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Thanks everyone. Does anyone make lighter coil springs?
What is the best way to lower the front end a little on my 61. 49 to 54 chevy car spindles? I am thinking about running an aluminum small block...
The bars I made patterns for I used PVC water pipe and heated it up with a heat gun and bent it by hand. Worked like a charm. If I was going to...
Another thing. I can get in and out without removing the steering wheel but It is a lot easer if I remove it. I was going to shorten the steering...
No, I bought a Rhodes kit From Summit, but I did add more bars and did some bending. The part number was 13-0307 and added the swing out bars.
Yep I wish I had bent mine and angled the roll bar back a little more. I am 5' 10 and I have enought room just nothing extra.[ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
I am wanting to have around 600 hp or a little more for next year. Right now My 355 is probably about 450 hp. ? My 60 foot is a1.56. and runs low...
What about front suspension, any tricks. Mine is all stock even the shocks. It hooks up good with 12 inch hoosiers. I will have some kinda small...
OK tshanks
I guess I will just go with a dart block if I want to go big cubes. :D
If you mount you battery in the trunk there is not much room under the quarter panels. My fuel cell is 5 or 6 gal.. And not enought room for the...
Thanks, this has been my dream come through. I have been running it all summer. I have right now, 100 passes down the track. We have another race...
And I am lucky enought to have a set of stall fender well header that I bought back in 1972
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Here is the front engine mounts I made for my 61. I didn't want to mount it to the water pump.
Indoor drag racing corvette in the left lane[IMG]
Yea I had to cut it down when I put the hard top on . I hated that because it worked pretty good for pulling motors.
This is what it looked like when I bought it back in 1971. It only took me 49 years to finish it. I told everyone I would finish it one day. I...
Got it finished. Hope the tracks open back up before long.[ATTACH]
Ricky Moore was right, the cut down X member did make the trans go in easy. I got the trans bolted up. Now to measure for a drive shaft. and get...
[ATTACH] My friend Wheeler working on his 62 in the Navy base hobby shop at Cecil field in 72 or 73 he had 3 fuel injections and he wanted to...
I made new front engine mounts and notched the X member lowering the motor and trans 2 1/2 inches. That gives me better drive shaft angle. I also...
Got the frame primed and painted and the motor and trans installed
Next I notched the frame for more tire clearance. I cut it in half and moved the piece I cut off to the inside and welded it up. I said before I...
I had the frame blasted and then started to move the springs inside the frame. I bought Cal_Trac springs and traction bars and sliders.[ATTACH]...
I mounted the front end on an engine stand and took it apart and had it blasted and rebuilt it. I put aerospace disk brakes on it.
After I got the roll cage tacked in I took it apart and took the body off the frame and put the frame on a rotisserie. The body went on a...
Cut the rear tubs out and setting up the roll cage and tacking it in.
I have been lucky that I have a friend that I work for part time and he offered me his nice shop to work in. That is one of the reasons I have...
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