cruisin'
Ronnie,
I learned allong time ago that there was always somebody a little faster, a little moer shiny, with a lot more money. So other than some grudge racing I dont think so.
I started building this car as a therapy project when an ols friend of mine was sick with cancer and we decided some of our best times together was when we were building together. The last 2 years he was alive were "magic" becuase we went back to building and sent some VERY quality time together.
At that point it was set up with a small block and a turbo 350 trans. Later on I won a 700r4 at a rod run, and the 409 came along too. Not liking motors to set around the 09 went in the sedan with the 700r4 and that is what you see here.
Now I've been reading what goes on here on the board and got a lot of good info from you "Old Farts" (I include myself in that" and here is the rest of the setup.
This car sits on the original frame (boxed) with a modified fatman front end (shims like a GM front end) and a 8" f**d rearend in a triangulated 4 bar setup and airride air suspension in the rear.
custom Stainless steel tank with internal injection pump and the injection unit was built by Mark Campbell at Street and Performance by the guy that had the motor rebuilt originally.
The motor is a '64 block with 690 heads and a flat tappet cam (do not know what it is) full roller rockers and all arp bolts, balanced and "blueprinted". So I do know that the cam was picked to generate enough vacum to run the "TPI".
I plan to have the pumpkin setup with 3:55 or 3:73 gears and an Auburn limiteed slip spool like I have in my 34 5 window. ( TPI'd ZZ4 small block)
This is to be my road car, we run long distance in the summer, from Knoxville TN in May, Indy and Nashville, TN in June, Des Moines and Columbus in july, Evansville, In in Aug, Ka'zoo, MI in Sept and some times Charlotte, NC in Oct.
So, it was intended to be a road car that I could play with the Mustangs and Camaros at night.
So, fabrication i have done, and am doing, building my own Stainless exhaust (learning to TIG weld) and genrally having a good time.
I hope that helps a little, and if I can answer any other questions I surely will.
Big Jim