Fun-filled week!

Dr.Jass

Pastor of Muppets
Tonight hang with my Mopar pals online, but the rest of the week my dance card is full.

Tomorrow night, I'm helping a high-school friend with whom I've recently reacquainted put a four-barrel intake and Q-Jet on his '79 Regal 3.8 (no, I don't know why, but he's bringing the beer :D ). This is a car with a lot of potential--perfect body in black paint, gorgeous red gut, GS Rallye wheels. He wants to go V8 eventually but family duties mean mild hot-rodding of the sicks for now. I doubt the secondaries will ever open, but if they can do so effectively I can get it in prime tune.

Thursday night, I'm going over to help one of my customers plan out the 454 swap into his lightened and completely-silly 1st-gen Chevy II. He's shaved a couple of hundred pounds out of the rolling chassis and hand-fabbed his own coil-over front end, all very well done. He's quite talented, particularly when one considers his tender age of 26 (he owns his own body shop and does quite well for himself). His original plan was small-block, but this recently-built hot-rodded 454 fell into his lap so plans have changed. This will surely be an interesting evening.

Friday night: beer and power tools regarding one 1967 Barracuda... the parts car. Mark went to move it over the weekend with his skid-steer, and the simple act of lifting the car bent the complete ass end of the little fish up several inches, while setting it back down launched the RH rear spring eye through the trunk resulting in massive carnage. The bend did not come out when he set it down. We're thinking we'll have to get that back window out before we attempt moving it again. Depending on how far we get, she may be crusher-bound fairly soon. We may break out the Sawzalls. :D

I think I may just relax on Saturday.
 
plasma cutter FTW!!!!!..i love my sawzall but the plasma is like a hot knife thru butta!
I don't want buttah! I want the raw brutality and aggression-clearing catharsis that can only be effected with a power reciprocating saw equipped with a demolition blade. [smilie=i:

It's been that kind of month and I need to work out some tension. Work has me here at the moment. ==> :wall:

This Chevy II thing has me excited... Bowtie junk or not, that thing will be eeee-vil.
 
I'd wait to smash er down! The prices down here are $10-$20/ton and going down! Yeesh, it was up to $180 earlier in the year!
 
How do you fit a '86 Sunchicken GT into the trunk of a '73 Gutless???

Sawzall!!!!
 
is scrap really that low?..it was 210 in july

some pieces doc ..like what you want to save..is where the plasma comes into its own...that and a sawzall has a nasty kick to it when it gets stuck....but i hear ya......i know of a FULLY restored and rebuilt 69 cuda fastback that looks great id like to cut into little itty bitty pieces..but thats another story
 
Oh, we won't break out the Sawzalls until anything good is already out.

Scrap's way down... it only got to $210 up that way? It was well over $300--way over $300--earlier this year for "dirty" steel. Guys around here were getting $600+ for Chevettes, and a lot of perfectly-good dump trucks were shredded because the scrap price was too tempting. "Clean" steel was even higher--wheels, brake rotors, etc. It's nose-dived since then, though.
 
damn ill have to call and see what scraps at...that sucks it took a dive ive got atleast 4000lbs+ that needs to go.....but if scraps under 100$ its getting stashed away!
 
Oh, we won't break out the Sawzalls until anything good is already out.

Scrap's way down... it only got to $210 up that way? It was well over $300--way over $300--earlier this year for "dirty" steel. Guys around here were getting $600+ for Chevettes, and a lot of perfectly-good dump trucks were shredded because the scrap price was too tempting. "Clean" steel was even higher--wheels, brake rotors, etc. It's nose-dived since then, though.


Yep, that's what we were getting here too. Whole bunch of big cars and 1/2 ton trucks, were getting driven over scales because it was easier, and paid the same or better than selling them outright.
 
Jass,


That buick may open the secondaries yet. My first car was an '82 regal 4 door, with a 2 bbl 231. When I got done messing with it, it had a jc whitney cable operated exhaust cutout where the cat converter used to reside, a holley 390, and a performer intake. It also had 2.14 gears. Not 2.41's...

It would run the 1/8th mile at the local track in 1st gear. 61 mph was about 4500 rpm. It ran a blistering 11.98 in the 1/8th one time. It would EASILY peg the 85 mph in speedometer in 2nd gear, and the only thing I know about the top speed is that it occured at 3300 rpm in 3rd gear. Stock torque converter, so not a lot of slippage. The car would actually make some power when the secondaries opened. Obviously, 0-30 mph acceleration was glacial with the 2.14's and small motor, but once it actually got to where it made some torque it wasn't that bad. I bet your friend will have a ball.

You probably know this, but buick put quadrajets on 4.1 v6's. The manifolds are aluminum and should bolt right on his 231. In fact, I have one hanging on the wall in my shop.
 
Jass,


That buick may open the secondaries yet. My first car was an '82 regal 4 door, with a 2 bbl 231. When I got done messing with it, it had a jc whitney cable operated exhaust cutout where the cat converter used to reside, a holley 390, and a performer intake. It also had 2.14 gears. Not 2.41's...

It would run the 1/8th mile at the local track in 1st gear. 61 mph was about 4500 rpm. It ran a blistering 11.98 in the 1/8th one time. It would EASILY peg the 85 mph in speedometer in 2nd gear, and the only thing I know about the top speed is that it occured at 3300 rpm in 3rd gear. Stock torque converter, so not a lot of slippage. The car would actually make some power when the secondaries opened. Obviously, 0-30 mph acceleration was glacial with the 2.14's and small motor, but once it actually got to where it made some torque it wasn't that bad. I bet your friend will have a ball.

You probably know this, but buick put quadrajets on 4.1 v6's. The manifolds are aluminum and should bolt right on his 231. In fact, I have one hanging on the wall in my shop.

that resembles my elCamino 305/th250 and a rear from a v6 monte carlo prolly 2 somethings, 75 in first, buried in second and then :huh: but it was safe it had camaro rims and tires ;) anda aluminum intake anna holley 600 anna headers:bravo: then I saw the light :p
 
then I didn't see the light, or couldn't comprehend the mathematical complexities of club-wagon vs roadrunner.

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bet you a dollar I couldn't have comprehend 1+1 let alone that high math stuff that night, found my way home in a hurry anyway. Shaddup, statutes of limitations ran out 10 years ago and at least I wasn't sitting at home supporting terrorism by downloading music
 
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I don't want buttah! I want the raw brutality and aggression-clearing catharsis that can only be effected with a power reciprocating saw equipped with a demolition blade. [smilie=i:
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I hear ya Jass....I love sawzalling stuff...wood, metal, tires ,demo work....I love it....:2thumbs: [smilie=i:
 
Most fun I had when working at a JY way back when was slicing up cars with the gas powered chop saw..big fun. :) I once split an Astro van right down the center longways, a lot of work but very enjoyable.
 

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