I for one, really love the rat rods. Something about em gets my blood pumping. I love seeing chopped tops, suicide front-ends,z'd frames. I think what makes it so appealing to me is being able to see what work has been done to make em the way they are. Paint covers all that work you've done. Here's a couple cars that I can sit and look at for hours.
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e348/exmonkeypunk69/choppedcoupe.jpg
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e348/exmonkeypunk69/chopped.jpg
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Man, nothing says THE NEED FOR SPEED like The Pheonix.
http://media.truckblog.com/pho_1_.jpg
This incredible record holding diesel truck started out life as a 1943 International K-7 truck and after being saved from a salvage yard by Carl Heap & R.B. Slagle, back in 1987. These long time pals (much like Jim & I) saw great big plans for this old and tired quarry truck and began the journey to create "The Phoenix".
With a whole lot of work, and the addition of a Detroit Diesel 16V it ran 158 mph in the Modified Diesel truck class on the Bonneville salt flats, breaking it's first USFRA record at just 188.340 MPH.
As these friends kept working to improve and break their own records they modified and streamlined this 43 International and in 1992 and now running in the unlimited Diesel Truck Class, The Phoenix and it's driver R.B. Slagle, shattered their old record with a mind blowing 212.478 mph. Not bad for a 49 year old truck.
Sadly R.B. Slagle died in 1998, but Carl Heap continued on his quest for the fastest diesel truck ever. In 2001 Carl took the record again at 254, then just two days later again at 263.487
In 2003 the truck was again revised with a wing in front and a more streamlined body and even though he broke the record again with a record of 272.685 mph, with a pass well over 280 mph, but he was plagued with mechanical problems which kept him from breaking into the 300 mph club.
Unfortunately due to Carl's failing health and untimely death in 2003, he was unable to run the truck again and launch himself and The Phoenix" into the 300 mph club. Carl's previous runs did earn "The Phoenix" the title of the world's fastest diesel and will forever serve as a lasting tribute to the two friends and their dream of building the worlds fastest diesel truck.
Some more stats on the Phoenix:
Detroit Diesel - 16v 1472ci
4 Turbo Chargers
2 Super Chargers
Est Hp: 5000+
Front Tires: Boeing 707 39x13 Wheels
Rear Tires: Boeing 747 49x17 Wheels
How do you like these turbos
http://liberalredneck.org/albums/bv-diesel/Pheonix_2_001.jpg
28,000 pounds and it's been over 275mph on the salt.
http://liberalredneck.org/albums/bv-diesel/Pheonix_3_001.jpg
The Phoenix and new push truck. Bonneville Speed Week 2002.
http://liberalredneck.org/albums/bv-diesel/P8120011h.jpg
http://media.truckblog.com/pho_1_.jpg
This incredible record holding diesel truck started out life as a 1943 International K-7 truck and after being saved from a salvage yard by Carl Heap & R.B. Slagle, back in 1987. These long time pals (much like Jim & I) saw great big plans for this old and tired quarry truck and began the journey to create "The Phoenix".
With a whole lot of work, and the addition of a Detroit Diesel 16V it ran 158 mph in the Modified Diesel truck class on the Bonneville salt flats, breaking it's first USFRA record at just 188.340 MPH.
As these friends kept working to improve and break their own records they modified and streamlined this 43 International and in 1992 and now running in the unlimited Diesel Truck Class, The Phoenix and it's driver R.B. Slagle, shattered their old record with a mind blowing 212.478 mph. Not bad for a 49 year old truck.
Sadly R.B. Slagle died in 1998, but Carl Heap continued on his quest for the fastest diesel truck ever. In 2001 Carl took the record again at 254, then just two days later again at 263.487
In 2003 the truck was again revised with a wing in front and a more streamlined body and even though he broke the record again with a record of 272.685 mph, with a pass well over 280 mph, but he was plagued with mechanical problems which kept him from breaking into the 300 mph club.
Unfortunately due to Carl's failing health and untimely death in 2003, he was unable to run the truck again and launch himself and The Phoenix" into the 300 mph club. Carl's previous runs did earn "The Phoenix" the title of the world's fastest diesel and will forever serve as a lasting tribute to the two friends and their dream of building the worlds fastest diesel truck.
Some more stats on the Phoenix:
Detroit Diesel - 16v 1472ci
4 Turbo Chargers
2 Super Chargers
Est Hp: 5000+
Front Tires: Boeing 707 39x13 Wheels
Rear Tires: Boeing 747 49x17 Wheels
How do you like these turbos
http://liberalredneck.org/albums/bv-diesel/Pheonix_2_001.jpg
28,000 pounds and it's been over 275mph on the salt.
http://liberalredneck.org/albums/bv-diesel/Pheonix_3_001.jpg
The Phoenix and new push truck. Bonneville Speed Week 2002.
http://liberalredneck.org/albums/bv-diesel/P8120011h.jpg
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exmonkeypunk
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i love the bonneville salt flats. i hope to someday build a saltflat racer and drive it there.
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i love the bonneville salt flats. i hope to someday build a saltflat racer and drive it there.
I have an idea for a very low sleek car, that someday, I would love to build, and get my name in the 300+ club.
I have an idea for a very low sleek car, that someday, I would love to build, and get my name in the 300+ club.
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exmonkeypunk
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I have an idea for a very low sleek car, that someday, I would love to build, and get my name in the 300+ club.
Burt munroe. You ever see worlds fastest indian? That movie was really really great.
Burt munroe. You ever see worlds fastest indian? That movie was really really great.
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exmonkeypunk
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This is one badass Chevette.
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e348/exmonkeypunk69/chevetterally.jpg
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e348/exmonkeypunk69/chevetterally.jpg
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This was stolen from another forum. This is fucked up...
You're talking about a blow through setup which is more dificult than a draw through design, but is the better way to go. You just have to equalize the pressure around the carb by housing it in a sealed box.
Here is a honda 50cc (with a 90cc motor in it) a good friend and I were messin with...
draw through design to keep it simple.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v465/blackack/P2010432.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v465/blackack/P2010433.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v465/blackack/DSC04387.jpg
This turbo is off of a chevy sprint, pretty damn small... but still too big for this 90cc motor to spool it up at a reasonable rpm.
Before the turbo, he used a blower motor from an audi (cat air pump), same thing that was mentioned earlier in this thread. That thing worked fucking awesome... it made 20psi no problem. Wheelie bars had to be installed to keep the front end down lol.
However... it was also a draw through setup, and the fuel was fucking up the pump vanes, they would literly explode and send little chunks of hard compsite material through the motor. We tried adding a little oil to the gas for some lube, but it still didn't work. He is curently working on machineing new vanes from steel.
You're talking about a blow through setup which is more dificult than a draw through design, but is the better way to go. You just have to equalize the pressure around the carb by housing it in a sealed box.
Here is a honda 50cc (with a 90cc motor in it) a good friend and I were messin with...
draw through design to keep it simple.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v465/blackack/P2010432.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v465/blackack/P2010433.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v465/blackack/DSC04387.jpg
This turbo is off of a chevy sprint, pretty damn small... but still too big for this 90cc motor to spool it up at a reasonable rpm.
Before the turbo, he used a blower motor from an audi (cat air pump), same thing that was mentioned earlier in this thread. That thing worked fucking awesome... it made 20psi no problem. Wheelie bars had to be installed to keep the front end down lol.
However... it was also a draw through setup, and the fuel was fucking up the pump vanes, they would literly explode and send little chunks of hard compsite material through the motor. We tried adding a little oil to the gas for some lube, but it still didn't work. He is curently working on machineing new vanes from steel.
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exmonkeypunk
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there's a free trip to the hospital. That thing looks like some crazy fun. If i knew the guy i'd give him my steel lines to use. He should put a bigger exhaust on that thing. It might help with the turbo problem. that thing makes me wanna go build one.
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http://www.entermyworld.com/rich/drex/parades/stpdppics.html
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exmonkeypunk
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that poor, poor, poor, delorian.....There should be a law against doing stuff like that to rare cars....I'm not saying that isn't cool though.....Eat my shit marty mcfly. lol. It'd be funny opening the doors to get in that thing....I'd like to ride in it. But, it's still wrong though, but so damn cool.