Martin..... My friend from Canada..

[JCotton1]

Ok boyyyzzzz here's the end of the day pics, Bubs did ok, finished up under the hood for now, notice the new drip rail above AC delete, cleaned up the headers for welding and decision time soon as to whether we are modifying for a 4 bolt flanged turbo.... also, a few pics of the trunk and interior where the new fire wall was fabbed and installed.. oh ya and a few pics, getting ready to clearance the pushrod holes and set up the valve train with the newest casted Champion R heads, notice all the extra material at the base of the deck... very nice, these heads keep getting heavier..

[JCotton1]

and here's a few more... the first one is a new PS inner fender, notice the frame crossmember and steering linkage, cleaned up and painted.. the next pic is the top end being mocked up for pushrod clearance.. and the last 2 are the fuel cell to pump installed, wiring and power coming next... Martain... where do you want your battery.. front or trunk...

[toofastforyou]

Thank you Jack and a Happy New Year to you and your wife!...Also thanks for my birthday wish...I appreciate!..
My girlfriend and I will be going to Florida next March with my truck and trailer but not with my Buick though.....I'll be bringing my Thunderbird to enjoy it down there ...It's been a while since I was able to drive with the top down...While there, I plan to get in touch with Martin and Bob and hopefully have a good meal and maybe go to a "Friday night gathering" in Ft.Lauderdale...
In the meantime, keep up the good work and looking forward to see you at the races next summer!...
Thank you,

Claude

[JBR]

Well
With a Good driver the car should go 9`s..............

Finally it`s starting to look like a Race car..



Joe

[trbochrgd1]

Jack, what thickness is the firewall supposed to be? I am going to have to put that in mine also. Thanks.

[maxsix]

I dont need to be a good driver i'm much LIGTHER than you

[BrianHynes]

Originally Posted by trbochrgd1

Jack, what thickness is the firewall supposed to be? I am going to have to put that in mine also. Thanks.

"each car in competition must be equiped with a minimum .032 inch aluminum or .024 inch steel firewall, extending from side to side of the body and from top of the engines compartment upper seal ( hood, cowl, or deck ) to the bottom of the floor and/or bellypan. Firewall must provide a bulkhead between the engine and/or fuel tank and driver compartment."

This was taken from the NHRA 2008 rule book, page 86. HTH, Brian

[BrianHynes]

Sorry to get off subject Jack. Just freeing you up some time.

[JCotton1]

Originally Posted by BrianHynes

Sorry to get off subject Jack. Just freeing you up some time.

thanks B, I was looking for it in the rule book before having to do something work related..

No pictures yesterday, had to jet to Vermont and look at a customers car.. returned late and just did not feel well last nite. In fact I didn't even turn my computor on last nite... here I am now... I'll shoot some pics this morning, Brian finished clearancing the push rod holes, after many hours. Also installed the new B&M shifter...

[trbochrgd1]

Thanks Brian, I got to get a rule book, matter of fact I will order one up now!