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A real SUPER-CAR...And just no sound like a SOHC Ford...too bad there is no audio.
Nice ride...
More Big Brother..Next thing is a drone taking pics from 10 ft up....
fill the block to about 1 inch below the deck, and leave the heads alone....you need some coolant or it will overheat, even on alky...
Thanks for the pic of my 27 Roadster posted on the Hotrod Hotline site.Its the red/black one with the 289 Ford...its nice to be appreciated...
a 331 is a great combination..3.25 stoke, 030 over bore...easy on the cylinder walls, piston speed is good...I used a kit from SBF.com..have it...
thanks for posting these Kirk.....wish I could have been there with my car...
Its just the combination of short cylinder wall and rod angle loading the skirts. We raced sbf's for 15+ years. Had to run cast pistons in Stock...
What he said....
I remember the green pages from my dad's Hot Rod Magazine...those were the cars I wanted to build. That was when Hot Rod was just that-Hot Rod....
My C-4 would shift way too early without the kickdown hooked up...so, I added one and now it shifts like it should...
Nice Truck ..I Love 40 P.U.s...before you cut it up and spend lots of money, try putting rubber strips between the leaves, and yes some good...
use any 1978 back pump..it'll bolt up, but there are different lengths...an early aluminum pump(65 back 289) is the exception...that takes a...
use it like it is...
57's rear ends were considered a nine inch, and the narrowest was the 57 Tbird at 56 inches.57 -59 station wagons, Rancheros, retractable hardtops...
there are also mounts with different heights. ..seems like 302 mavericks were about 1/2' taller to help clear shock towers..
My dad's 60 Falcon E/G had a 030 over 289 and he shifted it at 8400 and crossed the finish line at 9000 in the late 60's early 70's ...and my...
Besides the guys that think this horse has been beaten to death then tell the same old race car story for the 14th time, this is how it is. ..I...
I don't get pulled over in my hot rod anymore...roadster is loud, no wipers, no front tag...it must be the gray hair.
I was fortunate enough to have the 65 2+2 my dad drag raced as a K stocker for my school car.( the blue car in my pic..still have it) ,less the...
Larry, ask my dad. He'll tell you any real hot rod has a flathead... :)
Early 58 pi 352's had solid lifters with adjustable rocker arms, but later in the year went to hyd lifters and non adj rockers..if it has a 3...
Regular cruising died here because the City saw easy revenue from giving tickets and hassling "hot rodders".. there was no money to be made from...
He let me have the privilege of sharing this great passion for hot rods with him. My dad's 82 years old, and I am still learning from him. .I...
There were some fast 57 Chevy's back then, but Jim Butler's 57 Ford outrun them all down here in Texas...
Us Pete's agree....rocker arm shafts are upside down...
she's tough, she knows it...and she's right...
If you are going to hot rod it at all, use a STOCK oil pump...a high volume pump will pump all the oil up top, and starve the bottom end. You can...
65 2+2 A code Mustang ..its sitting in my dad's shop..which he reminds me alot that ownership depends on possesion, which is 99 % of the law.:)
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