Frame of it will probably be 1/2” thick, maybe 5/8”I’ll probably build it out of 3/16” or 1/4” steel, heavy as hell.
Frame of it will probably be 1/2” thick, maybe 5/8”I’ll probably build it out of 3/16” or 1/4” steel, heavy as hell.
This all sounded pretty cool until I got to the part about the shag carpet. I've never liked that stuff as far as I can rememeber.I am sure the Greatest Generation and their kids said that about us when we put wide tires on our Novas and Mustangs and then had to get air shocks to raise the back for clearance and then deal with screwed up front end alignment...then air fresheners and fuzzy dice and d i n g l e b e r r i e s hanging from the headliner...shag carpet on the dash... chrome 'feet' brake and gas pedals...Hurst shifter grips...chrome tips on the duals...aluminum sidepipe covers...
You get the idea...
crap....I overextended myself....somehow, sometimes...I just go a little too far...This all sounded pretty cool until I got to the part about the shag carpet. I've never liked that stuff as far as I can rememeber.
Everything else sounded pretty spot on. I didn't have the money to do any of that stuff or a car worthy of doing it to, but BOY did I want to anyway!.what do you remember that you might have been tempted to do in your youth that would have had your elders shaking their heads and wondering where they went wrong...??
I'll have to look through my 'memories' pile and see if I can rustle up a pair of yellow Lakewoods...I had forgotten about that...I went and put on a pair of 'Mr. Gasket' slapper bars on my car...but it was never run with them...got busy with other stuff and never put it back together again after having the firewall repaired from a clutch explosion...traction bars were considered cool to have whether or not you needed them.
Is that for running moonshine....? or to cut down on mosquitoes...? or to act like James Bond..? It sounds cool but I would hate to be behind you...The Spy Museum in D.C. has a James Bond car display with a pop-up piece of armament... might have a smoke screen thing on the back, as well...install a smoke screen in your car or truck.
I worked for a guy that had a couple of transmission shops ( not with us any longer...cancer...) and he showed me some pics of a Ford F-100...1965...that he had put a 460 and C-6 combo in and ran it at the track...I believe he had run a 4.11 gear...in the 9-inch rear...it was pretty stout from the looks of it...I didn't have the money to do any of that stuff or a car worthy of doing it to,
For me, it was mostly to be obnoxious. It was fun to pull up to a stop sign with a friend behind me and smoke out the intersection so that they'd have to sit there until the smoke cleared. Especially at night.Is that for running moonshine....? or to cut down on mosquitoes...? or to act like James Bond..?
You know, it did work good for a couple of tailgaters. In those days, I was living about 120 miles away from home and going back to visit often on the weekends. I was young and dumb enough to not wan to to leave and go back to where I was living on Sunday so I'd get up[ extra early on Monday morning and drive back into work from where I grew up. I traveled two different routes and both of those had one particular driver who was out at the same time as I was. The kind that would be driving about 5 MPG faster than I was, but would rather try to climb into my trunk than to pass me. They would do that for miles. Both of them gave up that habit pretty quickly after a healthy smokes how out of my exhaust.It sounds cool but I would hate to be behind you...
I have dealt with some of those. I have a setup on my 99 f350. When I bought the used flatbed for it there weren't any tail lights in it, so I decided since I had to buy all of them that I would go straight to all led. It was already cutout for 3 5" round grommet mount lights on each side, the 2 stage red lights were easy to source locally. The clear led in that size turned out to be quite elusive. After several weeks of searching locally I had my wife order a couple off Amazon.The kind that would be driving about 5 MPG faster than I was, but would rather try to climb into my trunk than to pass me. They would do that for miles.
I do this with my DodgeI have dealt with some of those. I have a setup on my 99 f350. When I bought the used flatbed for it there weren't any tail lights in it, so I decided since I had to buy all of them that I would go straight to all led. It was already cutout for 3 5" round grommet mount lights on each side, the 2 stage red lights were easy to source locally. The clear led in that size turned out to be quite elusive. After several weeks of searching locally I had my wife order a couple off Amazon.
When I went to install them I realized they were a 2 stage just like the tail lights, so I hooked up the low stage for normal backup light function. Then I installed a switch to activate the second stage.
It is amazing how fast a vehicle will slam on the brakes when their riding your *** at highway speeds and the reverse lights come on.
James
Yes. They're not needed for the VAST majority of us. As in probably 99%+ of us.Main girdle and studs are entirely unnecessary for my low power levels I assume?
I don't know if any of the up pipes are very big. It's part of the turbocharging theory. Technically, the exhaust in up pipes is still "under pressure". It's still being "pushed" by the engine. The smaller diameter up pipes creates faster flow into the turbo and that's what spools up the turbo, giving you boost. Bigger up pipes will make a turbo spool up slower and, quite possibly, give you less boost overall. Maybe, if you had an engine that was putting out insane amounts of power, bigger up pipes would give more boost.I understand that Hypermax up pipes are not very big,
Basically, yes.Just cut off the 3” from the flange, grind out, and weld 3.5” on?
For me, it was mostly to be obnoxious. It was fun to pull up to a stop sign with a friend behind me and smoke out the intersection so that they'd have to sit there until the smoke cleared. Especially at night.
You know, it did work good for a couple of tailgaters. In those days, I was living about 120 miles away from home and going back to visit often on the weekends. I was young and dumb enough to not wan to to leave and go back to where I was living on Sunday so I'd get up[ extra early on Monday morning and drive back into work from where I grew up. I traveled two different routes and both of those had one particular driver who was out at the same time as I was. The kind that would be driving about 5 MPG faster than I was, but would rather try to climb into my trunk than to pass me. They would do that for miles. Both of them gave up that habit pretty quickly after a healthy smokes how out of my exhaust.