Skid Mark - how fast for 5k?

[Beagle]

I guess we'll find out? The guys I knew "back when" 60ft'd better on slicks. Things have probably changed. Everything else has. It's got room for 325-50x15's I think. There's a 295-55x16 MT which is like a 28x12.50, may be too much. It's got a bit of wheel well. I'm considering running it on the DR's and not worrying about a trailer. The other side says take a trailer, 28" or 26" and something about 10.5 or 9.5 wide in a slick, carry a spare trans... I found another for 200.00 with the 200 Inliner attached (always wanted a 7k rpm 7 main bearing six cylinder). That's down the road.

I need about a 30" tire on it to keep it from singing on the highway with no O/D. I have a pair of 275/60x17's from the Lightning, they're about 30". Decent shape, I'd run them. I can find Mustang 17" rims cheap enough, this is a 5x4.75 pattern, I may borrow some rims for a temp solution.

Then again, I'm thinking about putting a 5000 btu window unit A/C in the trailer and a generator, then running the A/C on the road trips if it's too hot. I'm a wiener and there doesn't seem to be anything against that. I know, it's not "spirit" of drag week, but neither is a stroke. September is a crapshoot down here.

Taking this junk out in one piece is kind of a pain. I hope the buyer appreciates it. I'm back on the sell it program for the AOD/5.0 ...

[BBR]

It's 5 on 4.5!!!!!! Not a chevy pattern!!!

[Beagle]

It's 5 on 4.5!!!!!! Not a chevy pattern!!!

oooops! Thanks!

Drunk typing... thankfully I wasn't working on anything at the time. I'll borrow a pair of 17's off my Mustang is what I was trying to say. I think the MN12 stuff was a 4.25 bolt circle and I was thinking these were a .250 bigger bolt circle. Maybe that's what I was thinking. Who knows... but yeah, I know that. lol.

I'm guessing I should grab one of the L's tires and see if it will fit in the wheel well. Even at 30" this thing will be turning 3000 RPM at 75. Ouch. I'll definitely be one of the slow guys on the road, I can't see more than 200 miles between fillups. Still, for 3 grand, I can buy a LOT of gas.

I know I shouldn't be doing math, but at 5.00 a gallon, if it was 25% better mileage, it would take 25,000 miles to pay for an o/d @ 3000.00

8 mpg v. 10 , and 25% is fairly generous.

[Beagle]

Driver lost 7 pounds last week. Maybe in blood... stooopid body bolts. I don't remember my Fox Mustang having a big brace between the trans/engine that runs from one side of the k-member to the other. Do you guys know if that's typical? Looks like the kind of thing they would do on a 'vert to try to tighten the car up. I can't really get a good pic, I took it off and nothing appeared to be under a load. I guess I'll put it back later, just wondering about it.

It's been trying to rain all morning, I'm hesitant to crawl under grease-pit-kitty-killer. Man, I sure would like a rotisserie about now. The trans has been leaking for some time, as has the rack. There's oily nasty sand everywhere. Everytime I touch it, the junk heads right for my eyes. You'd think after 40 years of working on crap I'd get the hint to wear safety glasses... or even the mechanics gloves laying on my workbench.

I found some 16" pony wheels from a '99 Mustang for 100.00 / four. They look a ton lighter, I'm tossing around the idea at the moment. Soft 8's with crome trim rings might look appropriately redneck as well. One of the turbines on the car has some gouges in it, maybe they can fix that for cheap. Item 794 on my "running around in the back of my head" list.

[Bob Holmes]

That is a brace to stiffen up the cowl/k-member. I don't recall them coming stock, but who knows?

Roll that dude out, put it on jackstands and hit it with a pressure washer. I hate working on that gritty, oily greasy crap.

[Mater]

hmm from working at the dealer only remeber seeing them on the lincolns and the convert stangs to help them ride better then the mustangs and t-birds

[milner351]

Before Matt and I got the falcon off the trailer I spent a few bucks at the car wash to defunkify the car... and there's still plenty of funk.

some simple green, left to soak, then the power washer should go a long way to making it less hazardous to work under this thing.

I'm going to pick up a needle de-scaler one of these days to help chip off the undercoating underneath the falcon - heat gun and putty knife work, but not quickly.

[STINEY]

Try wiping the majority of it off with a different cat.

Persians or Himilayans work nicely......but any will do in a pinch. Just change cats often for best results.

[Beagle]

There is a neighbor cat... and I thought about it. Frozen cat makes a fine toilet scrubber. But... after seeing the lady that owns the cat, I can't do it. She's, well, she walks the damn cat. The cat loves her. She's kinda special, if you get me. I would not intentionally cause her any kitty problems.

The other f*ing thing in my back yard? Probably needs to be power washed. Too bad the car won't scrape frame any more.

I'm finally (only 3.5 weeks late) ready to pull the 302/aod in one reasonably unmolested piece. At least the engine harness survived my drunken die grinder/wire cutter bit.

[bishir]

I'm going to pick up a needle de-scaler one of these days to help chip off the undercoating underneath the falcon - heat gun and putty knife work, but not quickly.

Whoa, I didn't even know there was such a thing as a "needle descaler." Sweet!

http://www.cleanvideosearch.com/media/action/yt/watch?videoId=Xha4xY-dMrQ

[Beagle]

this car was originally planned to be a 2500.00 budget and it would have been close. It could have made it. You guys ragging me over the pathetic truck motor compression... which I had planned on correcting with an HX55 clone .75 kg/s turbo. Well, I'm running out of time to go that route and I can't sleep at night now.




1700.00 for a set of heads. Probably an instant 100 hp or more. Bastids! It could still get in under 5000.00 with these. They are keeping me up at night. 72 cc , aluminum (probably 70 pounds saved), good chamber, I'm coming up with 10.68:1 with zero deck. Of course, that means new cam, and I'm thinking small solid, like a comp 282.

M6049SCJA

http://bfevansraceparts.com/FordRacing.aspx

BBR - is that Lem or Charlie Evans?

Cam - http://www.summitracing.com/parts/CRN-354561/ for a hydraulic, sims out about the same as the Comp solid. I'm leaning towards the solid, I think it will actually idle better.

/and a bigger converter and more carb and porting the intake and rocker arms and pushrods and 3.73's and now it needs an o/d and ... gawd. Thanks. Really. lmao.

[Russell]

Lol you should have left the 302 in it added slicks and a 200 shot! I see you have fallen off the slipper slope

[SuperBuickGuy]

snicker, project creep

why not ditch the entire frame and go with a tube chassis? maybe 25.3 cert?

[Beagle]

I'd really like to get into what I think of as a "jacket class" and while I would never expect to place, I'd like to at least be able to taunt Randal or James. lol.

BBR's 122mph trap speed is haunting me. The AOD behind the 302 would barf on a 50hp hit, a C4 would need to be built. It'd need all of this head and still maybe Naaawwwss, both Randal and James have sexy aluminum heads. I'll be like the little kid trying to tag along but riding a Schwinn Stingray with chrome fenders, when everyone else has Mongeese!

focus... must stay focused. Bastids... Iceholes. lmao@self.

[Bob Holmes]