Got my old ptc 9.5" low stall converter back. thing was awesome(definitely spragless this time) been stacking some little stuff here and there. Waiting on the rear axle and I think I might be able to throw a steel jig together and get to work on it!

 

 

Subbed! The rear is a damn work of an art!!

 

6 month wait and the Energy block is here. Slow progress on funds.
Probably be the last car I ever build so I better make it awesome.

 

Some TBM Brakes greatness

 

 

Getting fancy, I dig it!!

Out of curiosity, what did you see as a benefit of the Energy block vs Noonan and others?

 

Ive never had two to compare back to back. Difference for me was I deal with callies a lot and am good friends with a couple guys there. So they made me a decent deal. I figured it has to be stronger than the cast dart Ive been running!

 

Havent made any progress on it lol.
Work has been absolutely insane this year. But I am slowly but surely stacking parts.

 

 

Any specific reason or are you just getting to the point where you're past doing entire ground up builds?

Either way you've built some amazing vehicles and can't wait to see how this one turns out. You definitely have the "awesome" box checked with it!

 

Parts pile is looking legit! Having the shop be busy as all get out is good problems to have though!

 

Im pretty proud of what Ive accomplished. Mainly because outside of a little help here and there Ive done/learned a lot in less than a decade.
All I wanted to do was run 8's. Did that a little too easy. Then just fell into the 7's. Then had to work from the 7's to the 6's for a couple straight years.
Really wasnt hard, just took money.

So many people talked down to my foxbody. I lost to quite a few guys with way more serious combos to where I felt good about being almost on their level. So it was always getting compared to methanol, lexan, fiberglass blah blah. I chose to keep it ethanol, power windows, all steel(other than hood and trunk etc) so its not an excuse. But I figured why not build a straight race car to compete with straight race cars so they can see what my dumbass can do!

I was going to quit when I ran 6's but I know what I can do with a chassis that is 600 pounds less. Even if it made the same power. I figured Id give it one last shot.

 

Oh yes. We are blessed with work. ITs been a good but long 10 months. Im happy with how far weve come but definitely looking for a little bit of downtime! I want to work on my hotrod lol

Hope you are doing well my man!

 

What heads going on this build ?

 

Been following along for a while now and you never disappoint! I know how it feels to want to work on your own, I haven't had a chance to touch my pile of bolts other than backing it out of the garage once since June when we had our first son. Guess it could be worse, ha!

 

Brodix BR1 Cathedral port with oem rocker arms

 

No doubt! Definitely some reward but tons of sacrafice comes along with that.

Creeping up on one year since Ive owned it and havent worked on it once! Going to try and make some space next month and start picking at it if all goes well.
2022 has been insane