Recent content by Oldiron440

I've always had headers as my first modification to my new project because evey mod after will be enhanced buy the headers but here is another reason it should be headers first. I had forgotten the ads for headers in the seventies pushing gas mileage, but they did...

Through them in the campfire...

There was a guy down my street when I was about 16 who had a Nova, 4 speed and a hole in his hood from a damper letting go...

Never pay with family and friends, you have no recourse to get your money back.

From the cheap tricks bag, the first years racing the Volare I cut the spring straps off the rear of the springs and clamped the front. I also fabricated traction bars that used the lower spring/shock mount, the bars were long enough to hit the front spring eye. With only 500 hp it would pull...

Basic compression test plug the egr valve.

I've always had two sets of pipes for my project cars, one set of turbo mufflers with turn downs and a set of race bullets with turn downs. It's nice to have a choice depending on what you're going to do with the car.

I'm curious what you have for a converter? They have a large part to do with the 60' times.

My above post should say leave the rear sway bar on the car... A sway bar is a large part of a drag car rear suspension. New aftermarket bars are available these help the front come up level, so Bud please quit saying saw bars on a dragcar are useless because it's not true.

The best mental notes for disassembly are photos on your smartphone...

As long as you don't get under the car...

No that's what the nitrous is for, give it a few hits an that turbo spools right up.

The you need a cam that peeks around 6200 rpm, 250° duration @ 50 will get you in the ballpark, I stand with the 4500 stall converter...

Better fill it with rock block...

Nice ride, the k car saved Chysler from doom.