Congrats on having a crack at doing this yourself but...... Maybe go back to school (old or new), by that I mean search on the R word and you'll see grasshopper... This is a Trad Hot Rod site..... Maybe an ad in the Wanted section?????
Jesus..., some of you "ol' skool" guys need to back off on the phillips milk of magnesia intake (or viagra). If the guy can afford to rebuild and slap a blower on a motor I'm betting he's not building a $50.00 field find... maybe if more "old" ol' skool guys were more receptive to helping those trying to build their first rod (Rat, Jalopy, Dragger, Rust bucket, Trad rod, whatever..) "rat" would would just go back to being your buddy's nickname. And yeah, I'm "Old" (compared to the age of my daughters and their freinds), AND "Traditonal", AND "Ol Skool", AND also someone willing to freely help out another rodder in need... Thatguy468 go to another thread already started today entitled "Vintage Blowers and Drives" by MARTINSPEED (apparently "those guys" don't have wrench up their tucai' and have the info you seek). Good Luck. Build it right.
that's the way it is here..like it or leave it..that's what i was told ,so i learned ro like it. ratrod is poison..fng's need to learn that up front. i'm done.i have to go take some kaopectate.....
i am looking into my chrystal ball..i see this thread meeting a demise shortly.... you have to know that any thread that starts out with ratrod in the opening is going down.
P.S. Don't take the "FNG" designation to mean anything more than the fact that I don't spend but a few hours a week looking at the internet wormhole, and if I need to get noticed... I let my 35 + yrs of skill, knowledge, and production speak for itself on the street, the dragstrip, and via all the friends (and strangers) I lend my expertise to freely. Good-nite and drive safe.
HeavyFe26<SCRIPT type=text/javascript> vbmenu_register("postmenu_4543674", true); </SCRIPT> So what are you building?...nice clown by the way!! Ha! Nice profile, No occupation, Computer nerd maybe? Dunno, none listed! No albums, no cars...and a whole 25 posts and 1 friend! KEEP STUDYING!!
Wow, someone needs to put the kaibosh on this thread, pronto. Maturity is taking a back seat to terminology....sheesh!
Wikipedia defines A rat rod is a style of hot rod or custom car that, in most cases, imitates (or exaggerates) the early hot rods of the 40s, 50s, and 60s. It is not to be confused with the somewhat closely related "traditional" hot rod, which is an accurate re-creation or period-correct restoration of a hot rod from the same era. Most rat rods appear "unfinished" (whether they actually are or are not), with just the bare essentials to be driven. The rat rod is the visualization of the idea of function over form. Rat rods are meant to be driven, not shown off. Sometimes the customization will include using spare parts, or parts from another car altogether.
we gonna dwell on some stupid ass name for a car or you wanna get this blower set up working ? Everyone so hung up on titles and BS,,,,tell you this much the blower don't know what its on so...........
so i guess in a sense i am building half and half. of what ever you wana call it? i want to buil an un finished hotrod. more like a hot rod with a big motor that never got paint and no shiny parts? lol So normally i would have a camaro or dodge charger and be running a 400 -500 hp simple summit or jegs parts built motor, simple enough. but im not rich and nor am i building a junker. the interior will be completely finished custum painted much like a hotrod. yet the outsife will be painted to be as though it has sat outside for 50 years but with a theme. guess maybe cars isnt a place to let ones creativity go i guess. naw i will just keep trying, thanks for those who had sum good dirrections for me.
HUH? that wasnt me that said that. lol i only have 14years of experience, im in the middle from to young n dumb to old n geezer lol
Almost 4 million posts on the hamb, folks don't bother to read, your going to need to get used to that . Don't get into the drama, build what you want, call it what you want, but not much help for Rats around here. Now are we going to build a blower motor or have an exercise in futility
ThatGuy468 For my mis-quote, <SCRIPT type=text/javascript> vbmenu_register("postmenu_4544348", true); </SCRIPT> OLD SKOOL ran small belts ,sometime one,two or three if needed not three inch!
Wow. the number of posts that become pissing matches over what is and isn't. No wonder so many people love to hate the HAMBers. The man asked a question about blower pulleys, not wheather or not you approved of his choice in builds or terminology. If you cannot answer his question, don't feel obliged to leave your comments or insults, just pass on to the next thread. As far as a blower pulley, have you tried checking with some of the blower manufacturers or installers like Blower Drive Service or Banks or someone of the like?
Call it a hotrod and let it go at that. Check with Big Al's Toybox up in Conn. He sold me everything I needed for my blower set up including the snout and pulley. Robert
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