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Re: Brunskilltown Bullet
« Reply #120 on: January 25, 2016, 11:33:25 AM »
Looking good Mate! Show time is coming up in a hurry now & you're probably going to be running it down to the wire.
This is Hot Rodding. :-P
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Re: Brunskilltown Bullet
« Reply #121 on: January 26, 2016, 02:32:07 AM »
Wow, early hemi and a torqueflite.  You'll have to let me know how the torqueflite does.  I'm going to be running one in my project with a Polyspherical.  I've been concerned with it sucking up too much power.
Hi Ben,
My block is a '55 331 Poly and my plan is to eventually run the 727 Torqueflite direct driven (no converter).
I have made up all of the parts required for this but will run the converter set up to sort the car out first.
Will keep you posted on my progress with the transmission conversion.

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Re: Brunskilltown Bullet
« Reply #122 on: January 26, 2016, 02:34:43 AM »
Looking good Mate! Show time is coming up in a hurry now & you're probably going to be running it down to the wire.
This is Hot Rodding. :-P
  Sid.
Thanks Sid, Bob Ellis is on my hammer to get it done!!
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Re: Brunskilltown Bullet
« Reply #123 on: January 26, 2016, 07:23:20 AM »
Wow, early hemi and a torqueflite.  You'll have to let me know how the torqueflite does.  I'm going to be running one in my project with a Polyspherical.  I've been concerned with it sucking up too much power.
Hi Ben,
My block is a '55 331 Poly and my plan is to eventually run the 727 Torqueflite direct driven (no converter).
I have made up all of the parts required for this but will run the converter set up to sort the car out first.
Will keep you posted on my progress with the transmission conversion.

Well, since it's a small block, you could use one of the later torqueflites with a lockup converter.  Torque converter lock up on those iterations of the 727 is handled hydraulicly not electrically so there isn't much of a penalty in complexity for going with one.  These were put into rams with the magnum v8 in the 90's.  I'm seriously considering one for my setup but then I have to adapt the push button shifter to it... because, who wants to give up push button!
Ben 'Polyhead' Smith
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Re: Brunskilltown Bullet
« Reply #124 on: January 26, 2016, 12:03:51 PM »
Looking good Mate! Show time is coming up in a hurry now & you're probably going to be running it down to the wire.
This is Hot Rodding. :-P
  Sid.
Thanks Sid, Bob Ellis is on my hammer to get it done!!
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He might need to head south early & pitch in!
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Re: Brunskilltown Bullet
« Reply #125 on: February 16, 2016, 06:48:16 AM »
Well it's less than 2 weeks to go to Speed Week 2016 down here and I have my arse hanging out getting the car ready but am confident of being there with some body panels on it!!!






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Re: Brunskilltown Bullet
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Re: Brunskilltown Bullet
« Reply #128 on: February 16, 2016, 07:04:49 AM »
FREAKIN AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That's a race car. :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:

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Re: Brunskilltown Bullet
« Reply #129 on: February 16, 2016, 09:54:32 AM »
VERY nice!

Regards, Neil  Tucson, AZ
Regards, Neil  Tucson, AZ

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Re: Brunskilltown Bullet
« Reply #130 on: February 16, 2016, 10:30:55 AM »
Excellent work!!!!  :-D :-D :-D :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:

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Re: Brunskilltown Bullet
« Reply #131 on: February 16, 2016, 10:46:25 AM »
Really nice build.
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Re: Brunskilltown Bullet
« Reply #132 on: February 16, 2016, 11:39:03 AM »
WOW! You're really cookin down there Mate! It's people like you that give me inspiration to ramp up my own efforts. Your arse might be in a sling by the time you get to the salt, "butt" what an injury! 8-) Is that some 4X up the pipes?
  Sid.

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Re: Brunskilltown Bullet
« Reply #133 on: February 16, 2016, 02:49:47 PM »
Is that some 4X up the pipes?
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Sure is Sid. I mostly drink my beer from bottles but their inside diameter wont go over the pipes :lol:

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Re: Brunskilltown Bullet
« Reply #134 on: February 16, 2016, 05:17:36 PM »
I never did understand why Castlemain 4X came out of Brizzy. Coopers was my choice when I live in Oz but it started turning me into a fat guy. :roll: Moving to the US might have saved me.
There's a lot of people up here wishing we had the salt that you have, me included. I was an early DLRA member before Gairdner was active & moved up here for Bonneville. Now I might be on the wrong end of the world again. :-(
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