Post by: BULLBLASTER on January 31, 2015, 09:44:36 PM
factory ac 350 car. Doesnt currently have ac and not original 350. But still aL48. It runs amd drives great! End goal is a LS1 with a manual 6 speed!
Post by: wadu1 on January 31, 2015, 09:48:43 PM
Post by: DRENALINJUNKIE on January 31, 2015, 09:51:49 PM
Post by: romaknows on January 31, 2015, 09:53:13 PM
Post by: BULLBLASTER on January 31, 2015, 09:55:23 PM
Who needs AC 60+ with the windows down, :chuckle: :chuckle:. Nice ride, I wish I had the $$ for a big boy toy.thanks! Ac will wait till the ls swap. But i am going to at least make the fan work. :chuckle: got a lot of weird looks driving this around spokane yesterday in the deicer :IBCOOL: but then took it to the shop and washed it up. Excited for better weather! Ive been waiting and wanting a project driver for a few years! Fially the stars aligned and it happened.
Now i wont spend every penny on hunti g gear!
Interior is nice with bench seats also!
Post by: BULLBLASTER on January 31, 2015, 09:59:41 PM
Nice! Lq4 with a hairdryer and a 6 speed would be hard to beat.you sound exactly like my cousin and uncle (experts who helped me buy)! :hello: id love a couple hair dryers but most likely a stroker ls is all itll be. :sry:
My "shovel" came with a posi 12 bolt rear... so hopefully this year ill do all disc brakes to replace the drums.
Post by: jasnt on January 31, 2015, 10:06:20 PM
Post by: actionshooter on January 31, 2015, 10:12:58 PM
Post by: jackelope on January 31, 2015, 10:15:18 PM
Sweet ride! Love that car. My uncle has a 69 SS factory BB 496. Congrats!
396?
Nice car. Have fun with that.
Post by: DRENALINJUNKIE on January 31, 2015, 10:16:38 PM
Post by: huntnphool on January 31, 2015, 10:21:21 PM
Post by: BULLBLASTER on January 31, 2015, 10:21:35 PM
Ha ha my bad thanks for pointing it out. Yes 396my mom cant wait to drive it! She had an ss 396 in college... she said she wants to go back to when life was fun! :chuckle: shes very jelous!
Post by: follow maggie on January 31, 2015, 11:01:10 PM
Post by: viva_che1363 on January 31, 2015, 11:01:42 PM
Post by: ELKBURGER on February 01, 2015, 07:33:16 AM
Post by: MtnMuley on February 01, 2015, 09:48:01 AM
Post by: runningboard on February 01, 2015, 09:55:05 AM
curious though, is that your shop? or the place you got it from? wondering what that is behind it under the tarp? the cross between piss yellow and puke green :chuckle:
Post by: BULLBLASTER on February 01, 2015, 10:07:07 AM
beautiful looking ride! :tup:not my shop. That is my uncles hot rod shop. I just get to take up some space there! :chuckle: The one under the cover is a neon yellow hotrod... 36 chevy...
curious though, is that your shop? or the place you got it from? wondering what that is behind it under the tarp? the cross between piss yellow and puke green :chuckle:
The shop is called SMC customs inc. They have a facebook. Lots of really cool projects! Check them out.
Post by: BULLBLASTER on February 10, 2015, 07:29:09 PM
Post by: ELKBURGER on February 10, 2015, 09:04:13 PM
Post by: b23 on February 10, 2015, 10:46:26 PM
Post by: kodiak 907 on February 11, 2015, 06:15:54 AM
Post by: BULLBLASTER on February 11, 2015, 07:46:31 AM
I'm not a car guy, but that is a sweet ride. Did you get it from a classic dealer? Do they sell older Chevy trucks?i bought it from a private party.
Post by: Woodchuck on February 11, 2015, 07:52:38 AM
Post by: BULLBLASTER on February 11, 2015, 08:52:31 AM
Nice ride man. :tup: Screaming for a 408 stroker LS6 8)been thinkin of that too! Whatever i end up with itll be a while. Need to pay for the car and save some pennies.. :chuckle:
Post by: DRobnsn on February 11, 2015, 09:52:30 AM
Nice ride BTW!! I'm jealous all of mine are still torn apart in the shop :'(
Post by: 724wd on February 11, 2015, 04:24:15 PM
Post by: runamuk on February 11, 2015, 04:36:31 PM
Lucky dog.....
Post by: Skillet on February 11, 2015, 04:43:56 PM
I never had any of my many muscle cars so I could get dudes to ride around with me :chuckle:
Post by: 724wd on February 11, 2015, 04:56:36 PM
Post by: Spawnstar on February 12, 2015, 04:29:11 PM
Post by: runamuk on February 12, 2015, 04:35:09 PM
Then you're the girl we always buy these cars for!!
I never had any of my many muscle cars so I could get dudes to ride around with me :chuckle:
But you gonna let me get greasy and help work on it? Cuz be decorative is boring and I am way beyond my prime decorative days anyway.
Post by: coachcw on February 13, 2015, 08:24:36 PM
Post by: huntnphool on February 15, 2015, 07:31:23 PM
Sweet ride, I'm putting a 383 dual quad stroker in my buddy's 55 right now.
That's not the same 55 that's been sitting on that lift for 3 years now is it? :chuckle:
Post by: BULLBLASTER on February 15, 2015, 07:54:28 PM
:tung: that's why I wanted a driver already... Didn't want a never driving awesome car... :chuckle: new shoes should be here end of the week!Sweet ride, I'm putting a 383 dual quad stroker in my buddy's 55 right now.
That's not the same 55 that's been sitting on that lift for 3 years now is it? :chuckle:
Post by: b23 on February 16, 2015, 06:29:09 PM
Post by: coachcw on February 16, 2015, 06:34:56 PM
no just a year ! It's a buddy dealSweet ride, I'm putting a 383 dual quad stroker in my buddy's 55 right now.
That's not the same 55 that's been sitting on that lift for 3 years now is it? :chuckle:
Post by: BULLBLASTER on March 02, 2015, 06:25:47 PM
Ive actually been thinking of doin a small nitrous set up because my cousin said i could use all his stuff. (He has a twin turbo fox body mustang that is a consistent 8.1 car. Been 7s) and doesnt use the bottle anymore. Gonna do a stereo soon. Then big wilwood disc brakes this winter.
Post by: DRobnsn on March 03, 2015, 12:44:43 PM
Post by: BULLBLASTER on March 03, 2015, 01:00:42 PM
Post by: runamuk on March 03, 2015, 01:12:45 PM
still sitting over here drooling....cargasm
Post by: DRobnsn on March 03, 2015, 01:34:54 PM
I think it would use the carbs supply. He said all id need to buy is a plate that goes under the carb and a full throttle switch. I dont know much about nitrous.
Are you running a stock style mechanical fuel pump?
Post by: Skillet on March 03, 2015, 01:35:22 PM
I think it would use the carbs supply. He said all id need to buy is a plate that goes under the carb and a full throttle switch. I dont know much about nitrous.
Depends on how much power you want to put to it. Assuming you have an engine-mounted mechanical fuel pump that flows good GPM and maintains 5-6 psi at extended full throttle application, you should be fine for to to 100 HP or so. If the pump pressure drops off below 5 psi after a few seconds during a full throttle run (which means the carb fuel bowls are draining at a faster rate than the pump is supplying them), you should consider adding a dedicated electric pump feeding the nitrous solenoid. If you run lean while pushing nitrous to the engine... the oxygen provided by the NO2 will find something to burn instead of gasoline. Like a piston crown. Whoever you buy the plate (and jets) from will give you the low down on this if you ask.
Post by: BULLBLASTER on March 03, 2015, 01:40:59 PM
Post by: BULLBLASTER on March 03, 2015, 01:44:12 PM
Post by: Skillet on March 03, 2015, 01:52:14 PM
The plates typically come with jets you can change out. Never known anybody to stick with the smallest jets forever... if you're going to go to all the work of rigging up a nitrous system, I'd bet you'll be upgrading jets at some point "just to see what XXX horsepower feels like" :chuckle:
Cousin is probably right, I've seen 150 HP plate systems on 270hp cast piston 350 chev's work just fine if you retard the timing. I've also seen it go really wrong, though... we ran the 1/4 in a 1965 Chevelle at Spokane Raceway Park for a few years. Never ran it on the bottle, but several racing buddies did. Fun stuff, and I was tempted, but money was tight back then and there was the beer bill to account for.
Post by: DRobnsn on March 03, 2015, 02:15:46 PM
My cousin tells me "that thing will eat a lot of juice and not break!" :chuckle: my cousin does like to break things tho... but he also likes to go fast. :yike:
Your cousin and Skillet are both in line with what I was going to say. Save the 150 tune up as your "BIG" tune up, be conservative with timing all while checking fuel flow and fuel pressures routinely and it will be fine for quite sometime.
Keep in mind different plate's require different fuel pressures depending on how they are built and jetted. The plate I have requires higher pressures than others so a stock pump running the carb and nitrous wouldn't cut it. I will be running 2 separate fuel systems on my (new to me) car. One system to the carb and one system to the nitrous with everything for the nitrous side mounted under the hood with a small fuel cell. I will be running this on a hypereutectic piston, stock rod, stock crank, stock block 388 cu inch sbc that has had its fair share of nitrous hits already.
Post by: Skillet on March 03, 2015, 03:21:45 PM
Bullblaster - It's hard to be too safe on the fuel side. It only takes a split second of lean condition during a nitrous shot to do some expensive damage. Since you're replacing fuel lines anyway, maybe think about up-sizing them and either get a robust aftermarket mechanical pump or go electric. Either will work for whatever motor you end up building later. If you're going to get serious with the nitrous later, you're going to need to go electric with a regulator anyway.
Post by: DRobnsn on March 03, 2015, 03:52:23 PM
Sounds like you got a great setup there DRobnsn. :tup: What's that mill pushing?
Bullblaster - It's hard to be too safe on the fuel side. It only takes a split second of lean condition during a nitrous shot to do some expensive damage. Since you're replacing fuel lines anyway, maybe think about up-sizing them and either get a robust aftermarket mechanical pump or go electric. Either will work for whatever motor you end up building later. If you're going to get serious with the nitrous later, you're going to need to go electric with a regulator anyway.
Its pretty amazing its held together with what its been through. A friend and I assembled it and we've always said if it ever blows it'll have to be hung on the wall :chuckle:
I've never had it on a dyno and of course all my time slips are so aged its impossible to read them since I haven't ran it in 2 years (hope to change that this year). Last time I was out I had a well known local engine builder, Darrin from Britco take a ride with me down the 8th mile at Toutle when we returned from a motor pass he said he had no doubt it made 550plus flywheel without spray.
That same Engine/car combo (69 camaro) with a solid lift cam, vic.jr intake and a manual trans went 129 mph in the 1/4 with a rich 100hp tune up.
Engine now has a fairly large solid roller a super victor intake and a th350 instead of the manual. I'm hoping it will run somewhere in the mid to high 6s at Toutle in the 1/8th this summer in a 80 Malibu.
Post by: BULLBLASTER on March 03, 2015, 04:08:36 PM
Post by: BULLBLASTER on March 03, 2015, 04:09:33 PM
Post by: Skillet on March 03, 2015, 04:18:36 PM
Skillet and drobnsn you should post up some pics of your rides! I wont mind the threadjack.
I'd have to dig out and scan the old 5x7's into the computer machine, and then photoshop my hippie hair out of it before I could post one of those on here. :chuckle:
Maybe DRobnsn has some good car pics ready to go.
Keep us posted on what you decide to do with your ride. I dig those A bodies and like to see them out and about. :tup:
Post by: DRobnsn on March 03, 2015, 04:31:15 PM
I'll have to scan some as well :chuckle: fortunately I don't have to worry about the hippie hair :chuckle:
I'll see what I can dig up.
Post by: BULLBLASTER on March 19, 2015, 07:57:40 PM
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Post by: CAMPMEAT on April 20, 2015, 01:33:22 PM
Post by: BULLBLASTER on April 20, 2015, 01:44:27 PM
Post by: CAMPMEAT on April 20, 2015, 01:48:16 PM
I would gladly pay full sticker price for a brand new one today! But i had to spend 3x new price for a old one that leaks oil everywhere! :chuckle:
My buddy in high school had a 1963 (? on the year ) Vette with factory side pipes, 427 I think, and he paid $1200 for it used. It was 100% stock. $80-90000 now ?
Post by: WapitiTalk1 on April 20, 2015, 02:19:28 PM
http://www.biscaysclassic.com/
Post by: BULLBLASTER on April 20, 2015, 02:38:28 PM
Thanks!
Post by: BULLBLASTER on April 24, 2015, 10:00:24 AM