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Re: GOTTA LAUGH AT THIS ONE..part 2...
[Re: joedust451]
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06/10/14 09:14 AM
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gregsdart
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This stuff is too funny. More than a couple of guys at work when finding out I race came up with some good ones.
"my sons 750 Honda runs 10s (me) in the 1/8th? No, full 1/4 mile
"my 65 Barracuda 273 ran high tens" ya, right!
The best ever heard in 50 years;
"Every day I would meet this bus on this highway, and the guy swerved towards me. After doing this twice, I did the same thing. My truck sheared the bolts off the side of the bus, the side fall off and you could see the people"
Even a 14 year old kid (me!) new that was a load of B S!
8..603 156 mph best, 2905 lbs 549, indy 572-13, alky
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Re: GOTTA LAUGH AT THIS ONE..part 2...
[Re: gregsdart]
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06/10/14 09:59 AM
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Talked to a guy in the staging lanes once with a very nice looking supercharged Mustang. Me: Nice blower. Him: What?? Me: Nice blower (now I'm pointing at it) Him: Oh, that's not a blower, its a supercharger (with a straight face). I start to laugh, but notice he is serious...so I compose myself, and against my better judgement ask him one more question since I'm just killing time in the lanes. Me: What size cam you have in that thing, it sounds healthy (I'm just trying to make friendly conversation). Him: Its a "race cam" with 360 degrees duration. Me: Wow...(trying not to laugh)...so, how does that work? Do the valves just stay open? Him: ITS A RACE CAM! Its BIG (with a smile on his face)...my engine builder built it (looking proud as can be). Me: Wow, isn't that something. Pretty much everything else I said from that point on was "Wow, isn't that something". 
67 Barracuda street car, 408, e85, 1.38 60', 6.44 @105.9 in the 1/8 mile, 10.19 @130.5 in the 1/4...so far....
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Re: GOTTA LAUGH AT THIS ONE..part 2...
[Re: FlyFish]
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06/10/14 03:26 PM
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Chicken coop
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...so, how does that work? Do the valves just stay open?
bwhahaha!
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Re: GOTTA LAUGH AT THIS ONE..part 2...
[Re: FlyFish]
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06/10/14 11:04 PM
06/10/14 11:04 PM
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Mo.
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Quote:
Talked to a guy in the staging lanes once with a very nice looking supercharged Mustang.
Me: Nice blower.
Him: What??
Me: Nice blower (now I'm pointing at it)
Him: Oh, that's not a blower, its a supercharger (with a straight face).
I start to laugh, but notice he is serious...so I compose myself, and against my better judgement ask him one more question since I'm just killing time in the lanes.
Me: What size cam you have in that thing, it sounds healthy (I'm just trying to make friendly conversation).
Him: Its a "race cam" with 360 degrees duration.
Me: Wow...(trying not to laugh)...so, how does that work? Do the valves just stay open?
Him: ITS A RACE CAM! Its BIG (with a smile on his face)...my engine builder built it (looking proud as can be).
Me: Wow, isn't that something.
Pretty much everything else I said from that point on was "Wow, isn't that something".
Wow...some of the things people say to impress......
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Re: GOTTA LAUGH AT THIS ONE..part 2...
[Re: Stanton]
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06/11/14 12:52 AM
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Nebraska
451Cuda
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Its AMAZING how many cars "special order" hemi's came in !!!
So what is a "3/4 race cam" anyway ??? This is a term that seems to pop up every now and then.
Was a term in the 50's and 60's for a hot street cam. I think it originated from the very early advertisements for flathead ford cams, you either bought a "full race" cam or a "3/4 race".
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Re: GOTTA LAUGH AT THIS ONE..part 2...
[Re: cudadoug]
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06/11/14 10:19 AM
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OhioMopar
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The stories are endless. Had a guy tell me his uncle had a '69 Charger with a push-button console automatic.
Then there was the 340 'Cuda that would jump two pop bottles when he popped the clutch. Or the 383 in a Super Bee built by Jegs that was, and I quote "The only car I ever owned that would go through all 4 gears and never move an inch". Or the 360's with 383 heads. On and on it goes.
1969 Dart GTS 340
1969 Super Bee X9 N-96
1969 Coronet R/T X9 N-96
2015 Dodge Dart GT
2019 Ram 2500 Big Horn.
Looking for the original block for my Bee. The last 4 are 7449
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Re: GOTTA LAUGH AT THIS ONE..part 2...
[Re: joedust451]
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06/12/14 01:54 AM
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geezer acres rest home
dakotawilly
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many of us older gents had run ins with those bench racers with disconnected brains,back in the 70s,we had a neighbor like that who swore his mercury capri could pull the wheels. so after a night of binge drinking, he passed out,and myself and a friend removed the shifter from his wheelstander and made one from steel stock that was 2 inches from the headliner.then WELDED it in.revenge is priceless......
SFI 25.5 depends,no leak,even at 213 mph....
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Re: GOTTA LAUGH AT THIS ONE..part 2...
[Re: redmist]
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06/15/14 11:07 AM
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we "painted the intake and exhaust valves with lacquer paint to get more flow" or we ran it on "Jet fuel" but it ran so hot it melted the headers.. (sure you ran it on really clean diesel fuel) i had a substitute teacher in high school who tried to tell me ..he ran Oxygen injection ...long before people ran nitrous....i said how did you not burn the motor up like a blow torch ? he said they set the carbs up rich.. i have a local tire shop...independent owner operator place...Nice hard working salt of the earth people.. the stories i get from the kids that work in the bays mounting tires...are legendary...lolo one kid had a v6 s-10 pick up he said ran 150mph on the highway...he was gonna put exlipse turbos on it and go 200mph....maybe 250mph...  or how his dad invented a carburetor from a steam valve that made his 454 elcamino run 60 miles per gallon...but that the government sued him and took away his patent..so the oil companies wouldnt go out of business...
365" Iron J heads,,3480lbs best 1.39 60ft on SS springs.10.54,124 mph ...6.67 1/8th et.average 60fts 1.46 w/ small cam &.063 no2 pill tagged & insured
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Re: GOTTA LAUGH AT THIS ONE..part 2...
[Re: cheapstreetdustr]
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06/17/14 02:10 AM
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geezer acres rest home
dakotawilly
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probably the worst one i can remember was a guy who decided to express his manlyness by drinking octane booster straight from the can,even after he was expressly told read the can,its poison!and he did!pappa j would probably remember this.not sure what ever happened to the guy after that.but i am guessing he most likely became a candidate for a kidney transplant.you just cant fix stupid.....
SFI 25.5 depends,no leak,even at 213 mph....
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