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308ci Willeys ratrod jeep ready for its premier at the skid pan!

Started by 308weapon · 10 May 2009 · 15 replies

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308weaponArchived member
The willeys running sweet and ready for its premier at summernats and south coast nationals! check it out on this vid + my parts vl going hard. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJMPMsEsQFU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5J6vTm_PKA
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PSI-EFIArchived member
sounds tuff mate.. **** them wheels must be easy to spin.. what work is done to the 308?
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308weaponArchived member
Quote: Originally Posted by PSI-EFI sounds tuff mate.. **** them wheels must be easy to spin.. what work is done to the 308? yeah sure is mate ussually i wear earmuffs cause gets pretty loud at 7000 rpm. haha yeah it spins em at idle got a tap on the back brakes to turn em off so i can throw tight hoops but then u can't stop her... its a wild thing to drive forged rods & high top pistons, chunkyest crow cam i could get, port polished heads, biggest valves i could get, hollow screamer intake, champhered bores and lightened crank. wanna put her on the dyno soon
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ChemicalArchived member
thats so tuff. i want it lol
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RB26TTVLArchived member
Quote: Originally Posted by 308weapon yeah sure is mate ussually i wear earmuffs cause gets pretty loud at 7000 rpm. haha yeah it spins em at idle got a tap on the back brakes to turn em off so i can throw tight hoops but then u can't stop her... its a wild thing to drive forged rods & high top pistons, chunkyest crow cam i could get, port polished heads, biggest valves i could get, hollow screamer intake, champhered bores and lightened crank. wanna put her on the dyno soon Nice one mate, sounds pretty bitey, what trans are you using? And are you putting some front end panels on it or leaving as is? If it's purely for burnouts it's be better to leave them off yeah?
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PSI-EFIArchived member
Quote: Originally Posted by 308weapon yeah sure is mate ussually i wear earmuffs cause gets pretty loud at 7000 rpm. haha yeah it spins em at idle got a tap on the back brakes to turn em off so i can throw tight hoops but then u can't stop her... its a wild thing to drive forged rods & high top pistons, chunkyest crow cam i could get, port polished heads, biggest valves i could get, hollow screamer intake, champhered bores and lightened crank. wanna put her on the dyno soon alright.. thanks mate.. *** animal.. lol reason i asked was because atm im getting a 308 built, roughly similar to that..
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308weaponArchived member
Quote: Originally Posted by RB26TTVL Nice one mate, sounds pretty bitey, what trans are you using? And are you putting some front end panels on it or leaving as is? If it's purely for burnouts it's be better to leave them off yeah? cheers mate running a trimatic atm but not sure if its going to hold up so probly a powerglide soon. it does have the front grill which detaches but i think its a lot meaner with it off. yes pure built burnout machine Quote: Originally Posted by PSI-EFI alright.. thanks mate.. *** animal.. lol reason i asked was because atm im getting a 308 built, roughly similar to that.. thanks mate, awsome what you putting it in?
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PSI-EFIArchived member
Quote: Originally Posted by 308weapon thanks mate, awsome what you putting it in? welll.. not too much, just, 10.8 comp flat tops, shot peened rods, balanced crank, port and polished heads (already has yellaterra ones), crane 286 cam.. dont know what to expect as it will take 8 weeks, but i just want a nice cruiser, plus i dont want anything tooo much as i only just got on my l's
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GMH-JCArchived member
Very tuff truck. Did you build the chasis?
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308weaponArchived member
Quote: Originally Posted by PSI-EFI welll.. not too much, just, 10.8 comp flat tops, shot peened rods, balanced crank, port and polished heads (already has yellaterra ones), crane 286 cam.. dont know what to expect as it will take 8 weeks, but i just want a nice cruiser, plus i dont want anything tooo much as i only just got on my l's soundz like its going to be a nice engine those yellaterra heads are really good heads should make some nice power. Quote: Originally Posted by GMH-JC Very tuff truck. Did you build the chasis? yeah mate, pretty simple once i got the engine positioned right, got a vl front k frame under it for the suspention, you can use those frames for just bour any chassis to get them nice and low love em
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obsesvArchived member
Quote: Originally Posted by PSI-EFI welll.. not too much, just, 10.8 comp flat tops, shot peened rods, balanced crank, port and polished heads (already has yellaterra ones), crane 286 cam.. dont know what to expect as it will take 8 weeks, but i just want a nice cruiser, plus i dont want anything tooo much as i only just got on my l's out of curiosity why are you building a V8 when as soon as you get your p;s your not gonna be able to drive it anymore? seems a bit silly. on top of that, learning to drive in a worked V8 is also a bit silly! i love this thing btw man, the rat rod thing is so cool haha, and its lolable how easily it spins the wheels!!!!
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EnforcerArchived member
love the pipes
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PSI-EFIArchived member
[QUOTE=308weapon]soundz like its going to be a nice engine those yellaterra heads are really good heads should make some nice power. /QUOTE] yeah thanx man.. hopefully obbssv- ill pm u so i dont hijak this thread Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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DEVNT8Archived member
tuff stuff... more pics... im starting a rat rod skid toy... what thinking about using a hq... maybe a camed 308
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miskArchived member
lol@ the guy holding the chassis while its ripping a skid sounds tuff as
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308weaponArchived member
Quote: Originally Posted by misk lol@ the guy holding the chassis while its ripping a skid sounds tuff as Hahahah yeah poor bennie he would have copd a raping if the tyre blew or his hand got sucked in or some ****.... Anyone know where i can get the forms for the nats? not on the website?
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