moparmagiclives

I was under the understanding that if the instructions didnt call for it then its not an OOB build, but having never attending an actual contest I cant say. like others have said, who's going to know? Or, is it that big of a difference. But if it will bug you for knowing, then it wouldnt be much different then dipping the seats in epoxy and "sanding" some tuck and roll patterns into them...I think that would be considered modification right?

Would they be so popular now if they had not?

Hahaa... the Grant thing reminds me of highschool. I painted a troz style cartoon of the gen. Lee smashed into a tree and a vette (I think it was) decked out like the union with "Grant" on the roof, racing ahead...It got me out of that class...kinda wish I still had the painting. Kinda funny though how, not very many people didnt get the idea of my cartoon...

YEE HAA !!!!!

Dang, I was thinking of using my D.O.H. tin kit for this too...You know those crazy "NUKE BOYS"... but you beat me to it.

Nice flocking job mike....(some pun intended) I'm not savy with the kit, where did the moon discs come from ?

There has to be polution Greg, how do they make the thing... just kidding. Two 4,000+ psi tanks...wholly cow Batman. Cant wait to the the crash rating

I'm not into big riggs myself, but if my little girl got one for me, it would be my favorite one on my shelf !!! Very cool for you man, and even better for you that she will be building her own right along with you.

Cool, thanks again for posting!!

Thanks Josh, those are great. Is that the Lindberg Raminator? I think I've seen it at a shop or two. Also, Is that the USA1 thats out in the tin box now? or did you change the body?

I guess thats true for the rest of the movie too.., but for the chevy.

Then why have them ???.... (sad face) . . ....now I feel like a gum chewing, high school chick... (little confused)

I cant agree with most on the original "60 sec", It might win for the longest single chase, but I didnt feel it was real "exciting". I thought the newer version was better, but that might be due to the fact that it came out when I was about that age of a punk kid.. But I was noticing, and maybe I missed it, but no one mentioned " Two lane black top" Most of the movie was the Goat running after the 55...

I have a thing for Monster trucks and Grand Prix Hydroplanes, Something about a supercharger singing through open headers I guess. I dont know that the boats are done in plastic form. But I would like to build some Monster trucks. Has anyone else done any? If so would you guys mind posting them? Thanks.

TOO SWEET !!! build it as a lift off, so you can show the cage and frame?

I learned my leason on HP when I was in UTI and running stuff on the dyno. We had a late 90s camaro that we put a small fogger shot on it. I think we hit about 350 at the wheel, but It was done after three pulls. I'm talking puke tank running over, pinging to beat the band, it was done. Not long after that, there was a student (older gentalman, and I say that because he had more money then us average broke school kid ) who had the same body style Firebird with about 10k into the engine bay and drivetrain. That thing pulled about a dozen 400+ HP pulls and never broke a sweat, never broke 210. I thought that was pretty cool. I learned that no 2 hp are equal that day. Still have the dyno sheet from the camaro I melted down too.. If I could find a camaro, I would build a model to go with it.

Not to be a pain Mike, but gross HP was theoretical measurment made of an engine assembly, 1972 the SAE set the standards for Net and brake HP, that are both measured at the crank shaft. But enough of that, Technology has come so far in the power race, its nutts !!! I smell a good story in there somewhere ....

How does that make them "make" more power ??

600 DIN, thats like only what..... 591 SAE HP...sheesh And they call those fast... :lol:

Nerds with pink flocking, you could totatly pull that off !!!

Dude!!!! "A twinky truck, pull over for a second"

I dont have any guns laying around either, I was thinking this was more of a armored/survival type thing anyway ? Not vehicle against vehicle.

And here is an example... The new challenger R/T with the 5.7L is making around 370hp, a little less then the 440s back in the day if I remeber reading correctly, they come off the scales at around 4200#s...thats about 700 MORE then the good ol' cars of the muscle era...and are clicking ETs at the mid 13s. (with all that "smog" stuff even ) almost a second less then "most" muscle cars of the 60s and 70s..I say most because the ones that were faster then that were not sitting on every corner like these things are,or box stock. Lets not even mention the SRT8 group, or the new mustangs....

Your not making that up are you ??

If thats the one I'm thinking about, it remined me of all the people with more money then brains. Why would you build a hemi for a "pure stock" class in racing and then talk a bunch of smack....If I remember right, there were plenty of small blocks that would leave that big thing setting on the curb out of the box back in the day.