Good to see a nostalgia car coming to life, but what is this, an A/FX car without a straight axle? I just had to do that.

If its already O-ringed, why not run a copper gasket?

Apples to oranges maybe, but I ran an aluminum 7.000 long rod motor at .050 with no problems, at .045 it just touched.

Fast-high power cars like the glide.

Slower, heavier cars will probably do better with another gear.

Freezy, In my opinion your car would run a little better with a glide.

If you are just building to meet NHRA spec's pretty much everything is in the rulebook, even though its confusing and looks like it was wrote by a guy behind a desk that dont know a damn thing. If your chassis needs to meet SFI spec's you should call and order a SFI booklet, they have all the info y...

Anyone ran them?

I seen the add and looked on the website, these new lifters look good but Im wondering if anyone has used them yet?

sc racing wrote:Ridge = time to bore it.

Im with you on this one, if you have any ring ridge, probably should bore it.

Everyone has there own way but mine is Chute, lift, neutral, fuel shut off, I never kill the mag, dont need the brakes much, unless crew guys leave the damn saftey pin in.... then I need them all. The tranny guys will say its hard on the bearings in the transmission, but I like to think I would rath...

When I stripped all the undercoating and sound deadener from under the plymouth, it was a huge pile, around 40 lbs worth.

Its loud as shit inside now, but hey, it is a racecar.

I would guess you will run out of power before you would ever hurt that motor, we run a 4.5 X 4.5 572" mopar, I shift it a 8200 and go through the traps at 8400, if I go over 9000 my valve train gets pissed off. When we ran it NA, the HP dropped off right after 7500. I know its not a chevy, but...

Its good to see another nice Mopar in the forum, mean looking valiant!

You might be surprised at what your rig weighs when all loaded up, I say you are probably under powered and under trucked. The big thing we found when looking a MPG is keep your speed down, you will get alot better mileage pulling at 55 or 60, than 75mph. But we seem to always be late and in a hurry.

The big tires will last a whole bunch longer too. We're lucky to get 25 good passes on our little slicks, compared to some people can go years without buying tires. I stick with the small tire because I hate to see nostalgia cars with the big 16x34s, and its alot more fun to drive when your not sure...

When dealing with master cylinders, its nice to know your pedal ratio, it can make a big differance.

I watched the video, and yes steel caps are probably better in a circle track = (pussy motor). When I ordered my block from KB, Ken told me I should run aluminium caps, so I did. I'm pretty sure all the T/F and F/C motors run aluminium caps. From cold motor to running temp, I pick up about .0015 to ...