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  1. thebearded1

    Slant Six Roadster Build

    Thanks it's been a lot of headaches and a lot of fun making it. I wasn't but am now. I will try to post some photos over there too when i get a chance. I really can't wait for my buddy to finish weld the exhaust I made. It's going to look a whole lot better. The exhaust on there now was...
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    Slant Six Roadster Build

    No problem! Sorry they weren't a-bodies or mopar powered but we are all car people here! I'm glad yall have been interested in my roadster build.
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    Slant Six Roadster Build

    It's been a lot of fun that's for sure! This winter i'm going to try putting in a simple roll bar behind the body so I can run my car up at Loring to see what it will do. I will also be able to add shoulder belts as well.
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    Slant Six Roadster Build

    As for my track bucket I sent the steering box to Clark's Corvair Parts to have it rebuilt and they did a great job. I knew I didn't have the tools to do the job right but had other tools I would have used and screwed it up haha. They even media blasted the box and it looks great. I ended up...
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    Slant Six Roadster Build

    Haven't made any updates in a while. Have been busy racing and crewing so still having fun. In July I raced a lakester powered by a mostly stock pinto motor at the Loring Timing Association in Maine. It's land speed racing where you are timed at a mile and 1.5 mile. We race on an old retired air...
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    Widening exhaust outlet

    I had a stone bit and was able to open it up to a little over 2". The opening now matches the gasket I have. I was able to do this while it was on the engine and in the car since my slant is in a open body roadster. I will try to take it out some more next time I have the exhaust off.
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    Widening exhaust outlet

    I was planning on opening up the exhaust outlet on my stock manifold to help it breath a little better. What tool would probably work the best? I was thinking about a burr but in a drill or impact driver. Has anyone else used something else with decent success?
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    [SOLD] /6 engine

    Nevermind, I reread the ad and saw the zipcode they would be like an hour and a half away. How far are you from Reading PA? I have some friends there that might be able to grab it for me. I'm down in MD and wouldn't be able to make it up in time.
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    Slant Six Roadster Build

    Here are some photos on of the shocks and the way she stands today. Test drove the car today and the shocks worked great. I still need to take the shocks apart and paint them. I ended up making the discs out of a sheet of slippery UHMW Polyethylene from McMaster-Carr. I read up on sooo many...
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    Slant Six Roadster Build

    Thanks it's finally coming together. Adding socks and headlight mounts today! It was cancelled due to rain. There aren't anymore drag racing event till July unfortunately. I do have some dirt circle track events I'm going to try to run at in May. Need to get shocks on the front end and build a...
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    Slant Six Roadster Build

    I set the toe to 1/8" in and that helped greatly with the front end. I also made some modifications to the brake pedal to make the pushrod more inline with the master cylinder. The car stops a lot better now but I'd like to improve on it though. ( no photos of that right now) but..... I do...
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    Slant Six Roadster Build

    It has to be a very long reamer with a pilot bit or set up in a honing machine as the 2 holes have to be aligned exactly so the king pin slides through.
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    Slant Six Roadster Build

    I got the starter installed and it works great! I went to drive it to a friend's house to do some welding and discovered some front end issues and wasn't able to make it to do the work so I doubt I will be racing this season. It looks like the king pins bushings are wore out on the front...
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    Slant Six Roadster Build

    Thanks I'm finally starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel! Hoping to have at some events starting in mid April
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    Slant Six Roadster Build

    I haven't finished the seat yet but I did get a new starter that will allow more room for exhaust and moving the steering box closer to the firewall. It's the 2007 Ram 5.7L manual transmission starter and it sure makes a big difference in space and weight! I need to get some longer bolts as...
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    Slant Six Roadster Build

    Making some slow but steady progress. I made a bracket setup for the throttle and kickdown cables and the return springs. The 2 barrel carb drives nice and has a lot more pep. The next warm day I will take it down to my "testing grounds" and use the Drag Racer app to see if i turn a better 1/8...
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    tunnel ram for /6

    That supercharged setup even with 1 carb would look cool on my roadster but yea that's a whole lot of money and i'd probably have to upgrade the dana 35 rear end i'm using too.
  18. thebearded1

    Mystery kickdown

    Thanks yea just trying to help identify it in case we sell it at a swap meet or if someone can use it on here. He did part out an early 70s charger so it may be from that
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    Mystery kickdown

    About 23"
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    Mystery kickdown

    How should I measure it? Straight length from end to end or follow the tape along the bends?
  21. thebearded1

    Mystery kickdown

    Does anyone recognize what this kick down linkage is off of? My dad had several Mopara and collected parts off other from the junkyard.
  22. thebearded1

    Making kickdown lever for carb

    I was able to drill the hole using a new bit and my drill press after removing the shaft from the carb. I measured the length of the lever on the trans and made this one to match.Just need to finish up the mount for the cables and get that painted and hook everything up.
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    Making kickdown lever for carb

    I'm not dissing them but these aren't as effective as the ones that would have come on Mopara
  24. thebearded1

    Making kickdown lever for carb

    Haha I will stick with the slant six. I only have 40 ford drum brakes up front and drums in the rear too
  25. thebearded1

    Making kickdown lever for carb

    Mine didn't have that red spacer thing. But I was able to drill the hole using my drill press at work. I'm working on the arm now and then will put the shaft back in the carb
  26. thebearded1

    Making kickdown lever for carb

    Yea it would have been simple if it was an easy metal to drill into haha. This stromberg is different then those but i will look to see if i get any ideas. The big issue is i can't take the lever off since it's rivets to the shaft or else i'd just make another lever and add it to the shaft
  27. thebearded1

    Making kickdown lever for carb

    Yup also not sure if the stock setup would even work as I'm using a Stromberg WW3 carb I bought from Slant six dan. I believe it was intended for a 318 but works better than the Holley 2280 I had.
  28. thebearded1

    Making kickdown lever for carb

    Not sure it Not sure if that would work since it's not in the original car. I've never seen the original setup so not sure if anything mounted to the firewall in the original car
  29. thebearded1

    Making kickdown lever for carb

    well this has become more a of PITA than I expected! I guess the lever on the carb is stainless and I can't manage to drill a hole in it. I can not take the lever off so I have to use a cordless drill, I put a block of wood between the lever and the carb body so i'm not putting excessive...
  30. thebearded1

    /6 gaskets

    Maybe it's a fun free key chain haha. Yea I see the distributor gaskets that Halifax sells. Definitely way different
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