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Post by poorboy1 on May 26, 2009 20:22:30 GMT -5
finally found a suitable car to start with. It is a 1973 Thunderbird. It has a 460ci and 9" rear diff. more to come.
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Post by poorboy1 on May 26, 2009 20:24:13 GMT -5
there is derby in mcminnville July 11th one in hillsboro aug 2nd and one in canby aug 23rd. wont be at the one on the 2nd.
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Post by bleakhorizon on May 26, 2009 21:07:56 GMT -5
lemme know if there is anything left of the engine when yea get done.... if yea wana get rid of it....
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Post by poorboy1 on May 26, 2009 22:44:38 GMT -5
A little more info. according to the vin it is a 460ci 2 dr hardtop built in Los Angeles Ca in April of 1973. It is still sporting the original 8 track. I broke one of the rules of buying a car. I never pulled the oil dip stick and checked it or the radiator cap. So I went out and crossed my fingers and started looking it over. Thankfully the oil was black and nothing more. As for the coolant it was empty so i thought. So first thing I think is cracked block dang it. Started to fill it with water and it was maybe 2 quarts low. so it should be good to go. Kinda neat lines to the car. It has had some goofy stuff done to it though. I noticed a coolant container with a water line and shutoff in the corner of the eng compartment running to the back of the eng. wtf It goes to a splitter tube and thru a couple more valves and into the vacuum line in the back of the manifold. inside the car on the floor is some tube with the control valve? they also swapped the 4barrel to a single barrel car with a homemade adapter. I dont mind this part because i always swap to a 2 barrel for deby cars anyways. It looks like it was a new carb when installed.
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Post by poorboy1 on May 26, 2009 22:48:37 GMT -5
No idea what they were trying to do. water injection? cool the pistons? fuel mileage? Maybe they werent running water in teh bottle but alcohol?
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Post by Crusty on May 26, 2009 22:58:13 GMT -5
That thing is fricken hugh!!!
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Post by bleakhorizon on May 26, 2009 23:01:50 GMT -5
weird lol.......x2 on the 1bbl carb....... ok seriously sell that rear taillight it will offset the price of the car......they were discontinued in 79 and are absolutely imposable to find
looks like you could put that cruise control on your truck lol....
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Post by CRAZY BASTARD on May 26, 2009 23:10:11 GMT -5
i have a decent amount of 1/4in diamond plate i can donate to the cause if you need some.
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Post by mudslinger97117 on May 26, 2009 23:11:35 GMT -5
tillamook has a derby to not sure when it's during their county fair.
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Post by poorboy1 on May 26, 2009 23:12:16 GMT -5
weird lol.......x2 on the 1bbl carb....... ok seriously sell that rear taillight it will offset the price of the car......they were discontinued in 79 and are absolutely imposable to find looks like you could put that cruise control on your truck lol.... I had checked ebay earlier on the tail lights and there is only one on there and it is a little worse than mine and it is $119 so hopfully I can get a few bucks back.
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Post by poorboy1 on May 26, 2009 23:14:24 GMT -5
i have a decent amount of 1/4in diamond plate i can donate to the cause if you need some. I'll keep it in mind. I am real limited on body mods other than the drivers door and a couple bars.
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Post by poorboy1 on May 26, 2009 23:16:36 GMT -5
Also looking fro a few sponsors if someone wants their name on the car. Not sure on color yet. But I'll pretty it all up for sure.
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Post by wotpos on May 27, 2009 0:20:42 GMT -5
No idea what they were trying to do. water injection? cool the pistons? fuel mileage? Maybe they werent running water in teh bottle but alcohol? ive had a few old timers tell me that a little water cleans all the carbon ? think about pulling a head cause the gasket was blown most times you can find the hole that was getting the coolant ... but if i was you id use it for oil ,and smoke out the compitition. maybe it was used back in the day as a getta way car and that was the smoke screen setup ??
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Post by popeye on May 27, 2009 0:35:47 GMT -5
if it was water wouldnt it have to be a really fine mist to kep from hydro locking? maybe it was something they riged up to try and get it thru deq?
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Post by bleakhorizon on May 27, 2009 1:04:07 GMT -5
Tillamook derby is Aug 8th i believe.......you been in any derbys before? do you know whats coming? lol...... those bumpers are safety bumpers, drill a hole in the bumper shocks to collapse em and then weld them collapsed.... weld that rear end, or buy a mini spool (you wouldnt believe how many people dont).... rig up some kind of shifter that is manual and doesnt use linkage that is either locked out or WONT go into park.... leave the accessories on the engine (smog, ac, ps) but dont run belts (maybe the ps lol) take a small belt and force it over the water pump and crank and take the spacer off the fan.....
i prefer not to run zoomies, they are awesome, i will give ya that, but they get in the way and they are notorious for burning plug wires, and will make your eyes burn from the gas smell......
and yeah just remember these are just my opinions and they have worked for me in the past
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