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Sweet tow rig!! It'll be hard to miss that on the Salt. After missing Speedweek, we're headed down from Montana with The Fast Four Special....
Thanks Rich! I'm building one of those single inlet engines too, but it's the older (1924) 3 main block. Street motor for a fellow in Seattle:...
Sounds like a cool project! I'll be happy to help where I can - shoot me an email: tonymontana357@hotmail.com Tony
They're still racing at that track, but I haven't made it out there to watch yet this year. I know a few guys that raced there in the 70's. Still...
Sounds like a good plan! Mic them in several places. My experience with high strength bolts is that they open up the bore in the thrust direction,...
Slick looking rod bolt press nmpontiac! If you're just putting the same type of bolts back in the big ends won't change much or at all. Still...
Speed week is Aug 14-20th. More details here: http://www.scta-bni.org/events.html
Woo hoo! I can't wait either. We still have *some* work to do on the roadster, but we'll be there.
I'll second (third?) that; from the description it sounds like a ridge reamer is the likely culprit. Seen plenty of blocks wrecked by overzealous...
Sorry but we haven't done up any t-shirts yet; there is a design in the works though.
Thanks for mentioning our site Rich! There's pictures of the rollcage in various states of completion under the chassis page....
Thanks again guys. I just ordered a copy of Leo's book.
Thank guys! Exactly the info I needed.
Hey guys, Title pretty much sums it up. I'm building up a Chevy 6 for a buddy's truck this winter. Does anyone on here know the deck heights for...
Here's a picture of the F head conversion from the Mopar Magazine article on Edgy... [IMG]
Thanks, it was great seeing you guys run as well! I don't have a picture of the sweet Edgy F head, but here's one of Chris' truck towing our car....
Wow, thanks for all the kind words guys! Official results have been posted on the SCTA/BNI website. We broke 4 records, one which we set early...
I talked with Max Sr at H&H today. Very nice and highly experienced fellow. They can do it no problem. It isn't cheap, but quality machine work...
Unkl Ian - Thanks for the tip; I'll check them out.
Hey Sawracer, I've considered doing it myself but if I can find someone to do it for a decent price it would be money well spent as I've got...
Hey guys, Excellent info; I'll get on the phone and see what those folks have to say. Thanks!
Hey Rootie, Thanks for the tip! I did call one VW crank place but they were more of a production shop and not interested in my antique crank....
Hey Guys, I'm building a 1928 Dodge Fast Four engine for land speed racing and having a hard time locating a shop that will counterweight the...
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