 intake... if i was gonna pay 90 grand for that id want the freakin original 4 barrels from the...
this thread kicks ass!! i guess my dad used to live in van nuys. he had a 64 ranchero witha cammed up 302 and 4 speed that he used to run around in.
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