Don't remember the words to "Hot Rod Lincoln", but could sing "Little Deuce Coupe" verbatim. But then, you probably don't want me to do that...har! What's there not to know for your son? "My four speed duel quad posi-traction...409". He doesn't get a 4 speed tranny, nor a duel quad 4 barrel, nor posi-traction?
"They don't understand that back in the day, you could take a stock car and a few hundred bucks and make a fair ground-pounder (if you had the right connections and a couple duffers that had the knowledge)."
Yes, add a Weber quad or even advance the timing or change out the exhaust/headers and get more power from a stock car.
However, I have to admit that the nitro Japanese cars are on par with major American muscle cars as far as off the line. Ever watch the first and second Fast and Furious movies? Although, I always thought unfair. The Asian motors had nitro at a push of a button. The American muscle didn't - think if they did like a dragster? The horsepower and torgue would literally blow those wimpy CID's off into another planet.
Give me American muscle anytime. Although I would prefer modern suspension as they do on "Overhauling". My tri-powered 348 rides like a boat, but then it is a cruiser, so who cares? Never been a big hotrod fan...more the stock cruiser type. However, my 2000 Vette still gives me a thrill when I punch her. Ask your son what "punch" means.
Heh! We'll do a harmony and chase everybody outta the bar! : )
He doesn't get a 4 speed tranny, nor a duel quad 4 barrel, nor posi-traction?
More like ported and relieved, stroked and bored, and leg pipes - I hear in some places they are called 'lake pipes', but they are 'leg pipes' wherever I've been...
Don't get me wrong... that was when he (they) were young. Being a redneck, I started them off on old iron, and if they broke it, they fixed it, both my sons. So they know now, though the younger one tends toward rice-grinders.
Yes, add a Weber quad or even advance the timing or change out the exhaust/headers and get more power from a stock car.
Yeah, I',m a Chevy guy, and I will testify that simply hanging fat dual exhaust on a chevy motor makes it a whole 'nuther thing... An astonishing difference in performance... Hang headers on it and be astonished sommore.... flat-tops, a decent cam, a good intake and a Holley double-pumper, and you will have to have the glee surgically removed from your face... : ) And ALL of that is *nothin'* in the used market...
However, I have to admit that the nitro Japanese cars are on par with major American muscle cars as far as off the line. Ever watch the first and second Fast and Furious movies? Although, I always thought unfair. The Asian motors had nitro at a push of a button. The American muscle didn't - think if they did like a dragster? The horsepower and torgue would literally blow those wimpy CID's off into another planet.
I dunno - a nice set of slicks and that Detroit iron is gonna come out of the hole like a slingshot... It has always been the problem... Getting all them ponies to hit the ground... But then, it won't turn... All I can say is that I have always had enough to keep the red-and-blues fading in the rear-view, and that was mostly enough for me. And while I admit my career in that sort of thing has now passed me by, I never once got my a$$ handed to me by a tuner. Especially on mixed surface. Of course, maybe they've come into their own by now.
Give me American muscle anytime.
Yeah. Me too. Pre-85, preferably 65-75, with a few exceptions.
Although I would prefer modern suspension as they do on "Overhauling". My tri-powered 348 rides like a boat, but then it is a cruiser, so who cares? Never been a big hotrod fan...more the stock cruiser type.
Never been a cruiser, but if I were, it would be a Caprice or Bonneville... Maybe a late 70's early 80's Bonneville with a 428 interceptor. If I had the money, maybe a 50 Olds Rocket with some major ground-up upgrades...
My thing was always midsize hot-rods. Chevelles are my bag, and El Caminos. But it's been a while since I had a tight ride - Kinda got distracted by BIG 4x4, so suspension took on a totally different meaning : )
However, my 2000 Vette still gives me a thrill when I punch her. Ask your son what "punch" means.
Heh... they both know... tho one of them turned out to be a cop, which might turn out to be awkward one of these days : P