Re: Its Mine the World Famous 67 Dragtruck
 

It looks twisted and may be some what , but more than anything it is the axles natural rotation under power . The driverside tire is drivin into the ground and the passengerside tire is being lifted as the pinion is forced to rotate . Anti sway gets rid of most of this .

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What size cowl hood do you have on there? It is an awesome truck btw.

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I think its about 3 or so inches but I have never measured it. I can't wait to get it back running.

Re: drag truck update with pics
 

DJ; did you buy some ear plugs for the neighbors, that's great it started up,, wow,,I've been reading all that you've done and I'm very impressed with all the work you've done,, great job there,:Chevy: I'm working on a restore of my own, and almost ready to start it up,, just a few more wires and it should be ready, thanks for all the pictures on your work, looking good and awesome engine you have in it. mine is mostly going to be my daily driver, I've had it to long to part with it so I'm restoring it .

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FINALLY.......

It's going in the truck this weekend. Truck is butt ugly but should drive
by next week.

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trying not to notice the carb spacer,what looks to be a double pumper and the Single plain intake then maybe just maybe you would think it was a stock small block with a Pretty Carb!

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Sharp eyes.

I'm changing to stock valve covers and a Q-Jet.The single plane has
to stay.

Re: drag truck update with pics
 

That quote must have been from a really old post. Mine is not together but I do have most of the parts.

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DJ, I'll be in Tallassee soon enroute Mobile. Need to stop by and get some education. Congrats on the ride:chevy:

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cool how long you gonna be in town. I'm at the beach till late Monday.
WATCHING IT RAIN!
Kevin

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I hope to have the new motor done in a couple or three weeks. Cross your fingers for me.

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Hope to see you up and runnin' soon. Sorry to hear about the Carnage.


Jay

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cgav8tor,

Are you headed to ATC and if so, which branch are you headed to?

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dj what times are you looking for im thinking mid to low 8s

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That should be close. I hope the new motor is almost as fast as the old one without the bottle!

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Here's a little block porn.

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Kevin thanks for the pron shots, clean block, now we need to see it run faster, 8's would be awesome time. :devil:, take your time putting it back together and watch it start up by it self,,lol lol . started up my ole/ new truck, sounds real cool for an ole fart like me, it's what I've been wanting to hear for the last year and a half. all the Chevy sounds came out of the tail pipes.:metal: I'm a happy trucker now . going to post some pics soon. got me a new camera, now i need to read the destruction's and figure how to push the button? lol

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8's should be a breeze! I hope it gets real close off the bottle.

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A Little more engine porn.

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:metal: OK Kevin, keep this one in the truck, please not on the track, good luck as always with this motor,,looks awesome and huge :c2::c2: more engine pron,,,ole guys like this kind of stuff lol, lol.

good morning from the bowels of the Mojave desert at 0545 am.
larry

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The old one lasted 12 yrs. I could only hope to get 12yrs out of this one!

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I'm up again Kevin, OK, lets keep this engine longer , looks big and it'll be something ,,like powerful huh,, i was raised on a ranch, and the fastest i ever went was on a tractor , plowing up the fields, love these ole trucks though, "I've had mine since way before time began" LOL
the engine is looking good,, build it good.

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Its a 548 with 13.5 to 1 compression, Aluminum rods and bb3 extra Brodix Heads. Still trying to figure out what to run for nitrous!

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id say 500 or so :devil:
BTW what kind of block is that

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Its a bowtie short deck block.