methinks someone likes to ride in the car with his head out the
window....
I see you have it planned, but just for discussion sake,
since it's souly a racecar, maybe cut a hole in stock hood,
and let air filter sit in 135 MPH wind. Same as cold ram air,
and avoid all the plumbing over the engine.
Smokey Mt Frank
In a message dated 7/22/2011 12:22:17 P.M. Eastern
Daylight Time, rbuck@xxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
It's needed. The carb
won't clear the hood with the single-plane manifold
and 1" spacer...not to mention the cold air intake:
Alla that stuff brings the top of the air cleaner
about 3" above the normal hood line. The hood has a 4
3/4" raised section. I figgered 6" was overkill. :)
r
On 7/22/2011 9:54 AM, STILLFRANKSFAULT@xxxxxxx
wrote:
Is the raised hood a necessity, or for looks?
Smokey
Mt Frank
In a message dated 7/22/2011 11:25:12
A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, rbuck@xxxxxxxxxxxx
writes:
I could have
been that, but it wouldn't restart
until it had cooled off. The O/P at
idle is around 10 psi and runs
at 40 (when hot) at around 2500 rpm.
It's about what I'd expect in a motor
with that many miles on it.
Last nite I was gonna install the glass
hood on the race car, but decided I'd
looked at the peeling paint on the nose
for long enough. I scraped, sanded and
cleaned, then gave it a quick shot of
black:
The lens kinda distorts it a bit, but it
looks like what it is: a rattle-can job
that covers the cracked/peeled areas.
"Better'n it wuz." ;)
I'll paint the underside of the hood
silver and the top flat black for the
time being.
r
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