Will BTJ ride again??

[milner351]

Schlitz? Really? so what's Pabst to you NorthEasterners - champaign? no - that's good old miller highlife - regardless - this sounds like a bucket of win and smells more like burnt ATF than beer and whiskey - but I digress.

so - where are the sticky tires coming from?
how loose is the converter?
where's the driveshaft coming from, and when is the next date at the strip?

[TC]

Brian whatever you do have a driveshaft made for it and don't just go get one out of a junkyard.......... I'll see if I can dig up that issue on driveshafts that was in CC or HR............

Also you guys are some NASTY MF's if your drinking that swag..................

[Brian Lohnes]

Considering that this combo will be in the car for a couple of weeks tops, it is going to be a JY shaft....with new U-joints.

I am keeping my torque converter plan top secret but it is 100% BS approved!

[andy30thz]

Swaaeeet!! This thread has definitely taken a new turn!
And you've got your Weird Uncle Dulcich to thank for it!!!

[38P]

OH THE HUMANITY! (Boston Boilermaker Edition)

Ask and you shall receive:

http://www.cleanvideosearch.com/medi...Id=rcHr46XGIlc

Who knew that "keyboard racing" was more dangerous than Lohnes at a dyno pull . . . .

@ Brian Lohnes: We should have expected "behind the water heater" parts . . . . Gusto is back!

Eleven Thoughts Papa Lohnes had after last night's telephone epiphany.

11. "That boy needs to lay off of the Schlitz Malt Liquor."

10. "I thought this number was unlisted."

9. "Suppose he'll notice that I traded his TH350 for an old core tranny and a used snowblower?"

8. [Paraphrasing Jackie Gleason's Buford T. Justice in "Smokey and the Bandit" (1977)] "There's no way, NO way that that boy came from MY loins. . . . first thing I'm gonna do is punch his mamma in da mouth . . . ." [Disclaimer: this is not a statement of fact and is merely a joke inspired by the movie that inspired the name of PROJECT X[PLODE]]

7. "Now what am I going to prop up the water heater on?"

6. "What was that saying? . . . ten seconds of fun and a lifetime of interrupted sleep . . . No that wasn't it . . . ."

5. "Now if he'd just show up and get the rest of his crap . . . ."

4. "Why does he let Dulcich goad 'em like that?"

3. "Let's see . . . 1998 to 2012 . . . 5,470 days 'storage' at a dollar-a-day . . . ."

2. "After that, I better be getting something better than another 'BangShift' t-shirt for Father's day. . . . And I'm not helping him lug that thing out of the basement."

1. "Dear, YOUR son called."

[38P]

Considering that this combo will be in the car for a couple of weeks tops, it is going to be a JY shaft....with new U-joints.

I am keeping my torque converter plan top secret but it is 100% BS approved!

SCOOP: BANGSHIFT SECRET PLAN UNCOVERED!

1. Cut open old converter from community 13-sec. Fireturd project.

2. Scientifically bend fins with a pair of Chinese knockoff "vice grips" to increase "stall."

3. Reweld converter, hoping the residual ATF doesn't catch fire and burn the house down.

4. Install and punish with a series of "brake stands" to test.

PLAN B: Mooch "stall" converter off of BS sponsor . . .

PLAN C: Blackmail a high-ranking manager at a well-known racing supplier with candid photos from 2011 SEMA show party (What happens in Vega$ doesn't stay in Vega$ when papa needs a new torque converter . . . .)

PLAN D: Raid mom's take-off parts stash behind the washer in the basement (after inebriated midnight call to mom)

[STINEY]

I am keeping my torque converter plan top secret but it is 100% BS approved!

Oh man...... you had an old Vega Converter squirrelled away at Pops' place too. Where was it, behind the furnace?

[38P]

Oh man...... you had an old Vega Converter squirrelled away at Pops' place too. Where was it, behind the furnace?

No, mom's been using it as a Bundt Cake pan . . . .

[38P]

I am willing to bet a cold case of Sam Adams that btj will be on the road before my junkyard pony is. And I'm close to being done

That'd be equal to about a half-truckload of Schlitz, wouldn't it?

[DNut]

So I am fishing that trans out of the basement this weekend and I may kidnap Nutting and another henchmen to lend a hand so we can bolt it in....in my driveway, dirtbag dirtball style.

Kidnap? I've been sitting on your porch for hours waiting to work on the car! Let me in, it's raining...


Remember: When I pull up in the Monte Carlo, it's not fair game for "spare parts"!

[Scott Liggett]

(Cue maniacal laughter) .... So last night I am doing my normal Tuesday night deal, which is to shotgun cans of Schlitz between shots of Wild Turkey while lobbing darts at a photo of Dulcich's face, then something hit me. As it turns out, that was my wife with a frying pan. That massive head trauma dislodged a memory from 1998 and the summer that me and my HS buddied built our 13-second 1984 Pontiac Firebird drag car for like 1300 bucks. The car had a Turbo350 in it that had been modified with a longer output shaft, tailhousing, etc to bolt into where a 700R4 would be in a Camaro. I bought this thing from my friend Dave because his brother had tied his 3rd gen Camaro around a pole while he was visiting family in England. Anyway, we parted the car out among the guys involved in the project at the end of the summer and I ended up with the trans, which went into my parent's basement behind the water heater.

Cue this call last night --

Me: Hello?
Dad: Who the hell is this it is the middle of the night?
Me: It is me
Dad: Who?
Me: Your son
Dad: What happened?
Me: You dropped me as a kid and....oh....you me now? Nothing actually. Hey do you still have that TH350?
Dad: The one that has been behind the water heater since 1998?
Me: Screaming maniacal laughter
Dad: Jesus Christ....I am going back to sleep.
Me: Yeah, good idea, it is pretty late.


So I am fishing that trans out of the basement this weekend and I may kidnap Nutting and another henchmen to lend a hand so we can bolt it in....in my driveway, dirtbag dirtball style.

Smell that Dulcich? That's Schlitz and Wild Turkey breath and it's coming for you!

71-76 Impala has a th350 with 9 in tailshafts. So do most of the th350's in the 70's chevy pickups. Should bolt in place of the 700r4 pretty easily.

[Huskinhano]

Steve, I'll cut you some slack I set of glass packs bolted right on to the collector will do for an exhaust system

[dulcich]

(Cue maniacal laughter) .... So last night I am doing my normal Tuesday night deal, which is to shotgun cans of Schlitz between shots of Wild Turkey while lobbing darts at a photo of Dulcich's face, then something hit me. As it turns out, that was my wife with a frying pan. That massive head trauma dislodged a memory from 1998 and the summer that me and my HS buddied built our 13-second 1984 Pontiac Firebird drag car for like 1300 bucks. The car had a Turbo350 in it that had been modified with a longer output shaft, tailhousing, etc to bolt into where a 700R4 would be in a Camaro. I bought this thing from my friend Dave because his brother had tied his 3rd gen Camaro around a pole while he was visiting family in England. Anyway, we parted the car out among the guys involved in the project at the end of the summer and I ended up with the trans, which went into my parent's basement behind the water heater.

Cue this call last night --

Me: Hello?
Dad: Who the hell is this it is the middle of the night?
Me: It is me
Dad: Who?
Me: Your son
Dad: What happened?
Me: You dropped me as a kid and....oh....you me now? Nothing actually. Hey do you still have that TH350?
Dad: The one that has been behind the water heater since 1998?
Me: Screaming maniacal laughter
Dad: Jesus Christ....I am going back to sleep.
Me: Yeah, good idea, it is pretty late.


So I am fishing that trans out of the basement this weekend and I may kidnap Nutting and another henchmen to lend a hand so we can bolt it in....in my driveway, dirtbag dirtball style.

Smell that Dulcich? That's Schlitz and Wild Turkey breath and it's coming for you!

Okay, Brian, I'll grant you that having an old TH350 that is a perfect bolt-in for BTJ sitting behind the water heater for 14 years is pretty good. Not quite the triumphant pageantry of my idea of hanging it like a prize marlin off the rear boom of your tow truck, but pretty darn good.

Did you remember to slap the old lady around in a drunken rage after catching that iron skillet to the head? If you are going to do the Irish husband routine, you better learn to do it right!
-dulcich

[DNut]

After mulling it over, I definitely prefer the Bangshift "I have an old turbo 350 behind my parents' water heater that we can install" to the tried and true print magazine line of "And here we found an LS7 strapped to a pallet in the back of our warehouse (Freebie!), thus keeping our Everyman car build within budget".

[Ron Ward]

After mulling it over, I definitely prefer the Bangshift "I have an old turbo 350 behind my parents' water heater that we can install" to the tried and true print magazine line of "And here we found an LS7 strapped to a pallet in the back of our warehouse (Freebie!), thus keeping our Everyman car build within budget".

I agree....


I also want to see the tailshaft of the transmission tied to the crossmember with a pair of hose clamps.









Ron