Roadkill!!
We Haven't Had A Good Car Thread In A While...........My '67 Chevelle
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Roadkill!!
jackie schmidt
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Pete, there is a rather substantial industry built around doing just this.
There are thousands and thousands of 5.3 LS engines in junk yards everywhere in wrecked trucks, SUV’s, and what ever. You can pull out the entire engine, wiring harness, everything to make it run.
Stick it in any car you want. Mid ‘70’s and 80’s 2 door sedans are popular. The cheaper the better. Add a big Chinese Turbo, retune the fuel curve in the fuel injection, add some water/meth injection, set the boost at about 18 pounds, and hang on.
The amount of power is only limited by the quality of the fuel, and how much you want to boost it. Sure, sooner or later, you will blow it up, but the object is to just go to the junkyard and get anther engine for about $700.
Finished the cam break in with no drama...no small task on these flat tappet race engines. It's all 'instrumented up' and ready to test some ideas on giving up less power in the oil pan. Nothin' to see here...it's just a Stocker. 
But first things first....getting my pals new bullet into his Cobalt has proved to be a major time sucker of a dozen little things. The plenum on the new intake is 1/2" higher than the old one so now the carb linkage hits the hood scoop. To move it, it needed new mounting blocks machined to lower it. Now because it's lower, the throttle angle changes when it pulls on the carbs...so the side linkage needed tweaking...and then the air pan on the carbs doesn't fit the carbs squarely...after that's addressed, the air pan seal to the hood needs to be redone. Then the radiator hoses needed to be replumbed to work with the new heads.
He's headed to Pomona, Ca. for testing before the Winternationals and then on to Phoenix so we'll get to my engine after we've got his car squared away.
Like Gilda Radner's 'Roseanne Roseannadanna' character would say..."It's always something!"
But first things first....getting my pals new bullet into his Cobalt has proved to be a major time sucker of a dozen little things. The plenum on the new intake is 1/2" higher than the old one so now the carb linkage hits the hood scoop. To move it, it needed new mounting blocks machined to lower it. Now because it's lower, the throttle angle changes when it pulls on the carbs...so the side linkage needed tweaking...and then the air pan on the carbs doesn't fit the carbs squarely...after that's addressed, the air pan seal to the hood needs to be redone. Then the radiator hoses needed to be replumbed to work with the new heads.
He's headed to Pomona, Ca. for testing before the Winternationals and then on to Phoenix so we'll get to my engine after we've got his car squared away.
Like Gilda Radner's 'Roseanne Roseannadanna' character would say..."It's always something!"
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That was for fitting the new aluminum catch pan under the engine. The old one was a carbon fiber unit that ended up thrashed and splintered beyond repair.The interim fix was an engine diaper which fit like a saddle on a sow.
-Al
Pete Wass
Well-known member
Exactly
If I hadn't begun watching YouTubes a couple of years ago, I would have died never knowing some of these things exist. Living pretty far back from the "Main Stream" of America, likely I never would have found this out.
Pete
If I hadn't begun watching YouTubes a couple of years ago, I would have died never knowing some of these things exist. Living pretty far back from the "Main Stream" of America, likely I never would have found this out.
Pete
Mort, I won't be at Pomona....not sure about Phoenix.
Made some forward progress on the dyno. As usual, I came away with more questions to be answered or examined later. Now that we've plateaued the power level, the next test will be three different NHRA accepted fuels and we'll call it good. At some point, you've got to get these things off the dyno and take 'em down the track or risk getting caught up in dyno-data overload and sent down the wrong path. This is particularly truth with carbs and headers.
Like John Wayne said, we'll "Put an Amen to it!" -Al
Made some forward progress on the dyno. As usual, I came away with more questions to be answered or examined later. Now that we've plateaued the power level, the next test will be three different NHRA accepted fuels and we'll call it good. At some point, you've got to get these things off the dyno and take 'em down the track or risk getting caught up in dyno-data overload and sent down the wrong path. This is particularly truth with carbs and headers.
Like John Wayne said, we'll "Put an Amen to it!" -Al
R.G. Robinett
"That'll never work."
Finished the cam break in with no drama...no small task on these flat tappet race engines. It's all 'instrumented up' and ready to test some ideas on giving up less power in the oil pan. Nothin' to see here...it's just a Stocker.
But first things first....getting my pals new bullet into his Cobalt has proved to be a major time sucker of a dozen little things. The plenum on the new intake is 1/2" higher than the old one so now the carb linkage hits the hood scoop. To move it, it needed new mounting blocks machined to lower it. Now because it's lower, the throttle angle changes when it pulls on the carbs...so the side linkage needed tweaking...and then the air pan on the carbs doesn't fit the carbs squarely...after that's addressed, the air pan seal to the hood needs to be redone. Then the radiator hoses needed to be replumbed to work with the new heads.
He's headed to Pomona, Ca. for testing before the Winternationals and then on to Phoenix so we'll get to my engine after we've got his car squared away.
Like Gilda Radner's 'Roseanne Roseannadanna' character would say..."It's always something!"
Al, I "don't know sh^*%#@*&%" about engines, carbs, etc., but I must applaud your choice of tools - nice, and correctly colored hammer - that'll make anything "work"!
RGAl, I "don't know sh^*%#@*&%" about engines, carbs, etc., but I must applaud your choice of tools - nice, and correctly colored hammer - that'll make anything "work"!
LOL I know about hammers!!!......................................and fingers ;-(
I've raced most of my life from motocross, dirt track to drag racing. Love it all, if I win the lottery you'll find me at the Range on Saturday and the track on Sunday (after church). ;-)
Al, I "don't know sh^*%#@*&%" about engines, carbs, etc., but I must applaud your choice of tools - nice, and correctly colored hammer - that'll make anything "work"!
Randy, when my pal produced the hammer, I told him about the infamous 'Red Hammer Incident'!
He got a good laugh from it! Here's a pic of the carnage. The checkered history of this gun and it's return from the brink of destruction is worthy of a thread all it's own, if there's any interest.
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Randy, when my pal produced the hammer, I told him about the infamous 'Red Hammer Incident'!
Here's a pic of the carnage. The checkered history of this gun and it's return from the brink of destruction is worthy of a thread all it's own, if there's any interest.
HOlee SCHNEIke, hannle AND bs!
Need a different sizing die much?
Butch Lambert
Active member
Randy, when my pal produced the hammer, I told him about the infamous 'Red Hammer Incident'!
Here's a pic of the carnage. The checkered history of this gun and it's return from the brink of destruction is worthy of a thread all it's own, if there's any interest.
And the story is?
Ohhhhh, it had nothing to do with case sizing, believe me!
I'll talk with Randy....maybe he and I will collaborate on a thread about it. It's a story worth telling, for sure. -Al
FBecigneul
Member
OOOooohhhhh
Fraught with truth, I trust.
Fraught with truth, I trust.
dmort
Active member
Testing at Fremont Dragstrip
This photo shows the Fuentes Brothers checking out their B/altered at Fremont. They had run an Altered class before moving to D and E Gas where there was more local competition.
What prompted this move back to an Altered class, I don't remember but here we are.
The Altered class cars ran over 150 mph so the NHRA required a parachute for safety reasons.
The pretty redhead is my better half.
The photo is from late '68 or early '69...where in the hell did the time go?
Mort
P.S. Check out the front shocks
This photo shows the Fuentes Brothers checking out their B/altered at Fremont. They had run an Altered class before moving to D and E Gas where there was more local competition.
What prompted this move back to an Altered class, I don't remember but here we are.
The Altered class cars ran over 150 mph so the NHRA required a parachute for safety reasons.
The pretty redhead is my better half.
The photo is from late '68 or early '69...where in the hell did the time go?
Mort
P.S. Check out the front shocks
Butch Lambert
Active member
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jackie schmidt
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Wow, look at that old school “Rat Motor”.
I’m sure those are Crower 3 inch tube injectors. I had a set of the 3 inch Stagger Tube Crowers that I ran on my circle boats when I ran methanol in K-Class.
That picture brings back memories.