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Hey Streets,
I just love your work,beautiful rods.

Cheers KIWI

Alright, well I just never saw them in any posts.... I don't really feel like searching so I guess I won't be seeing them. Thanks anyways.

Damn Streets that is a sweet hot rod man!!! Looks like you got the same style as me in cars and all. What is that color paint called? I am looking for something almost just like that for something I am building.

lol... really?

Originally posted by Streets
OKAY, I gotta ask this 'cuse AMERICA WANTS TO KNOW.. Which one of them cute kids IZ YOU???

Aw, c'mon now, if either one of them was me, that picture would have to be close to 50 years old! Those are my children, ha, they are 24 and 27 now. And, I might add, the best two kids I ever fathered, in fact, they are the only two.

That's what I thought.

And I thought I was bad about getting off subject... lol

Subject: T-Turtledeck

The separate '22-'25 replica turtledeck is still available from Speedway Motors for $250 as well as ready-made T-frames. A good metal turtledeck may be hard to find?

Don Shillady

Originally posted by Streets
U iz worse!!

Speedway motors sux.. Total Performance is way better in all respects..

Haha, I know. Are you a rapper now Streets? IZ? Hmm, never knew that was a word or a correct one.

Iz' this da' thread 'bout car insurance ??????????????

Haaaahaha, I just relized I got off topic when I posted that... Oh screw it, who cares. haha

I keep puttin' my foot into it, I forgot TPI is a sponsor. I looked at their turtledeck and it is only $215 but not hinged. They have a nice picture to show what a turtledeck is. I also looked at their '29 body but it is out of my price range. While we are on T-buckets, "we" now know about the neat trick Streets used to control the blower drive with an A/C clutch. My question is related to what happens when the blower is off and just part of the intake. Are the roots rotors restrictive enough to help the 18 mpg or would you expect to get 18 mpg with a 383 and a 2.79:1 rear gear anyway? Maybe the way to solve my problem is to keep the 2.79 rear but build a SBC 383, then 18 mpg would be worth the gas. Is there a previous thread telling how to notch the bottoms of the cylinders in a SBC 350 for the longer stroke; is there a template or do you have to assemble the crank, rods and pistons to check for interference, disassemble, grind, check again etc. or is there a way to measure the notch once?

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder

Originally posted by Streets
Actually all ya gotta do is heat the rods and slightly bend them away from the side of the block. Tee hehehehe... Works great

spoofin' iz fun..

AAAAAAAAAh Yes. The fabled stroker rod. Able to fit any block by simply flippin' the rod one way er' da' utter' ta' make it fit.

Manufactured by the Spoofrod Co. in Japan.

Well it would seem I did not get a "straight" answer; maybe that rod came out of a "Bentley"? Seriously, what are the pitfalls building a SBC 383 regarding rod cleanance? Any articles on clearencing the rods in a 350 block?

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder