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    I'm Gonna Build A Dragster!

    Ford Autolite CFM by venturi diameter @ 3"Hg. 0.98 = 190 CFM 1.01 = 240 CFM 1.02 = 245 CFM 1.08 = 287 CFM 1.14 = 300 CFM 1.21 = 351 CFM 1.23 = 356 CFM 1.33 = 424 CFM Remember that four barrels are flowed at 1.5 "hg. So these flow numbers do not equate to 4V flow. To convert divide...
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    Need a posi?

    Look into locker kits for open diffs (won't work in posi carriers) some times called lunch box lockers, super easy installation. mines a Auburn Gear brand. I installed one in my DD 2001 Blazer 7.5" rear diff. take off rear cover, remove side gears and diff gears, put in locker, install cover...
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    Time to dump the Holley

    The Holley carbs with the one piece "liftoff" tops aren't a copy of the 4100 ford autolite carbs, it was a Marine application, to pass inspections that the standard float bowl Holley's would fail. the old days of Holley's being "leakers" is long gone, properly cleaned and assembled with the...
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    just some fun pix

    amen brother!!
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    just some fun pix

    What is old is now new! it was J Walter Christy's 1905 Vanderbilt Cup entry. it was powered by a 20L (1214ci) v4 transverse engine FWD, and incorporates telescoping U-joints to allow for steering. the dual RF tires were needed to take the extremes loads encountered on CCW oval racing. He...
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    Kool Car Photos!

    but they do make 6 to 5 lug wheel adapters.
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    just some fun pix

    zip codes didn't exist in the 50's. has to be from late 60's (67-70).
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    Headlight experts

    tiltray 9-1/2" headlight as used on 1929-30 chevy trucks
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    just some fun pix

    the building being worked on is the new in 1949 UN building, that's why the lack of safety equipment, they were a bunch of "throw-away" immigrants
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    straight 8 flatheads

    looks like an F head to me the exhaust exits out the top of the cylinder head, and the spark plugs are in the side of the head. STILL, damn cool!!!
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    Sam Fear Award

    atta boy Sam!!!
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    322 with a '57 chev 3 spd. ?

    the 57 chevy 3 speed was one of the worst 3 speeds ever, find a aluminum cased 3 speed with od that was used in some jeeps and f150's in the 70's and ealy 80's. it's a top loader with an old timey looking shifter, and shifts like butter, AND HAS OVER DRIVE. and it should bolt up to the buick...
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    figuring gallons in a fuel tank, help please

    figure for cubic inches and divide by 231, your example is about 24.5 us gallons. the round ends would require more math than my brain can survive. there's a little Buick in every US gallon, get it? 231ci.
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    Quick computer question.

    look at Dell Insperion laptop, with an i5 intel, 8gb ram and a 500gb harddrive, should be able to find one in the $275- $350 range. stay away from tablets and note books, merely big phones like OI said, they have no upgrade-ability.
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    Little Sleeper....sort of...

    i am impressed!! GOOD GOLLY, THAT'S SOME BAD A$$ MOLD AND MILDEW!!!!
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    Power rack

    I think you mean IFS? look at a power steering rack from a 88-93 cavalier they have tie rods mounting in the center of rack and mount on each end to the bottom of your frame. there a couple of web sites that show you how to set it up, including drawings of the brackets
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    The Axman store

    Holy Crap!!! forgot all about those places, used to go there almost monthly, haven't been there in many years. Mostly faded memories of piles of weird stuff.
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    New projects

    DIG the long roof!! hose it down, Armorall the plastic interior, and drive the S____t out of it. Too bad somebody ruined the "wood" vinyl sides with car wax, should have used "Mop-n-Glow" vinyl floor wax instead, it would still look like brand new.
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    just some fun pix

    I almost bought a brand new 1970 Z28 that had a sale price sticker of $2999.99, in the spring of 1970. Didn't buy it as I thought the price drop a bunch when it got to be 2 years old, BOY was I a dope!!
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    Mini Muscle Car

    is it to keep you from falling out of the seat on sharp left turns?
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