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Dang it Joe!Sitting in a storage in UT and can't afford to race it anymore.. 600HP on 10 psi.(Methanol) capable of 1000HP, 16V-R Sport Volvo 2.34 ltrs.
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One Gear and 1500 RPM's to go!
But nothing wrong with that Porsche, HMFWIC!
Oh and... Little Feat? At least I'm listening to The Who! Few things more satisfying than busting past 140mph while listening to "Won't Get Fooled Again" and "Baba O'Reily!"
Awesomeness all around in this thread!
Cheers,
Sirhr
It was Classic Vinyl, I didn't pick the song, although Dixie Chicken is a fun tune
I do have a Chip with 11,000 Albums in the center console, complete collections of bands at your finger tips
So music is no problem
I do have a Chip with 11,000 Albums in the center console, complete collections of bands at your finger tips
So music is no problem
Well, damn... here I am still using a CD-Changer...
But it does have Beethoven's 9th, Best of Fatboy Slim and Warren Zevon's Quiet Normal Life... So I am happy!
Sirhr
Wait... Who's driving? Or did you get a UK-issue Porsche? I'm the one who is supposed to have the steering wheel on the wrong side!
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I grew up around this stuff. Some motors and cars my brother built in his 23plus years at a custom shop. Can’t get enough of this crap to this day!
no music because you cannot hear it over the side pipes, natures AC and no heater because it comes through the firewall
Kirkham 427 KMS/SC
www.kirkhammotorsports.com
Kirkham 427 KMS/SC
Well... it's not like that's a feature!no music because you cannot hear it over the side pipes, natures AC and no heater because it comes through the firewall
Kirkham 427 KMS/SC
150mph in AC comfort with the 1812 Overture playing at medium volume is something to appreciate!
Cheers,
Sirhr
Ha ha ha, I love it. Great movie! My buddy says that my driveway is starting to look like Ricky’s, I have a duramax with a compound turbo, a C6Z, and my kid has a gen 5 camaro SS.
Headin' down into Sinkhole @ NCM
I was driving Tommy B was in the passenger Seat
My Dad had gas stations growing up so we had cars,
My first car, the Javalin, not the Demon
Fun Fact the Ramcharger behind it had a 440 in it from the Factory it as a limited edition, the 327 Impala SS is hidden but behind the Demon
Here is my Dad's Show car, a 64 Nova
At shows it displayed like this
My Dad had gas stations growing up so we had cars,
My first car, the Javalin, not the Demon
Fun Fact the Ramcharger behind it had a 440 in it from the Factory it as a limited edition, the 327 Impala SS is hidden but behind the Demon
Here is my Dad's Show car, a 64 Nova
At shows it displayed like this
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How’s that old hot rodder saying go? “I’d rather be blown,” I believe.I was driving Tommy B was in the passenger Seat
My Dad had gas stations growing up so we had cars,
My first car, the Javalin, not the Demon
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Fun Fact the Ramcharger behind it had a 440 in it from the Factory it as a limited edition, the 327 Impala SS is hidden but behind the Demon
Here is my Dad's Show car, a 64 Nova
At shows it displayed like this
Ya, that Nova is kinda unique
The front end is from a 280ZX, the rear end is a Corvette, it has Monte Carlo Swivel Buckets, so it's a bit of a mutt
The front end is from a 280ZX, the rear end is a Corvette, it has Monte Carlo Swivel Buckets, so it's a bit of a mutt
Yeah... but let's get back to that AMC!!!
THE most under-rated (better word: Under-appreciated) cars of the era!
Sirhr
My Javalin,
I called it the Dragon Slayer; it had a Heavy Metal Magazine-type cover on the back, typical 1970s type airbrush artwork
It was cool, I had repair plates up until I was 25 so I used to switch cars all the time
I think someone might still have the Javalin in CT, last I heard it was still like that
Each flame, lick, etc, has 3 Flip Flop Flames trailing it so it would shimmer in the sun. We blacked out the bumpers, and under that big empty space in the dash I had an Alpine Stereo that was hidden
I called it the Dragon Slayer; it had a Heavy Metal Magazine-type cover on the back, typical 1970s type airbrush artwork
It was cool, I had repair plates up until I was 25 so I used to switch cars all the time
I think someone might still have the Javalin in CT, last I heard it was still like that
Each flame, lick, etc, has 3 Flip Flop Flames trailing it so it would shimmer in the sun. We blacked out the bumpers, and under that big empty space in the dash I had an Alpine Stereo that was hidden
The white car looks like a second generation Monte Carlo.
I can't imagine the cleaning time on the chevy 11.I was driving Tommy B was in the passenger Seat
My Dad had gas stations growing up so we had cars,
My first car, the Javalin, not the Demon
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Fun Fact the Ramcharger behind it had a 440 in it from the Factory it as a limited edition, the 327 Impala SS is hidden but behind the Demon
Here is my Dad's Show car, a 64 Nova
At shows it displayed like this
The AMX was, legitimately, the hottest thing of the late muscle-car era. Under-appreciated. Under-marketed. Under-capitalized. But it was a killer of virtually everything on the street!
The 390 and 401 were some of the best engines of the time.
Sirhr
I know a guy that has a couple for sale. Fair price. I’ve been sitting on this information for years working up the nerve to buy one for myself.
If you ever wonder what’s going through guy Martians heads as he laps around Isle of Man
I think It was the body style. Kinda hard to figure it out. Not a Torino, not a Mach 2, not a duster and not close to the hot selling Camaro or mustang.
But they ran like a bat out of hell. Weight to power and gearing put a lot of cars to shame.
I knew a few guys that had them. They dragged my 340 duster.
But they ran like a bat out of hell. Weight to power and gearing put a lot of cars to shame.
Maybe they didn't have the advertising budget? Then again nascar at the time was win on Sunday and sell on Monday.
I knew a few guys that had them. They dragged my 340 duster.
How many hookers can you fit in there? Dead or alive
Can't take it with you.
That's why all the big boys have large collections of cars.
They are still holding value so consider it an investment. Better than losing 10% on cash because of inflation.
That's why all the big boys have large collections of cars.
You can fit a bunch of hookers in the Camry. It’s surprisingly roomy.
Correct
Pressurizing the manifold in many cases makes more sense than making the engine physically larger. Considering weight/size/handling trade off vs power. 50-100 lbs of turbo and intercooler(assuming you aren’t running meth) could more power than making the engine physically larger, given other constraints.
Or say you change altitude, you can make up for power lost from the change in air density.
Can’t do that naturally aspirated.
Picking up my car at the Conner Avenue Assembly.
So, Napster.
It was you then....
BTW, power adders NOS/Turbo/Blower...et al.
It's called "volumetric efficiency".
If you add 14.7psi boost the engine behaves as if it is double the size it is N/A.
14.7psi = 1 BAR, or static pressure at sea level if temp and humidity are within standards.
Here is my 72 Monte Carlo,,,,,,, she's got duel feed, kick-posi, double punkin ball, 4 on the floor, 3 on the tree, and 2 more in the glovebox.
Ha, just a 402BB, automatic, I cruise around with.
Mike
Ha, just a 402BB, automatic, I cruise around with.
Mike
It’s long, but not one you have to watch. Good background listen.
It’s really well-done as a documentary and goes over the company’s history in great detail with the car models as an integral part.
And @lowlight … one of my “car regrets” was not buying a Ramcharger when I got out of college in ‘88. There was a big block 87 leftover ramcharger on the Dodge dealer lot right by the school and the “college grad” first car discount was huge. Still the best of the big boy SUV’s before they were called that. Sorry Bronco and Blazer guys.
Sirhr
Bought this new in 2007
F150 supercrew 2wd with 5.4 added a 2.3l whipple supercharger at 13psi, long tube headers, forged wheels ,4:10s, etc…
I literally never drive it anymore. It sits in the extra garage stall. My son is 14 so it will probably be his soon. Only has 40k. Tuned by Bob Kurgan. Current tune makes around 500rwhp/540rwtq.
F150 supercrew 2wd with 5.4 added a 2.3l whipple supercharger at 13psi, long tube headers, forged wheels ,4:10s, etc…
I literally never drive it anymore. It sits in the extra garage stall. My son is 14 so it will probably be his soon. Only has 40k. Tuned by Bob Kurgan. Current tune makes around 500rwhp/540rwtq.
From the time I was ~5years old till the death of AMC, two doors down from me was a guy that owned the AMC dealership in town. He would come home in so many different cars. From Jeeps to hot rods.
The thing I remember most clearly is he brought home a go kart with a ?plastic-fiberglass? body of a Gremlin with the X stickers on it. His son and I would run the wheels off that thing. One day we got the great idea of taking it to the JR high school that was walking distance from the house. We are going to race it around the track. That was such a ball, as I remember you could get the thing to slide out just a little on entry to the turns at the end of the track.
Being a kid back then was great.
Yep, and you can spin those 525cid engines to 8000 RPM. Do that with 40psi of boost (55psi MAP) and suddenly there's 3500+ HP available at the flywheel.
I don't get the power adder/DOHC vs displacement dichotomy. Give me both.
My current fair-weather ride:
Makes about 650/650 at the wheels on 93 and a few more on E85, and it goes around a road course fast enough. I'm also pretty sure that my sons are the only ones at their school getting dropped off and picked up in a car that does 11 flat at nearly 130.
I think the blower snout bearings are close to freezing, so it'll finally get the ported blower and CNC LS9 heads that have been sitting in a shelf for a few years.
Then it's time to put some attention into this back-burnered project:
1996 Impala SS, L96 iron-block 6.0L, Lingenfelter LSA heads, LSA blower, and a GMPP accessory drive that's proving to be a minor PITA. It also looks like the 6L90 won't fit without some floorpan hacking, so there's a decision to be made over the winter. But when it's done, it should make a streetable 700ish at the wheels. It also has Ride Tech bags at all four corners and an Air Lift 3H control system.
Makes about 650/650 at the wheels on 93 and a few more on E85, and it goes around a road course fast enough. I'm also pretty sure that my sons are the only ones at their school getting dropped off and picked up in a car that does 11 flat at nearly 130.
I think the blower snout bearings are close to freezing, so it'll finally get the ported blower and CNC LS9 heads that have been sitting in a shelf for a few years.
Then it's time to put some attention into this back-burnered project:
1996 Impala SS, L96 iron-block 6.0L, Lingenfelter LSA heads, LSA blower, and a GMPP accessory drive that's proving to be a minor PITA. It also looks like the 6L90 won't fit without some floorpan hacking, so there's a decision to be made over the winter. But when it's done, it should make a streetable 700ish at the wheels. It also has Ride Tech bags at all four corners and an Air Lift 3H control system.
I had a mint 96 caprice wagon with the LT1. I miss that car. Should have kept it. Only 40k miles.
Sounds like my FIL and MIL with his cousin and wife and a car full of luggage topping out his 300c at the Bonneville salt flats. He was like, you don't go there and not top out your car. His wife was complaint about him racing people on main street in his 47 dodge, or his charger, or his Nomad, pretty much anything but his mini van. Although if you pull up and rev your engine. He would probably run in that too.
Mark I Factory 5 Cobra, 650HP stroked 427 (not enough deck height hence the intake), naturally aspirated Quick Fuel 750, 525hp to the wheels on the dyno, 1,840lbs on a frame and fiberglass body, Mickey Thompson street slicks (do not use in rain!!!). I'm not saying it can beat all your high dollar, massive horsepower hot rods, but for something that is street legal and could even be an every-day-driver (as long as the weather is ok), this is a very quick car. No power steering, but it sticks to the road and handles like a fighter jet. It's on rails around corners. Of course, when you hit about 100mph if feels like about 300mph. It's quick, not fast. For street fun this one is hard to beat. As fun as riding motorcycles.
