The "Slow but Steady" '78 Project Build
#751
03-11-2014, 08:14 PM
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Portland, Or
Posts: 9,097
No that's a bug catcher scoop. It's tied to my twin 600 cfm Holleys and operates off the throttle linkage.
#752
03-11-2014, 08:24 PM
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Portland, Or
Posts: 9,097
Well there are enough stupid people out there to call all sorts of car parts by the wrong name, so if I let that bother me I'd have to stop owning a car. I hear guys call flexplates flywheels, and I hear guys call torque converters clutches. There's no end to the stupidity, and we can't stop using every part that someone uses the wrong terminology for.
#753
03-12-2014, 11:34 AM
Well there are enough stupid people out there to call all sorts of car parts by the wrong name, so if I let that bother me I'd have to stop owning a car. I hear guys call flexplates flywheels, and I hear guys call torque converters clutches. There's no end to the stupidity, and we can't stop using every part that someone uses the wrong terminology for.
#754
03-12-2014, 08:15 PM
Well there are enough stupid people out there to call all sorts of car parts by the wrong name, so if I let that bother me I'd have to stop owning a car. I hear guys call flexplates flywheels, and I hear guys call torque converters clutches. There's no end to the stupidity, and we can't stop using every part that someone uses the wrong terminology for.
Oh yeah! I will add that you also have it sitting atop a big block. With more than go fast stickers for performance. Stickers make it quicker!
Last edited by 77nomad; 03-12-2014 at 08:42 PM.
#755
03-13-2014, 10:13 AM
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Portland, Or
Posts: 9,097
No, I wasn't offended at all. It's understandable that you would question if it was a blower since it was covered with a sheet. My comments weren't directed at you, they were towards people who actually see it uncovered and still don't know. I've been to car events and had the frontend open and had people walk up and look at it and then say it was a neat looking blower.
Sorry you thought I was referring to you, and apologize if my comment gave that impression.
Sorry you thought I was referring to you, and apologize if my comment gave that impression.
#756
03-13-2014, 10:18 AM
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Portland, Or
Posts: 9,097
Had to put the "Super Chevy Service" stickers on the bug catcher so the Ford guys wouldn't get their hopes up when they came over to look at it! You can imagine how many Ford guys got excited to see a Falcon gasser, and nearly cried when they saw BBC power! It's created more fun for me than any car I've previously owned. Nobody gets upset at the Austin having Chevy power, but put a BBC in a Falcon and the Ford guys go ballistic!
#757
03-13-2014, 12:52 PM
No, I wasn't offended at all. It's understandable that you would question if it was a blower since it was covered with a sheet. My comments weren't directed at you, they were towards people who actually see it uncovered and still don't know. I've been to car events and had the frontend open and had people walk up and look at it and then say it was a neat looking blower.
Sorry you thought I was referring to you, and apologize if my comment gave that impression.
Sorry you thought I was referring to you, and apologize if my comment gave that impression.