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Old Oct 25, 2006 | 11:46 PM
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Well, got the new engine in, now I am beginning to think it might be overkill.



Am I bored? I hate winter.
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Old Oct 25, 2006 | 11:56 PM
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Nothing wrong with a 25-71 blown 1500 cu in. motor to me
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you could have gone bigger...
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Old Oct 26, 2006 | 12:45 AM
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All you need now is to foto shop a big dragster wing on the back!
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Old Oct 26, 2006 | 01:12 AM
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good photoshop
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Old Oct 26, 2006 | 01:21 AM
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good photoshop
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oooOOOHHHoooo' me likey!!!!!
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Originally Posted by Ironcross
All you need now is to foto shop a big dragster wing on the back!
...and a big 6 foot tall shifter stick. Then get one of "Big Daddy" Ed Roth's buddies to sit in the car for pictures. Maybe just photochop it in there.

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Originally Posted by RFJohnston
i think it's a photoshop, if you look at the left near the borderline with the hood....also, with this kind of engine the car should be a 'litlle bit' more dropped or not?
the guy who posted the pic should know better then me and you, i guess....
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Originally Posted by buffed1978
Well, got the new engine in, now I am beginning to think it might be overkill.

Am I bored? I hate winter.

Why overkill? looks bone stock to me.....at least, that what mine looks like!
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Those look like 3-foot long valve covers and 1" fuel lines!

must have some sort of ultra-low profile oil pan too, 'cause based on the approximate scale of things, your oil pump pickup should be sucking up asphalt.

it made me smile nonetheless.
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Sleeper.
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i wonder if the headlights work....
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Could anyone tell me if that is sb or a bb.
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actually, it's a small block. the car is a 1/2 scale mock up.
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If enough is enough...then too much is just right!!

Looks good to me!


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