The Jalopy Journal
That looks sooooo cool. I'd like to try and fly formation sometime, but I dunno about the other people. I'm cool flying by myself, It gets sketchy...
Northstar's are usually referred to as "pent roof" chambers. They are cool in their own right, but remember that they are only 4.6L which is...
The whels bolts are forgiveable since you have a hudson as a main character in your movie. I could have settled for just a hudson, but it looks...
Sweet, So lug bolts and not studs? Pretty freaking cool, can't wait to see it.
90 in the hudson 115 in my dad's friends' porsche Don't know on my dad's hayabusa (Not a lot of time to look at the speedo when you're moving like...
I've got a '57 buick grille getting ready to go in my car. Looks pretty good mocked up. Sorry, I dont have any pics of that setup.
Last year I was there on friday and it was pretty damn cool for a first time paso-er. I'd recommend it.
My dentist has a nice driver 69 camaro and a really sweet split window vette. Not too bad in my book.
49 hudson, if I can get home from school in time.
Dude, that blows. Hopefully I'll be home in time to see ya and that car at paso.
I kinda figured it might come to that. Thanks for the effort.
6-71 blower manifold for a tall deck DeSoto Hemi.
I'm looking to get some forged pistons for a future blower project. I have a .060" over 330. That makes it a 341. So, 3.78" bore by 3.8" stroke....
I better be home from school in time for the drive down. Probably be there all day friday if it works out.
Man, thats so cool. I bet the people on 580 loved you.
The way I remembered it was that the guy driving he car had filmed a movie and had some leftover film and a rented camera. He used up the last of...
I just finished reading the whole thing. It really makes me want to get back home and start working on my car again. Thanks a million.
A question about fuel pump placement then. I have mine mounted as close to the stock pickup as possible, with a fuel filter in between(~1' of...
I've got a 72 DS7, the precursor to the rd's. It's only 250cc's and at 5,000' it hauls me around just fine. Pretty good wheelie machine too. It...
Stock manifolds, 2" pipe, merged into a 2.5" pipe to the back. Hand fabbed in the garage.
Ford 3.8L supercharger?
I remember going to my first top fuel drag race and feeling my chest vibrate as they throttled past me. Damn that was cool!
Try www.mcmaster.com if you can't find it in socal. They have some solid stainless bar in 7/8" that you might be able to drill and tap.
Dad got a good deal on a brand new optima 6 volt battery on saturday. Sunday afternoon it fired up the '47 buick without trouble. I wish it were...
Good choice on the 200 Kirk. I wish I would have known about them when dad and I put my car together.
'49 Hudson coupe / 341 DeSoto hemi 650cfm edelbrock / Stock 4bbl intake / Stock exh. Manifolds 700R4 / 3.08 gears / 28" tires 19mpg at 75-85...
A few key secrets to wining the pinewood derby: Make sure the axles are parallel. Otherwise, the derby car will scrub speed by having toe out,...
Is that a toilet paper roll filter? Those are the coolest! Looks like that adapter screws into the block as stated before.
I'll tell him to keep an eye out for you.
Pops will be there.
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