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i actually have drawn up some prints for the powerglide trans for this car joe. helpng tim was time well spent, for sure. as soon as i get a break from work and my '37......i may just get to do a little top dragster-in'. say,.....are those minions of yours free for about a week or so?

tim, glad to see you're going to build this in an era when actual engineering and good common sense were starting to emerge in the sport. as usual, your skill at machining and building is exceeding all expectations!!!! the 100% machined donovan and the 100% machined quick change rear are just beautiful!!!!!! the wheels should be the bomb when you're done. i'm only glad to help when i can. thanks buddy!!

these are examples of set back blowers that are a little more extreme than mine.

not to confuse you even more but, the blower on my altered is designed as a "set back" blower manifold. since blowers with any kind of twist in the rotors always push the air to the front of the blower case. sitting the blower back centralizes the discharge in the manifold. it helps tremendously with fixing the front cylinders being lean. the discharge opening on these blowers differs from what i've posted.

the blower discharges only in the area i've marked in red. the rest of the blower case is for support. a company called hot heads makes aluminum 392 heads today and their intake SORT OF looks like what you need to do. this should give you the general idea.

joe, im turned on, tuned up and i ain't timed out........so turn it loose!!!

i went to google and found this for you. if you look closely you can see the the runner of the intake man. this is probably like 76-77 ish. don't know who took the shot.

see you in the morning, sunshine!

thank you all so very much!!! hope it makes for some good inspiration!! good question michael. i'm not a drag racing historian but, i'll tell you what i know. i believe the manifold came out in late 74 maybe 75. the was a good article about dale armstrong in car craft magazine and his use of the donovan. there was a great picture of the manifold in that article. had a big donovan moniker right where i put the burst panel on my manifold. there was also another tall version that had the donovan logo on the bottom of the plenum area, not on the front face. both where individual, tall runner style intakes. to my knowledge all of the brands of 392/ donovan blower intakes short runner or long runner left the lifter valley cover exposed. not to say some one didn't make a manifold that did (i'm sure somebodies uncle jed cast himself one in the back of the shed using pie tins and pop cans)......i've just have never seen one.

with all the AA/FA builds going on i figured i'd through out one i did a while back.....it's '23 ford body i started with (actually donated to me by a very good friend al) it's modified a bunch. the rest of the car is 100% scratch built. somewhere between 2000 and 2500 hrs. in it as near as i can figure. hopefully it will inspire those who are currently working on or may be considering an altered build. joe, you should be particularly pleased since it's lot's "o" wings. the car sits on a modern funny car style chassis w/ a blown donovan (perhaps my most favorit-ist motor in da world), B&J3 spd. , strange 9" top loader rear. got a question....? ask i'll do my best to answer it.

micheal, i get what you're saying and i agree with you on the body's not looking very stock. i really like the idea of different wheelbased cars and at least as somewhat stock appearing body. on the other hand. i wonder how "stock" a body can be and go 210+ mph. in 77 they were going an whopping 155. that's a big difference. LOT'S of stuff has changed in pro stock. gary, i have to disagree with you on something, drag racing was never a sport of and for the fans......it is a sport of and for the drag racers........fans are a happy by product for the suits selling the seats.

no problem michael. you do know that by 1977 they were only using the quarter panels and roof panel from the body of a production car. the chassis' were all tube (granted many were 2x3 tube main rails, some were all round tube) none were stock suspensions. i'm not seeing where you can call them "actual production cars"? anything even close to "actual production ended in '72-'73 i believe.

micheal, while i agree with your opinion on over sized plug wires on some builds. the subject of 7mm is not debatable. it would be a FACT that plug wires are at least as large as 10.4 mm today, possibly larger.

in 2001, nhra accepted, composite bodies were allowed. yes, they are carbon fiber.

holy, flippin' spatula batman!!!!!!!!!

great stuff chris. mike, why would the "7mm" end any discussion on model car engine plug wires?

this is absolutely gorgeous!!!!!!! i LITERALLY stared at this for 15 or 20 minutes tim. the altered you are going to put this in is one lucky chassis!!! please feel free to amaze me some more!!!!!!

stop it joe...... i can't un-see that!!!!!!

tim, i'm sure whatever you do with this, it will be pure eye candy!!!!!! p.s. i now this guy who put his first donovan in an altered too......i think it looked o.k. when he was done.

i thought you wanted to machine your own tires?

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yes,.....yes they are a few hole patterns. care to elaborate on what the hole patterns are representative of?

i thought your "point" was, chris shot himself in the foot by opening this thread?

i think i just saw lincoln wink.

o.k......you no longer have an option......F.E.D. ....F.E.D....F.E.D.....F.E.D. and those valve covers........they are gonna blind people if you polish them. please post a warning before your next post!!!!!!