Or then just buy a decent frame for it and shock the chevy guys some more .

Like this?

 Seppo from Järvenpää, Finland
www.hollowheads.net (just click the hole in the head to proceed)

I have one of those trucks that is a 64. It is a 223 SIX with 3 on the tree, longbed.
I can't even begin to imagine how it would handle with that kind of HP and torque! And I might add it has a fairly new, tight suspension with disk brakes.
I think what you've accomplished is great, but I would be thinking about a race specific car and frame if I were you.

       A  L  A  N   F  R  A  K  E  S   ~  Tulsa, OK    

The two wheel deal might work. I'd love to see it in a reinforced frame, short wheel base truck. That could be spectacular!

Frank/Rebop

Bristol, In ( by Elkhart) 

It wouldn't take much to covert to two wheel drive. I would leave my t-case in the truck, remove the front drive shaft, front diff and leaf springs and install two wheel drive front springs and beam. Then I could lower the truck and mount more speed rated and sticky tires on the back.

It's not impossible to do!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSyXpT_68QI

Chuck

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Looking for McCullouch VS57 brackets and parts. Also looking for 28 Chrysler series 72 parts. And early Hemi parts.

MoonShadow, 292 w/McCulloch, 28 Chrysler Roadster, 354 Hemi)
Manchester, New Hampshire

Lower it and leave it 4wd. That would be different.


Lawrenceville, GA

That's what we are planning now. Going to drop the truck as much as we can and put some nice wheels and sticky tires on it. That way we can still do 4 wheel drags for better traction. So my buddy was harping on me that this engine won't be able to lay down this power over and over. So we spent some time today dialing in my electronic Turbo Smart boost controller. This is what the engine put down in consecutive runs after everything was hot and we had been messing with the controller for a while. Not a whole lot of power loss in consecutive back to back runs!!! I think this engine will be just fine. Plus we made multiple mid 500 whp runs before we got the controller dialed in at the boost we wanted. The last run out IAT was at 125 degrees.

I love those torque numbers, that's diesel territory.

Frank/Rebop

Bristol, In ( by Elkhart) 

Those numbers are pretty consistant for a new engine that isn't totaly dialed in. I think you may have a scrub killer there. It wouldn't hurt to set it up lower with the ladder bars and some sticky tires. I'd love to see what it would run in that trim. If it's not putting up the numbers then you could still go to 2WD and try again. The idea of a balls out 4wd Ford pickup smoking all four tires is getting my imagination working overtime! Go get em! Chuck

Y's guys rule!
Looking for McCullouch VS57 brackets and parts. Also looking for 28 Chrysler series 72 parts. And early Hemi parts.

MoonShadow, 292 w/McCulloch, 28 Chrysler Roadster, 354 Hemi)
Manchester, New Hampshire

An orginal four wheel drive slick in that condition is worth quite a lot of cabbage! My suggestion is drive it while looking for something more approiate for that much power, roller race cars can be found for cheap these days.

Glen Henderson



Freedom is not Free

Letohatchee, AL