Motorbreath53's Baja... is still ALIVE

Lotrat · Post by **Lotrat** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 3:30 pm

DonT wrote:...And Lotrat, the writing is on the wall now.

C-Bad?

DonT · Post by **DonT** » Fri Sep 04, 2009 9:25 am

Lotrat wrote:
DonT wrote:...And Lotrat, the writing is on the wall now.
C-Bad?

Power triangle taking control once the ring lands on the finger.

I think most married men understand. The ones who don't are lieing.

bajaherbie · Post by **bajaherbie** » Fri Sep 04, 2009 11:58 am

never heard it called the power triangle but i think i know what DonT means

motorbreath53 · Post by **motorbreath53** » Mon Nov 16, 2009 4:43 pm

Well... i've started cleaning up the A-arms that will adorn the Smurf soon. (in theory...) So I thought i'd post up what my A-arm front end came to me as...

Unfinished Spindles...

Bulkhead atop my 53' Chev... (aka the 10 year parts collection)

The unfinished plate uppers that came with the front end...

Cut n' turn my @#$.......

Overview....

cwrisley · Post by **cwrisley** » Mon Nov 16, 2009 5:23 pm

....well sure, if youre gonna have someone else build your car.

Skidmark · Post by **Skidmark** » Mon Nov 16, 2009 6:04 pm

Be sure to go public with the toe, camber, and caster figures when you cycle it for the first time...

motorbreath53 · Post by **motorbreath53** » Mon Nov 16, 2009 6:30 pm

cwrisley wrote:....well sure, if youre gonna have someone else build your car.

I know... and I feel like a failure too...

...but not all of us can have hand-made balljoint arms... and one-off custom KYB's......maybe my next car will be more like one that has been built 10,000 times before.

bajahucks · Post by **bajahucks** » Mon Nov 16, 2009 8:44 pm

thos lowers are very nice.

motorbreath53 · Post by **motorbreath53** » Tue Jan 12, 2010 10:25 pm

So, I talked the wife into allowing some "upgrades" to the shop while I had the plumbing apart for our tankless waterheater install...

...just need the fridge, and i'll never have to leave the garage again.

..and then some fun photo's of dismantled smurfs, and the approx. increase in size I should see... (just like the Enzyte commercial said!)

(and no.. the small block is not going in the baja... though I have dreamed about it.)

bajahucks · Post by **bajahucks** » Tue Jan 12, 2010 11:15 pm

i love it danny. that is one of a kind.

instead of that ecotec, you should put that v8 in her.

motorbreath53 · Post by **motorbreath53** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 1:52 am

damnit huckleberry... don't encourage crap like that. I have fought with myself 15 times about that same idea.....

That 383 weights round' 600lbs... and makes MAYBE 300hp.... (more with better heads/cam etc...)
The ecotec should weigh about 350lbs... and should make about 170hp... (with NOTHING changed)
Power to weight, the ecotec wins.

The 383 would DESTROY an 091... and therfore would require a 2D...
Ecotec could get away with an 091 for a bit...at least a season with calm driving...(and be fuel injected)
cost, Ecotec is cheaper...

The only REAL pro's that I could give the V8 is the AWESOME v8 sound, and that it would look absolutely sinister.

Post by **david58** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 1:58 am

How friggen far are you extending that dragster?

DannyK · Post by **DannyK** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 8:28 am

Dang nice build ! I like the shop improvements and checkerboard Vans too !

cwrisley · Post by **cwrisley** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 9:55 am

motorbreath53 wrote:...just need the fridge, and i'll never have to leave the garage again.

If we dont end up taking my beer fridge with us when we move, Id love to keep it in the family.....lemme know....

CopperBaja · Post by **CopperBaja** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 10:01 am

So much for fitting in that new toyhauler!

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