Event Coverage What are YOU doing to get ready for the 2015 Meltdown Drags?

Hating bodywork is pretty much universal Man.lol!
Really looking forward to seeing your car at the Meltdown.Make sure you stop by and say hello!

Scott

 

Sometmes I wish we would have sold it. Not much time with a little one and trying to get things around the house done. Damn, I got too many hobbies.

 

I hear Ya there...We have another one on the way,and work has been eating up most of my time lately...

Scott

 

ok Scott you got me motivated the 09 is of the trailer and pulled up to the shanty town shop

 

Me likey!

 

I hate to say it but the throttle was not connected that day. So after 9 months of working on this thing endlessly, I have crawled it in 1st gear idling exactly 50 feet before it ran out of gas Gonna make a pass in it Saturday at Greer though

Racer-X how did you crack that plate? Its damn thick!

 

Tony,
The car looks great!Cant wait to see some footage of the first trip down the track.
You've covered a lot of ground in a short amount of time,so don't beat yourself up Man!

Scott

 

SCOTT WITH ALL YOUR NIGHTSHIFT WORK & SHAKKER THRASH, I'M EXPECTING YOU TO LOOK LIKE THIS AT THE MELTDOWN...! THROW IN SOME WARREN ZEVON, WEREWOLF's OF LONDON...! YEAH BUDDY...
Jimbo...

 

It ain't gonna be pretty Jim....Im dead tired,and my back just locked up on me about five minutes ago,so I've been sitting here sweating like a whore in church for the last five minutes,while my back tries to make me tap out.lol!

Scott

 

Sorry to here that Scott, wish I could lend a hand! Any progress pics? Engine? Framework?
Jimbo..

 

It's May 1st, which means we are pretty much exactly 77 days away from the Meltdown! We are excited and wanted to share a quick preview of some of the cars you will see in 2015...we also put it to a song that reminds us of exactly why we put this event on...

We hope you enjoy it and you are as excited as we are!

http://www.mediafire.com/watch/2rjabvfm9sry3m6/Meltdown_preview.mp4

 

I don't have all my stuff back from the machine shop yet.Block is still being machined,and rotating assembly is going out to be balanced shortly.
Here's a couple pics of the crank and rods though.


Those pistons are not the ones that will be used in the motor.Ric was kind enough to steer me away from the antiquated slugs I had been planning to use,and toward something a little more friendly to the production of hp.

Also,here is the new transmission.The Toploader got passed over for a number of reasons..


Yes,it's a Nash,and yes Jeff,you are in fact dead meat. lol

Scott

 

That is a nice looking Nash...you got 77 days for someone to teach you how to use it...

 

It sees way more street miles than track time,so I have zero interest in aluminum rods.
Short lifespan= pain in the ass when I have to tear a perfectly good motor apart to swap out aluminum rods that have reached the end of their service life long before the rest of the motor has.

Scott

 

Excellent preview, (really cool song choice) going to have watch it again and again.


This 64 G.T.O. was at W.I.R. tonight, took some pics.

 

Dude,I didn't just fall off the turnip wagon.The majority of guys who run aluminum rods in "street cars" are running massive amounts of nitrous,and the aluminum rods are supposed to absorb some of the battering that the bottom end would take with steel rods.
Let's not turn this into another top fuel nitro Hemi discussion,cause nitrous is against the rules at the Meltdown,and no amount of explaining or justifying is going to turn your opinions into my opinions.

Scott

 

What would you know about shifting,Bub...?

Your transmission does all the shifting FOR you,Nancy! lol!

Holy crap I can't wait to get this thing back together and running!

Scott

 

Jeff, great Jamie Johnson song choice & video...! Well done...!
Jimbo...

 

Awesome, gave me goose bumps just watching it

 

I agree Ray,I must have watched that video 50 times already!

Scott

 

Finally had the chance to work on the Okie Doker yesterday. Gave her a 100 pound diet and was able to make a few tests on some wide open country roads. Felt great to finally get it out.

 

Did you take a door off? Do the other side for another 100 pounds.

 

Jeff hired a pro driver.I think the stack of phone books he will need to sit on will offset the 100lb weight advantage though...
Plus,with the horse,it will probably end up weighing 200lbs MORE than when you started.....you may want to rethink your decision to go with a "hired gun" pro driver Jeff... lol

Scott

 

Ps:Keep that thing away from my Old Lady!lol!

Scott

 

The car was first used as a tow vehicle for a dragster, so I just got rid of some stuff I don't need anymore. I need everything I can get to make sure I don't see mustang taillights.

 

Just don't piss off his pit crew...they look like they mean business.

 

Ok,I have to throw out the anchor for tonight fellas,before I get in heck.lol

Scott

 

I figured Scott would be lightening Jeffs car for him...

 

when he blows his doors off...

 

Could that be Pretty Ponies (Daddy?)