The Official Hot Rod Thread

[churchmouse]

Nice trip to Rusty's shop today. It was nice getting to meet his Dad too.

Truck did a great job to and fro.

Does have a little trans leak someplace, the drivers side exhaust loosened up and rotated to cause a leak and bottoming out.
Had to educate a couple vehicles on the trip when they thought the truck might be just for looks.

Going back to the shop tomorrow so mechanic can tweak a couple things.

Fuel bowl issues worked out...???

 

[Brad69]

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So a nice day got home from work and said let's take the challenger scat Pack out for a ride!

So I have to get better tires breaking loose at 100mph is not fun.

 

[churchmouse]

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So a nice day got home from work and said let's take the challenger scat Pack out for a ride!

So I have to get better tires breaking loose at 100mph is not fun.

I fell out of my chair reading the bottom one.....

 

[thunderchicken]

Where is that stretch of road?? That's more than any speed limits in these parts. Lol

 

[Brad69]

It's a special road just for testing! It's located next to the Cannelton dam.

Yeah I have never ran a 13.2 @ 95 mph it was quite exciting when the tires broke loose after the 1/8th mile.
I had to share that with CM.
I was on my way to a mid 12 run until I started to go sideways!

 

[Gluemanz28]

Fuel bowl issues worked out...???

I thought I had replied to this last night.

I did get the fuel bowls worked out.

It all came back to me how I adjusted the float level on the Holley's
1) fill fuel bowl with endings running
2) check for over pressures
3) Remove Remove sight plug screw
4) fuel should slightly slosh out when rocking vehicle

Adjust float as needed.

Thank you for your help CM

 

[churchmouse]

It's a special road just for testing! It's located next to the Cannelton dam.

Yeah I have never ran a 13.2 @ 95 mph it was quite exciting when the tires broke loose after the 1/8th mile.
I had to share that with CM.
I was on my way to a mid 12 run until I started to go sideways!

Driving through the tires at speed is a freaking hoot.......

 

[long coat]

Anyone know of a local place that repairs the Silverado gauge cluster or can you recommend a place? There are several listed online.
My cluster is completely dead.

 

[Brad69]

We Repair American & Asian Clusters * * * * *Phone Us @* 270-993-9533 - GM

They are located in Owensboro Ky I know several people that have had dashes repaired by them that a had went blank. No complaints

 

[churchmouse]

Spent yesterday afternoon in the shop. The 350 Olds project is ready to assemble.
Block has been prepped and painted.
The head work is done. Good springs and retainers. Roller rockers. The camshaft is decent considering not much offered for this engine.



I got to here and noticed I cut the rope rear main seal short....

 

[long coat]

We Repair American & Asian Clusters * * * * *Phone Us @* 270-993-9533 - GM

They are located in Owensboro Ky I know several people that have had dashes repaired by them that a had went blank. No complaints

I emailed him last nite at 9:58pm and he returned it at 3:04am. If he can do the cluster that fast, he has the job.

 

[thunderchicken]

Spent yesterday afternoon in the shop. The 350 Olds project is ready to assemble.
Block has been prepped and painted.
The head work is done. Good springs and retainers. Roller rockers. The camshaft is decent considering not much offered for this engine.



I got to here and noticed I cut the rope rear main seal short....

Should be a nice little bullet when you get 'er all together

 

[femurphy77]

A co-worker stopped me yesterday; "Hey our daughters babysitters dad died recently and has an old car they need to get rid of. It's a '57 chevy and looks to be in decent shape; they only want $1800 for it, do you know anybody that might be interested?" After I came to I said "uh, yeah, maybe. Can you get me a couple of pictures and confirm the price?" Well today he showed me the pictures of a very nice older restoration and the true price of around $18,000. Funny the difference a lowly zero can make!

 

[churchmouse]

Should be a nice little bullet when you get 'er all together

Yes it will. I put a good set of forged flat tops in it and floated the rods. The head work included a bit of bowl blending and a
.030 cut. C.R. should be right at 10.5 to 1. Looking at 390 HP if the figures hold true.
Couple that with the sniper plate system that is rated at 150 HP with 3.5 PSI fuel pressure at the nozzle. I run a holly red for the nitrous only on a separate fuel line. That will usually push a solid 6 to 7 PSI at the nozzle that allows me to jet the system up well over 200 which is then pushing the stock rods.

I love the ****. I really do.

 

[churchmouse]

A co-worker stopped me yesterday; "Hey our daughters babysitters dad died recently and has an old car they need to get rid of. It's a '57 chevy and looks to be in decent shape; they only want $1800 for it, do you know anybody that might be interested?" After I came to I said "uh, yeah, maybe. Can you get me a couple of pictures and confirm the price?" Well today he showed me the pictures of a very nice older restoration and the true price of around $18,000. Funny the difference a lowly zero can make!

Yeah that silly little zero.......

 

[thunderchicken]

Yes it will. I put a good set of forged flat tops in it and floated the rods. The head work included a bit of bowl blending and a 3
.030 cut. C.R. should be right at 10.5 to 1. Looking at 390 HP if the figures hold true.
Couple that with the sniper plate system that is rated at 150 HP with 3.5 PSI fuel pressure at the nozzle. I run a holly red for the nitrous only on a separate fuel line. That will usually push a solid 6 to 7 PSI at the nozzle that allows me to jet the system up well over 200 which is then pushing the stock rods.

I love the ****. I really do.

Yeah that should be a fun ride. Engine work has always been my favorite to work on and tune. Chassis work is a close second just because to so many it's like practicing voodoo or something

 

[RustyHornet]

Yeah that should be a fun ride. Engine work has always been my favorite to work on and tune. Chassis work is a close second just because to so many it's like practicing voodoo or something

You guys can keep your engine and chassis work. I don't mind hanging parts, but if you make me think, then we will have issues. Give me a sanding block and a spray gun.

 

[churchmouse]

Yeah that should be a fun ride. Engine work has always been my favorite to work on and tune. Chassis work is a close second just because to so many it's like practicing voodoo or something

It is Voodoo.
Ask anyone that can not do it......

 

[ChristianPatriot]

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[Gluemanz28]

Dream

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