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#86,701
While your talking about cars tearing down the road with smoke trailing behind. A story from days long gone: our branch in the Andrew or navy after we qualified as divers got sent on the famed DEODs course or a short course on bomb disposal if you don’t know. We got taught how to deal with a lot of things that might ignite and we were encouraged to lark around booby trapping everything and anything as a way of teaching us to deal with real life situations. The usual place we’re the heads where we dreamed up ever more inventive ways of giving our mates an enema, going to the loo was a long process :roflmao:

Not the course I was on but a friend, they booby trapped someone’s car, not just any car but a near new Ford Capri, his pride and joy. What they did was rig up a smoke flare to go off inside the car just as he drove off. Well apparently this car was seen leaving the main entrance to a large military base in Kent looking like a parachute display team :roflmao: I did see the aftermath :roflmao:
 
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GBassNorth said:
You need to tub that Satellite or at least put some wider competition tires in the rear. A drag radial with a 10.5 inch cross section is something like a 255 IIRC. Heck, the street tires on my Cayman are 305s (unfortunately my HP and torque are far less than your 440).
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I didn’t choose those tires…

But I have another axle housing that will bring the tires in more, I should be able to fit at least a 12 inch tire. Tubbing would take a lot of work and redoing the paint underneath.
 
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No tires for the Queen, I have new big hair today :roflmao:

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GBassNorth said:
...ahh, the good old days of skinny tires, a light rear end, and high torque! Great fun in a straight line. I'd guess the stock rear tires on that Charger were the same or narrower than 70 series tires.
Now days Dodge is sporting 355mm wide tires on the Viper, but with 645 hp they kinda have to.
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My brother bought a ‘66 383 4B from a neighbor in ‘75. If I remember correctly, he upgraded it to 70 series rims. That thing was a monster. But only in a straight line.
 
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MCF said:
My brother bought a ‘66 383 4B from a neighbor in ‘75. If I remember correctly, he upgraded it to 70 series rims. That thing was a monster. But only in a straight line.
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Being of driving age and in high school in the mid to late 70's meant cheap decade old used muscle cars were the norm in the school parking lot. I had a 1965 mustang with a 289 HiPo V8 and many of my friends had Cameros, Cudas, Chargers, Chevelle's, Mach I, Firebirds, GTO's, etc (Corvettes and Trans Am's were uncommon with the school kids, too expensive). Nearly everybody I knew that had a 440 Charger ended up wrapping it around a tree or telephone pole. Wicked fast in a straight line, horrible brakes and atrocious cornering. The second most likely car to be totaled at that time was a first generation GTO with the 389 tri power engine, it too was a boat with a big engine and no brakes.
The good old days.

Dr_Feelgoood212 said:
@GBassNorth
I lied, I actually have 11.5" tires on the Satellite.... :facepalm:
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That sounds better. 10.5 is kinda thin for a racing slick, they make em, but as a rule of thumb always go with the largest contact patch you can fit on the car.
 
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Engle said:
I put Government Mule on my shop system and I’m trying out my new Veritas low angle block plane. Got the blade sharp enough to shave my arm and it can take some pretty thin shavings off this maple!
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Now that's a girly little plane, what will you look like with that, send it to me instead :roflmao:

I like Veritas tools, I've never had a bad one but I've never owned one of those I'm still using my old Stanley 60 1/2, whislst not a bad tool isn't in that league, I'm a tad jealous . Block planes are such versatile tools because you can alter the cutting geometry by changing the sharpening angle. Does that have an adjustable mouth?
 
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Engle said:
I put Government Mule on my shop system and I’m trying out my new Veritas low angle block plane. Got the blade sharp enough to shave my arm and it can take some pretty thin shavings off this maple!
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Interesting design. A friend of mine was telling me that Veritas was the only maker that had done anything novel with the design of a plane since ever. Hadn't seen one until just now.
I guess you like it?
 
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GBassNorth said:
Being of driving age and in high school in the mid to late 70's meant cheap decade old used muscle cars were the norm in the school parking lot. I had a 1965 mustang with a 289 HiPo V8 and many of my friends had Cameros, Cudas, Chargers, Chevelle's, Mach I, Firebirds, GTO's, etc (Corvettes and Trans Am's were uncommon with the school kids, too expensive). Nearly everybody I knew that had a 440 Charger ended up wrapping it around a tree or telephone pole. Wicked fast in a straight line, horrible brakes and atrocious cornering. The second most likely car to be totaled at that time was a first generation GTO with the 389 tri power engine, it too was a boat with a big engine and no brakes.
The good old days.


That sounds better. 10.5 is kinda thin for a racing slick, they make em, but as a rule of thumb always go with the largest contact patch you can fit on the car.
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Like I said.... I didn't pick them :vomit:

But they are cheater slicks, so even though they are thinner than the Micky Thompson I-blocks that were on there, they have more contact area.
 
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Count Bassie said:
Interesting design. A friend of mine was telling me that Veritas was the only maker that had done anything novel with the design of a plane since ever. Hadn't seen one until just now.
I guess you like it?
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I don’t think that design is that novel other than the use of the old Norris style adjuster which is the best bar none, I’m not aware of any other block plane using it. Where Veritas do win is in the quality of manufacturing which is second to none, hopefully that qualify extends to the cutting iron too but I don’t see them marketing it if it didn’t
 
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