Thread: 11 second street rod?
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05-15-2008 09:59 PM #1
Originally Posted by 41willys
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05-17-2008 11:02 AM #2
Originally Posted by John Palmer
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05-17-2008 03:54 PM #3
Originally Posted by 26Tudor
LOL Kafer Dave, Agree, advice to anyone driving through San Marcos, CA and you see an early convertable red bug "don't mess with it"! It's street driven, and they have a photo with "top down" picking up a X-Mas tree in the back of it. This bug has a BIG turbo hidden under the rear package tray, stays cool by running alcohol. And yes it has run low 9's at Las Vegas.
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05-18-2008 11:34 AM #4
Originally Posted by John Palmer
(and yes, that is in the QUARTER-MILE)
Gotta be careful with those Bugs..ya never know what's hiding under the decklid.
In fact the whole Cal-Look movement was kinda started that way... clean, lowered, one color paint job, no bumpers for clean asthetics, nothing obtrusive or "blingy", just a clean lil' Bug, with a warp 10 motor in it...
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05-18-2008 05:17 PM #5
Originally Posted by 26Tudor
KitzJon Kitzmiller, MSME, PhD EE, 32 Ford Hiboy Roadster, Cornhusker frame, Heidts IFS/IRS, 3.50 Posi, Lone Star body, Lone Star/Kitz internal frame, ZZ502/550, TH400
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05-17-2008 03:15 PM #6
Originally Posted by John Palmer
Alternately, I'll contribute a suggestion I posted on here a few years ago for a low-buck street warrior. Lots of labor, but low-buck. Begin with a compact pickup. Chevy Luv, S10, S15, Datsun, Toyota, Dodge D50, Plymouth Arrow, Mitsubishi Max, etc., etc. Bare-bones, no power anything, less motor and trans with clear title.
Find a good-running but wrecked (in the rear or side) Olds Toronado or Cadillac Eldorado ('70-'76). Title or no title, doesn't matter.
Remove the bed and whack the frame off behind the cab, leaving stubs long enough to weld to.
Remove all the sheetmetal from the donor car and whack the frame off behind the crossmember. Now you have a self-contained power unit that can be welded to the truck frame stubs. Leave the core support and radiator in place. Remove the steering box and all steering linkage except the tie rods and all the engine-driven accessories except fan and alternator. Retain the engine-driven fan, fan clutch, radiator and shroud in their original positions. Weld the front frame stubs of the car to the rear frame stubs of the truck, using whatever material you need to adapt the two in order to have the tires positioned properly in the wheelwells of the truck bed.
Remove the tailgate. Cut the truck bed lengthwise into two halves. Mock up the bed halves to cover the tires and maybe a little more if you plan some serious rubber. Using sheet metal or part of another pickup bed, fill in the middle part of the bed that isn't occupied by motor or trans. Use part of another tailgate to widen the original or fab up something based on your ingenuity.
Mount a small fuel cell and battery in the extreme rear of the bed.
Where the bed is wider than the cab at the front of the bed, cut out the sheet metal and fabricate ducting for radiator air. Of course, the radiator will also pull air from the bottom under the cab, but I think having a couple of ducts, one on each side would be just too cool.
Leave provision on the tie rods to nail them down to the frame and retain means of adjustment for toe-in/toe-out at an alignment shop.
Topping it off with a 150 plate shot of nitrous should do the trick. (600 ft./lbs of torque, 3,000 lb. truck). A bone-stock warrior that should provide a good waxing for some unsuspecting wannabees. Stock idle, stock cooling. Exhaust system of your choice, but I'd make it quiet for an even better "gotcha" effect.Last edited by techinspector1; 05-17-2008 at 03:25 PM.
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05-14-2008 01:55 PM #7
This is what im working with i built the frame from 8 gauge cold rolled and .120 DOM.
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05-14-2008 02:44 PM #8
Building a fast street car.......... I don't know.........."PLAN" your life like you will live to 120.
"LIVE" your life like you could die tomorrow.
John 3:16
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05-14-2008 07:13 PM #9
Originally Posted by pro70z28
Last edited by 27tee; 05-14-2008 at 07:29 PM.
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05-14-2008 06:14 PM #10
your back tires will not hold the big block down them M/t are not good get some et s but do not get in the rain with them yes 11 flat is nothing for a car that is under 2500 but guys allways say that never built any thingthat it is not hard
but it not so ez you still need coin and 11 flat to mid to low 9s is alot more of this $$$$ somewere out there is a 548 bbc 14.8 to 1 .740 lift soild roller engine in a tub out 27 or so all glass ford roadster it had a 400 trans rev valve body 9 inch coan stall holley 9377 carb ez 700+hp engine that car was a hand full :whacked there has been some cars around here that run in the 9s drag cars with plates but they dump so much Nos thru them they burn out fast i am in it for the long haul i have cars that will easly run 11 flat to mild 10 on the street on just engine and all steel cars 3500to 4000 pounders No slicks or 4 grove tires pass off as dot street tires
yep the cops love them. i have wipe up the road with guys that told me i did not have enough
i know i am not fast but they keep coming after me
Last edited by pat mccarthy; 05-14-2008 at 06:26 PM.
Irish Diplomacy ..the ability to tell someone to go to Hell ,,So that they will look forward to to the trip
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05-14-2008 07:28 PM #11
Originally Posted by pat mccarthy
I'd love to ride along next time someone called you out.
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05-14-2008 07:37 PM #12
Originally Posted by 27tee
Last edited by pat mccarthy; 05-14-2008 at 08:06 PM.
Irish Diplomacy ..the ability to tell someone to go to Hell ,,So that they will look forward to to the trip
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05-15-2008 10:23 AM #13
Any tool time fans? Remember the episode where Tim is challenged by Bob Villa to race their hot rods? Bob wins, but only because Tim for once in his life doesn't push it all the way down to the floor. When he loses Tim's wife says, I'm sorry hunny. Tim says, hey he didn't win because his car is faster, I backed off because this is a new engine and I didn't want to ruin it. It took me years to build this! Bob bought his rod, he has nothing vested in it but money. If he's stupid enough to ruin it let him!" "No matter where you go, there you are!" Steve.
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08-01-2008 07:21 PM #14
double postLast edited by pro70z28; 08-01-2008 at 07:24 PM.
"PLAN" your life like you will live to 120.
"LIVE" your life like you could die tomorrow.
John 3:16
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08-01-2008 07:23 PM #15
Haven't seen this thread for awhile.
"PLAN" your life like you will live to 120.
"LIVE" your life like you could die tomorrow.
John 3:16
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I did not know Mike very well, we exchanged some messages from time to time but from what I understand he was a very good man. I was sad to learn about this
We Lost a Good One