Seems to me that some people are trying to explain modern stuff on hotrods by saying if it existed back in the day, hotrod guys would`ve used it.. The real thought behind old style hotrods have never been trying to use modern stuff.... Hey what`s wrong with the strombergs? if set up right they work wonderful.. So there...
Ya know I know absolutly nuthin about this injection. It doesn't look bad, mayhaps I'd like to see it with hard lines. I like stuff to work good, and I really think if it looks like a duck and walks like a duck it damned well better be a duck. If I get over there and its a turkey with a duck out fit on it'll really frost my ***. That said, I really don't like the idea of being stuck on thre side of the road about 8 miles out of Stale Sandwich, or Pig Snarf with something electronic. Give me mechanical so I can walk over to the nearest farm and find something that I can Gerry Rig and make it over to a brothers house or home which ever I deem more prudent at the time. Sounds a little neanderthal don't it. Well I am past the half century mark,and just trying to fit in with you younger guys. Ther actually is a pretty cool mechanicle and totally streetable injection setup on the market, way out of my budget I'm afraid. If I was after inovation and didn't care if it was totaly trad or not that's what I'd be looking for.
So why the hell is the T5 so accepted here on the HAMB? Or 42x CI Small Blocks? How 'bout Mustang II front suspensions? NONE are "not modern" relative to the era of hot roddering the HAMB caters toward. Are cars and the people that own 'em "fake" old-style hot rodders? There are two degrees of "traditional" here on the HAMB. One "camp" traditionally "styled", which is what the MoonEyes EFI, and cars that have the traditional look, but modern running gear (ala: T5, modern SBC's, etc) fit into. The other is the "truely" traditional cars that don't use any modern parts and are built in a way they could've been pulled from a 40 year old time capsule. Don't be a self-righteous turd and "fake" that you're from one camp when you're own g'damn car is from the other.
I disagree. The moon EFI is not traditionally styled. It's an EFI system that has been built to look like a carb setup. It's a fake. What's fake about the 424 cubed small block in my '38? I don't have it dressed like an Olds motor or a hemi. What's fake about a mustang II? It's not dressed to look like a dropped axle. What's fake about a t5? No one is trying to tell you it's an early Ford piece. The degree of traditionalism has nothing to do with the integrity of the pieces used to build a car nor their form/function. It is completely feasible to build a "traditional styled" car without using parts pretending to be something they are not. This is a mechanical art fellas. As soon as you start introducing parts that are so grossly misrepresented, your piece of art loses credibility in my mind. This is an opinion thing. I've stated mine. Some of you guys have stated yours... I don't think it is the basis for a civil war.
"This is a mechanical art fellas. As soon as you start introducing parts that are so grossly misrepresented, your piece of art loses credibility in my mind." Someday, I am going to shake your hand.
I don't think there are two degrees of traditional. Rather, I think there are some who confuse "period-correct" with "traditional." There is nothing wrong with that & folks should build what they want & will drive/enjoy. If you've never driven an early Ford, you may not like the non-synchromesh 1st, 3 widely spaced gears & end up not enjoying your car because you built it like someone else told you you needed to. If, on the other hand, you put a T5 in it & make it eminently more driveable (in your opinion), then that means you'll enjoy your car more & drive it more - and that's what it's all about. Having said all of that, I'm not naive enough to think there aren't cliques & "in" crowds - even here on the HAMB. This translates to some snobbery in the form of "period-correct" cars (flathead, '39 toploader, banjo rear). This is no "better" than 350/350/9" cars IMHO.
I am hiding the injectors under the manifold and using the carbs as throttle bodies. I want the ease of efi it is nice not to have to fight with the car to start it in the morning. I know I can tune a carb to do that but I am lazy. I just don't like the look of efi. the rest of the car is 60's show car so I am making it look the same.
While I'd never use something hokey like one a those Don Garlits phoney injector air cleaners that go over a single 4 barrel or the fake valve covers, you can bet your *** if I could afford a real Crower injection with them big tubes converted to efi for my BBC I'd already have it and I sure wouldn't be beggin' for anybodys approval either.
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