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Re: Hot Rod Drag Week 2011: The Experience [Re: MoparBilly] #2007205
02/07/16 03:30 AM
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Originally Posted By MoparBilly


Me: I'm really conflicted about the direction I want to go with the Valiant. Repair it, change tires, and try again. Go through the small block, and swap the J heads out for the W-5's on the shelf. Or switch to the Indy Maxx 512 lowdeck with Indy -1s, get the car certed, and really make some noise!! All of those decisions however, may end up being for DW 2013. I'm a realist, (OK, that's a flat out lie, a simple look at my available parts list proves that.) but with all my brothers are trying to accomplish, I'm likely to take the path of least resistance. I've already ordered new wheels for the Belvedere, and I'll be mounting M/T Drag Radials (no more switching at the track) get rid of the rediculous 2.76s and put in 3.55s, weld in a set of frame connectors, add HD leafs, and good rear shocks, upgrade to disk brakes up front, and go run trouble-free 11.60's all week in Daily Driver. Did I say "Trouble-free"??, hah!! From the mouths of Fools....
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So Billy, was reading this old post while waiting on the current post to get completed (seems to take longer and longer between updates. I don't think your heart is in this one like the first 2 or 3 stories) BUT I was wondering what was the issue with the Valiant that made it wobble so bad on the top end. What did you have to do to get it to run straight again?
thanks and you should have been a magazine writer too. GREAT reads.
Jerry


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Re: Hot Rod Drag Week 2011: The Experience [Re: MoparBilly] #2007215
02/07/16 04:05 AM
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Ha!
Now you're going to get everyone confused Jerry!
It's not really a matter of my heart not being in it. It's just more difficult to find blocks of time to work on it this year. In past years, I could come home from work at five, eat supper with the Wife, and send her off to bed around 6:30, then I had 3 or 4 uninterrupted hours to plug away on the story. This year we babysit my seven year old grandson until my daughter gets off work around 8:30 or 9:00 at night, and that really cuts into the creative storytelling time!

I didn't fix the Valiant's problems completely, I just did a better job of masking them with a band-aid!

First, and most important, I went to a big dumb bias ply tire in the back. Then I put really nice adjustable Qa-1 shocks on all four corners. The real problem is, that the rear-end is an 1/8 out of square under the car, so I need to drop it down, cut the safety tabs off one of the bars, adjust the heim out 1/8, and then weld the tabs back on...but I have yet to do that!

Thanks for reading, and I apologize for the delay!


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Re: Hot Rod Drag Week 2011: The Experience [Re: MoparBilly] #2007431
02/07/16 04:46 PM
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Billy, that small of job would only cost me a 12 pack for my welder/fab guy and a few hours. On second thought it might be a 24 pack. He likes his beer.

Re: Hot Rod Drag Week 2011: The Experience [Re: MoparBilly] #2007581
02/07/16 09:41 PM
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Billy my friend, o apology necessary I am a grand dad too and have our 9 year old granddaughter since she was 4. Would not take anything in the world for that time. I do understand completely the delay and I do not blame you in the least. I would not take anything for the time I get to spend with my granddaughter.


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