Farkel gave me an Idea!

by CC Ryder 13 Replies latest social physical

  • Farkel
    Farkel

    CC,

    Keith Black was THE MAN for building world-class double-A fuel dragster engines. At first, he found old Chrysler Hemis and converted them for double-A. Later, he became so big, he manufactured his own engines. Big Daddy Garlitts, Shirley Mulvaney, Doc Grumpy Jenkins, Don Prudhomme, all the big old-time racers used Keith Black engines.

    : Farkel, I was wondering if you bored out the pistons as well on that engine? Didn't recognize the desplacement size in your other post?

    No, I didn't bore it. I bored my 283, but that engine wasn't competititve.

    I had a 350 four-bolt-main small block Chevy, with a Crower 505 roller, and Tarantula manifold, high domed pistons, 12:00 compression, 4:56 posi-gearing. I had to mix a gallon of aviation gas in my fuel to keep it from detonating.

    Speaking of gas mileage. When I went racing, I used my Tarantula and Holly and around town got 6 mpg. When I went on trips, I switched to my Corvette fuel Injection. I got 15 1/2 miles per gallon!

    Farkel

  • Tinkerbell4125
    Tinkerbell4125

    You boys and your toys!!! =;o)

  • CC Ryder
    CC Ryder

    Just before I moved to Tn from Ct, I ran accross a great deal but didn't have the cash to grab it. This guy who I worked with had a buddy who was selling a '69 or '70 Vette. It was completely apart, ready to paint. The chassis was completely redone and painted. It had a 427 with all ID numbers matching Engine Chassis and Body. The only thing it needed was new interior. The guy was asking $7,000.00 !!!!! I just came out of a divorce so I was broke. I had built a new garage just to buy and older Vette to rebuild, but had to wait until the cash built back up. By that time, an oppurtunity for work came up here in Nashville and I jumped on it. I'll keep dreaming...LOL.

    My first experience at something drastic was helping my buddy take his '63 Impala 283 with an automatic and convert it to a standard tranny. What a fun time that was. Three days later we finally drove it out of my back yard...LOL. First we learned you need the adapter plate on the engine to bolt up to a standard. Then the drive shaft was the wrong length. Then we had to build and weld together the linkage for the clutch. The next day he was on the interstate and the damn thing seized up solid. The tranny was bad. Back to square one...LOL

    One of my run-ins with the law was pretty funny. We were all gathered behind McDonalds downtown one night. A couple guys wanted to go up and race on the interstate, but I was tired and had a few beers in me, so I declined. This one dude with a TransAm started talking junk and egging me on, but I told him to shove off. As I was leaving he said the least I could do is "Light em up". I had my spacers dropped down so I had open headers and had put slicks on. So I got it up to about 4K and dumped the clutch. Smoke everywhere. Came to the end of the road out to main street where you can only take a right, I turned left...sideways...hit third gear and went through the main intersection which was a RED light. Went thru the red light and under a overhead railway bridge... again sideways and doing about 70. Shifted to fourth and reached 100mph before standing on the breaks to stop at another damn red light. What I didn't know was their were two cops sitting in a gas station just before the railway bridge and heard me take off and saw me scream by at 70mph in a 30mph zone. Were sitting at the light and my buddy said, Hey there's a cop next to us and he's hanging out his window trying to smash your window with his flashlight. I just said, ignore him, Well no such luck..He was screaming at the top of his lungs, so I rolled my window down....he got right in my face and screamed to pull over in the gas station accross the intersection. I sat in his cruiser for an hour. The two cops screaming, swearing, threatening the whole nine yards. They were going to lock me in the drunk wagon and drive me around for a few hours. What saved me was I knew a cop that one of the two cops also knew. They let me go with a $15 fine. I thought I was home free...pay the fine...Dad will never find out...perfect. I went back downtown to pay the fine and walked up to the clerck. She turned around, and it was a sister in our damn KH....Damn...Busted...LOL

    CC

  • TTBoy
    TTBoy

    See my thread under McClaren F1 in sports and activities. I'll never own one of those, but I've had some nice rides. I'm looking into buying a Lamborghini soon.

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