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Well it’s the winter of 2002 and I am making a few changes for next year. The
class five motor that was in the car sounded great but it’s bark was definitely
worse than it’s bite, so I decided to install a motor with a little bite. How
about a 2017 with a Dick Landy blower set-up. I’m running a 75 c.i.d. Holley
blower and a 650 double pumper for carburetion. I’ve also added MSD electronic
ignition to spark it all off. The blower has been slowed down enough to run on
91 octane pump gas but it still produces about seven pounds of boost at 6000
r.p.m. I don’t know the exact horsepower that the motor produces but I can tell
you that this thing really scoots. The front-end comes up in both first and
second gear.
I
had a new transaxle built to handle the additional horsepower that the motor put
out It has the Rhino case welded gears heavy-duty everything and was guarantied
to withstand 250 h.p. It has close ratio gears in first through forth and CB
disc brakes for more stopping power.
The engine cover had to be modified to make way for the protruding blower and
carburetor so I came up with a design to also help cool the engine. I fabricated
two large scoops that draw air in and down over the engine and exhaust but
maintained the storage compartment in front of the motor. Storage space is a
real problem in this car so I try to utilize every available spot.
I
also added Line-lock to the braking system along with a residual pressure valve
and a proportioning valve that are now required for the four wheel disc brakes.
I use the line lock more for hill holding, on the street, than anything because
the front-end slides if I try to power brake the car.
Last but not least we come to the flames. I wanted to repaint the whole car
black with traditional flames but I just couldn’t afford that. So I settled for
just adding the flames. I took the car to my buddy (Big John the Flame Rossi),
at Rossi’s Auto-Body (707-545-4100) and he worked his magic on it.
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