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The Holy Grail was as funny as it gets. The rabbit scene, the flying cow, and the surly Frenchmen were classic.


Don

i am building a 1934 ford tourer, open motor hotrod, currently i have a original chasis with a mitsubishi L300 front end, salsibury 10 bolt rear end. its up and rolling with steering etc, but can anyone please offer some advice for my hotrod project,i would like to run a twin turbo 350 running straight lpg. i have heard the boost would be around 6 psi, a regular street driven car with a turbo 350 and i am thinking 3.55:1 rear end.
could anyone offer advice on some motor spec choices for crank cam heads etc...
please msg your advice opinions etc, i have posted a thread please any advice is good.

I am thinking that with that much boost you don't want to have too high of compression, and as much air in the cylinders as you can get so maybe a bigger cam and valves with big port heads.

I am in great need of stereo wiring information, does anybody have any (or links to) wiring diagrams for CD player w/2 amp systems with single 15" subwoofer. 3 sets of other speakers, I want to also include a equilizer and DVD player eventually.

Sorry Brick, Wish I could help...

Jeff & I went on a road trip today.

We left home right at 7am. We stopped off in Channahon to letter a bobcat for a customer, then headed to Michigan. Around 9am we called the shop to make sure Steve was there. I got busy & didn't have a chance to email him til last night. We didn't want to get way up there only to find him GONE. Turns out he was there so we kept on. We saw an overturned semi in the southbound lane on 94 as we were headed north. Jeff tried to get a pic. but ended up with a nice shot of my headrest. :lol: :lol: We took a vacation up this way many years ago. It was interesting to see what we (Jeff) remembered. We had a good time talkin' about all kinds of stuff but mostly about what we were going to do with our cars.
We got to Steve Morris' shop around 12:30 and had to wait a few minutes for Steve to return from lunch. His secretary told us to make ourselves @ home, so we roamed around the shop. I have a couple nasty bruises on my chin from when my jaw dropped. :lol: :lol: He had his 1,800 hp 4,800 lb. Chevy Impala wagon in the shop gettin' some upgrades, a couple 2-3 gen 1 camaros, a couple newer ones, a firebird, a dune buggy and a Henry J. Pappy would be proud of this one too. They all had either pro chargers or turbos. I was so in aw I didn't even get pics. I know, my bad. Maybe next time. He's got a chassis dyno & an Engine Dyno. How cool is that?
He said he doesn't usually stock parts, but he just happened to have a pump, intercooler & ice box just the right size for the "Z". And, just like when you see a puppy @ the kennel, I just couldn't leave 'em there.
We told Steve what we wanted to do & he told us what we'd need to git-er-done. I think we have a plan now. Steve said customers usually come to the shop for the dyno pull & then load it up & take it home. Jeff & I were talkin' on the way there about how that would be a Cool Deal to V-I-D-E-O the dyno pull. We paid for the parts, bench raced for a few more minutes & then headed back. We stopped off @ Winners Circle on the way home & Jeff bought a Hurst shifter for his car. We had a little too much ground to cover to make it back to Morris before 5pm, so I called the woodworking shop & had them set a pc. of Birch out behind the shop for me. We swung by & picked it up & drove the last leg for home. As I was gluing up the birch, the neighbor stopped by to see if I had the vinyl for his stock car cut out. I did, so we walked down to his shop & lettered his car. I checked the birch a few minutes ago and still not dry.
Oh, I should explain. The birch is for a plaque for the ''weddin' couple'' this weekend. They had a logo designed & they had me print it on the runner with the large format printer. So, I figured I would cut the same Logo on the CNC out of birch. Unfortunately da' glue ain't dryin' so fast. I've still got all mornin' tomorrow, to get it cut & finished I think a couple quick coats of laquer with a splash of hot thinner should git-er-done.
Well, that's the readers digest version of how the day went. good night........

Tony, what kind of system are you installing?

PRO just like this it's on my truck in vynle though . My sister in laws family own Vernon & Maz in Monee



Brick this is close i did a Google search .http://www.ehow.com/how_3680_install-car-amplifier.html

A smorgesbord of x-mas presents ntfday, I have an off brand Deck, alpine power and an off brand power amp. I have Two 10's in the package tray w/ 2 ribbon horn tweeters, a set of nice 6x9's and a set of nice 6 1/2" up front. I still need to buy the eq and the sub-woofer. I am going with 1-15" because of space issues in the trunk. Another question, do I need an EQ for both amps or can I balance it out with one off the main deck?

Depending on the deck, but I think you can.

HEY GUYS!!!

GUESS WHAT HAPPPEN???!!??

My car got written up in the latest issue of Popular Hotrodding in the "Under Construction" section. I got my mag in the mail yesterday and was thumbing through it and "BAM" there it was! I was so blown away!!!

John

Congrats, That is only the beginning for your car. It is for sure magazine material from what we've seen of the build so far.


Ok, how many copies of PHR did you buy??

Don

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

Congrats, That is only the beginning for your car. It is for sure magazine material from what we've seen of the build so far.


Ok, how many copies of PHR did you buy??

Don

I'm embarrassed to say......

J/K 2 copies but I'm having someone mount the article for me!

Thanks BTW!!!

John

Looking good Bob.. The daughter's car fiasco sounds normal...Been there done that!!!!

Way to go Novanut, another CHR member in the Rags! This place has the best of the best I have always said.

Chassis is looking really good Bluestang, starting to look stout as hell.

I'm going to days at work for the summer hope to really make some head way . Be able to get more hours in not having to get ready for work in the afternoon .

Dave yep this kind of wrenching on cars bring out the sore knuckles .

Brick sounds like your going to have a concert hall in the Chevy .