WOW!!! Amazing!!!

Harry 6674 · 09-01-2010, 01:32 PM

So whats wrong? Point them out. Or have you guys never seen an engine on a stand before or is this a private joke.

FlyingW · 09-01-2010, 01:52 PM

Well we were actually just in amazement that the intake is totally open, and they are working on the engine OUTSIDE!!!

Also the can of spray paint with the engine open was also a bit concerning.. the front is totally open with the timing cover off.. LETS PAINT... LOL

charliep · 09-01-2010, 01:56 PM

Engine stand in wrong bolt hole on block

mtkawboy · 09-01-2010, 01:56 PM

Surgically clean egine building room. A little wind blown sand should help seal the rings. No covering carb hole on intake is a good place to drop bolts into also. Ive seen worse, like popup psitons installed upside down. Heads dont fit too well like that. One thing I will say for them is when someone asks them a question about the motor the answer wont start with "well my engine builder said ".

Jack McCarthy · 09-01-2010, 01:10 PM

much much cleaner setup than my last 14 NHRA teardowns...
and im betting my investment was bigger in the bullet.

hey at least someone is still working on thier own stuff in thier own garage...that is a days gone by situation... hell most all nhra stockers are built by a "pro cheater" and shipped.

captain jack

and yes need 20-30 empty beer cans to complete the picture

FlyingW · 09-01-2010, 03:23 PM

That is about the same thing that we were thinking... as engine builders our selves, we gasped..lol we immediatly start thinking about how to get the dirt out of it... lol
Yes, they may be able to tell you about the motor, but I know this group personally, and WOW!! I will be surprised if this engine runs.. they ask".. What do you mean I have to PRIME IT?..."

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Originally Posted by mtkawboy

Surgically clean egine building room. A little wind blown sand should help seal the rings. No covering carb hole on intake is a good place to drop bolts into also. Ive seen worse, like popup psitons installed upside down. Heads dont fit too well like that. One thing I will say for them is when someone asks them a question about the motor the answer wont start with "well my engine builder said ".

CycloneFE · 09-01-2010, 04:52 PM

I know we would all want a sterile environment, me especially. Back in my High School days in the early 70's I had a neighbor with, what I thought was the coolest 55 Chevy, looking back it was a POS, and I would ride to school with him against my parents wishes. It was fairly fast and his dad was a local legend at the circle track with nail head Buicks, but one day it was faster than normal and I asked him what he did. He and his brothers got drunk(already mentioned) and put a motor together with what ever they had in the garage(dirt floor) that would fit together and boy did it fly. It only lasted about a month, but that is all they could afford or do and they did it. Is it wrong? Not for them.

FlyingW · 09-01-2010, 10:19 PM

Notice - IT HAS MADE IT IN THE CAR...

cad · 09-01-2010, 11:11 PM

Pretty darn clean looking setup. I'd run the fuel line as far away from the hot water pump as possible rather than behind it.

FlyingW · 09-02-2010, 02:43 PM

That was the first thing I saw too!!! Well that should get the fuel up to a GREAT operating TEMP!!!! LOL

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Originally Posted by cad

Pretty darn clean looking setup. I'd run the fuel line as far away from the hot water pump as possible rather than behind it.

09-01-2010, 01:32 PM	#1
Harry 6674 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 589 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: WOW!!! Amazing!!! So whats wrong? Point them out. Or have you guys never seen an engine on a stand before or is this a private joke.

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FlyingW Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Frostproof, Fl. Posts: 450 Likes: 0 Liked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: WOW!!! Amazing!!! Well we were actually just in amazement that the intake is totally open, and they are working on the engine OUTSIDE!!! Also the can of spray paint with the engine open was also a bit concerning.. the front is totally open with the timing cover off.. LETS PAINT... LOL

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charliep Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Levittown Posts: 2 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: WOW!!! Amazing!!! Engine stand in wrong bolt hole on block

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mtkawboy Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Billings Mt Posts: 282 Likes: 186 Liked 54 Times in 18 Posts	Re: WOW!!! Amazing!!! Surgically clean egine building room. A little wind blown sand should help seal the rings. No covering carb hole on intake is a good place to drop bolts into also. Ive seen worse, like popup psitons installed upside down. Heads dont fit too well like that. One thing I will say for them is when someone asks them a question about the motor the answer wont start with "well my engine builder said ".

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Jack McCarthy VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: lyndon ky. ... louisville area Posts: 1,322 Likes: 29 Liked 477 Times in 117 Posts	Re: WOW!!! Amazing!!! much much cleaner setup than my last 14 NHRA teardowns... and im betting my investment was bigger in the bullet. hey at least someone is still working on thier own stuff in thier own garage...that is a days gone by situation... hell most all nhra stockers are built by a "pro cheater" and shipped. captain jack and yes need 20-30 empty beer cans to complete the picture __________________ Jack McCarthy 3609 STK "the Captain"

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CycloneFE Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Decatur Illinois Posts: 634 Likes: 0 Liked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Re: WOW!!! Amazing!!! I know we would all want a sterile environment, me especially. Back in my High School days in the early 70's I had a neighbor with, what I thought was the coolest 55 Chevy, looking back it was a POS, and I would ride to school with him against my parents wishes. It was fairly fast and his dad was a local legend at the circle track with nail head Buicks, but one day it was faster than normal and I asked him what he did. He and his brothers got drunk(already mentioned) and put a motor together with what ever they had in the garage(dirt floor) that would fit together and boy did it fly. It only lasted about a month, but that is all they could afford or do and they did it. Is it wrong? Not for them.

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FlyingW Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Frostproof, Fl. Posts: 450 Likes: 0 Liked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: WOW!!! Amazing!!! Notice - IT HAS MADE IT IN THE CAR...

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cad Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Omaha, NE Posts: 702 Likes: 202 Liked 91 Times in 51 Posts	Re: WOW!!! Amazing!!! Pretty darn clean looking setup. I'd run the fuel line as far away from the hot water pump as possible rather than behind it.