The Official Hot Rod Thread

[Bigtanker]

Oh boy..... Gotta love the dual blowers....

Pro Street Trans Am 1985

"Top blower works, bottom on is empty, just for show." Thats funny.

 

[churchmouse]

"Top blower works, bottom on is empty, just for show." Thats funny.

Yup. The drive belt just touch'sthe pully on the fake unit.

That crap always made me ill. Dumb dumb and this is dumb


And it is a fake Hemi on top of the original Dumb

 

[RustyHornet]

Mouse is jealous.

 

[churchmouse]

Mouse is jealous.

Ha......the paint job on the bird is....well.......ugh

I would like to have the car with a better drive train (chev. of course) and bracket race it........with a repaint.

 

[RustyHornet]

I wonder if I could get 3 blowers on top of my lemans. That tired old 350 has low enough compression, that it might not blow.

 

[churchmouse]

I wonder if I could get 3 blowers on top of my lemans. That tired old 350 has low enough compression, that it might not blow.

Rod bearing contact........."BOOM"

 

[RustyHornet]

Rod bearing contact........."BOOM"

You're no fun....

 

[RevoWood123]

Rod bearing contact........."BOOM"

You're no fun....

Surely with all the new fangled technology out there they have made improvements that are less likely to end in catastrophic failures. Go ahead, give it try...

 

[RustyHornet]

Surely with all the new fangled technology out there they have made improvements that are less likely to end in catastrophic failures. Go ahead, give it try...

That's the spirit!

 

[churchmouse]

Rod bearing contact........."BOOM"

One of the guys that was always hanging around us when we were Hot-Rodding the Harleys thought he could super charge his 50K plus miles on the clock FXR with no internal mods. He and I had several lengthy discussions as to what I did to mine so it would live under high boost.
I thought he listened. He thought all the Mods I made to the dry sump oiling system on the V-Twin was a waste of time and money.
Damn fool rolled out on 65 north with his new cam side Super charger in place and put the throttle on the peg.
1st the oil filler plug blew out of the tank from ring by-pass........2nd all the oil foamed and left the tank......3rd he was not aware of this as the plug is behind the riders right leg. Now the poor guy ridding on his right side was aware as all the hot oil was now on him and his pristine Harley.
The next this or 4th was the engine locking up from lack of lubrication and well in excess of 100 MPH.
Yes, he went down. No, I did not see it but he has yet to live it down as yes, he did survive.

 

[Leadeye]

Above scenario sounds like it was followed by an ouchie.

 

[churchmouse]

Above scenario sounds like it was followed by an ouchie.

Yup. One I wish to have witnessed dang it but I was not there for the grand "Get off"
He put the blower on his bike in an attempt to outrun mine. This was a test run which failed in a grand fashion.
His buddy that wore the engine oil almost went down in the mess he made.

 

[rhino]

People like that make rhino seem careful and sensible by comparison.

 

[bigretic]

mmm... hot rods...
I'm finally getting back on this project.

Safety first!!! lol

 

[RustyHornet]

mmm... hot rods...
I'm finally getting back on this project.

Safety first!!! lol

 

[churchmouse]

mmm... hot rods...
I'm finally getting back on this project.

Safety first!!! lol

Trying to ID the make/model

 

[Bigtanker]

I wonder if I could get 3 blowers on top of my lemans. That tired old 350 has low enough compression, that it might not blow.

Turbo, blower and hairdryer blow it. Plis nitrous.

 

[long coat]

Trying to ID the make/model

TA? It looks like it has T tops.

 

[churchmouse]

TA? It looks like it has T tops.

It does look to be GM F-body.

 

[RustyHornet]

It does look to be GM F-body.

I was thinking GM too, but it definitely has T tops and the windshield is too squared off for a second gen. No newer that about '78ish. I'm gonna throw a wild guess of a mid 70s GM "G" body, cutlass, Grand Prix, monte.