Winter Storage

Posted By: tboomer

Winter Storage - 09/13/11 06:33 PM

Cool weather isn't too far away..So give me some ideas on how to properly winterize my junk until I figure out what I am going to do to it!! Thanks,guys!! Ted

Posted By: Thumperdart

Re: Winter Storage - 09/13/11 07:07 PM

Bring it to Cally so I can keep it going year around.

Posted By: tboomer

Re: Winter Storage - 09/13/11 07:10 PM

Nice thought,Dom...But I am thinking about getting rid of the 512 and having Jim do a plain ol 440 and racing footbrake.(NHRA Sportsman)

Posted By: Thumperdart

Re: Winter Storage - 09/13/11 07:25 PM

Fine, then send me the 512..............

Posted By: tboomer

Re: Winter Storage - 09/13/11 07:27 PM

You have first dibs!! But...Send me a wad of cash!!

Posted By: Thumperdart

Re: Winter Storage - 09/13/11 07:40 PM

Well in that case, I`ll just freshen up my sloooowwww heap.

Posted By: rowin4

Re: Winter Storage - 09/13/11 07:49 PM

Spend the winter down south with your car. Save on winterizing it. Watch all the snow fall on the weather channel.

Posted By: dOc !

Re: Winter Storage - 09/14/11 12:00 AM

COOL weather is coming ? .... it is HERE ...and now. Supposed to be a freeze warning ... in two dayz up-here ....and I know it is WORSEer weather in IA ....

TIME to leave the BLIZZARDS Ted ..... and run your junk all winter in FL !

Posted By: dartman366

Re: Winter Storage - 09/14/11 12:03 AM

Oh NO!! not the (W) word...

Posted By: Chris'sBarracuda

Re: Winter Storage - 09/14/11 12:13 AM

That's when we get happy out here.. It's only 97* here and about to rain..

Time to start racing soon..

Sorry Ted..

Chris..

Posted By: dOc !

Re: Winter Storage - 09/14/11 12:19 AM

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Time to start racing soon..

START racing ?...

WHAT ... is that last-months 140 in-da-shade a little warm ferr-U ?

Posted By: smokinwoody

Re: Winter Storage - 09/14/11 12:20 AM

lets see Ted....get it off the floor..cardboard or plywood under it...charcoal in pans under the car...heater with a timer, just to keep the chill out and costs down...blanket over the engine and dont forget the antifreeze mix...maybe pull the rims or just cover them..any aluminum parts you can spray down with WD40...

why dont you like the 512?

Posted By: 440Jim

Re: Winter Storage - 09/14/11 12:24 AM

Put fresh clean oil and filter on it.
Put anti-freeze in it.
Then run the engine to circulate both.
Cap the exhaust to keep moisture out, same for vents, breathers, carb.
I like to remove the rocker arms to let all the valve springs extend.

Get the slicks off of concrete, and preferably off the ground.

Posted By: dOc !

Re: Winter Storage - 09/14/11 12:28 AM

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lets see Ted....get it off the floor..cardboard or plywood under it...charcoal in pans under the car...heater with a timer, just to keep the chill out and costs down...blanket over the engine and dont forget the antifreeze mix...maybe pull the rims or just cover them..any aluminum parts you can spray down with WD40...

AND THEN every nite read-it a bed-time-story ? ..

Posted By: smokinwoody

Re: Winter Storage - 09/14/11 12:55 AM

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lets see Ted....get it off the floor..cardboard or plywood under it...charcoal in pans under the car...heater with a timer, just to keep the chill out and costs down...blanket over the engine and dont forget the antifreeze mix...maybe pull the rims or just cover them..any aluminum parts you can spray down with WD40...

AND THEN every nite read-it a bed-time-story ? ..

as long as you are there....and dont forget your coffee..

Posted By: JERICOGTX

Re: Winter Storage - 09/14/11 01:10 AM

I kept mine in my enclosed trailer for 10 years. Just jacked it up, pulled the rockers, and disconnected the batteries. Last year, and from now on I'll keep it in my garage. Never had a problem in the trailer, but now I can work on it some in the winter/spring.

Posted By: tboomer

Re: Winter Storage - 09/14/11 01:26 AM

Lots of good tips here...I thank you all!! Woody..I am happy with the 512..Jimmy did a helluva job on it..He is a master!! The only reason I would pull it in exchange of a smaller moder is all of the Bullchit involved in running Pro ET...I don't like the rules and a lot of the others agree..Nuff said...And yes...It is getting chilly already!!

Posted By: Bigcube

Re: Winter Storage - 09/14/11 01:41 AM

My year round storage is drain the water, pull the rockers and jack it up. Been sitting that way for well over a year.

Posted By: WILD BILL

Re: Winter Storage - 09/14/11 02:06 AM

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all of the Bullchit involved in running Pro ET...

Say what?

Posted By: tboomer

Re: Winter Storage - 09/14/11 02:12 AM

Bill...S/Pro Vs. Pro for the big bucks...That is all I am going to say..

Posted By: WILD BILL

Re: Winter Storage - 09/14/11 02:33 AM

Move out here

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I would pull it in exchange of a smaller moder

Posted By: rowin4

Re: Winter Storage - 09/14/11 02:34 AM

The weather man said the " f " word tonight, time to head south. Yesterday was 81 tonight it's going to frost

Posted By: 493_DART

Re: Winter Storage - 09/14/11 03:42 AM

I think he is scared of all that torque of the 512 .

how about dropping a slant 6 in the 64 ?