Toluene Dart - '73 swinger

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Well... That would explain some things. Time for more new stuff.
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Well, it's together.... used some stock Gabriel shocks for the time being as they were cheap and the qa1 stuff emptied the wallet a smidge. now it's time for some adjustments and alignment. :thumbsup:
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so far suspension stuff seems good, haven't really driven it yet. Eyeballed wheels just to make it to the alignment shop when the time nears.
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Lovely noises for ear holes.
 
Booger welded in some subframe connectors.... Also found the engine running on 7 cylinders and a lifter tick (brand new roller lifters), 1 intake lifter bleed outs VERY fast and popped a pushrod out and jammed it between the guide and the rocker, but luckily didn't bend the pushrod or hurt anything. put it back together and it fired right up. Guess its time to find a new lifter.

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Split a transmission cooler line and had to get the pig towed back home. Fixed the line and then went out to test.
Transmission cooler was HOT HOT HOT and then checked and found out the trans was still a little low on fluid. I'm thinking a larger trans cooler is in order as well.
 
Made it to the track! First time i've ever been down the 1/4 as a driver and with this car.
Best run of the day [email protected] @ 5300ft DA - at sea level this thing is gonna rip.




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Nice! Real nice! Keep it up and enjoy!!!!
 
lol.. made some header "mufflers" w/ beyea dirt track mufflers and some 3" reducers.. passenger side came out a bit wonky, but I think I can tweak it some. The video really does not do it justice, will be fun to see if there's any difference at the track.
 
Couple of Video's from the $5 Friday at the "local" track... 4,000ft elevation and just over 5500ft DA.

 
. I fixed my intake that was leaking oil, as it was off I port matched the intake to the heads. Then built a 3" exhaust with some Jones Full Boar single chamber mufflers. Made it to a TnT on 6/8 - One of the honda kids wanted to run my car since he got his nitrous set up (motor vs motor he got whooped pretty bad). The circle is my car. coincidentally it was also my best run at a track DA of almost 7000ft. I guess the ported intake and 3" exhaust helped.
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one of his buddies grabbed a video of the car as I was getting it over to tech. I think it's just the right amount of obnoxious I was looking for.
 
Figuring out what needs to get modified for better traction... so I hooked up a gopro style camera to see whats going on underneath.
 
It's that time of year again. Hot August Nights.. and their burnout fest 300ft drag racing.
These video's don't render too well, I'll have to get the girl to use my phone or a different camera.


 
So my MT Street SS's only lasted 3 months.. shredded 'em solid.. but gave some gnarly burnouts to the crowd (no video :( )
But here are a couple other vid's.. better quality

This guys nova is pretty sweet.. all garage built with a turbo LS1.


the more rubber, the better the hook.
 
Well winner winner chicken dinner. I won the finals for reaction time. Cut a .000 light that got me in the finals.
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Couple of pictures from last time at the track.. just before hell broke loose and a bunch of **** went sideways.
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