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Ooh yeah baby! That sounds s-weet
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Made some progress on the air cleaners. The elements are from C Cook Enterprises and the rings holding them on were made at my tool and die shop. I still need to figure out where and how to mount the center two. Notice the filter down by the header on the fire wall. That is where my Idle Air control gets the air it needs.
That is soooo cool. I love the set up and the go cart video is awesome.
It's been awhile since I updated. Being in Minnesota I did not need or want the added weight or expense of A/C. But I though for sure I needed some kind of venting to get some air through the interior of the car. So I stuck my neck out and cut a hole in the cowl before finish paint on the body and had to figure out a way to make a cowl vent. Well here it is. I had added the sheet metal box under the dash so the air could have a free ride down to the trans tunnel and if water got in it would not get to the wiring.IMG_20140427_161933_985 crop.jpgIMG_20140524_082225_172.jpgIMG_20140524_082239_522.jpgIMG_20140524_082307_227.jpgIMG_20140524_082312_249.jpg
Been awhile. I have tried to attach a video of my very first pass at the drag strip. Air temp was 85 degrees and density altitude was 2900 feet. The car ran an 11.13 at 120 mph+. 60 foot was 1.585. My goal was 10's and for the first pass I was happy. I think with a little playing around I will meet my goal.
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Very clean build all the way through and an impressive set of numbers, especially at that DA.
Nice 60ft time and it looked like it left nice and straight too. I assume you were feathering it quite a ways out on that run.
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Actually only just a bit of feathering. I must have got the instant center in just about the right place on the adjustable 4 link I put in it. It just hooks really good. On my second pass I did a little longer burnout and just hit it right off the line and added .06 seconds to the 60 ft. I think one thing holding me back is the small air cleaners. I talked to the people I bought the elements from and they said they are losing 20-25 HP on the dyno with them. Usually for street driving that won't matter to me. I have built a scoop only for the drag strip to fit over my stacks and than I will run with out the filters. between that and maybe a day with some better air and I will get my 10 second time slip.IMG_20140804_172548_639.jpg
I haven't posted much lately. 11722392_10153321770630073_4158422004139761385_o - Copy.jpg Been enjoying the car and have about 5000 miles on it. I attached a photo( I think) of the car on the Hotchkiss autocross at the Street Car Nats in St Paul last summer. What a blast. I found that 535 horse power is a bit too much for autocross. LOL!
The custom stack injection has been working so well I have decided to build one for my next project which is a 1940 Plymouth pick up truck that will be highly modified and used as my car trailer tow vehicle. That is why I am posting now as I am looking for a classic 1960ish steering wheel to put in the truck and have been putting the word out anywhere I can to see if I can find something. I am most interested in one of the squarish wheels some of the Mopars had but am open to others but it has to be Mopar with a classic look. T^om
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