The Official Hot Rod Thread

[RustyHornet]

If I do get my self into the car with all the tools I need keeping them where I can reach them is always an issue.....

Between that and guessing the wrong wrench/socket size..... I sure get a lot of exercise.

 

[long coat]

Royal Towing LLC - MotoHouston.com

Seen this on another forum.
They know who drove, took his stuff and have the police involved.

 

[churchmouse]

Royal Towing LLC - MotoHouston.com

Seen this on another forum.
They know who drove, took his stuff and have the police involved.

I know some serious recovery people and I also know some douche nozzles I would not allow withing 20 feet of my vehicle.

 

[bigretic]

Continuing hilarity in the vette rebuild. Upper control arms and spindles done, springs, ball joints and other supporting items in hand. Spring compressors: Check.

Control arm mounting bolts nowhere to be found. What the heck...

 

[churchmouse]

Continuing hilarity in the vette rebuild. Upper control arms and spindles done, springs, ball joints and other supporting items in hand. Spring compressors: Check.

Control arm mounting bolts nowhere to be found. What the heck...

And the puzzle continues.

 

[RevoWood123]

And the puzzle continues.

Raccoons, has to be. One of my buddies who owns a garage has an issue with raccoons coming and stealing his tools/parts/nuts/bolts while he is working on a car. I keep telling him to stop feeding them.

 

[long coat]

This could be a fun tow truck.

7.3 Powerstroke Flareside

 

[RustyHornet]

This could be a fun tow truck.

7.3 Powerstroke Flareside

Maybe if you like being stranded on the side of the road.

 

[bigretic]

No raccoons. I have a picture of my son taking them off like 2 years ago... He's pretty amused that they are missing.

 

[churchmouse]

No raccoons. I have a picture of my son taking them off like 2 years ago... He's pretty amused that they are missing.

Mislaid not missing.

I have 2 engines...1 12 bolt rear end and much of a 71 Buick riviera spread out in my shop.

Oh yeah, the power package for the 64 S/S as well. Things disappear and reappear as if by magic.

 

[Bigtanker]

The new season of Street Outlaws starts tonight. Kinda interested in seeing who done what to their cars. Rumors have it Dominator went turbo. We know Chuck in the Death Trap was going big tire. And what happens to Big Cheif and his NHRA racing.

 

[thunderchicken]

Mislaid not missing.

I have 2 engines...1 12 bolt rear end and much of a 71 Buick riviera spread out in my shop.

Oh yeah, the power package for the 64 S/S as well. Things disappear and reappear as if by magic.

Lmao. Yea we have that happen all the time. Used to we would take stuff apart and dad would put the small parts and put them "in a safe spot" they were safe because even he would forget where he put them..so we designated places for small parts storage. We have some engine parts of the bird spread over the bench, and parts and pieces for the Mustang sprread out all over the garage

 

[churchmouse]

The new season of Street Outlaws starts tonight. Kinda interested in seeing who done what to their cars. Rumors have it Dominator went turbo. We know Chuck in the Death Trap was going big tire. And what happens to Big Cheif and his NHRA racing.

Chuck has been fighting the small tire war way to long.
Nitrous is fast but not as reliable as a turbo at those levels.

Need to set the DVR for commercial free viewing.

 

[thunderchicken]

The new season of Street Outlaws starts tonight. Kinda interested in seeing who done what to their cars. Rumors have it Dominator went turbo. We know Chuck in the Death Trap was going big tire. And what happens to Big Cheif and his NHRA racing.

You have a few guys covered there. Dave is dumping nitrous and has a new 540ish inch engine with a pro charger (super charger) that made @2268hp on the dyno. Murder Nova had a bunch of chassis work done by Tim McAmis, Shane wrecked is vega and had un updated version built I think by Rick Jones. And yes your info on chuck and dominator are accurate.

 

[churchmouse]

You have a few guys covered there. Dave is dumping nitrous and has a new 540ish inch engine with a pro charger (super charger) that made @2268hp on the dyno. Murder Nova had a bunch of chassis work done by Tim McAmis, Shane wrecked is vega and had un updated version built I think by Rick Jones. And yes your info on chuck and dominator are accurate.

 

[Bigtanker]

You have a few guys covered there. Dave is dumping nitrous and has a new 540ish inch engine with a pro charger (super charger) that made @2268hp on the dyno. Murder Nova had a bunch of chassis work done by Tim McAmis, Shane wrecked is vega and had un updated version built I think by Rick Jones. And yes your info on chuck and dominator are accurate.

I did see that Derek (?) drove the silver 80's Camero totaled his car on the track this summer sometime, as did BoostedGT. Not sure if Boosteds car was totalled though.

 

[RustyHornet]

I struggle watching that show...

 

[thunderchicken]

I did see that Derek (?) drove the silver 80's Camero totaled his car on the track this summer sometime, as did BoostedGT. Not sure if Boosteds car was totalled though.

Yea I have no idea what Derek has been doing since his crash. But Boosted bought a big tire rolling chassis from Kayla's dad and had it up at TeamZ motorsports in Michigan getting it ready. With big wheel tubs he can run small tire races and swap for big tires for street/no prep stuff

 

[thunderchicken]

Chuck has been fighting the small tire war way to long.
Nitrous is fast but not as reliable as a turbo at those levels.

Need to set the DVR for commercial free viewing.

Turbos are no doubt the way to go if you can afford it or a sponsor wants to give it to you. I run with some guys who have spent near 20k to put twins on their cars. Pro chargers are great but I know some guys have ditched them because they need rebuilt too much (ceramic bearing problems). Nitrous gets a bad rap because people often go too lean and and many people think there is some voodoo involved. But depending on how you tune it and apply it, you can run really really fast with it way cheaper than a turbo or supercharger.

 

[churchmouse]

Boosted was struggling more than Chuck to get a purchase on some real estate.

Derek seemed like he was pushing the ragged edge on his chassis with more and more up front. Just an observation. There are limits that must be observed/respected.

Wonder if this work will bring Murder Nova back up front.