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It may be false economy buying junk yard parts to put in a high performance car. These cars go relatively fast and as such when they stop suddenly...
Listen to Max and be sure to pull from the same side as the linkage.
Those valves are ok for a stock engine. They can be lightened considerably for longer life. They have 45 degree seats. That is not good for a...
Bleach works good for softening rubber. The longer it soaks, the better. We used to use it on our race car qualifying tires till it was outlawed....
I use K&N filters for a Datsun. They are about 7.5 X 14 inches. You can stack them depending on the area required. You will probably have to...
Yes. Pete1
Safety equipment in a race car is designed as a package. The belts are stronger than street type with an additional crotch strap. There is a...
A lot of good suggestions listed previously. The library is probably the most reliable source of "how to" info. There is a lot of good...
Dean, were you at Saugus for the last USAC midget race of the year in December 1958?
I like it. If you were closer I would buy you a beer.
I have had quite a bit of experience with V860's in midgets. If the engine in that roadster is stock, it maybe makes 40 hp. accounting for age so...
Very few people understand or have ever heard of metal migration. This is the principal of a wire end crimp. Heat of compression is the...
There are lots of places to race legally all over the country. Drag strips. Who knows how many. Circle tracks. Thousands. Autocross. Who knows....
A place I worked for many years had a sign on the wall. "DEAD ON IS CLOSE ENOUGH"
You had to dig the jive and become hip before you could become cool...
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