Anyone like racing?
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durand mortenson
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The Fuentes Brothers with their new B/A. Testing at Fremont. The redhead is my wife.
butchlambert
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Not a race car, but a pretty hairy street car-Audi RS 7.
jackieschmidt
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I have a set of those MT valve covers.
there is a lot of 1960 era tech in that picture.
I never owned a set of the Hillborn injectors, I used the 3 inch Crower stagger tubes.
But I always ran a Hillborn pump, because the Crower pumps were junk.
butchlambert
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A few of you may know what this happens to be.
I wish I had gotten into racing when I was young. Last fall took my stock 2022 Camaro SS and ran it on the Tri-Oval at Pocono Raceway. It was an awesome experience. I’m heading back in June. 160 MPH is the target the next time. Right now it’s at 455 HP but I’m eyeing up a twin turbo system that would push it up to 700 HP and 680 lb/ft at the crank.
Front end protected from debris with painters tape.
Front end protected from debris with painters tape.
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gkgeiger
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An Ardun ohv flathead conversion. Yours?
butchlambert
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No, it belonged to a shooter friend in Wichita Falls, Tx along with many other things.Johnny was the chief engineer for the short lived Porsche Rodriquez F1 team.
durand mortenson
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Looks like a flathead with a head conversion. I don't recognize from this angle. Ardun/Duntov?
Brians356
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160 mph huh? What tires will you run?
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Goodyear Eagle F1’s. Y rated to 186 MPH. They come as part of the SS 1LE package. Front: 285/30R20, Rear: 305/30R20.
D Coots
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Wow, that's moving....I had to spend a pile of money to get that HP out of my old 409.......
durand mortenson
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Brians356
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Yeah. Too bad GM put the Camaro on the chopping block ... again. After all, it's helping to "destroy the climate [sic]". GM has disavowed ICE altogether. Oh, wait (from IBD.com yesterday; emphasis added):
Warren Buffett is known for holding onto his S&P 500 stocks forever. ... Buffett usually likes to add to positions when they're down, so it's interesting when he sells some losers. General Motors is the most telling example. Berkshire Hathaway unloaded 100% of its 22 million shares ... in the third quarter. That position was valued at $848.3 billion on June 30. Shares of GM are down 16% this year. That makes it the worst performer among all the stocks Berkshire Hathaway sold off completely in the period. GM, struggling to compete in electric vehicles, is expected to post 3.6% lower profit in 2023 and nearly 8% less in 2024.
I guess those massive government subsidies, grants, and tax credits to GM (over $65 billion since 2000) aren't feeding the bulldog. Of course it didn't help that Honda recently announced canceling a joint project with GM to develop an "affordable EV". If EVs remain unaffordable for the masses, how will even 50% of Americans ever buy one? And how will GM, soon to be a 100% EV maker, survive? What does that piker Warren Buffett know?
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butchlambert
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Zora Arkus Duntov-Ardun heads, Hilborn injection, and a Vertex magneto and it is fastened to a Cad. 3 spd tranny and a Halibrand rear end.
durand mortenson
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The Cad/LaSalle stick shift was strong. They sold conversion kits for the early Olds and a few others.
Mort
jackieschmidt
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There were a lot of the old LaSalle Transmissions used in a wide variety of vintage drag cars.
Butch, my guess was also a Arden Conversion on a Flathead.
I still can’t believe the bottom end of the flathead could stand up to the 230 HP that the breathing ability of the conversion could produce.
Butch, my guess was also a Arden Conversion on a Flathead.
I still can’t believe the bottom end of the flathead could stand up to the 230 HP that the breathing ability of the conversion could produce.
Brians356
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Did anyone like TransAm racing? I'm a bit younger than most of you gearheads, but Mark Donohue was us school kids' hero, as was the unlikely AMC Javelin that dominated the big-bore class in '71. But the 2.5 class with the Datsun 510 out-dueling BMW 2002 and Alfa Romeo GTV prompted my best friend to trade his late grandmother's '57 Chevy wagon for a 510 sedan.
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butchlambert
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Jackie, originally they were made for more HP for trucks.
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