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Sweet tires!! One good blip of the throttle and VAPOR!!!
Funny you should mention the tires. I found that car up in the mother lode they are snow tires with all the spikes ground down and they are hard as a rock. Just need them to last till I'm done with paint.
 

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One of our first drives out after making the METHTRAP somewhat safe and somewhat roadworthy... LOL... somewhat...




...and one of our last before tearing it apart for the build, moving it to our new house. I can't wait to get this beast back on the road! (My kid following me in my Lightning... LOL)

 

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Love the wine of the trans. Is that an M22?. If it is ...lucky [email protected]@d.😉
Yep, M-22 Muncie! One of the reasons I fell in love with my METHTRAP!! I have a new Autogear super case, super enhanced tailshaft and billet shift cover along with the ductile iron midplate with an enhanced 1" extended shaft for my upgrades this spring. Gonna tear it all apart and install new synchros, shift forks, bushings, bearings, seals and if necessary, sliders/locks along with all internal small hard parts. Should be good for 6-700HP once I'm done. Gears and everything are pretty new with very little wear, if any. Hoping I don't waste my time with the existing gear-set but it all looks really good internally so I should be golden. Even the synchros are tight and nearly wear-free but, if I have it apart, I'm changing them out. I sourced almost all my parts from SUPER661(5speeds.com) and Paul C so hoping the parts go back in the way they should without any issues at all. Still gotta have that straight-cut gear whine! Love it!!
 

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Here is mine before I tore the car down... again. lol

63 Nova 427 sbc open headers open headers

through the mufflers

Hopefully the car will be together again soon. The engine is unchanged. Everything else is different. lol
Love it! "Those Guys"... LOL. Judge and Mayor :p
 

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Here is mine before I tore the car down... again. lol

63 Nova 427 sbc open headers open headers

through the mufflers

Hopefully the car will be together again soon. The engine is unchanged. Everything else is different. lol
Damn son, that thing sounds wicked!!!!
 

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Damn son, that thing sounds wicked!!!!
Just a lil street motor. By today's standards it is nothing. If you don't have 1,000 hp, you're nothing. Even with the big jets in my kit I am under 900! lol

It is a fun motor though. All torque and very driveable. I just added a 4L80 and taller gears too. (3.55 in a 9" Moser) Installing AC now and the cage soon. (y)
 
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