Recent content by BudsJLM

Looks like a stock motor, he said it might have a cam in it but wasn’t sure, he got it from another racer a few years Gunna stab it in and send it for the season,

Yeah, I was not having a great week already then this, got the garage cleaned up lastnight since it looked like a bomb went off, pushed the car back in and got a phone call from one of our racing friends he goes I got a motor for ya! I’m willing to donate it to your racing program! I said deal...

Well looks like I’m doing this all again…. First cruise sounded great, was running great, ran it up to about 4k let off and start hearing a tap tap tap sounded lower end clicked it into nutral and as I went to click the ignition off I hear a kathunk… f me… yup it’s locked up but maybe since it...

Fired it up! Spent the morning doing a couple piddly things getting it on tdc, plopping the dizzy in and getting the wires ran! I was actually blown away got everything where I thought it should be timing wise and first pull of my lone wolf 9000 it puttered a little bit, second pull of the...

Getting closer but man I hate how long the little things take. It doesn’t help I sit there over thinking things which slows progress down. And my health issues. I have delayed pressure Uticaria so bent over the fender my chest swells up, laying on a creeper my shoulder will swell, hand gets...

it was deffiniatly repainted at some point looks like it was dark blue possibly 2tone with silver, It’s not just his ride dad gets to enjoy it too! 🤣 It is amazing the people I have en countered in the year we have had it, so many stories I’ve had people in traffic yelling across lanes. I...

Everything is time consuming right now, and I keep forgetting to take pictures Got accessories and cooling system all buttoned up, new rad & hoses, power steering lines, fan and shrouds, belts, ect, Got the passenger side header in with little tapy tap and shaving of the control arm, Andes...

Took off work at 11 today since I’m working tomorrow so decided to get some stuff done. Made some progress tonight. Alt bracket on, flex plate on, realized the crank had a pilot bearing in it so to be on the safe side did the ol bread trick to pop it out. It’s officially in the car! If any...

you better believe it’s getting recorded if i do I was kind of thinking that aswell, either the kid is going to kill the tree or be red a lot until he gets the hang of it. Last year we had almost a 27in tire on the front He’s already pulls some pretty good reaction times, he adapts well...

not a lot has gone on in the last few weeks. We have had a lot going on in life that has been keeping me from working on it. Few house projects got done atleast So I’ve been collecting parts, new rad, rad cap upper and lower hoses, different alt mount, gauges so I can keep an eye on the vitals...

couple more parts came in, water pump, t-stat, flex plate bolts, water pump bolts, Polly trans and motor mount inserts, Sfi rated flex plate… but I f’ed up not once but twice on the flex plate somehow I managed to order one for a newer motor… externally balanced and one piece rear main, this...

Clean and paint and clean and paint and clean and paint is what’s happening, getting accessories swapped over, brought my alt up to be tested I had a sneaky suspicion it was over charging at the end of last year, yup junk, Man it is amazing what a clean up and a coat of paint will do.

Both are part of the parts I’m waiting on! Thanks for looking out!

Old leaky 305 is out, feel like a dang bomb went off in the garage but forward progress, waiting for a few parts to show up so in the mean time I’ve got some engine bay clean up to do and a few wires that need some attention

Few week hiatus from working on white lightning got some house projects done and now it is getting to be crunch time so let the work re commence Been watching this filter hang on the clearance rack for a bit at my local orielly’s. one of the employees told me the longer it is there the...