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Ken, Phil The guys at my local yards laugh at me when I ask for anything pre-1990. Shoot, they chuckle if I say C4! Pintos came with 2.3/C4 in...
I just "noticed" the empty 300 with C4 in the SDRA chassis, in the opposite corner of the garage from the built 2.3 next to the cut pile for the...
Yeah Joe, the hot, noisy bits go on one side, the steering on the other! I don't remember introducing myself to anybody, but I spoke to one or...
Tulsa Nitro Nationals. Great show. Four SDRA cars, or, is it VGR now? All cars made every session, every round. Even when they had to fight line...
Found a rebuilt 300 and c4 (finally) on Little Rock Craigslist. Visited my son while there, borrowed some duct tape to seal openings against rain....
Welcome No Cents I'm building the SDRA rail, Miss Serendipity, in Texarkana. My decision, SDRA vs HA/GR was made for me when two inline sixes...
Smokin' Mokan! We enjoyed the weekend as spectators, but it's really a participants' event. Next year for sure....
I've got room if you can get them as far as Texarkana or DFW
Thanks guys. I understand the confusion now. I'd been relying on my old ASTM references for mechanical grade tubing. ASTM specs call for a wall...
Mudflap You've got to explain that one.
Back at it, at least the parts gathering. Slowed by the heat, and the need to work around the smoking crater where the credit card used to be....
From what I've been reading, the stutter you described is due to lack of heat in the intake manifold. I was going to verify this story, then...
Back from vacation, but the garage has been a sauna, so not much time spent there. Postponed the box manifold with twin twos in favor of an e-bay...
I bought some Jeep-style hood latches to use on the Teardrop hatch: couldn't find those suckers today to save my life! Wheel studs and hubcap...
Video was great, but the audio was better!
Finally got power back, and by 10:00 welding was done (enough). Frame was on a workbench, axles on the lawn, motor hanging on the A-frame. By...
Old 28 One of my other projects is a Lotus Seven clone: Have this in mind for transport...
Tulsa.... We have a roller.... kinda, sorta
I'm trying to remember why I named this thing "Miss Serendipity." While trying to complete the last twenty inches of weld on the suspension, I...
Never,never,never ask your wife to hold the hex on the torch body while you tighten a new power lead in place. New torch bodies cost $49. Don't...
The Spirit of the Bug = rectangular tube and Home Depot water pipe! I'll have a new cooling tube (see post 61) and power lead installed this...
Part one of Frankenbracket fabrication. Part one because burning in mitered-beveled-butt-weld in 1/4" pipe was a bit more heat than power lead...
Mock-up for wishbone anchor location. Does NHRA have any unwritten rules regarding suspension points falling below the rim line? Other than on and...
Dick Do the NHRA inspector nazis view your cage any differently, with body or without?
0--0-------------------0--0 Flattening the spring was just a exercise in frustration. This arrangement of spring and shackles would never have...
Twenty ton press smooshed that sucker flat..... and still 1/4" short. Second time I read Dick's post, well after ordering new spring, realized...
Yet another setback. Turns out the spring that came WITH my axle wasn't FOR my axle. Stupid tax for this mistake will only be $103 and another...
Damn Dude! Much surprised that one of my heros would answer my dumb-assed question! Twice! With a catalog! Reminds me of a story: I was trying,...
Picked these up at swap meet. No identifying marks, no knowledge from seller. What do you think I have? Just need one set of wheel studs at this...
ThingyM: I had the leather sleeve on the lines, but I guess it didn't quite get the job done. Considering that the power lead is inside that tube,...
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