the 1641 challenge hotrod

got the engine finnished today then thought i would just turn it over by hand to check everything was alright, it turned over twice then went tight and made a loud creaking noise so...

i stuck it in the car anyway and cranked it over to see if the noise would go away it just got worse

then pulled of the fuel pump as that was the last thing i fitted before the noise started and found i had put the wrong lenght pushrod in (it is a centimeter longer than it needed to be) so i swapped it with the correct one and its now all quiet

well as quiet as it can be with open headers on

Sh1t dude bet your heart missed a beat when it went tight..


Just glad it's in and running..
I've never seen the point in fitting a exhaust to a engine you haven't heard running.

here you go mate some pics. running in the cam. and making the locals think world war 3 had started from the noise.. f***ing f***ing Loud
sweeeeettttttt..

looing sweet man!!

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as you can see i am doing the car in a tiny garage not my huge workshop. now thats hardcore
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looking good bud....but at least you can get around the car to work on my garage is even smaller

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Sh1t dude bet your heart missed a beat when it went tight..

you could say that


all i need to do now is tune the carbs up and set the timing correctly and the engine is done.

my neighbour came round today and told me he was around his mates house about 1/4 of a mile up the road when i got the engine running and the guy who had just moved in came round to ask what the noise was and his mate said "thats only the kid down the road tuning his car dont worry about it"

Looking brilliant.

heres my original todo list:

weld the fuel tank in higher up
lower the front some more
build and fit 1641 engine
repair accident damage to o/s/f
fit spoiler
fit smaller front tyres
get some dbs logos/signwrighting on there

so all thats left to do is fit new front tyres and tune the engine and its done

dont know if it will be ready for the club meet as i am waiting for some heat insulation wrap for the fuel pipes as they run dangerously close to the exhaust (about 1cm clearence) where they go in to the carbs

So, is it coming tonight?

Yeah is it coming tonight ive never seen this in the steel

We all were disappointed not to see you on wednesday Dan, but you had your reasons, all you have to do next is the roofchop, go on you know you want to, join the latest craze in this club

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We all were disappointed not to see you on wednesday Dan, but you had your reasons, all you have to do next is the roofchop, go on you know you want to, join the latest craze in this club

dam strieght!!! see it you can go lower then the 5inch chop we have!

the chop is on hold at the moment as i am very happy with the look of the car as it is for now but maybe over the winter the grinder might come out

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dam strieght!!! see it you can go lower then the 5inch chop we have!

if i chop it i will only take out 4 inches as that was the lowest chop allowed by the nhra in the 70's and i want to make the rod look like an oldskool dragster so "authentic" 4 inch chop is the only way

so 0.5inchs lower the daves, fair nuff man. however she look good as she is:geek:

we just wont to go as low as we could go!!

ok didnt quite go to plan today as the engine and flywheel fell out with each other and decided to go their seperate ways (with a loud bang then lots of rattling ) on the journey home from weston but it will be fixed in time for big bang at the weekend

big thanks must go to the clutch for holding it all together couldnt have made it home without ur help

No thats not meant to happen glad you got back dude

all back together and running sweet so its race on for the weekend

18.5632 @ 69.75mph backed up by ....
18.5691 @ 69.10mph straight after



and i drove to the pod did 7 runs up the strip then drove home and it didnt break or loose any oil

Nice one Dan!
Bet that was a right laugh! very consistant too!

Nice one dude, any videos of the old girl on the strip

Top effort Dan. What was your reaction times like Dude????

reaction times are all between 0.6 and 0.7 seconds which aint bad considering how the lights work for rwyb

getting 2.4 second 60ft times every run aswell

the car is so consistant its really fun to drive and i won a few of the races aswell which is the best feeling

will fit the linelock for bug jam which should improve reaction times as i was having trouble getting the handbrake off as there is no room between the seats (also will be able to do burnouts then )

i have loads of video of the runs but cant load up as on dialup connection here so will bring the camera along to club meet for you to watch

well done dude ....are you now hooked do you feel the need to go faster???

Well done mate , bet you couldn`t get the grin off your face for ages

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well done dude ....are you now hooked do you feel the need to go faster???

check out what it runs at bugjam dude