Tinman

How much for the entire car?

Originally posted by Ricochet:

did he make that whole run in the same gear?

probably a snowmobile drivetrain.

Originally posted by BIG SHAFE:

True, but that was designed over 10 years ago, and we are just now seeing them make a pushrod engine exceed/meet what the LT5 was making back then?

 

Who knows what would happen if they actually went all out and did it again, what kind of beast it would be.

Don't forget the ZR1 was a high dollar, limited production, best of the best motor. The LS1 and LS2 are engineered to be powerful, plentiful, and cheap to produce.

Originally posted by Mensan:

 

Old guys, defend yourself...

I'll let my old pushrod engine defend itself... from many cars ahead of any DOHC car here

You can't polish a turd graemlins/nonono.gif

 

j/k, pretty sweet.

RPM and HP > Torque

Robin Williams, before he got off of the coke.

Other interesting notes,

 

They use shorter connecting rods in the front cylinders to increase piston speed which helps them to draw more fuel. If the connecting rods were all the same length, more of the fuel would enter the rear cylinders due to the G's

 

They tune the mixture by measuring the connecting rod bearing thickness. .002" thinner than when installed is about right. After all you can't read spark plugs that are destroyed during the pass.

I have been driving my $200 86gxl beater daily for 11,000 miles now, it has never left me stranded. The only problem that made me late for work was a bad alternator, that can and will happen on any car with over 100k on the clock.

 

They make great daily drivers, I do take comfort in having another car just in case however.

Sent back, thanks!

I'm fabing up a reverse cowl to cowl hood on the rx7. I will have all of the metalwork, welding, and grinding done this afternoon. So I will need someone to smooth it a little with body filler and paint it with the factory color. It's not a show car, but I would like it to look right. Anyone want to take this on? I can email pics if that helps.

 

Thanks

My bad, forgot about it after I stopped to check it out and saw that is an automatic. It is in decent shape though, rough around the edges but solid underbody

I'm here, and will be for a while. What Supra?

I have one, you'll have to come and get it though.

One thing to consider, painting the lifter valley of a v configured engine is often done to decrease oil drainback time. The smooth surface of the paint allows oil to flow back to the pan much faster. But what most people don't think about is how the lifter valley acts as a oil cooler, As the oil flows down the lifter valley heat is extracted from the oil to the block and then to the coolant in the water jackets. Decreasing the time the oil is in contact with the lifter valley increases the oil's temp. Acceptable in a drag racing engine but not in a street or road race engine.

Congrats Dan!

Originally posted by punkrocker3_00:

I am not a NASCAR fan, but I am a Dodge fan. Makes you wonder how badly Dodge would be killing everyone in NASCAR if they weren't as restricted as Ford and GM

Makes you wonder if they could compete at all without copying chevrolet's cylinder head design.

If you can increase your budget to around $600-$700 you can get a nice 110v mig welder and a bottle of argon(the inert gas) otherwise I would recommend borrowing one if you can. A arc(stick) welder will kill a body panel, especially with a begining operator. And a gasless wire feed welder is not much better. Alot of people on here seem to be interested in purchasing one but few want to invest alot into it, perhaps you could get a small group of trustworthy people together and share the cost.

If it's steel, $10. Aluminum, $20

Yes, the speedo cable runs off of the output shaft on most vehicles. And the output shaft rotates whenever the car rolls, no matter what gear it's in. On a side note, my buddies old 78 Trans-Am's odometer went backwards in reverse.

Stop right there, don't weld it!!! Sway bars are made of spring steel, although it can be welded, it won't last more than one twist.

If you can wait a couple of weeks, I can do it for ya. It's just a simple fuse weld, very easy to make pretty.

Go to a mechanical contractor's supply house, check the yellow pages. They have 2,5,and 10min. smoke bombs that are used for leak testing grease duct.

Signs of the Times, out here in Johnstown. Not sure of their phone number, but they are right around the corner from me.

A friend of mine might be interested, I'll talk to him tomorrow night.