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Crack an injection line and crank it. Does any fuel come it? Lift pump failure? Shut off stuck?? Use a compressor blow gun to lightly pressurize the fuel tank(very carefully), and see if you get fuel at injection pump?? Just a few thoughts

Couple of winning rounds last weekend.... Some days you're the dog.........sometimes you're the hydrant..........

I musta got real lucky, as I didn't have to cut or modify much of anything? Everything pretty much bolted right back in place. Didn't notice anything about the oil pan bolts? Might take a look now(not that I can do anything if I can't get to them). I guess it depends on which injection pump you have/had, as it of the linkage will bolt right up. Mine were identical and nothing needed changing to hook throttle pedal up. Yes, if you have a 67 size trans, you need to get the 72 sized to be able to survive. I couldn't say the model numbers earlier(I was at work and brain was fried). I only bastardized my flywheel because someone had bastardized my crank bolts on the 237. My 237 came with single disc clutch so everything I had fit fine(including my lower right starter). If your 237 came with dual disc clutch(and upper left starter), you need to fit and align your single disc bellhousing to allow the use of your original single clutch(and right side starter). I got some 4" exh tubing and made my own intake tubes. Pretty simple to fab up. Unless you can find some rubber elbows and stuff to make it work?

Bolts right in a diesel truck. Not sure what will need changed in a gasser chassis? Mine was '69-ish vintage approximately. Just a guess. Mine had spin on filters already, I thought all 237's would have? Or not? Not that familiar. Had to refab the exhaust to fit, no biggie. Had to refab the intake pipe to fit turbo, no biggie. What duplex? Lightweight version?(gasser). I would not suggest using those little boxes with a 237. Find a big box or convert the truck to work with the std maxitorque 5 spd.

Not too shabby Paul. Runs pretty well and pretty consistent for a "gasser". I had my last races this past weekend(one Fri, one Sat, one Sun). Went some rounds, though Sunday's race got rained out. Time to put it away for the winter....groan. I got a few nice time slips....008 and .009 lights. I was putting a hurt'n on those slushboxes!!! I'll get some pics and post them. One fellow came over to me after I took him out and said "I was told you were tough on the tree, so I knew I had to be on my game". He redlit against me.

Like any racing career, pick a class you can excel in!!!! Nice job Bob!

Sadly it will come a time when all that stuff is near worthless, unfortunately. Kids today don't want to wrench on a hot rod...they just want to put a tuner on it and go. Have an elderly friend that has a garage full of hot rods that he bought new(70 boss 302, 289 Comet, among others). His two kids are waiting to sell it off for cash because they don't want anything about it. His latest project, straight axle Comet he is running the wheels off because he knows it makes no sense in keeping it a garage queen no matter how much he spent on it. He's near 80 and has Parkinson's. He knows his driving time is limited. I told him after the first scratch(in the paint), it's all downhill from there!

Buddy does the local swap meet in Randolph, Ohio. Same jist. Everything on the spot is like $2. He doesn't want to bring anything home. He's near 80 and doesn't want all that crap around anymore.

The roads around here....that cab would not be tipped back for long....

That's what the instructions say above. That is how my doors work.

Great story Vlad. Glad to see you got to save another Mack.

$149? That was too recent. Used to be $49, then $99 and "no ups, no extras"........LOL!! Yup, leave the windows down and get the interior done for FREE!!! Here's a real early commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkdtOOYdQOs There was one here in Canton. Friend who took body shop in HS worked there for a very short time.

Mine is a puck design(I thought it wasn't). Can get a touch of chatter if you try to ride it out on a steep hill. Overall a nice clutch. My 237 came with a single disc bellhousing(fire truck engine), so it was a no brainer to reuse my original clutch after upgrading it.

DW clutch in Maryland. Super nice people. Really fast turn around.

When I had the clutch rebuilt, I had them upgrade the disc material from the stock organic to a composite. Gives it a bit more bite. Has worked flawless. I don't lug it down below about 1500 rpm, just to save the old worn out triplex. I'd love to upgrade transmission........ someday.

When I spoke to local shop about "maybe" looking at my 237 pump, they were talking $3000 range for a rebuild!!! Yowza!!!! I was going to have them recalibrate it to a thermodyne setting, but that was just a bit much. It runs fine. Glad to hear you got yours tuned up.

Paul, I know most injected motors want a lean out valve for high gear as they are typically pretty fat on fuel. I ran Goodyear for years, then switched to M/T. I've run them for decades now. I was running 29.5"x9" for years and rotated them every few races. I then switched up to 29.5x10.5 and don't have to rotate them anymore. I get three seasons out them now(compared to one with 9"). Just for giggles I swapped the 10.5" around. Car suddenly started going left, HARD. Yup, once front tires left the pavement, it would try to mow down photographers at the staring line. I couldn't figure out what went wrong? I finally swapped them back and all was well. Guess 2 yrs is too long to wait to swap them side to side.

Pretty solid looking truck for the money. Make a neat toy to play around with. Not on the roads around here though!! My B model beats me to pieces, can't imagine that old crackerbox.

I agree, the original chassis would be around 11K lbs, then add the wrecker body.

Paul, I've watch a few minutes of the live feed with Finnegan in the staging lanes. I know a few fellows running in it this year. I was at Norwalk a few years back when they came through Ohio. I took my black car up to meet up with another FE buddy from up north. I got pictures. Jay Brown has a 511 ci EFI injected SOHC motor in his '64, so I thought it would be cool to get pictures together. His car ran 9.40's. He also has two other cars he has run in Drag week and has won class before. His car sounds weird with open headers. Just like an old dump truck with a rusty muffler, literally. Doesn't sound like it has the 900 hp that it does. Your MPH sounds a bit slow for the ET. Should be well into the mid 140 range. She a little fat up top? With a blower, if it was lean it would melt itself down. I have some videos from the race last weekend, but they are on Karen's phone and I need to get them downloaded so I can post them.

Seems like a wolf in sheeps clothing. Looks like a plain jane fleet truck in that picture.

I found mine online for my Neway. It was a "u-weld" model. Cut to length, weld together. I just don't recall the place I bought it?

Nothing too "top secret squirrel stuff" here. I had the heads CNC'd a touch to pick up some airflow. It is now 496 ci due to a bigger bore. I kept the comp ratio at 12.5/1. Camshaft was actually cut back a touch on duration to keep the peak RPM down to a more sane level(6500). It's a "bracket car" and I don't want to beat it up by turning it 7500 rpm! It didn't make a bunch more Peak HP compared to the old 462ci version. It did pick up a bunch of mid range power. It's still around 625 hp at 6500 rpm. It picked up about 25 HP at 5000 rpm and since that is what I typically launch at, it leaves harder now. I was out last weekend for my first race back. The car went 10.69 @ 124 mph. It was running 10.95 @ 122 mph last year at this race. It picked up about .2 in the first 1/8 mile, and carries it out through the 1/4 mile. It also picked up .1 in the 60 ft compared to my best at that track. The car usually leaves around 1.48x something in the 60 ft. Slightly less at greasy track, but have gone 1.41 at this track(has good bite). Saturday was 1.402/1.403 and was mandating I tighten up the wheelie bars. It was really standing up(and coming down hard). With some adjustment to the bars, I was able to keep it under better control. I had a good outing. I made it to the semi finals. My competition whacked me with a .009 light and I just couldn't beat that even with a .040 light.

Have watched plenty of the build videos. Would love to see it in person, someday. It's a bit west for me to see from my place....LOL!

I spent that weekend assembling the motor. I got to dyno it last weekend(thurs/fri/sat), brought it home Sat afternoon and got it put in the car Sunday afternoon. I got it running Monday afternoon, washed up and put in the trailer. I've been busy, but sure would have like to meet up. Maybe next time? I'm getting off to my first race Saturday at Thompson. They are having their annual Gasser event and we're running our race with it. It's a good match up. I won last year, I hope to take a shot at it again. That $1000 payout sure could come in handy about now!