"Die-Trying" (die-trying) 07/06/2018 at 17:07 • Filed to: far side friday

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Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Die-Trying 07/06/2018 at 17:14

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But does he shit there?

Die-Trying > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 07/06/2018 at 17:23

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i guess it all just depends on how clean the toilet is kept.....

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Die-Trying 07/11/2018 at 09:28

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Hey, Stranger. How’s life treating you? I’m enjoying my summer break, but spending all my time in the workshop and none in the garage.

Die-Trying > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/11/2018 at 14:49

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good to hear from you, i been running around getting bits and parts prepped and painted for an engine project. its a project for a project. i have about gotten all the parts for the model t engine, which is what it is. i been painting all the shiny chrome, and aluminium bits smog era chevrolet blue, so that no one will look at them twice. it took me a while to get all the monies together to buy the mess, but it got here. the engine is a small block 400   block .030 over, and the crank is a “racing” crank that i got a “real good” deal on...... the crank is a 3.335 stroke crank, and it is a lightweight, knife edged, high dollar critter. it is basically a nascar, or a sprint car type deal. this has been an exercise in taking my wallet, turning it upside down and shaking it until it is empty, repeatedly. but i am almost done. this project is one of those where i had been saving up some nice parts for “someday projects”, and i accidently bought “someday” the cubic inch on this engine comes out to around 360. not that impressive right. but after you get to the maths, and picking parts that ought work together, after running numbers, and doing a lot of maths, and using a bunch of online calculators, it is “supposed” to be capable of around as much as 650 horsepower naturally aspirated. i will be more than happy with about 5oo real deal hp.   it is going to be a high strung, high rpm engine. i put some nice parts into it to make sure that it holds itself together, but its got a redline in the 8k range.....

SO i been having a whole lot of fun making money parts look like nothing special. i have one of my REAL good friends going to help me get the assembly right. be able to help me keep it together.

did i ever tell you much about the model t project?

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Die-Trying 07/11/2018 at 16:14

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Where will that high-strung engine wind up?

I have a Chevy straight-six to rebuild, but I’m a bit far off from that. The only thing I’ve managed in a year and a half with that van is to buy a bunch of parts. And clean it out, and buy wheels for it. And I extracted a broken head bolt... I have the fixin’s for electrical system upgrade, power steering, and some other goodies. Right now, I need a canopy in the driveway to keep the sun off.

I knew about the V8-powered VW Beetle project, and I knew that you’d walked away from your destroyed pickup truck, but I don’t think I’ve heard about a Model T.

Die-Trying > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/11/2018 at 17:27

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i was fairly sure i had mentioned it at some point, but it was a bit more of a pipe dream than a full on plan. it might take me some time to catch you up..... but all you got is time right?

about a year ago i had a real “GOOD” argument with one of my good friends. it was also about the same time as another one of my friends had bought a fiberglass tbucket tub....... the argument was centered around the THEN in the works 2018 dodge demon. and how it was going to be the fastest production car EVER. and how it was going to never be touched. and that it would be THE fastest thing on the streets. and that with the 840 hp it was going to be untouchable.......i then up and told my friend that all that power didnt mean squat, and that i would be able to outrun that demon with half the power that it was billed at......... now youre an OLD guy. remember slide rules?.......

i had remembered that there was a SPECIFIC slide rule for drag racers......there are others, that i also consulted, one of the better calculators that was at wallace racing . com . basically once you know two values, you can figure out the third. i checked the numbers for the demon, and they came in pretty near at spec on the calculator. so i then..... plugged in some better numbers...... SO the demon runs the quarter mile in 9.64, it makes 848 hp, and it weighs right at 3800 with a driver and fuel......... now my first numbers were reasonable, the quarter mile time i want to hit is 9.60( just slightly faster than the demon), and i am fairly sure that i can get the car fully assembled with me in it, and gassed up for 1800 lbs. so if i plug those numbers into the calculator, i find that i only need about 402.11 hp to outrun the demon. and for every 100 lbs that i go over the 1800lbs i only need 24hp to maintain the 9.60 time.......

this is approximately where i talked myself into outbuilding my other friend with the tbucket, by building my own model t, except out of all original t metal, and i upped my personal challenge to myself by deciding that the modelT needed to be 4x4, not only for the ridiculousness of a low slung, 4x4 modelT on wide tires, but for the outrageous traction advantages it has over 2wd. something that ought to be able to hook, and leave on basically any surface anywhere. no drama, just bite and go.

and i have gotten just of late a model t frame, and a coupe body. i have the muncie 4 speed for it, and the divorced transfer case to make it work. the engine is just needing to be assembled, and i need to get ahold of some chevy 4x4 6 lug axles. then the fitting can BEGIN. everything is going to be fighting for room up front.

so the model t project is a 9.60 quartermile car(or better), that can run that number on the street, on pump gas........ not that i am going to go racing on the street, but it sure will be fun to have a clapped out looking old car that can run with the fastest brand new, high end, high dollar cars, that the rich side of town can afford......

will have to take it down to a track, and see if i can get it kicked off on account of lack of safety equipment for its time through the quarter....... maybe see how fast it is, IF they are even willing to let it run at all.

its all a ways out, but THAT is the MODEL T project, and the “someday”engine project that is going into it.......

the “someday” engine project started out as a “good deal” that i got from one of my best friends. it was a completely disassembled race car engine. i was buying a block, and a crank, and 7 rods, and 8 mangled pistons. i paid $500.... i was able to use the block and crank .... it turns out that just about everything that i would need to buy for the guts was high dollar, and either “custom”, or only manufactured by 1 or 2 companies that wanted top dollar for their parts....... i did about a metric ton of research while digging up the parts that would best work together for it....... but i am integrating a whole lot of the parts that have been sitting around my bedroom for years. my tunnel ram nightstand, with dual 660 holley carbs, and velocity stacks, the vertex magneto, the lightweight flexplate, and mini-clutch setup. the front and rear motorplates...... and a ton of others.......

like i said SHOULD put out up to 650 hp, (pie in the sky number)........

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Die-Trying 07/11/2018 at 18:36

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We discussed 4WD at one point. Does your drag racing slide rule take 4WD into account? The added weight of and friction in the drive line?

I don’t understand the obsession with these 700 hp new MOPARs. I just find all of those pony cars unappealing. If I had the dough, I’d buy a Cadillac CTS-V.

Die-Trying > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 07/11/2018 at 20:01

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it doesnt so much take into account 4wd. but is always ASSUMING that you have perfect traction, and everything goes perfect. i put the link up above. here it is again...... LINK. it is fun to figure out how fast/quick something is, just going by weight and power... the thing about running 4x4, is that it IS just about the best that it could hope to hook off the line. the site wallaceracing.com has a TON of other useful calculators, that can be used to figure out how big of a tire to run, or what gear to run. fun stuff really....

the thing about the 700hp new mopars, is that they are THE baddest cars on the block, AND you can buy them that way. you dont even have to turn any wrenches, or get dirty. you just pay your money to the car dealer, and away you drive in one of the meanest cars on your block. and if you are cruising through the rich side of town, where the guys who can afford to buy them live, you get to see them stomp all over all the other fast cars that are getting produced currently. its why it is SATISFYING, to BUILD, MYSELF, something that can outright outrun the fastest cars that the guys on the rich side of town can buy, using only about half the horsepower. and have it be some clapped out beater.

the cadillac ctsv is a nice car, and it would be fun if i were just going to spend money and drive away. there is a certain pride in saying “i BUILT this heap of parts” i dunno, i like my analog feel of the road. the connection you get from shifting your own gears. wind in your hair. could do much worse than the ctsv though. not a bad car to dream about......

this is what it essentially looks like, just not as nice, or as straight, and it needs doors at the moment..... and the frame is JUST a bare frame. looks like an old single bedframe...... a deathtrap in the making for sure.....

but what a way to go........