Turkeyjerk's Tailgate Torpedo Trad T

well a cam should bee sweet as if the car isnt bad ass enough see you guys this weekend

 

The heads are off awaiting my inspection when I get back to PA this weekend. We're gonna pull em all apart and make sure everything's up to snuff before proceeding. I can't wait to get an "in person" look at this engine. Hard to diagnose stuff over the phone!

 

yup, now if we can just get it to run right!

Yep, that's what I said. Better to do it now than on the side of the road in the middle of nowhere! See you at the drags...

The Isky should be arriving at Matt's tomorrow by UPS. Saturday thrash!!!

 

wont be the first...wont be the last...ill bring the beer

 

Looks great! Dig the photos.

 

The valve clearances are perfect, no burnt valves or other sillyness... just a broken pushrod and a few bent ones. Matt said he was starting it once a while back and the timing had gotten knocked way advanced and it kicked back REALLY hard. Hard enough to knock a few pushrods out of their cups and do them in? It was hard enough to shear a bunch of teeth off the ring gear! So... we pulled the engine, put a new ring gear on it. Dropped it back in, installed the new isky cam and lifters and started buttoning it up for it's second coming. BTW, we finally measured up the bore and stroke... it's a genuine 377 ci stroker!

kwmpa, scraping head gasket gunk...


they set me up for this shot!!! fukers... "lubing" matt's camshaft.


nite nite...

 

Hahahahahahahahaha as Sheldon would say "Bazinga" Hey was that kwmpa with you guy's at the jalopy drags? Glad to see that things are checking out good and you guy's figured out what happened. later shawn

 

Yup it was me

 

Oh you just had to quote that pic again didn't ya!

 

hahah come on that was probably on of the funniest things that weekend

 

I was the dumbass talking on the cell phone when you guy's pulled in. For some reason I pictured you being older. Nice to meet you. later shawn

 

haha...yeah im always the young guy it seems...dont know why people always think im older

 

Thats a pretty awesome liitle T you guys built glad someone brought her backto the top so i could run across this! Really happy i did as usually i'm not a huge T fan but this one is perfect.

 

YES!!! Glad to see she's up and running. How's it run? later shawn

 

what is the width of your fame? inside to inside..and what is the spring you are using up front and how long is is it? oh and what did you use to bend your square tubing?thanks...nice build!!
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Awesome man that car is very cool.

 

very cool. wish i had the time, money and space for somrthing ;like that. Thats a cool little area to have some fun in.

 

Shawn, she's runnin alright! NO OVERHEATING!!!! We still have the single 2bbl on there that we used to break in the new cam. And even with that arrangement, IT... HAULS... ASS! It will burn rubber as long as you can dare to hold the throttle down. I'm just pleased as punch with how this chassis turned out too. It rides perfectly, nice and smooth and steers like a go kart. He's got a few safety items to take care of (hand wiper, seat belts, door latch, etc...) and then it's going in for enhanced inspection. After that, it gets blown apart for paint and detailing, 6x2 intake tuning, etc...

It's been a while since I had a tape on it but I'd guess the frame is about 26" wide up front, and gradually widens toward the rear to roughly 40" or so. It's runnning an original model a spring up front with 4 or 5 leaves removed. We didn't bend any square tube, we just cut and welded it. Thanks!

Thanks man, I know I've said it before, but your T was a big influence on this build. Thank YOU!

[QUOTE="Whitey Ford" 62 Uni;4828004]very cool. wish i had the time, money and space for somrthing ;like that. Thats a cool little area to have some fun in.[/QUOTE]

Thanks, Matt built this car in a one car garage while working full time plus overtime at NAPA and going to school with probably about a 6k investment over the course of 2 years. He'll obviously have more in it after paint, polishing, chrome and interior, but it's proof it can be done!

 

Rad!

 

Man, that looks like a fun little hot rod and a great build thread! You guy's will wear it out before summer .

 

I think I'm going to be sick and now I'm jealous too!!!!! That's thing is awesome Andy!!! Viva La Twice Pipes!!!

 

Excellent result from tons of labor. I've got to believe you experienced much the same emotion as Grabowski did the first time he took his "CREATION" down the road. No repo stuff here, just good old fashioned steel, blood sweat and stick-to-it-ivness. WELL DONE !!!!

Frank

 

damn i knew i shoulda shown up for that

 

Damn right!

 

haha i keep missing out on the cool shit lately....i gotta get my shit together

 

cool build...

 

You got it right!

 

Kick ass! That looks great guys!

 

Wow I can't believe I missed this Glad it got recycled