bubba wrote:
Yeah a lot of buggies/truggies have brushless options or there is a kit, I cant see buying another car right now. The boy is after me to get my Pede back up and running so he can have a Grave Digger to chase cats with.
Sound like what my three sons would do too.
Ya, right now I can't see buying one too. It's something I am planing to do in the future.
Major_A wrote:How many PSI on that Vortec? Looking at the size of the pully my guess would be 5-7.
It's a Vortech V-2 SQ trim HO kit with stock pulley good for 8-10 PSI. That's all I'm wiling to run until the stock short block goes boom, then I'll probably get something a bit more stout. It's got Edelbrock aluminum head, Crane cam, Cobra Intake and all the usual bolt ons.....I don't think I've ever seen 10 PSI but it's hard to watch the gauge while really getting on the pedal.
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Is the car a real Cobra? Wasn't one of the ways to create more HP to use higher compression pistons? If that's the case did you have to change the rings to a lower compression to compensate for the forced air?
No, it's not a Cobra, just a GT with lots of bolt ons and some Cobra emblems where the 5.0 emblems used to be. I know with a blower I'm probably better off with lower compression, as I said, it's a stock short block with 9.0:1 compression. I'd like to get a Coast High Performance 347E (emissions legal) stroker in it but it's all about the money!
Currently makes 400hp at the rear wheels when I had it dyno tuned after the blower install.
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Okay gotcha. It's a really nice car. Too bad you don't live in Chambers County Texas, no emissions testing. As long as you keep the appearance of catalytic converters you're good. My friend used to have a Roush package on his F-150 and gutted his cats and all was well. I guess if you don't even want to go that route you could always put on a bolt on X-pipe and put the stock one back on when you go get the horn and tires checked.
Kind of off topic:
My first car in 1996 was a 1982 Camaro and it was also the first year when Harris County (aka Houston) starting doing emissions testing. I had to jump through hoops to get the car passed. Lean the carb, pay $500 to get the vacuum lines hooked back up (the car had what I call bed head when I bought it, ala someone did some wiring and had no clue what they were doing), put in fresh oil, change the thermostat (from a 180 to a 195), and run the car hard on the freeway before I went to get it inspected.
Major_A wrote:Okay gotcha. It's a really nice car. Too bad you don't live in Chambers County Texas, no emissions testing. As long as you keep the appearance of catalytic converters you're good. My friend used to have a Roush package on his F-150 and gutted his cats and all was well. I guess if you don't even want to go that route you could always put on a bolt on X-pipe and put the stock one back on when you go get the horn and tires checked.
Thanks, I enjoy it.
Cough cough! 49 state cats and H Pipe. Cough cough!
Yeah, wish I didn't have to play the emissions game every two years. You've got it made. My car runs very clean compared to some of the stuff out on the road. Ever get behind and old VW Bus?
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Major_A wrote:skier were those wood plaques made on a CNC machine?
the pen(one of 4 i kept, gave two others away) was made on a Lathe, the solder man was made with a soldering iron, theres a wax hand, a sand art thing, the skiing halfpipe one is with a series of different shaped knives for woodcarving, as was the AMD thing, the 'duck' , the ball in cage(was a solid block of wood...), and the Bode Miller one, all by knife, sandpaper, and a very careful hand, just used a few different techniques
I used to sell a small CNC machine for wood and your work looks very similar to what the machine I sold could do. It was sold through Sears and some other retailers so it is fairly easy to get. I was just curious if you were using the machine I used to sell.
Major_A wrote:I used to sell a small CNC machine for wood and your work looks very similar to what the machine I sold could do. It was sold through Sears and some other retailers so it is fairly easy to get. I was just curious if you were using the machine I used to sell.
nope, never touched one, though my brother knows his way around 'em for car/truck stuff i think
