Thread: My next move with hiboy's metamorphosis

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Yup, Denny. That's what I thought Hot Rodding was too... Didn't know it involved a fashion show, too!!!!

PS... This is Webster's definition:

hot rod
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Main Entry: hot rod
Function: noun
: an automobile rebuilt or modified for high speed and fast acceleration

Guess the dictionary is wrong too????

So if anyone does anything to their car to make it look better instead of go faster they are going soft? If its not about looks and style too, why use a 75 year old design of body and frame? Why not build truly modern vehicles with far superior chassis, suspension, and drivelines if performance is the only thing that really matters? Why does your signature say you still like yours to look nice and have shiny paint? Does that make it go faster? Just wondering....

Originally Posted by DennyW

Actually, shinny paint does make it go faster. Kinda like the swimmer shaving their legs.

Yes, but it also adds weight. Bottom line is, if you don't like bias ply tires, fine... that's one thing. But to make a statement to imply that the sole purpose of building a hot rod is to go fast and that anyone who does anything to their cars to improve its appearance rather than make it fast or handle better is foolish, well that just seems kinda funny to me. I've spent all winter working on my car and making dozens of improvements to it, NONE of which will make it any faster or handle any better. i got alot of help from the people on this board who have done similar upgrades and improvements, which likely didn't make their cars any faster or handle any better either. I can't speak for any of them, but I sure don't feel like I was wasting my time.

Originally Posted by joeybsyc

So if anyone does anything to their car to make it look better instead of go faster they are going soft? If its not about looks and style too, why use a 75 year old design of body and frame? Why not build truly modern vehicles with far superior chassis, suspension, and drivelines if performance is the only thing that really matters? Why does your signature say you still like yours to look nice and have shiny paint? Does that make it go faster? Just wondering....

Why indeed??? Not all of us are stuck in the rut of thinking a 75 year old body and frame design is the only thing to build..... Last Deuce I built was IFS and IRS hooked to a tube chassis, with an injected Windsor and a 6 speed...Not much left of the 75 year old stuff, body was only 6 weeks old!!!! My point is that a car does not have to be a 75 year old design to be a hot rod,

Btw, looking good is a natural byproduct of going fast.... When you work as hard as I have on building rods for 40 plus years, they just end up looking nice, shiny paint prevents rust... It's called attention to fit, finish, and detail... Although once I did have a sprint car that the entire frame was finished with a purple scotch brite, then two coats of clear over the bare metal, looked great!!! Decided paint was too heavy!!!!

This thread is out of control dudes.

Ya'll are microwaving bull cookies from years back on all kinds of stuff. Faith go buy some tires and see how you like them. You can easily go back and I bet you won't have to delare bankrupcy either.

BTW my fiberglass street rod will kick the crap out of all of you. That's right, I called it a street rod, so there.


Regards, Kitz

Originally Posted by kitz

This thread is out of control dudes.

Ya'll are microwaving bull cookies from years back on all kinds of stuff. Faith go buy some tires and see how you like them. You can easily go back and I bet you won't have to delare bankrupcy either.

BTW my fiberglass street rod will kick the crap out of all of you. That's right, I called it a street rod, so there.


Regards, Kitz

Not out of control, Kitz..... Just some disparity amongst what Hod Rods are!!!!


PS, still saving me a spot down there around Austin someplace??? I AM eventually going to get the heck out of here!!!!!!

Theres actually alot of good info in this thread for those who have never ran or even seen these tires. Like me...but my sherlock holmes powers have deduced that the old tires will not perform like the new tires and new tires do not look like the old tires,you pick which one siuts your own personal flair.
My only concern was mentioned in another post,whats the speed rating on these bad boys?I have seen regular s rated tires on the dyno and its a scary swelling event as the tires grow they deform...not pretty.
I do know one thing about them though is that they are very noisy and easily picked out going down the road from road noise they make and the ones I heard made alot of noise.....not sure how that works out on a roadster ?
From previous posts Faith has made I do not think that street racing and high speed corners happen that much.Spirited driving I think was the reference ,not street racing.
Run em and see how you like them,but just be aware that you have them on there and become aquainted with there handling characteristics.Like Dave said ,find a big parking lot and let the burn out and power slides begin and also check how they handle on hard braking.I would go as far as to do this scenario with the radials and then go get the bias tires and go back to that same parking lot and retest the same day to get your best comparison.............as was stated before they are going to come up short in everything other than looks.
Ask any racer/hotrodder that was around in the 60s and every single one of em will tell ya the same story ,...if we only had tires like this in the 60s we could of cleaned house!!!
Good luck with your purchase and on top of all ,be safe!!!

Denny, I sent you an e mail.