Down but not forgotten.

DeathBySnuSnu · Post by **DeathBySnuSnu** » Sat Sep 13, 2014 2:31 am

Well it is not some luxury ride by any means.
It is more of a sports bike.
It is a fun run about. Quick on the throttle. Quick handling although a bit heavy on the bars. Loud as all h###. Stiff on the springs.
Bad parts.... Well mostly from being small. It can be scary to hit some huge pot hole with only one rear tire. It is only 4ft wide and the sudden pitching to one side in a hole is scary.
I have been turning an intersection corner at idle in low gear and pot hole one rear tire and accidentally twist some throttle from the sudden side pitch. It will instantly pull enough weight off the front wheel and combined with the 4 spider super diff......It goes straight ahead.
So imagine in the city..... Ho hum .... right turn at this intersection.....bump mid way through...... instant throttle respone.....front tire now well off the ground..... going straight ahead........ directly at the rear door of the other auto at the intersection.
It takes the full "pucker method" to stay with the seat and get on the rear brake, put the front on the ground and turn it away.

And yes I want more hp.

DeathBySnuSnu · Post by **DeathBySnuSnu** » Wed Oct 01, 2014 2:17 am

Changed my mind about the Camero throttle bodies. Do not like all the extra junk on them and I need pwm idle air instead of stepper.
Gonna use these motorcycle units. They have the injector bosses in them also and no idle air. Going to make the idle air from a seperate ford pwm valve and tube it in.

VmaxRik · Post by **VmaxRik** » Wed Oct 01, 2014 6:51 am

Got to say...you don't do things by half do you.

To most this would be an unthinkable nightmare, top man for showing us how it can be done.

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DeathBySnuSnu · Post by **DeathBySnuSnu** » Thu Oct 02, 2014 3:32 am

Yes well.......
I do tend to over - do things sometimes.

The little girl comes home one day with a block of wood and 4 wheels. She says dad I gotta make a car to race with my youth group at church.
Daddy does this with a block of wood.

Should see some her other things.....lol.

VmaxRik · Post by **VmaxRik** » Thu Oct 02, 2014 6:21 am

THAT....is sooooooo good. Hot rod heaven.

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DeathBySnuSnu · Post by **DeathBySnuSnu** » Thu Oct 02, 2014 12:45 pm

She is 11 now and this summer she made the move to full racing. She has raced dirt track ovals all summer. That is where all my effort has been, I am her pit crew...lol

So naturally I had to build her racer.

DeathBySnuSnu · Post by **DeathBySnuSnu** » Fri Oct 17, 2014 2:15 am

So.....
I got me an 86mm stroker crank and some 5.5 inch chevy h beam rods. Looks like it is gonna be a 2286cc.

swirl · Post by **swirl** » Fri Oct 17, 2014 3:06 am

definately not doing things by halves love all the pics, what sort of 1/4 mile you running

DeathBySnuSnu · Post by **DeathBySnuSnu** » Fri Oct 17, 2014 1:04 pm

I do not truly know. I have never had it on a real race track. I never fully "dump" the clutch. I have so many homemade parts hooking the trans to the engine. So i do feather out the clutch and roll on the power.
So.....
Street racing my buddy with a mid 10 second rocket I can stay right up to his back end but not get beside or around him in any way.
I have super big gearing in vw terms. When a swing axle has 4.38 r&p a late irs has a 4.13 r&p.
I am running a 3.44 r&p and a taller third and taller forth gears.
It is slow to shift compared to a rocket and only has four gears. It is not unusual for him to shift 3 gears just while I am in third alone.
So it is not set up for drag racing but is still pretty darn hot to handle.

swirl · Post by **swirl** » Fri Oct 17, 2014 1:07 pm

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