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Re: A race car on the street.... (pics!) [Re: Bigcube] #1642691 07/07/14 12:33 AM 07/07/14 12:33 AM
Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 2,028 Trumbull,CT. J jim sciortino top fuel
jim sciortino top fuel J Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 2,028 Trumbull,CT.	Quote: I'm in upstate NY, near Binghamton, long way away from here. I get up to southern VT quite often but still a long ways away. Love to see your cars sometime. Love both of them Yeah, that is a little bit of a hike, but you're welcome anytime......

Re: A race car on the street.... (pics!) [Re: jim sciortino] #1642692 07/07/14 11:08 AM 07/07/14 11:08 AM
Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 1,845 Tampa D DusterDave top fuel
DusterDave top fuel D Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 1,845 Tampa	Jim, congrats on the big first cruise with the new bullet! Your buddie's black Chevelle looks bad-azz! As far as your cooling issue is concerned, I suggest you find the absolute biggest pair of fans that will fit, that pull the highest CFM. Build or buy a fan shroud that covers all of the fin area, and seal the edges to the radiator. Gone to the dark side with an LS3 powered '57 Chevy 210

Re: A race car on the street.... (pics!) [Re: DusterDave] #1642693 07/07/14 11:17 AM 07/07/14 11:17 AM
Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 6,849 F fullmetaljacket master
fullmetaljacket master F Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 6,849	Seal every crevice and tinniest of holes and large leading to the radiator. Air is like water, it will find any least resistance and flow through it. You want every inch of air going through the front of the radiator with a much preferred puller fan/s and shroud on the back side (Engine side) of the rad.

Re: A race car on the street.... (pics!) [Re: fullmetaljacket] #1642694 07/07/14 07:48 PM 07/07/14 07:48 PM
Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 10,384 Upstate NY Bigcube OP I Live Here
Bigcube OP I Live Here Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 10,384 Upstate NY	I hadn't thought of air going around the radiator. There is a good size gap at the bottom that is 2" or so. I'm going to plug it with a bigger radiator that has a shroud and 2 big fans built in. The fans should be big enough to "taxi" to the gas station if I run out of fuel

Re: A race car on the street.... (pics!) [Re: Bigcube] #1642695 07/07/14 08:16 PM 07/07/14 08:16 PM
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Airwoofer mopar A Joined: Feb 2014 Posts: 655 Huntsville, AL	Make sure the arewa between the bottom of the hood and the top of the thing that goes across under the hood is sealed also. If you run a trans cooler don't block the radiator with it. At 45-50 MPH on the street my 499 KOS Demon would hold 180-190 but if I had to stop things got warm. I subsequently moved the trans cooler, replaced the improper fan with two thin ones (push and pull). It helped.

Re: A race car on the street.... (pics!) [Re: Airwoofer] #1642696 07/07/14 08:35 PM 07/07/14 08:35 PM
Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 12,129 Cleveland sunroofgtx I Live Here
sunroofgtx I Live Here Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 12,129 Cleveland	Jim, that is sooo awesome that you "Streeterized" it! Awesome-ness for sure. Please be careful. We had a guy driving his caged drag car on the street and got inot a fender-bender. Let's just say roll cages are not nice to heads. Have fun. Great car. Join the quickest team in motorsports. Team FireCore. CustomWiresets.com

Re: A race car on the street.... (pics!) [Re: Bigcube] #1642697 07/07/14 10:24 PM 07/07/14 10:24 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 926 MICHIGAN B BB65Barracuda super stock
BB65Barracuda super stock B Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 926 MICHIGAN	I had to take my wheelie bars off my Dart for the street. Had a couple of incidents where people tripped over them at the local Dairy Queen. 1957 Power wagon wm300 original 10.000 mile truck, 1964 dodge Polara Convertible numbers matching

Re: A race car on the street.... (pics!) [Re: BB65Barracuda] #1642698 07/08/14 12:39 AM 07/08/14 12:39 AM
Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 6,341 Heaven EvilB1Dart master
EvilB1Dart master Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 6,341 Heaven	Nice work, Jim. Glad to see you're enjoying the car again. Thanks for sharing. Wes "Any fool can know. The point is to understand" - A. Einstein

Re: A race car on the street.... (pics!) [Re: Bigcube] #1642699 07/08/14 11:52 AM 07/08/14 11:52 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 13,417 Marion, South Carolina [><] an8sec70cuda I Live Here
an8sec70cuda I Live Here Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 13,417 Marion, South Carolina [><]	Glad to see it out on the street again Jim! CHIP '70 hemicuda, 575" Hemi, 727, Dana 60 '69 road runner, 440-6, 18 spline 4 speed, Dana 60 '71 Demon, 340, low gear 904, 8.75 '73 Chrysler New Yorker, 440, 727, 8.75 '90 Chevy 454SS Silverado, 476" BBC, TH400, 14 bolt '06 GMC 2500HD LBZ Duramax

Re: A race car on the street.... (pics!) [Re: an8sec70cuda] #1642700 07/08/14 02:58 PM 07/08/14 02:58 PM
Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 9,225 Charleston S sixpackgut Drag Week Mod Champion
sixpackgut Drag Week Mod Champion S Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 9,225 Charleston	my rad setup for drag week is inexpensive. speedway motors sells 29" dual pass radiator ($170) with a couple of ebay fans that cost around $15-20 each. I watched many guys over the years at drag week replacing expensive fans at auto parts stores. at $15 a fan, you can buy a spare to keep with you. nothing beats driving your hot rod on the street the car looks great Gen 3 power 6.22@110, 9.85@135 Follow @g3hemiswap on instagram performance only racing, CRT, ultimate converter, superior design concepts, ThumperCarbs

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