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..hey Peter, if you were a shipwright yesterday, what are you today. I was a shipwright yesterday, but woke up this morning, still a shipwright, how do you get rid of the *******.

 

unemployment, just follow me

 

..oh dud, never thought of that one, surely there is repair and maintenance work still being done, or is it that bad...

 

Well im in this club, welcome aboard ....

 

ya I'm starting to miss unemployment but
everyday that goes by and I'm working is one step closer to that yacht

 

My Opel GT looked nothing like that monstrosity. I was able to close the hood (well, with a 2" cowl induction scoop) and it rode on street tires. I use to drive it up to Philadelphia on weekends and drag race it on Broad Street. I'd drive up with skinny little rear tires on it, then get out and slip on some 9" slicks when I arrived. It was a monster to launch, but if it did hook up and not snatch the front end off the ground 3' or smoke the tires, it was a rocket. I ran 9 second 1/4 mile times with it. This is the car that would have worked well with the Donavon small block, better balance, lighter weight and a stock or near stock hood.

 

Anyone have any knowledge of a 23' T-Craft ,( late seventies ) the Miss Christina, which was rigged for shrimping. She was last known to be in the possesion of the Pasco County, Sheriff's Dept. Thank you,
Captain HAZ

 

haz the US Coast Guard has a site to find owner's of boats based on the boat name.
Google.

 

Thank You...

Wvh...

 

West, I'm afraid to look.....but how do I?
USCG.com?

 

"Dry sump man, lose the oil pan, the vette above has a dry sump. The Donovan blocks now are so expensive that you have to be much more serious then I am currently. I'm not sure why you're having axle issues, I've shoehorned a lot of V8 power into ridiculously small cars. I once stuffed a 454 into a Opel GT (mini vette). I never could get it street legal, but I wasn't trying very hard either. 650 HP in a 1,500 pound car is a lot of fun."
As far as the axle, I'm just trying to maintain somewhat stock appearances, I am going to lose interior space to the tires. Well, the one in the pic is LS3, I think they started in somthing like 2006 and the transmission/differential-in-back set-up started in '07, I think. It is a wet sump. From center of crank to bottom of pan is only 5.5". The problem I am having is using BMW front end - there is a crossmember that interferes with the sump itself. You're right, dry is the way to go - When one puts slicks on a vette, they run out of oil when cornering hard. It can be cured with baffles or running extra oil which causes more problems. There is also a week point on Bimmers where the rear suspension mounts to the car. This is one reason I wanted to not use the stock rear end and bought the rolling chassis - It is going to mount to the roll cage, which will, in effect, be the frame for the entire car. My intent is to maintain drivability and 430hp from an LS3 is just fine. This will be used on the track some so has to handle. A better but more expensive approach is to install a ZO6 (better in every way; brakes, power, dry sump) but there are considerations with making a track car as opposed to something that just needs to get down the 1/4 quickly and the ZO6 is twice as much money now (I got this rolling chassis for $10,000). My next one will be a ZO6 and entirely ZO6 other than appearance and interior.

 

If this is the case, toss the Vette and the BMW and get a 570 or something, tie a TH 400 behind it and link up a 9" Ford rear. Stuff this into a Smart car and eat 1/4 miles all day long.

On the other hand if you want a corner clawer, then make a new front cross member to clear the sump or go dry, which should retro fit. If not there are plenty of dry sump systems for the small block. I've had enough Vettes. I'd rather be scared driving hard into a corner and launch like a shuttle solid booster with a live axle.

 

Very interesting signs ...

 

Stena prototype tests air cushion concept
http://www.marinelog.com/DOCS/NEWSMMIX/2010mar00301.html

http://www.aerohod.ru/pers-en.phtml



http://www.aerohod.ru/hivus6-en.phtml

 

My new...

restoration project...