🔧 BUILD remember the twin engine olds?

[10sec]

How old are you? I only ask because it'll be roughly 30yrs before this even has two running engines and moving on it's own. Might be a better goal to look forward to it just running with a single engine.

 

[94olds442]

How old are you? I only ask because it'll be roughly 30yrs before this even has two running engines and moving on it's own. Might be a better goal to look forward to it just running with a single engine.

It has not ran with two engines in it in six years and spent 2 1/2 years down in North Carolina

 

[10sec]

I was just giving James crap.

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

it'll run/drive sooner than you think, don't worry ill be sure to use plenty of zip ties to give the proper air of 3800 racecar for ya mike

for a start ~800 whp and 3200 lbs should be enough for next summer

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

Rocket surgeon's up in hurrr

 

[Handsome Jesus]

Building a monster truck, not a racecar?

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

....just building a monster....

 

[jdredd]

....just building a monster....

monsters usually die in an explosion of fire in the end ....

 

[twinv6gtp]

Rocket surgeon's up in hurrr

Rocket engineer wouldn't make such an heavy and efficient overkill part like this. The rocket would never leave the ground if it had parts like this

That said, nice knuckles...
My stock aluminum knuckles did the job on my car.

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

You have a good and logical point however I was referring to the olds rocket the incorporated into it

 

[jdredd]

Rocket engineer wouldn't make such an heavy and efficient overkill part like this. The rocket would never leave the ground if it had parts like this

That said, nice knuckles...
My stock aluminum knuckles did the job on my car.

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

McPherson struts flex too much and have shitty geometry.

 

[jdredd]

McPherson struts flex too much and have shitty geometry.

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

Is it cheating to stretch the c pillar bases/rear quarters to fit 31x16 15 slicks on a street car?

 

[10sec]

As if it would ever be finished enough to even have to worry about putting tires on the car? :ming:

 

[jdredd]

Remember the twin engine olds? I keep trying to forget!

2021 just around the corner... oh wait, thats the year for my setup ... :rollpicard:

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

id like to see it move under its own power by mid summer hopefully we can cobble it together enough to take it to the track before winter lets us finish more than the basics.

sometimes when shoving 15lbs of shit into a 5lb bag you have to get creative.....

I have a couple pics though....the front powerplant is together and ready, rear engine is a longblock with a trans ready. ive stripped the wire harness's of a lot of the excess and reworked them for routing the bare minimum of wires up to the top keeping most of it around the pan/starter area where the pcm mounts/primary power stuff for each plant resides.

control arms are coming back from powder coating by next weekend for final mounting for the frontend. in the pic is the CV shaft I turned down to 1" for a test fit/measuring stick for the final CV length.



at the drag expo I blew some coin to grab a nice assortment of fittings/hose for plumbing the fuel system/HP and LP PS/ and other hydraulic stuff


Al has been dedicating his time to the body work, antenna hole filled/weight removed and getting it ready for paint

 

[10sec]

I would swing HARD if it was moving under it's own power by summer.

 

[GTPpower]

How will you listen to the radio?

 

[Mr_Roboto]

Pandora of course no obsolete technology here!

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

I would swing HARD if it was moving under it's own power by summer.

unfortunately Al's stuck hard on the make it look nice while I want to get it running asap.....I honestly didn't mind the torch scars on the rear tin, chicks dig rascars....

I can see where he's going though....no more blue....

meanwhile the "I wanna drive it" is more my work, unfortunately my syncrowave 300 has a bad board so I cant do some of the rework I want to do, but we did get a polished stainless ididit gm colum/QR etc but im reworking the column mount for a swing away to keep it accessible when we have to add the driver cage after 8.50's

so far on the weight its looking like we should be at or under a 3200lb race weight and only have to make 12 point u turns with 295's on all four corners

How will you listen to the radio?

Pandora of course no obsolete technology here!

7.6L of music

 

[RICH17]

What are you doing for throttles this time? I know the cables never seemed to work and you said there was something wrong with the drive by wire throttle bodies?

 

[Handsome Jesus]

throttle control not required.

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

We are using 04+ pcms and APP sensors with a instant wot rear throttle switch for leaving the line while letting us pedal the front engine

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

Pretty well sorted out.....