Intro... new to the forum

[ccharr]

Thanks Pete for the link to the flathead and the photos of the neighbors truck.

Charles

 

[Zig]

I loved the video, too!

 

[Shruuuum]

thanks Pete

Thanks Pete! Great story and video.
welcome to the forem.

 

[SinclairChevy]

Pete,

Welcome to the forums. Thanks for sharing the stories and photos about you and your truck. Great stuff.

Damon

 

[vwnate1]

Road Work

Pete ;

You didn't pay attention to what I said : FlatHeads are not good for my driving use .

WPC Products are always good drivers .

If you'd followed my initial breakin regimine , the rings would have been seated in 60 seconds .

Next time .

I'm opening up an old 1966 292 L6 for maybe use in my '69 C/10 .

6 Bangers 'till I die .

 

[Blueflame236]

Salt flats racing with tis particulair truck ?

Good morning folks !

If you know could you tell me how this engine is build up and what kinda criterias they use at the salt flats to register the racing results of this particulair truck ? Do you have to pay any fee s they allow anyone racing there ?
Thanks fore answering my earlyer question about the country location . Its beautifull country indeed.


Sinc. Martinius.

I never dreamed that I'd own an old Plymouth... it happened to show up on a local dealer lot one day, and sat there forlorn for months. I drove by it daily, and it kept calling... I resisted because the 4-door '50 Plymouth is the homliest car ever designed... I finally offered less than half of the asking price, and it was mine. The more I drove it around, the more it grew on me. At first, I thought I'd run the old flathead till it died, then toss the boat anchor and then drop in a GM350. But over time I grew to like it, it had lots of character. After I rebuilt it, and added an overdrive, I drove it all over the country. The longest trip was 3300 miles from Idaho to Oklahoma, cruising all day long at 75mph. When I sold it, the buyer flew in from Texas and drove it home. You'd be surprised how drivable it was for every day driving.

Here's a clip of the flathead in action the day after I got the exhaust installed. Zero miles on the rebuild, you can see the rings hadn't seated yet...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMukzqkY0Z8

If I had to do my truck all over again I'd keep the six and build a kick ass 292... My neighbor races a '49 Chevy 3100 on the salt, and holds three or four records with it in different classes for inline engines. Pretty cool to watch and hear him blast down the salt.

The last time I watched him run he set a record at 142.9mph, but I think he's over 150 now.

Pete

 

[blueskies]

Good morning folks !

If you know could you tell me how this engine is build up and what kinda criterias they use at the salt flats to register the racing results of this particulair truck ? Do you have to pay any fee s they allow anyone racing there ?
Thanks fore answering my earlyer question about the country location . Its beautifull country indeed.


Sinc. Martinius.

Martinius-

I don't know all of the specific of the MRJ truck, other than it is running an Arias 12 port head.

In order to race on the salt during Speed Week, you do have to pay a fee, and go through a tech inspection before you are allowed to race. There are specific rules for each class, and minimum safety standards that have to be met as well. You can read all about it at: http://www.scta-bni.org/

Pete