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Lightspeed Mike

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I was asked for a picture of my car I took to Syracuse. Didn't figure it needed a whole thread just for that, so I opened this post for anyone else to post their unique rides. We did it for motorcycles, why non a car one. If there's a previous thread, I missed it.

Here's my 1938 Chev. Full custom chassis with air suspension, 5.3L Chev engine, 4L60E trans, 9" rear.

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Well, if the criteria is non-stock, then here's my 1959 DKW Munga. Engine being pulled, then after rebuild in my basement. Swapped original generator for an alternator from a 62 Chev, intake manifold from a 1960 DKW sedan, carb from 1964 Dodge slant-six, starter motor from 1960 Saab. Painted blue because that would make it go faster.

3 cylinder two stroke, 750 cc, sounded like the entire Luftwaffe warming up, maxed out at 65 kph.

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ohh man, so many lost to the early days of digital cameras, here is the only stuff i could dig up :( seems i took more photos of the fabrication than the actual cars

The rx7, stock rotary was worn out, put in a built 383 i had from another project (a ford ranger....), then a 5.3ls, had a ford 8.8 center section with custom 300m axle shafts
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what i can find of my dodge shadow...then into the dodge rampage, started as a stock 2.5tbi 4 door auto, ended up as a 2.5 turbo manual, with big turbo, big custom intercooler (still have it as a momento) downpipe, etc etc, roasted the tires in 3rd gear and torqued steered 3 lanes over, that motor went into a rampage with an even bigger turbo and a bunch of other custom work (you can see the rampage jacked up in that last photo, this was my place through my 20's, always something to work on), couldnt find a picture of the shadow, a plane jane 4 door 90s dodge shadow with 3" exhaust
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"The most modified stock jeep on 33's you'll ever see" as a buddy of myne likes to describe it, custom bumper/winch, 2.5" lift, 33's, 5.13's front and back, true-trac's front and back, front axle truss, hydro assist steering, teraflex u/l bj's, snorkle (lather than this pic), and some sway bar dico's, one of these days it will get either a hemi or an ls, as the stock 3.8 is pretty tired at 338k
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the welding truck, shorened fram 1', moved axle 1', custom deck, true track rear end, came with a 454, swapped to a 6.5 diesel, and now on its second 6.0ls

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the one i never completed, 27 t bucket, speedway front end, custom built frame, custom ladder bar rear suspension, exploder 8.8, custom headers....i got tired of working on it and sold it...poor choice

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my first welding truck, when it met its fate via semi truck and some other horrible drivers, big turbo, big downpipe, aftermarket exhaust manifold, intake elbow, big injectors, full exhaust, chipped, and southbend clutch....although i didnt do the mods to this one, it sure was fast for a 10,000lb truck and got some wicked mileage to boot

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few honorable mentions with no pictures, that shadow who donated its motor to 3 other projects after it, the 383 ranger that donated its motor to the rx7 and the hot rod, the tsi talon with the custom elbow/downpipe/intercooler and extra boost that threw a rod, the chevette with a small block that met its fate via sawzall, and my first rx7 that ended up with a 302 ford and sold to a kid who wrote it off in a week
 

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My 79 Mustang which is my profile pic. I did all the work on it myself aside from painting from a complete rotisserie bare bones shell. Its about 90% race car and 10% street car. Just what it needs to run on the road. Made for lapping or autocross style driving not drag race.

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BMW Rider said:
My 79 Mustang which is my profile pic. I did all the work on it myself aside from painting from a complete rotisserie bare bones shell. Its about 90% race car and 10% street car. Just what it needs to run on the road. Made for lapping or autocross style driving not drag race.
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I'm curious to hear about your suspension mods?

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I made my car dual purpose (drag/road). Double adjustable Coil over on LCA, Willwood race 4 piston calipers, R&P etc. Complete transformation of handling.
 
slow-poke said:
I'm curious to hear about your suspension mods?

302/347/408?

I made my car dual purpose (drag/road). Double adjustable Coil over on LCA, Willwood race 4 piston calipers, R&P etc. Complete transformation of handling.
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The suspension was a full kit from Maximum Motorsports, coilovers all round, panhard bar and torque arm, sway bars, K-member upfront and forward offset control arms. Cobra brakes front and rear. The engine is a 68 302 J-code which at .040 over is 307 cu in. Heads were ported out and larger 351W valves fitted, 10:1 compression a big cam and running on an MSD EFI with a T5 behind it.
 
As a kid it was first a '71 camero then 68 RS ragtop I did a lot of performance improvements on, converted to a muncie 4 speed etc. Lost interest as machining took over, rust, BS, awkward angles and skinned knuckles .... making and designing my own stuff is more fun.

Here's my S4 that ran a 10.216 a Cayuga a few years ago, not bad for a daily driver sedan eh? At the time that was a world record for an S4 ( https://www.034motorsport.com/blog/034motorsport-tuned-b8-s4-claims-1-4-mile-record/ ) 700 hp (at the time) 4l rev'd to a 6000 rpm launch with the Audi all wheel drive does wonders, if thats your thing.

The owner builder and driver wasn't me..... this all happened before I bought it from the friend that was into it. I got it after the installation of a new engine (4l at 700hp rev'd to all hell tend to not last very long) that is detuned quite a bit. Still, he estimates it is putting out close to 500 hp.

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phaxtris said:
Are we including previous non stock cars ? Or only current ?
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Oh man we follow pretty stringent thread posting rules around here, I think a slight deviation from thead topic is pretty taboo....but do it anyway!

Moderator Edit - we don't enforce a policy of that nature. I'd only moderate that if the OP requested it. There are a few members who don't like it, but at least 10x that many who do. For the most part we are a pretty casual group who likes to have fun. The most important rule is to avoid insulting or offending other fellow members.
 
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1936 Chrysler Airstream C7. Windsor Ontario built. Originally sold in Vancouver BC. A chap from Innisfil brought is back to Ontario in the ‘80s and did what the car is today. 1986 318 V8, 904 AT, 8.25 rear end, 86 Ford Aerostar front suspension.
We were in St Thomas on Sunday noon and drove home to Niagara. Great day but hot!
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pdentrem said:
South of St Thomas Ontario. Corner of Fairview Rd and Sparta Line.
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Does the foam mean manual car wash?

We like little places like this to eat. I'm gunna add it to the yellow pages section of my contacts and stop by to eat next time we go that way.
 
No pictures but wanted to join the fun anyway ... goodness knows where any old pictures got to.

My first car was a '69 Camaro that I put a B-Modified stock car engine into. (Large valves, Holley 4 barrel, heavy clutch, etc., etc.) It sure would rev! "Everyone" was building V8s - had to be different. Fun to pop the hood after successfully "taking on" the V8 crowd.

Family car of note was a '77 Volvo 245 (station wagon) that got a Ford 5.0L engine and 5speed from an Mustang after 300,000 km. A diff from a diesel wagon got the revs down to its happy place. This was the most fun car to drive I've ever owned; still miss it. (Even more so than an '86 Jaguar XJS - but that's another story.) I simply had to change the fender emblems to the 5.0 Mustang ones. That really messed with a few heads - until the car just "went away".
 
Susquatch said:
Does the foam mean manual car wash?

We like little places like this to eat. I'm gunna add it to the yellow pages section of my contacts and stop by to eat next time we go that way.
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It is a mural painted on the side of a work shop. It is a representation of a diner. Foam likely means soda floats or adult drinks.
Here is a zoom of the diner.


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