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These are all i have for now more later

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1978 pro street step/side 455Buick, 4sp,4.11s, 31/18.5s

Looked in my new Jeg's cat. are you setting down? MSD front drive dist. part num. 121-8510 $493.99 Oil pump drive part num. 121-8513 $111.99 add wires and misc. and it adds up fast. Or crank trigger$267.99 and a dist. with crab cap$202.99 ( low profile) Hope this is some help.

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1978 pro street step/side 455Buick, 4sp,4.11s, 31/18.5s

Cut some more out of the firewall, cut some more out of the bed so there's room for the tires to flex at speed, and stared and planned for a while



Threw the headers I built for the 'yota on it for shits and giggles. Actually fit pretty well.....as long as you don't mind the headers in the interior









Here's a shot to give ya an idea of how far the motor is set back. I swear that notch for the hood latch was really made for a double pumper Hopefully the airgap intake doesn't move it back any...





And another just to show how tiny it is






One more. Almost tucks the 15's in front with the torsion bars at factory height

OUCH . I'm gonna make room for the stock dizzy to run on the 327 then decide if I want to go with a cranktrigger and the flat dizzy for the next motor

Been slowly but surely peicing it together. Mounted the fuel cell, pump, and filter. Cut a bunch of unneeded brackets and wutchamawoozits off to take some more weight off. Ordered a bunch of 1.75" .120 wall tubing so I can start bending up the cage for it. Bought a Tig welder and am learning to weld aluminum so it will get an aluminum interior/firewall instead of 20 gauge. Set the pinion angle, welded the perches on and backbraced the rear axle then added some paint to it. And no I didn't forget that I need to drill holes in the brace for the u-bolts


Here's a teaser. Will have more soon

just a heads up for you,most ppl that build cages for the strip use .134 wall tube so it passes tech after it's been bent for the cage

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72 luv v-8 owned since 16!
240" rear engine dragster
traded the circle track cars for a blown 496 chevy
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29 dodge 4 dr sedan (project)
84 ranger 2wd "tuff truck" with 350 sbc

Damn .095 is all that is required in a dirt tracker main halo......I think... its been awhile.

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Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy horsepower...and that's kind of the same thing...

I've seen dirt track cars with .083 and smaller(scary) but I know NHRA mandates .120 wall and most tracks have the means to sonic test for thickness that's why most people go with the .134 wall it's only a couple pounds (2-5 i can't remember) difference for a 20 ft stick anyway.You could run the .120 everywhere else other that the main hoop and halo and probably be ok,just better to be safe than sorry.

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72 luv v-8 owned since 16!
240" rear engine dragster
traded the circle track cars for a blown 496 chevy
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29 dodge 4 dr sedan (project)
84 ranger 2wd "tuff truck" with 350 sbc

2 words

Chrome moly

That is what my sprint cars are, dumb ass dwarf car people never let us use it, but they never tested either so maybe some did use it.

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Certified pilots, looking down on people since 1903.

Didn't even think about that. Thanks for the heads up

come on now luvrv8 , not everyone that runs dwarfs are dumb ass'! I used to run mods before i downsized,should see some of the crap equp. i have seen people build big cars with.



Whole lotta, your welcome!Keep the pics coming,it might finally motivate me to chop mine and get the mottor moved back!

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72 luv v-8 owned since 16!
240" rear engine dragster
traded the circle track cars for a blown 496 chevy
[color=#FF8000]
29 dodge 4 dr sedan (project)
84 ranger 2wd "tuff truck" with 350 sbc

I haven't done anything to this in forever as all my money has been going into this pig.





However, with racing season coming back and the fact that my old man got his Elcamino going, the "itch" has returned

I just ordered a competition engineering 4-link back half, and I'm going to be cracken on this thing to get her ready. I'm ditching the stepside bed due to tire clearance issues and will be running a bobbed fleetside

wow, both projects are very cool. Where in washington are you?

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2002 Lexus RX300
1998 Honda Accord
1977 Chevy Crew Cab Dually
1954 Ford F100
http://www.yvtruckclub.com/forum

I'm in Black Diamond. Pretty much splits the difference between Seattle and Tacoma

oh, cool. I have a buddy up in Enumclaw, not too far from you.

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2002 Lexus RX300
1998 Honda Accord
1977 Chevy Crew Cab Dually
1954 Ford F100
http://www.yvtruckclub.com/forum

Well this pour truck has been severely ignored. Other projects and a little fight with cancer have left this sitting buried in the corner for quite some time. Now that my cancer is gone, my old man is going to help me with finishing this thing so he has someone else to race with



Drug it out of the corner, started the cage, burned the fire wall out and started on a new one, mounted the cab, picked up a mustang 2 frontend to swap under it, did a competition engineering 4-link backhalf, and a couple small things.

Bummer on the big C. Gald you are recoving well. Nice to see the progress pics. Congrats!

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If you think no one cares, try missing a couple of payments...



FIAA!

SFPP!

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Life is a DRAG RACE!!!
I like my Luv WILD!!!

Sometimes too much to drink isn't enough!!
Kinky is using a feather. Perverted is using the whole chicken.
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Thanks guys, although for having cancer I was pretty lucky. It all went pretty smoothly once they figured out what was up. The sucky part is that being only 21, I'm supposed to be living like I'm never gonna die, not actually almost dying. Never smoked, parents didn't smoke either, never done drugs, barely ever drink, and I get diagnosed with lymphoma two months after turning 21 . It took them about a month to figure out why I was so sick and my back was in so much pain(I had a big tumor pushing on my spine, and two big ones in my neck, and scattered small ones). In that month I lost almost 30 pounds. I'm 6'3 and the day I left the hospital I weighed in at a mighty 138 pounds


After they finally diagnosed it and got the ball rolling on it I was in such bad shape they put me in a drug induced coma for three days to stabalize me. Then after waking up I spent another six days in the hospital. The breathing tube screwed up my vocal cords and I couldn't talk (could just barely whisper) for a month and a half. Once I was home though it was all uphill. I pretty much had to learn to walk again 'cause my legs lost all their strength(stairs were killer). But by the time I was halfway through my chemo treatments (total of 8 every two weeks apart) I was back out on my dirtbike and working on my trucks again. It's been almost two months since my last chemo and so far so good

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Life is a DRAG RACE!!!
I like my Luv WILD!!!

Sometimes too much to drink isn't enough!!
Kinky is using a feather. Perverted is using the whole chicken.
http://www.wildluvracing.com