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ratrod 2 said:
Looks like a well built 32 but they are pretty useless as a car , great toy for scaring yourself on short blasts
on dry days though, You will probably miss it but the C3 with the roof panels off or on gives you the best of both
worlds and a manual 427 big block to.
You almost had me fulled with the EV part,
Do you still have the yellow Roadrunner in your garage .
The 32 was great. Very nicely built & looked great but in reality, a glorified V8 Go Kart.on dry days though, You will probably miss it but the C3 with the roof panels off or on gives you the best of both
worlds and a manual 427 big block to.
You almost had me fulled with the EV part,
Do you still have the yellow Roadrunner in your garage .
Edited by ratrod 2 on Monday 5th February 00:36
Loud, smelly, not very comfortable etc.
Mrs HD loves coming to car shows but doesn't love having her hairdo ruined & make up trashed by the time we get there
Last summer was brutal with constant 40 degC days & that took a lot of fun out of the rod.
So T Tops off when it's nice & back on with the AC running when its ridiculously hot.
I still have the Road Runner.
Had issues with the 6 Pack carbs, think it's the E10 fuel we have here so I chucked an Edlebrock 4bbl manifold & carb on it.
It ran great after that. So great that I seized the engine up being a bit enthusiastic
Currently having a 550 hp engine being built for it.
HD Adam said:
ratrod 2 said:
Looks like a well built 32 but they are pretty useless as a car , great toy for scaring yourself on short blasts
on dry days though, You will probably miss it but the C3 with the roof panels off or on gives you the best of both
worlds and a manual 427 big block to.
You almost had me fulled with the EV part,
Do you still have the yellow Roadrunner in your garage .
The 32 was great. Very nicely built & looked great but in reality, a glorified V8 Go Kart.on dry days though, You will probably miss it but the C3 with the roof panels off or on gives you the best of both
worlds and a manual 427 big block to.
You almost had me fulled with the EV part,
Do you still have the yellow Roadrunner in your garage .
Edited by ratrod 2 on Monday 5th February 00:36
Loud, smelly, not very comfortable etc.
Mrs HD loves coming to car shows but doesn't love having her hairdo ruined & make up trashed by the time we get there
Last summer was brutal with constant 40 degC days & that took a lot of fun out of the rod.
So T Tops off when it's nice & back on with the AC running when its ridiculously hot.
I still have the Road Runner.
Had issues with the 6 Pack carbs, think it's the E10 fuel we have here so I chucked an Edlebrock 4bbl manifold & carb on it.
It ran great after that. So great that I seized the engine up being a bit enthusiastic
Currently having a 550 hp engine being built for it.
Torque is always 'King' - I recall when John Sleath built up my BBC 489 stroker engine some 15 years John was more used to 1/4 mile nitrous and blown street and strip engines with anwhere up to 2000 hp. Mine came up at 570hp/606ft/lbs tq which at that point was the highest normally aspirated torque engine that had come off his dyno..........well it was for a few weeks - until he built-up a pair of very similar 489 cu in stroker Mopar 440's for a couple of Jensen club members and raised his 'record' by about 15 hp's - great gutsy street engine those 440's.
Edited by roscobbc on Monday 5th February 15:16
Edited by roscobbc on Monday 5th February 15:18
roscobbc said:
440 presumably?
Yes, a 440.Hydraulic roller cam, trick flow heads etc.
I want it to idle & not overheat in traffic.
Don't want or need a race engine (had one of those) so 500-550hp should be nice.
Not sure if it's going to be a bit samey as the Vette so I'll see which one I like best & probably shift the other on for something different again.
Probably a Hot Rod like this but with a roof & AC this time
aeropilot said:
HD Adam said:
Had issues with the 6 Pack carbs, think it's the E10 fuel we have here so I chucked an Edlebrock 4bbl manifold & carb on it.
Yep, old carbs don't like E10 fuel......aeropilot said:
Hot Rod with a/c.........heathen!!! biglaugh
32's are better as coupe's though, especially with wind-out windscreen and wind-down rear window......nice flow of air through the cabin.
If I still lived in England, I might agree.32's are better as coupe's though, especially with wind-out windscreen and wind-down rear window......nice flow of air through the cabin.
However, here in Texas, a nice flow of 100% Humidity, 40 degree air that's already passed over the open engine bay really isn't much fun.
HD Adam said:
roscobbc said:
440 presumably?
Yes, a 440.Hydraulic roller cam, trick flow heads etc.
I want it to idle & not overheat in traffic.
Don't want or need a race engine (had one of those) so 500-550hp should be nice.
Not sure if it's going to be a bit samey as the Vette so I'll see which one I like best & probably shift the other on for something different again.
Probably a Hot Rod like this but with a roof & AC this time
Love those wheels on that 3 window,
When you do get a 3 window you will find that you will not only use it more but travel longer distances much to the relief
to her in-doors, roadsters are fun for the drivers but not so much for your passengers,
Sounds like the Roadrunner will be fun.
ratrod 2 said:
I'm jealous, apart from 28c-32c in June but we had to live with what felt like 40f very wet July and August .
I know.We came over for the last week of July/first week of August.
Went to the Pod for the Mopars on the Saturday. Cold & rainy.
I'm 63 this month & thinking of retiring soon which would mean returning to the UK but I'm not sure I could handle the crappy weather again as far as the motoring fun goes.
Perhaps, when the time comes I'll chop everything in for a Hellcat to bring back or something modern that could go out in the rain.
HD Adam said:
Perhaps, when the time comes I'll chop everything in for a Hellcat to bring back or something modern that could go out in the rain.
I wouldn't. Not with the surging costs of running something like that here in the UK with the increasing anti-car movement. I'd be looking at bringing that 427 vette back in all honesty (assuming you like it) classic's are the better option for a weekend toy in the UK, not anything modern.
aeropilot said:
HD Adam said:
Perhaps, when the time comes I'll chop everything in for a Hellcat to bring back or something modern that could go out in the rain.
I wouldn't. Not with the surging costs of running something like that here in the UK with the increasing anti-car movement. I'd be looking at bringing that 427 vette back in all honesty (assuming you like it) classic's are the better option for a weekend toy in the UK, not anything modern.
HD Adam said:
ratrod 2 said:
Looks like a well built 32 but they are pretty useless as a car , great toy for scaring yourself on short blasts
on dry days though, You will probably miss it but the C3 with the roof panels off or on gives you the best of both
worlds and a manual 427 big block to.
You almost had me fulled with the EV part,
Do you still have the yellow Roadrunner in your garage .
The 32 was great. Very nicely built & looked great but in reality, a glorified V8 Go Kart.on dry days though, You will probably miss it but the C3 with the roof panels off or on gives you the best of both
worlds and a manual 427 big block to.
You almost had me fulled with the EV part,
Do you still have the yellow Roadrunner in your garage .
Edited by ratrod 2 on Monday 5th February 00:36
Loud, smelly, not very comfortable etc.
Mrs HD loves coming to car shows but doesn't love having her hairdo ruined & make up trashed by the time we get there
Last summer was brutal with constant 40 degC days & that took a lot of fun out of the rod.
So T Tops off when it's nice & back on with the AC running when its ridiculously hot.
I still have the Road Runner.
Had issues with the 6 Pack carbs, think it's the E10 fuel we have here so I chucked an Edlebrock 4bbl manifold & carb on it.
It ran great after that. So great that I seized the engine up being a bit enthusiastic
Currently having a 550 hp engine being built for it.
ZedLeg said:
HD Adam said:
ratrod 2 said:
Looks like a well built 32 but they are pretty useless as a car , great toy for scaring yourself on short blasts
on dry days though, You will probably miss it but the C3 with the roof panels off or on gives you the best of both
worlds and a manual 427 big block to.
You almost had me fulled with the EV part,
Do you still have the yellow Roadrunner in your garage .
The 32 was great. Very nicely built & looked great but in reality, a glorified V8 Go Kart.on dry days though, You will probably miss it but the C3 with the roof panels off or on gives you the best of both
worlds and a manual 427 big block to.
You almost had me fulled with the EV part,
Do you still have the yellow Roadrunner in your garage .
Edited by ratrod 2 on Monday 5th February 00:36
Loud, smelly, not very comfortable etc.
Mrs HD loves coming to car shows but doesn't love having her hairdo ruined & make up trashed by the time we get there
Last summer was brutal with constant 40 degC days & that took a lot of fun out of the rod.
So T Tops off when it's nice & back on with the AC running when its ridiculously hot.
I still have the Road Runner.
Had issues with the 6 Pack carbs, think it's the E10 fuel we have here so I chucked an Edlebrock 4bbl manifold & carb on it.
It ran great after that. So great that I seized the engine up being a bit enthusiastic
Currently having a 550 hp engine being built for it.
I think the issue is the gaskets & the floats,
You can get replacements which are advertised as Ethanol resistant.
I'll probably get an Ultrasonic cleaning tank off Amazon & have a go at rebuilding them sometime.
And yes, soon as you look at them, they go out of tune.
Fitek does a 6 pack EFI conversion. Pricey but may be the way to go.
AdeTuono said:
Missing Great Yarmouth, are you?
No, thought not...
Not exactly but all the family are still there apart from the parents, now gone.No, thought not...
I think living in the USA is great IF you're employed & have medical coverage.
As a retiree on Medicare, not so much.
Plus, the USA is really expensive now. We come over every summer & my wife was shocked at how cheap most things were compared to back here.
I still have the house in Hemsby (all paid for) & paid full NI contributions for enough years to get the State pension.
Plus a private pension there.
It would be a bit of a no brainer to move back if there's another oil industry downturn or I decide to jack it all in.
aeropilot said:
HD Adam said:
Perhaps, when the time comes I'll chop everything in for a Hellcat to bring back or something modern that could go out in the rain.
I wouldn't. Not with the surging costs of running something like that here in the UK with the increasing anti-car movement. I'd be looking at bringing that 427 vette back in all honesty (assuming you like it) classic's are the better option for a weekend toy in the UK, not anything modern.
HD Adam said:
I still have the house in Hemsby (all paid for) & paid full NI contributions for enough years to get the State pension.
Plus a private pension there.
Hope its a long way back from the beach given the rate at which the sea is accelerating inland Plus a private pension there.
Good old Hemsby, have much happy memories of wild weekends at Tom Ingram's Rock n Roll Weekenders at Pontins all through the 90's and into the early 2000's. Happy days.
aeropilot said:
Hope its a long way back from the beach given the rate at which the sea is accelerating inland
It's not really,The tidal patterns have changed since they dredged the area to make banks to site the wind farms on.
The beach is washed away now and what they call cliffs are just sand dunes that those shacks are built on.
But if I end up with a nice beach front property & throw in a bit of Global Warming, I'll be ok with that
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