I'll send those numbers next week. Got to finish
putting a roof on my new garage before i can get
to the motor to uncover it. the fascination
stems from the very beginning for me. I was 14
when my dad took me for a ride on Daytona beach
at 150 in his new Chrysler 300C back when you
could pay $2 to make a run and get a time slip
for a souvenir. On top of that, the guy that
lived next door to us on a lake in Massachussetts
had an old (1930s) gold cup hydroplane that he
had stuck a hemi in. It had zoomies, was the the
fastest boat for miles around, and made the best
music I had ever heard. And that was in the
golden age of Buddie Holley and Elvis Presley, so
it had a lot of competition for the best music
award! I've been hooked on hemis and speed ever
since. As you suggested, I am aiming at the
USFRA 150 club. Although I'm building what will
eventually be either an altered or comp coupe, I
will probably tack on the stuff necessary to get
it registered and inspected here in Texas in
order to qualify for the 150 specs, then run it
at Maxton under 125 and World of Speed in the 150
club. For the following year I'll spend my money
on the other safety stuff and then run it in it's
rightful class.
--- Beth Butters <bbutters@dmi.net> wrote:
> That's cool Dick , I understand your
> fascination with the hemi thing after all I
> run one of those things to. The serial number
> is on the top right front of the block send
> it to me and I'll tell you what you have. It
> will outrun that 350 Generous Motors thing,
> That's cool Dick , I understand your
> fascination with the hemi thing after all I
> run one of those things to. The serial number
> is on the top right front of the block send
> it to me and I'll tell you what you have. It
> will outrun that 350 Generous Motors thing,
> you might want to consider building your car
> to run at USFRA s meet for the l50 mph club
> as you wont need all that expensive safety gear
> . God Bless L.Kvach Butters
>
> ----------
> From: Dick Jurkowski[SMTP:lsr_man@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 1999 6:15 AM
> To: Beth Butters
> Cc: land-speed@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: Hemi Pipes
>
>
> Now that you ask and got me thinking, I'm not
> sure if it's an actual 300B or not. The guy I
> bought it from told me it was, but if I
> remember
> right, it has hydraulic lifters. (I only had
> the
> valve covers off once.) It is a fresh rebuild,
> and I checked with the shop that did the work
> to
> be sure it was really a fresh build. They told
> me that it has a custom ground cam ground by
> some
> outfit in Dallas that does NASCAR cams. It has
> a
> cast iron 2X4 setup, so I took the guy's word
> that it was a 300B. I know that it would
> produce a little more power with headers, but
> I'm
> building this car as much for nostalgia as true
> speed (I mean, how much speed can I expect with
> a
> basically stock street motor??? 150 if I'm
> lucky???)and I think all hemis should have
> stacks. Kinda' dumb, but it's what I want to
> do.
> I could probably take the 350 4bbl out of my
> GMC
> pickup and go faster than I will with the hemi
> -
> but it's not the same.
>
> Dick J
> --- Beth Butters <bbutters@dmi.net> wrote:
> > Hi dick, Your motor is a factory
> dual
> > 4 bbl. 354 isn't it. What is your serial
> > number prefix? If it is a true 300B motor it
> > should have a solid cam and adjustable rocker
> > arms. Like all naturally aspirated motors it
> > will do best with tuned length headers and a
> > collector verses zoomie's. If you wern't
> going
> > to build this motor a whole lot more than it
> is
> > I would immagine it would be happiest with
> > about l 3/4" pipes but even as a nything
> but
> > an all out blown motor the 2 " pipes will
> > easily do the job especially on a basically
> > stock motor. Hope you have a SCTA rule book
> > to read. Basically you can do whatever you
> > want with headers except point the exhaust
> down
> > at the salt or run them up thew the hood. To
> > tell you the truth if I was just looking to
> > see how fast I could go with the stock motor
> > I'd buy a set of block hugger headers from
> PAW
> > or Sanderson and run two 3 inch exhaust
> > pipes out the back of the car with a
> crossover
> > pipe. I believe you would make more power
> than
> > with zoomies and running your exaust out
> the
> > side of the car creats a lot of drag.
> Good
> > Luck L. Kvach Butters
> >
> > ----------
> > From: Dick Jurkowski[SMTP:lsr_man@yahoo.com]
> > Sent: Monday, June 28, 1999 1:05 PM
> > To: land-speed@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Hemi Pipes
> >
> >
> > OK. Following the advice some of you have
> > given
> > me, I'm going to make up my own set of
> > zoomies/stacks. One guy on the web has a set
> of
> > reay-mades for $200 which came from a mud
> > puller,
> > but I fear that by the time I pay for the
> > shipping, do some cutting and bending, and
> > buying
> > some assorted pre-bends to make them work, I
> > will
> > spend more than if I just start with flanges
> > and
> > make a set from scratch. Red's Headers will
> > get
> > me a set of flanges made up, but he wants to
> > know
> > what size pipes I want to use. He is
> thinking
> > around 2". For you guys already running
> stacks
> > on a hemi, what size pipes should I tell him?
> > Thanks,
> > Dick J
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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