Thread: Any Gear/Motor heads step in!!

back when i was alot younger in the mid 70's i had a 66 chevelle SS /327/4speed had lots of fun with that, then my dad came home with a 454 big block and a turbo 400 tranny and i stuffed it in a 57 Chevy station wagon with 2 holley 600's and a 4.56 rear end,and back in 1979 i was running 12.60 in the 1/4 mile,which was pretty good for a street car, because at that time the nitro funny cars were just breaking the 200 mph barrier!! now a days they are over 300!! boy those were fun days, thanks for posting this thread!!

Originally Posted by nessmuck

back when i was alot younger in the mid 70's i had a 66 chevelle SS /327/4speed had lots of fun with that, then my dad came home with a 454 big block and a turbo 400 tranny and i stuffed it in a 57 Chevy station wagon with 2 holley 600's and a 4.56 rear end,and back in 1979 i was running 12.60 in the 1/4 mile,which was pretty good for a street car, because at that time the nitro funny cars were just breaking the 200 mph barrier!! now a days they are over 300!! boy those were fun days, thanks for posting this thread!!

12.60 in 1979 was great numbers for a street car. You hear all kinds of non-sense from "back-in-the-day" hotrodders who never spent a minute near a track.

Technology had brought us to the point where I take my Convertible 2007 Corvette to the track and race my friends with 440 six pack and Hemi cars. They are amazed that without doing burnouts or any additional work the car will run low 12s (12.2-12-4) depending how good I am at the launch.

Originally Posted by burns420

I've got a 04 Audi A4 I'm working on right now doing a stage 4 turbo setup on a 1.8t bored out to 2.0l with forged internals. I'm also working on shaving the engine bay for the smooth look like a hot rod. Also just picked up a 96 mk3 gti vr6 that I'll be working on when the Audi is up and running in a few weeks.

let me know if you need any help sourcing parts sending you pm now.

2003 Ford Excursion 7.3l diesel w/ 400hp/750lb of fury. I've been tweaking diesels since I was a kid.

Runs on homemade biodiesel and veg. oil.

Current rustbucket:
1969 Olds Cutlass Supreme Convertable

Previous restores:
1969 Corvette 350
1966 GTO - Tri-power
1967 Firebird

I run a 78 F250 well body, 351 with 1/4 race cam and Holley 600 double pumper. It is a rat !! pulls the 4 hoss gooseneck, did 1921 Dodge bros buckboard, 1926 Fast four Dodge Bros tourer and a 1928 National Chev buck board !

Cheers

Bone stock 03 Civic EX Coupe. She pushes 40 MPG highway. Mmmm feel the power.

no cars in my life but i did, not long ago, have a nice Honda VFR800 thats become a 50" plasma now

needs must as they say

ian

Pics or none of it ever happened.

I would say I am. I've been riding for nearly 4 years since I was 16 and driving for about 18 months.

Had bikes and three cars. My car has just been written off, someone shunted me, but my bike is a Yammy TRX850. My hire car from my insurance company is what you would call a Mazda Miata, it's surprisingly good fun. Especially in the wet. Don't think I'll have it much longer though.

Originally Posted by detroyt

Pics or none of it ever happened.

hmmm more pics would brighten up this thread i agree

ian