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yeah, i had the wife and little ones with me and we ran into lunch and nap time. one of the organizers made me show my car, not that it was much of an argument. i didn't think it was show worthy but he disagreed. i was the second car in right from where you pulled in. there was a red 77 with side pipes and then me, then a red i think c4, wasn't paying that close or attention.
Posted on: 2010/10/12 1:47
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i was there from about 11 till 12:30. there were some nice cars there. a purple 74 with a blown big block. about 10000 miles of chrome under the hood. and then a black supercharged i'll say 65 was there. some really nice cars.
Posted on: 2010/10/10 3:12
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i can go whenever. not sure if the wife and kids will come along. we might run into nap time of we get too late then i'll be solo.
Posted on: 2010/10/6 1:41
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I'm out in Schaumburg so if anyone out that way wants to meet up and caravan we can work on that.
Posted on: 2010/10/5 3:13
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registration starts at 10:30. i'm planning on being there yeah. i don't know if i'll register or show, my car's not really a beauty queen. doesn't look like much but she's got it where it counts...
Posted on: 2010/10/4 2:15
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yeah, stock is not a consideration. i thought about a smaller wheel as well. i have tilt tele and with a smaller wheel as well sounds like i should be ok. thanks all.
Posted on: 2010/10/4 2:11
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I'd be up for it.
Posted on: 2010/10/2 3:53
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anyone in the chicago area going to this show? it's at oakbrook promenade.
Posted on: 2010/10/2 3:52
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Ok, one of the many things on my list for the old '77 is to swap out the automatic for a manual, unique, i know. one thing i'm thinking about is having the room to operate the clutch. i'm 6'4" and worried/curious about if i'll hit the steering wheel with my knee all the time. any other tall folks out there with a manual trans that can provide insight?
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I always wanted a 72, same year as me.....
Posted on: 2010/9/3 2:57
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ok, so what we can glean from all this is that we just need to make way more horsepower.....lots more.....
Posted on: 2010/9/1 1:52
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i went to that calculator. i did 400 and 480 hp at the crank with a manual trans and both came back with 68 hp less at the wheels. it's voodoo i tell ya.....
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i agree with bogus. been thinking about this myself, if it takes say 100 hp to overcome accy and driveline losses then no matter if you make 400 or 800, it's still eating 100 hp. wouldn't it be better to use a guess of X hp rather than X percent?
Posted on: 2010/8/28 3:05
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I have an old fluid damped gage. I might stick it in there and see what happens...
Posted on: 2010/2/8 22:18
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yeah, god knows why the pump is so huge, got me. what pump can i run and still use the return line and such?
Posted on: 2010/2/8 4:19
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Hey DB. I've spoken to you lots on the "other" forum. The bypass is a Barry Grant and it's new last summer. The car has no emissions other than cats. Car has stock pressure and return lines. This wasn't a problem for a while then the bypass went bad and I replaced it as i didn't know what was on there, cheap and cheesy or not. I'm measuring the pressure right at the carb just before the primary bowl feed. The car runs fine, this is just one of those annoying why is it doing tbhis things....
Posted on: 2010/2/8 2:12
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Trying to get an aswer to this is proving to be tougher than it should be. I have a 77 with a relatively mild 355. 750 Holley double pumper, mild cam and a few other bits. The guy that built the engine put a Victor race pump on it and it needs a regulater, which is present. The thing is, at idle, the fuel pressure swings like crazy, from about 3 or 4 psi up to about 11 or maybe 12. no fuel is coming out the bowl vents or anything like that and the car runs fine but does anyone know what i can do to settle this down? The car is using the stock fuel lines.
Posted on: 2010/2/7 22:15
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