dr_hunt

The 283 block is not known for strength. IMO you need to find a edelbrock scorpion intake, made for the smaller cube motor (smaller ports) and is single plane. I have one if you want it. $75 takes it you pay for shipping.

Most people I know that run NOS typically end up with a 150 shot. Went to the mud bogs and my buddy dave couldn't beat the '33 dodge with a 150 shot so he upped it to a 300 shot and got us by .03 seconds.

No, I'd like to think I'm a better shot than that. I just have the scene on video.

5040 ft lb of energy at the muzzle with the 180 grain. It's pushing a 180 grain bullet at 3550 fps. The buttstock is filled with 12 lb of #8 birdshot. The barrel has 1.25 dia at the muzzle, so it needed that for balance.

What a vicious RUMOR!!!!! Whoever started that one gets banned!!! :lmao:

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Yeah, I know. I had a .378 Weatherby that I re-did into a .30-.378. The recoil was brutal unless you shot it offhand. The power of the round was amazing too. Now the rifle weighs 29 pounds and sports a 30 inch hart barrel with a custom muzzle brake.

You'll find the trick with pigs is that they have so much fat layer and so many fat cells in their blood that they are hard to take down without an entry and exit wound, so they typically require multiple shots. That said, there is no excuse for a poorly placed shot. A well placed shot will down a pig like that in an few seconds if not instantly. My almost 300 lb pig took 9 rounds from the .41 Mag S&W 57 before going down. I blew his lower jaw off, had 3 rounds in the shoulder, one up the rear as he was running away that lodged in the chest, one in the head, one in the neck, and took out one front leg and one back leg. I sneaked up on him and I shot him laying down in the shade of a tree first. Didn't see a log in front of him and the first bullet went through a small log or root that was exposed, and broke the left front leg. I tracked him into tall grass and he charged me from about 15 feet. I stepped aside and shot him in the face, blowing his lower jaw off. He continued on and I shot him in the arse, flipping him. I shot him 3 times in the shoulder while down and floundering around. I reloaded and he got on his feet and charged again although at a slow pace. I shot him once in the head at about 3 feet, which snap rolled him but he rolled past me. He got up again and continued on away, I shot him in the right rear hind leg breaking that one. I then put another in the neck as he lay unable to get on his feet. Now I didn't miss, but I didn't hit that well either. It's a whole different story when they are running at you in close quarters I can tell you that! I've seen a polar bear take 14 rounds in the neck and shoulder and head from a .375 H&H and not go down! I have that on video!

Forged pistons in general will handle a 250 shot max. Manufacturers like Lunati, JE, Jade and others state such. NOS pistons have thicker piston crowns, beefier pin bosses and stronger wrist pins and are designed for more abuse by lowering the ring lands as well. Retarding timing with nos as a rule of thumb is about 2 degrees for each 100HP. Again that is a rule of thumb. But to be safe, I'd start with 8 degrees out and then slowly work that up, even starting with 100 shot as different combustion chambers and piston dome configurations will react differently under NOS conditions. That coupled with different heat ranges of plugs can have disasterous effects unless you pull out alot of timing. NOS isn't some magical mystery spray that just "works". I've seen alot of carnage by not being cautious. Personally I don't like the NOS components, they tend to fail and cause major engine damage. 11:1 is the ideal NOS compression, but then again how you achieve the 11:1 compression makes all the difference. Large domes don't work as good with nos as do flat top or dished pistons IMO.

Yeah, but your not innocent, so we'll take it out on you.

A 300 shot is one hell of a first time "shot". Typically you work up to that. You need to pull about 8 degrees of timing for starters IMO before jumping in to that game. Unless your running NOS pistons they typically are designed for a 250 shot. I'd check with your piston manufacturer before turning on the spray.

I can tell you from experience to steer clear of those heads. You get what you pay for. Yeah, they might flow that but at what vacuum. Come to think of that I knew a girl that could................ well, that's another story, but she had great vacuum! AFR's baby, the only way to fly, ask anyone that has some, oh, I have 3 sets. Or Brodix, ask anyone that has some, oh, I have a set of those too. bitchin heads cost more but you get more.

I use it as a cover scent when I hunt, very effective.

No, not typically used, similar to a tig, better penetration I think I remember hearing about. Isn't the torch bigger than a tig?

Go buy some skunk scent at the local sporting goods store or online. look it up, it's cheap, like under $20. Go to the grocery store and get you a sponge, cheap kind. Late at night or early AM when they are asleep, cut the spong into very small pieces, like the size of a dime, soak with skunk essense, put in the vent louvers of their car(s). It'll drive them nuts when they drive and they will never find it. After awhile the smell will wear off and no damage will be done. You might try it in the window sill of their apt as well.

excuse me guys, that was last year. But thanks, nice to know there are some good hybrid z guys around!

whatever it is it hauls ass.

Both the 406 and the 357 are dart blocks and can be safely bored to 4.185 As for 426 or 427, I tell my girlfriend, what's a few "inches" between us.

That is Kandy Apple Red on a Blue base, we picked a tangerine base, but oh well. Yeah, we opted for no metalflake, but ended up with that too. Good thing we didn't want black pearl huh!

Is this little guy happy or what??!!! I think the car looks better in this shot. Oh, and there's the A-hole in the back Hood shot Yup, stock hood, scoop attached and riveted. I think it looks ok. Stance of the car is too high, going to work on that next along with about everything else.

If it was as simple as that yeah, you probably could. The 406 is going to sit around the shop, hmmmmmm, what to do next.

No, I loaned the alky 357 to a buddy for a mud bog, afterwards he got drunk, drove down the ditch raising hell and took it swimming without any trunks on. Totally submerged the engine. LOL! So, all I needed was an excuse anyway, now I have one.

Now that the paint is done. It's time for a new heartbeat. The little alky 357 went swimming in the ditch so I decided to tear it down and bore and stroke it to 426". New eagle 4 inch stroke crank. Bore and hone to 4.125", new Mahle 14.6:1 forged pistons, new custom ground isky 4/7 swap roller with matching springs and we are off to the races here in the next few weeks. Hoping the bigger inches and some hillborn alky injection will yield some 9 second time slips up here in the thin air and some 8 second time slips at the next sez.

M1 garand baby!!!!

I hunt those every year down in south texas. I use the .44 mag pistol, .41 mag pistol or my newly build .357 herrett on a contender frame. Killed a nice 300 pounder last year with the .41 mag.