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09-10-2006 11:35 AM #1
1940 Chevy Master 8.5 Business Coupe' Rat Rod
Hi, I’m Ole from Germany. I'm a car nut as long as I could remember. I own a few old cars, three are American.
One is a 1940 Chevy Master 8.5 Business Coupe' and that’s why I'm here. Usually I prefer to restore to stock, but the car is not complete and it is difficult to find parts for it over here.
So I choose to make a rat rod. But in Germany it wasn't allowed for a long time to build rods, so we have not much experience.
May be some of you guys can give me an advice.
What I have is a 235 straight6 engine with an 848 head. Guess I would like a “vintage” tuning. Should I swap the front and rear axle? What is the best choice? Is it difficult to chop this car, all is rounded?
Any advice?
Thanks, Ole the Kraut
Welcome to CHR. I think that you need to hook up your vacuum advance. At part throttle when cruising you have less air and fuel in each cylinder, and the air-fuel mixture is not as densely packed...
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