Littleman...thanks for asking how the coupe did. Yes, it was a disappointing day for me. I drove the A all morning on friday, terrorizing Dallas with Evel for Mad Fabricators....no problems. Took off in it heading for Austin, ran and drove great..averaged about 90-95 mph for the first 150 or so miles....made it about 25 miles from Austin, and got stuck in traffic. We sat still for about 15 minutes, and it started to heat up. Blew the front seal in the (original unrebuilt) water pump. I had a spare in the chase truck that I had just ordered from Kanter, because I knew that was one part I couldn't get from any local parts store. The one thing I forgot was that I put Chevrolet pulleys on it, and I had the old water pump redrilled for the pulley. So I had to try to drill and tap the holes on the side of the road with a cordless drill and a tap set that I had to go get from Autozone. It took an hour to drill one hole because the battery kept dying, so I tapped that and put one bolt in it to hold the fan and pulley on and drove it to Austin. Next morning I borrowed a drill press and got it put together right. Drove to the track, no problems other than running out of gas about 25 yards from a gas station on the way there, Got to the track really late and either the starter or the battery cable was getting too hot to start the car. We push started it and I got to make a p***. I slipped the clutch too much on the burnout and take-off and it wasn't putting the power to the ground and launched poorly. Ran pretty good after it started hooking, but they only timed me in the 1/8th on that run...ran mid 8 something at 83 mph in the 1/8th. After letting it cool off for a while, the starter miraculously started working again. Got it started and took it to the line. This time the clutch hit the tires hard, and I went all over the place. I had to pedal it two or three times to get it straightened out and keep from hitting the guardrail or tree, and then short-shifted it through the rest of the run. Still ran a 14.29 at 98 something. It'll run 12's easily with slicks and rapping it up and shifting just right. Speaking of slicks, I brought them to put on the car, but left the ****ing mag lugnuts at the shop. So I had to run the skinny Firestones. I also brought some good gas, and thought I'd put some in the tank, until later in the day when I realized that the air release on my new gas jug was sealed, and not letting gas come out of the spout. So I was running on pump gas those two runs. It runs LOTS better on good gas. So anyway I went to run the third run in the eliminations section, did a burnout and got to the line and they backed me off. My NEW Kanter water pump was dripping from the weep hole. I was ****ing pissed! So I only got to run twice and neither of those runs were really worth a ****. Very disappointing. I haven't been able to concentrate for the last few days since my dog p***ed away on Wednesday, so some of the problems are probably a result of that. I filled the radiator full of water and drove the car about 15 miles to a family friends house and left it until Sunday when we could pick it up with a trailer. Didn't want to take a chance on it getting hot and hurting the motor. Oh well, **** happens I guess. Next year she'll be sorted out better, and hopefully I can get some practice runs in between now and then. Still going to try to take it up to the Pileup this weekend...Gotta get the water pump and starter squared away. PS...congrats to Ed 'Boom Boom' Cannon...that little T came alive this weekend! Nice work!
Well ****, I was gonna give you a hard time now I don't think I can... I guess that's racin. It was fun to see/hear you make the less than perfect runs though! Here's my comment: "B***' Coupe? Who knew it'd take the voice of holy-helfire 14+ seconds to travel 1/4 mile?" It really is an incredible looking and SOUNDING coupe. I think just about everybody in the stands was pulling for you...
Yeah, I know people are going to give me **** about the whole thing, but I've got pretty thick skin....so do your worst. I'm pretty sure that I know what the car is capable of, and I'll just leave it at that for now. I had that dog for 9 years, by the way. It's been rough.
The detonation you heard is a result of a lot of advance. I thought I had the good gas in it, so I turned the advance up. It wouldn't have done that with the good stuff in it. Yes, I know the headers are little too close to the starter. I may have to order a mini starter to fix it. I'm also going to go to a heavier gauge cable...I have a 4 ga. battery cable right now, and I think it's getting too hot. I'm going to keep the stock water pump for now. I don't think I have enough room for the Chevrolet pump and adapter. Congrats on getting into the mid-13's Rusty...that's movin'!
It was obvious what the car was capable of... It was my second favorite car there, behind the dirty 30/31 roadster... But then again I got a thing for 30/31 roadsters on duece rails... I was impressed by the number of truely fast little cars that were there.
Man what a day... Dang Rusty i can't believe you got so close, next year fo sure. Buzzard I saw you run and looked kewl and was definatley scoot'n down the track. B***'s ride was bad-*** even if it wasn't running up to par.
Does that give us enough clout to dictate what music they play over them track loudspeakers next time...? I swear that Michael McDonald music gave me a stomach virus.
Man, I was thinking about that as well. Seems like that owner of a world famous music club could come up with a couple of decent CD's! We'll try to get some better tunes next year for you guys that are just there for the "scene".
Ed, congrats man! That T ran its *** off. A B*** story - Friday night, B*** lost his waterpump pretty close to my house. I left the Continental Club and drove out to see if he needed help. I got there and he was adding water....ready to hit the road. He told me of the one bolt in the fan and figured it was good enough to get back to the hotel. He tells me "I'm gonna take it easy" so that the fan doesn't loosen. Well, he fires that monster up and blows a **** load of "highway construction dust" all over my coupe. It was enough dust that my flathead just died. I went to start it again. That hemi was so loud that I was mistaken and just ***umed the flattie didn't start I couldn't hear or feel my own engine.... So I hit the starter once again only to tear it to pieces when it hit the flywheel of the already running engine. I couldn't do anything but laugh. So we take off towards Austin. By the time I got in to 3rd he was out of my sight. So much for "taking it easy" Brian. But at least I could hear that old flathead singing again. My dad always said to "get on the porch when a big dog comes down the street!"
Sorry to hear about your dog. I never met him, but I know from experience that it is like losing a member of the family. I saw the coupe at Roundup, and then again when you were having the problems Saturday. I don't think that anyone who has heard that thing run doubts it has a LOT of potential. Slonaker
Anybody who watches the upcoming Mad Fabricators 4 won't have a s ingle word of **** talking to do about this car. Jimmy white footage aint got nuthin' on this. Sorry about Eli Brian, Tyler told me about it Saturday. He was a great dog.
Brian - Both Linda and I were talking and we were real proud of you busting hard and impressing the crowd. Everyone in the stand stopped talking and watched with anticipation as you made your first p***. We both remember the car as a mocked up pile in the corner. It's really come a long way and we all know how killer every bit of that car is. I think you'll be hard pressed to find anyone who would give you **** about that car. We both also wanted to say how sad we are hearing about Eli. When we were at the shop on Thursday, we both noticed that he wasn't walking around and hoped he was alright. We both wanted to say how cool he was and again, send out our condolences for your best buddy. Eli gets a prayer from us. Take care.
Really sorry about your dog Brian. I've lost a few really good ones. I only ran once, my goal was to get a patch, but it was obvious that I wasn't gonna get there. Last year I was running about 88, this year the car was a heck of allot faster, but only hit 96 at 14.6. The cheaters were basically spinning all the way into 2nd. The motor has never run better, but I've just got to get it to the ground. I'm gonna make a few changes and give it another shot next year. I've learned a bunch and had allot of of fun trying to hit 100 in this thing. I have a dragster that needs to get built someday, but I really want my old pile of parts to hit 100 first.
Crease, you'll get there. We'll talk this weekend about what changes you may need to make to get there. I've learned a little on my journey to 100 mph. Not an expert, or anything, but our cars are similar. I'd love to take a ride in your car if we have time on Saturday.
I look forward to pickin your brain a bit. We should have plenty of time for you to take the coupe for a spin.
i ran mid 15s 93mph, running a t-5 with ww tires 325 gears ,wheel hops, didnt work so well, i needed to ease out of first gear more ,i just spun out kinda hard to shift with dat tall shifter too(flex) but man i had a blast trying... well get er done next time, but she got me to austin and back home to dallas today, and im driving to the hunnert on friday, oh yeah i made to the third round, i was cuttin this guys hair and they called my name.poor guy i left him with a haif a hair cut so i could line up again and race he was running around with a cuttin cape on and half *** hair cut in the grand stands,cheering me on! i got beat out by that wagon, **** i red lighted and he still beat me! what the hell did he have, nos ? in case yall dont know my car it was the blue suede 49 shoe box!! congrads to boom boom or should i say vroom vroooomm)))))))) thanks kontinentals.....
I went to work at uncle daniel`s when I was 15 he saw my coupe That I started with my dad when I was 13 ! and hiried me on the spot ! greatist job in the world ! neet guy and still a great drag race , goroue ? helped me win the first race I ever took my coupe to , in kenendale in 92 ! 40 ford tran`s a inclosed driveshaft and all that **** that break`s ! but won hot rod ! and beat the late model winner in the last race And won the whole thing ! a great guy and he know`s how a drag race work`s ! and still a great friend after all these years !
Jeez did I ever drop the ball. I didn't realize y'all went out there to listen to the music. I do that on pupose to make you appreciate the Club that much more. All right next year......Kenny G just for you Tyler.
Yea that was me. No NOS here. 289 with a T-5, 3.0 rear gear. Best run of the day was a 14.26 @ 96mph. Thanks for all the great fun, it was a blast.
I ran a 14.18 at 96 with no clutch. Then drove 60 miles to the house with no clutch. Barley made it. Perfect day. Now I finally have a good excuse to tare the Whistler down. So she is coming all the way apart after 6 years of who knows how many miles and trips down the drag strip. Most reliable car I've ever owned, time to show her some love and fix her up.
It was a great day for me also. I finally broke 100mph!!! in my pu. Best time was 13.66sec @ 102 mph.
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