Took a while, but this thing is done... Shitty pics, not used to the new camera..... The first pic is a test fit for the panel I had to build to replace the one I cut off 10 years ago to fit the old deuce tank. I've got a 3:89 gearset in it right now and it is WAAAAYYYY more bitchn than the old 3:00 single spinner. I'm hopin' the change from 3:00 single spinner to 4:11s with a locker will take 4 or 5 tenths off at the Drags this year. And damn, is that fucker LOUD!! Sounds like a fire engine siren coming from the back seat. I love it.... See ya, -Abone.
Bro, that looks really good. Glad you did the holes in the rear, should give you a tenth from the wind reduction.... LOL So does it get going like the Henry J.... Oh ya, where's the posi tread mark behind it.....
A-Bone: Hope it gives you the results you're after. 5 tenths might be optimistic, but once you dial in just the right gear - it could happen...Let's see now - you'll need the highway gear for driving to B-ville, the long legged salt gear, the MoKan gear (and it's 1/8th mile counterpart, of course), and the stoplight bandit gear, and then there's the...... Until then, glad you dig the music (I love it!) and the look. Looks ultra-mega badass to me.....
For a time..., the cost of a QC was out of this world and Hot rodders were always looking for inexpensive replacements and found that Ford 9 inchers were plentiful, cheap and relatively easy to change gearing. But today the 9 inchers are just as expensive as a good used QC...!!! In the past year many circle tracks in their effort to keep racing classes affordable have outlawed QC's in favor of the inexpensive 9 incher..., and now there's a bunch of QC's on the market with tons of gearsets for less than $800...!!! For a moment I had 4 QC's available to me for less than $750...!!! Max Gearhead took advantage of one of these deals and bought one of them for less than many "used" 9 inchers!!! I think that we'll see more QC's on the street because of this rule change....!
Ha ha I'm on to your trick, I just bought a Frankland housing and bells. I'm gonna build me one of them there quick change thingies.... any sites that have good info? I need help...
hell ya - that thing looks cool, any shots of the gas tank inside? way to go man. does she lay two strips now? missed ya in charlotte?
What size bolt pattern do you have on there? I have a set of like new Hoosier Quicktime Pros on Weld Prostars w/5x4.5bc. I could let you borrow those for the HAMB drags.
I found out about the rule change from a racer from Indiana on Ebay and a racecar parts supplier from Wisconsin...! I noticed many gearsets selling between $10-$50 and complete rearends for $700-$900 including brakes and spare parts. My QC came with extra rifle drilled axles and Titanium lug nuts with Wilwood disk brakes with a 5 on 5 bolt pattern. Max Gearheads QC came with Ford 9" axles and tubes..., basically he is setting his up to run Stock Ford drumbrakes and it should be a "Bolt on" application! Good luck on your search...!
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