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Gut it and put a new amp in there. Then put a rebuilt Ford 289 in your '65 Vette.
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Then put a rebuilt Ford 289 in your '65 Vette.
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helped a guy cramp in a big block caddy motor in a Boss Mustang :think1:
I didn't even ask WHY :laugh:
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helped a guy cramp in a big block caddy motor in a Boss Mustang
I put a MOPAR Hemi in a '61 Ford Econoline van. It was mid-engine with an 11" drive line that ate up U-Joints. After I got tired of shredded transmissions, I rebuilt a Chevy 283 and put it up front.
Later I put a '67 396 in a '72 El Camino. That squated the front end down pretty good. When the gas crises hit, I couldn't get the high octane needed for that compression and I quit running it.
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I put a MOPAR Hemi in a '61 Ford Econoline van
Now a MOPAR, that's a universal motor, goes anywhere! :icon_biggrin:
I was a poor, somewhat white kid, so I just kept to junkyard slant-6's in my '64 valiant
once I moved up to turbo 2L after 4.0L jeeps, I gave up and bought a Buick :icon_biggrin:
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Now a MOPAR, that's a universal motor, goes anywhere!
I was a poor, somewhat white kid, so I just kept to junkyard slant-6's in my '64 valiant
The Hemi was a DeSoto three-forty something that must have held the weight record for a displacement like that. It's only universal if you have a vehicle that can support a motor that heavy. That motor had some nut and I was always amazed that they put that thing in a family car. I wasn't sporting much money at the time, but they were practically giving DeSoto motors away. The converter from MOPAR to Ford truck transmission cost more than the Hemi.
The Slant-6 was the '72 Twin Reverb of motors. At one point I had three large forklifts with "industrial" Slant-6's. They were really just Valiant motors in an industrial application and that is what I called them when I ordered parts.
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...and bought a Buick
Booick is another company that put the most amazing motors in a family car. I had two 401 c.i. Wildcat 445's in my Dad's garage hooked up to a garden hose and a beer keg gas tank. I was always planning to put one of them into a boat, but it didn't happen. The idea for the valve covers was pure genius. You could take the covers off and it still wouldn't leak oil.
An MD colleague of my father had a Buick with a racing motor in it. He said that Buick had to put that motor into a certain number of production cars in order to use it in their stock car racers. I was with him when he punched that thing on an uphill and the muffler blew up.
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in the 80's i pulled a 428CJ + 4 speed top loader out of a 50 chevy PU. the truck was totaled: liquored up idiot thought it could corner. the torino GT that the 428CJ came out of was also totaled. engine was jinxed. was probably assembled on friday 13th.
i stuffed a 71 429 4V + C6 trans in a 81 ford F250 - that was a FUN truck. originally it had a 351M that couldn't pull it's pecker out of a syrup bucket on a hot day.
at one time i was assembling parts to install a 351C with windsor heads in a FOX body mustang coupe. life had other plans.
when i retire i may build a rat-rod with ford engine and chassis - probably a stroked 460.
--pete
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Y'all may be interested in revisiting Bill Creller's "summer project" thread...
https://el34world.com/Forum/index.php?topic=6426.0
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life had other plans.
Yup, most of the time I just ordered long-blocks and swapped parts, My job had me doing 50k miles a year, + 30k miles to counter work!! I was always 1 ticket away from max points and blown bearings.
the most nerve-racking build was my WRX 2.0L, shoved a rod out the side. I bought a new small block, and every component that bolted up to the engine. $8k later it was done, ready to drop in the car, standing with the kid helping me, we were passing one back and forth, looking at our work on the hoist, then BAM, the hook just breaks and motor pancakes on the oil pan from 3' :cussing: :cussing: :cussing:
left it for a day, plugged it in, the friggin car is still runnin the roads with 310k and Thomas loves it as much as I did!!
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Back in the dark ages I could rebuild a small block ford blindfolded. Top loader the same. Built a de-stroked 351C with a Boss 302 forged steel crank that would wind to 10 grand - with triple springs and a roller cam. It would be cool to do something like that again, but as I got older I became more interested in being able to go around a corner. THIS might be my retirement project:
http://dfkitcar.com/ (http://dfkitcar.com/)
Jim
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as I got older
YUP, the meanest car I had was my last, a Mitsubishi Lancer, Evolution GSR.
Came with a European map so it made 360bHP, turbo dialed to max boost. Took 3years driving the WRX 1st to dial the muscles and eyes. there were cars around faster, but there were no drivers quicker, or bigger cahones' (sp?). sold it at 54, when the wife asked why, I told her if I didn't, I would die soon :icon_biggrin:
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My brother and I were partners on a drag car. 65Mustang with 289, lots of motor work and 2 650 Holley 2 barrels so we could run in the 4 barrel class and still get enough juice to the squirrels in an efficient (cheap!) manner. We had so much overlap in the cam because of the compression, it barely idled at around 1700 but boy would it pull on the other end. Ran in the 11’s in the quarter and 6’s in the eighth. Wimpy by today’s standards but we didn’t have nitrous or turbos or fuel injection or fancy shmancy stuff, this was the good OLD days rowing a top loader! :icon_biggrin: We were sorta fancy with our in-line shifer tho! He open trailered it (NOBODY had a closed trailer) with a 71 Torino Cobra with the 429 and shaker scoop in Grabber Green. Quite the sight going down the road.
Shooter, it sounds like you just need to get yourself a good track car! You can get your driving yingyang on where at least they have ambulances at the track! Lots of fun... Autocross is cool too. There are track videos of that Goblin kit car on YouTube. 0-60 in less than 4 seconds. Kit and doner car about $14k? Can’t beat that with a stick! Or even an old Miata beater with track goodies on it can be bad cheap. If it gets scratched, so what.
https://el34world.com/Forum/index.php?topic=13964.0 (https://el34world.com/Forum/index.php?topic=13964.0)
Jim
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grew up going to the circle track on Friday and the straight one on Sunday, I always liked the "regular guys", the too much money machines, not so much. I've always been a driver, didn't matter if it was a big block Blue Bird or a turbo rice'r. I started sealing the "spare car" at 14, the day I became legal I had the slant-6 dialed as well as budget allowed, and I started my career as a driver :icon_biggrin:
the Evo is basically an entry level track car, more than a rally car imho.
I found a 2 lane in TN (SE of Nashville), prefect line up a hillside, hairpin 180 then back down. I drove it to my limit, running down the gears for the 180, and BOOM, Stateboy, He didn't even look up, just had his arm hanging out the window, indicating "slower", as I rolled past, he says, "watch the left fade about 1/2way down, I smiled, pulled the apex spot on and ran! AND I "read" the fade n knew, I woulda been wrong!
You know when it's time to hang up the climbing shoes and buy a Buick :icon_biggrin:
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cars are nice and fun...however, for a real adrenal ride, nothing beats 2 wheels. :icon_biggrin:
--pete
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Ya, did my stint there also, after I laid it down for a 2nd time, I went for the roll cage versions :icon_biggrin:
And Mr. 200, 11's are smoking, the ragtags I hung around all had 12.6 to 14flat on the windows.
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Pete
I still watch the Isle of Man in absolute horror!!! Those guys clank when they walk. I’ll take something with cage too! Or a nice non-back breaking ride on a dirt bike.
Jim
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a nice non-back breaking ride on a dirt bike.
I don't think they make 'em in that version :icon_biggrin:
I took my Nephew's out about 7yrs ago, couldn't walk for a week, but it was fun, even the spills :think1:
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Pete
I still watch the Isle of Man in absolute horror!!! Those guys clank when they walk. I’ll take something with cage too! Or a nice non-back breaking ride on a dirt bike.
Jim
borderline insane is more like it.
my faves are the side car racers - for certain those guys are insane.
--pete
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The Slant-6 was the '72 Twin Reverb of motors. At one point I had three large forklifts with "industrial" Slant-6's. They were really just Valiant motors in an industrial application and that is what I called them when I ordered parts.
My first car was a hand me down '72 Dart with that slant 6 in it. I beat it like all good 17 year olds would and it just kept tickin. Took a piece of rebar in the radiator on 95 and drove it home without stopping, without coolant....never a doubt
cars are nice and fun...however, for a real adrenal ride, nothing beats 2 wheels. :icon_biggrin:
Ok, this is where you got me....
This is my current ride. I thought I needed a Vette until I got this. Now I know how silly I was being.
V4 torque has to be felt. It's totally different that the high rev inline 4s.
I know I'm old because I wound up putting a higher gear'd rear in it so it would stop jerking my head
around in first gear.
I had a picture of one on my wall in my office for 15 years. Took a divorce and one month later I was on Craigslist. The guy I bought it off of was 80! and his kids were making him sell it. He was 65 when he bought it new in 2002. He put 6k on the odometer in 13 years. I did 7k in my first 6 months.
I suggest this to anyone who thinks they might need therapy.
I take a lot of heat from my brother in law who rides a Harley but I never actually feel the heat because he's always behind me. :icon_biggrin:
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I suggest this to anyone who thinks they might need therapy.
Got through divorce, buddy at work just bought a 1st Ninja, I bought his old bike.
The had everything re-built with amazing "stuff" had it set up as a flat tracker, engine went from the 350 to 410, redline moved from ~10k to 12k. one of your bikes distant relatives :icon_biggrin: You could hit 80 in a small parking lot AND stop
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You could hit 80 in a small parking lot AND stop
Now THAT is FUN!
To veer back to 2deafs thread, the internet thinks Yammie took that frame and stuffed a V4 in there and that's why mine feels like a tank on gravel in the corners.
It's no dumber than my brother using one of those Vega kits in the 70's where you could drop in a Vette motor.
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It's no dumber than my
My ex's uncle put a built up chevy 350 in his Quad :think1:
He'd hit like 110 in the fields, set them on fire more than once. He's the kinda guy that inspired the Darwin awards :icon_biggrin:
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Haha! Back when we used to drag race a guy put a 392 Hemi in a 72 dodge colt with a Doug Nash 5 speed. It would pull the wheels in every gear but 5th. It never ran within 2 seconds on any pass and was sideways many times being 3ft wide and 6ft long... Never understood the attraction because he was always out in the first round of ET but was fun to watch!
Jim
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Never understood the attraction
was fun to watch!
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For some, that's enough
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anyone notice targeted adds in the banner for remanufactured motors since this thread started :think1:
I want whatever George was smoking in '39 when he "seen the future" and wrote about it :icon_biggrin:
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> anyone notice targeted adds in the banner for remanufactured motors since this thread started
The ad-servers look at the page which called the ad and try to guess a best-fit.
Obviously folks who drive 289 Hemi Quad V4s(!) sideways down the track may be in need of rebuilds.
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Shooter
Is that yamadog about a '71-'72 model? I remember I had all the dealer pics stuck up on my wall. I was a dirt bike guy but also had the street bikes up as well. Man, brings back memories. There was a special one-off annual magazine published by Cycle magazine (I think?) called MiniBike yearbook. Everyone but me in the neighborhood had mini enduros or Honda 70s as I was the poor kid. I pulled the fenders off my bicycle and was mountain biking before that was a thing as that's all I had to be able to hang out. Then I bought a lawnmower engine style mini bike that was trashed and the engine had it's rod hanging out of the front of the case. The Minibike yearbook detailed an engine rebuild with how to add aluminum con rod, cam, piston, and carb - and get rid of that silly governor! That was a cool project that my dad and I did together and I will never forget the time we spent together. According to the article and parts manufacturers, my little 3.5HP Tecumseh was now a fire breathing 11HP. I was blowing past the mini enduros using every fiber in my body to keep it going straight with those tiny wheels and just springs on the front forks. I guess I was kind of like that guy in the Dodge Colt! The yearbook also had an article about a couple of dads who took their sons on a Baja ride from top to bottom and back. This was before the real roads and cartels and was still relatively safe. I thought that was the coolest thing EVER! I just could not understand why my dad didn't agree..... That was also about the time I sold everything and got serious about guitar playing and accumulating gear.
Jim old guy reminiscing yet again...
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IIRC it was '80-84. Crach-rockets just started coming out. I just loved jumpin on and riding after a killer day/night/week of work. I was living in Ft Wayne so my cruising area was Amish-country, dodging road-apples :icon_biggrin:
I was the poor kid.
same, all the cool kids had store-bought, shiny minibikes. My Dad found an old frame, I scrounged an 8hp, saved up my paperboy, lawn mowing money got all the pieces, removed Gov'nr and just smoked all the cool kids in my Ghetto-mini, sounds like we might be brothers from another poor farm town :laugh: