The Official Hot Rod Thread - Part 2: No Replacement For Displacement

[ChristianPatriot]

Yeah the crew cab might be out of commission. Too late to mess with it tonight. Had a burger with a shady fella. Had to put the truck into the tow/haul setting to get the intake manifold home I got from him

The Ventura is much more driveable now with a stock intake manifold on it. That single plane was a really bad decision by somebody. If you get up on the converter a little, it’ll roast the tires all the way through 1st, halfway through 2nd, and it chirps 3rd. Still needs more squirter, but it’s close. Had to remove the vacuum advance from the distributor, manifold wouldn’t fit without it.

 

[churchmouse]

Yeah the crew cab might be out of commission. Too late to mess with it tonight. Had a burger with a shady fella. Had to put the truck into the tow/haul setting to get the intake manifold home I got from him

The Ventura is much more driveable now with a stock intake manifold on it. That single plane was a really bad decision by somebody. If you get up on the converter a little, it’ll roast the tires all the way through 1st, halfway through 2nd, and it chirps 3rd. Still needs more squirter, but it’s close. Had to remove the vacuum advance from the distributor, manifold wouldn’t fit without it.

Can you clock the distributor.

 

[churchmouse]

So a good friend called me on my "B" day to wish me well. The discussion went to the glory days as often they do. We mulled over some of the crazy **** and also some of the seriously cool **** we had done. I bid him goodbye and was pleased we had touched base. We do not see each other much these days.
Then my phone starts sounding off. He sent me a series of pics from "Those days"..............All I could do was smile and remember.

This is one. The USAC midget we ran. It is the Armstrong mold car the John Andretti won his 1st USAC championship in. The car belongs to the man on the left and his son. I owned the engine. It is the infamouse stroker I have outlined in the past in this thread. My friend who is standing next to him. The next person over is another dear friend. I am in the bright shirt on the right. The 3 of us crewed on the Hendricks GTP Corvette. My buddy and his dad got me into open wheel and professional racing. That is Gary Bettenhousen (Sp) strapped in the car. This is in the Hoosier dome indoor race. The year escapes me. We led it 2 times and the same clown spun us out twice. Then he ended up parked on the hood of our car. Close to murder that night....

Good times.

The PS in his signature was his attempt to get us to run him in the Phoenix race in his modified.

 

[ChristianPatriot]

Unbelievable

 

[RustyHornet]

Unbelievable

Chicks dig battle scars man.

 

[RustyHornet]

Tim, you’re looking rather professorly in that pic!

 

[churchmouse]

Tim, you’re looking rather professorly in that pic!

I was the professor. The professor of HP
We also put a torsen-gleason in the rear over a spool for the indoor track. It was a bear to make it work in that car but we got it hooked up.

 

[churchmouse]

Unbelievable

OK Ok.........we know some peoples.

 

[ChristianPatriot]

So leave it as is for a reminder not to be stupid and continue with the engine build OR postpone engine build for body panel replacement...

 

[ChristianPatriot]

Engine bay looks great though...

 

[churchmouse]

So leave it as is for a reminder not to be stupid and continue with the engine build OR postpone engine build for body panel replacement...

Build engine. Drive car in case you have another brain fart. Then fix car.

 

[ChristianPatriot]

Build engine. Drive car in case you have another brain fart. Then fix car.

Good point. It needed replaced anyway. I was just helping along the process.

 

[Bigtanker]

Sunday morning fun. 4 new control arms, coil spring, shocks and stab links. It came apart real easy for a 2003. Didn't need to get the impact out!

 

[churchmouse]

Well that looks like a load of fun BT.....

 

[Bigtanker]

I got that side done except the shock and stab link. Not bad at all. Although my forearms haven't been this sore since I was a teenager!!

 

[churchmouse]

Got called for help. They needed an extra set of hands so off to the races. I saw some email correspondence that Dub's might want this car in their booth at SEMA. Wow.

 

[Bigtanker]

Impressive. Is that the motor you built?

 

[churchmouse]

Impressive. Is that the motor you built?

Yes.

 

[IndianaSoloMcfly]

CM, Im behind the mark on this. Is this the cutlass you took pictures of a few weeks back? I remembered it being like a burnt bronze color.

 

[churchmouse]

CM, Im behind the mark on this. Is this the cutlass you took pictures of a few weeks back? I remembered it being like a burnt bronze color.

That was out in the sunshine. It is dark Green almost black inside.

This is in the sun......