I'm very sorry for your loss. I also have a question for you. Did the car have one of those glass fuel filters with the chrome ends,that are able to be taken apart to be cleaned. Just an educated guess,but I say it did and that was the cause of the fire. WARNING-WARNING-DANGER WILL ROBINSON-WARNING-- TAKE THEM OFF NOW-- SURE THEY LOOK GOOD NOW, BUT HOW DO THEY LOOK AFTER THE FIRE??? John
Well I guess she is on her way to being reborn or sold, one or the other. I tore down the top half of the motor today. Got the intake, carb, alternator, rockers, pushrods and battery out. I also took out the radiator and some other small stuff. I think I may be able to pull the motor in a couple hours on sunday. I guess its up to the old man now to see what life brings for her. I am still thinking about selling some of the stuff I mentioned so I'll keep you guys informed from this thread. Peace Lox
Hey LoxMan71 I'm also so sorry, al least you’re ok. You can try with another one some where in the future…whish you luck.
Keep up the motivation loxman. It sounds like you have the ability and knowhow for the project. We would love nothing more than to see you come out of this ahead. Good luck with whatever your choice is!
Yeah does anyone know where I can get an entire fiberglass fron clip? I have seenone on e-bay before so I imagine they are made but I dunno who would make them. up22 doesn't have them so who else makes glass body parts for the mavs? Thanks Lox
loxman71,now thats the attitude!!!start rebuilding again!jc whitney carries the whole front end...hood,fenders,the whole thing,in a one pc.tiltlable front end.,for $499.00 hinge kit is ..i think$59.extra.hope this helps... good luck on the rebuild...chuck.
Yeah If I redo mine I am going to use braided line that is similiar to a nitrous feed line...That way there are solid connections and that line is pretty tough to tear up....
Yeah but we had been working on the fuel line during the nitrous install...So i think it may have stemmed from that...
http://www.jcwhitney.com usbodysource.com both of them carry front end parts jc whitney sells the one peice nose and us body sells fenders and hoods separately
Well I couldn't find the one piece front from JC WHitney, but I did cal MAS and they have them, so as soon as the old man green lights it, out cometh the motor and off the the sand blaster....I am going to use a painless wiring harness and an 8 panel switch board to control the car this time. I am trying to figure out what gauges to use too. All I had last time was Tach, Oil pressure, and Water Temp. This time I was thinking all of those plus Fuel Pressure and most likely Nitrous Pressure. Other than that I can't see the point of like tranny temp and stuff....Maybe an EGT gauge but I dunno, what are you pro street guys running? Later Brett
brett, if you plan on making it a racecar or will make some trips to the strip with it make sure you check the rule book first as i know nhra does not like havin a fuel pressure guage inside the car. don't know anything about the nitrous. i think there are some fuel guages that work w/o having fuel in them, but i havent checked them out.
