There will never be another Harold "Grumpy" Jenkins.
I just finsihed reading a book about him, Grumpy's Toys, and would recommend it to anyone. He had much more influence on the sport than most of us realize.
Sad news, indeed.............
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- Thu Mar 29, 2012 8:22 pm
- Forum: General BS
- Topic: A Fallen Legend
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6325
- Thu Feb 16, 2012 10:29 am
- Forum: Engine
- Topic: Big Block Chevy Build
- Replies: 36
- Views: 40828
Re: Big Block Chevy Build
A 496 costs the same to build as a 468.
Do yourself a favor and avoid chinese junk parts.
Consider Ohio Crank Shaft; good stuff at good prices:
http://www.ohiocrank.com/enginespage1.html
Good luck and have fun with your project. Let us know how it's going.
Do yourself a favor and avoid chinese junk parts.
Consider Ohio Crank Shaft; good stuff at good prices:
http://www.ohiocrank.com/enginespage1.html
Good luck and have fun with your project. Let us know how it's going.
- Mon Feb 13, 2012 10:23 am
- Forum: Engine
- Topic: Question on oil.
- Replies: 14
- Views: 21197
Re: Question on oil.
want-a-be wrote:I've ran Valvoline since i was a kid,...sniff about 35 years now ,... and have had nothing but good luck with it. Man it sux getting old.
Don
Suck it up, Don! It beats the alternative!
- Wed Feb 08, 2012 10:03 am
- Forum: Engine
- Topic: Question on oil.
- Replies: 14
- Views: 21197
Re: Question on oil.
A new member from Moscow, Russia! That's cool.
- Thu Feb 02, 2012 1:18 pm
- Forum: General BS
- Topic: Mobile users - new style loaded
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5018
Re: Mobile users - new style loaded
Dang, John! From my perspective, you're "one of the young ones".....................
- Thu Feb 02, 2012 8:58 am
- Forum: General BS
- Topic: Wichita Swap meet
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6342
Re: Wichita Swap meet
Yeah, he'll be there. I hear that he's looking for a diaper bag for the back of some black corvette.................
- Mon Jan 30, 2012 4:02 pm
- Forum: Chassis and Suspension
- Topic: Need advice on fox front suspencion
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3182
Re: Need advice on fox front suspencion
I haven't looked, but I assume that none of the Mustang k-member suppliers are going to have motor mounts for a MoPar, so you will probably be looking at either Elephant Ears or a motor plate. If that's the case, your selection of any specific k-member doesn't seem too critical unless it's for heade...
- Thu Jan 26, 2012 9:12 am
- Forum: General BS
- Topic: new addition
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7479
Re: new addition
Still got that New Dog Smell, huh?
- Wed Jan 18, 2012 10:25 am
- Forum: Engine
- Topic: best heads
- Replies: 16
- Views: 18807
Re: best heads
My suggestion: Call a couple of good head manufactors and talk to them about it. (The fly-by-night COMMUNIST chinese junk pedelers will try to sell you what ever they have in stock that day. Stick with Dart, Brodex, etc.) They will ask you how you intend to use them, displacement, rpm, cam, compress...
- Mon Jan 09, 2012 2:14 pm
- Forum: In the Shop
- Topic: How About a Track, Owned by Racers, Run by Racers for Racers
- Replies: 1
- Views: 9362
How About a Track, Owned by Racers, Run by Racers for Racers
http://sandpitdragway.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=sale&action=display&thread=4237 165 of us could put up $1K each (or any other combination of people and money @ $1k a share), form a corporation, elect a Board of Governors, buy MAD and hire a track manager of our choice to run it. We would...
- Sun Jan 08, 2012 11:08 am
- Forum: Trucks, Trailers & Towing
- Topic: Would it be bad to....
- Replies: 27
- Views: 32815
Re: Would it be bad to....
With that long of a trailer, don't you have room to locate the load fore & aft to adjust the tounge weight some?
(Most of us live in houses smaller than that........)
(Most of us live in houses smaller than that........)
- Wed Jan 04, 2012 10:40 am
- Forum: General BS
- Topic: What was under your tree?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 12031
Re: What was under your tree?
Dang, Hitch! I can't tell who had a better CHRISTmas, you or Jegs! Nice update on the manifold. You needed that. All I got was a Jesel shaft rocker setup; and I had to buy it for myself, used. PM me your phone number, As hard as it may be to belive, I've discovered that we have something in common.
- Thu Dec 29, 2011 1:08 pm
- Forum: Engine
- Topic: new build bbc
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4145
Re: new build bbc
You might look here:
http://www.ohiocrank.com/home.html
I'm saving my lunch money for one of their 555 short blocks.
BTW: I'm in TOTAL agreement with you about the COMMUNIST chinese junk!
http://www.ohiocrank.com/home.html
I'm saving my lunch money for one of their 555 short blocks.
BTW: I'm in TOTAL agreement with you about the COMMUNIST chinese junk!
- Fri Dec 09, 2011 6:11 pm
- Forum: Racing Converters
- Topic: Trans pressure and converter coupling
- Replies: 8
- Views: 42156
Re: Trans pressure and converter coupling
I spoke with an old friend here in DoDa that has forgotten more about transmissions than I hope to ever know. He said that you want the "out" cooler line on a PowerGlide to have no more than 50 psi. He laso said that the cooling line diameter should be left at the stock 5/16" diameter...
- Fri Dec 09, 2011 11:50 am
- Forum: Racing Converters
- Topic: Trans pressure and converter coupling
- Replies: 8
- Views: 42156
Re: Trans pressure and converter coupling
Too much transmission pressure will push the torque converter forward, away from the transmission and wipe out the thrust bearing on the main bearing. Everyone has their own ideas about what is the correct pressure and how to limit it.