What a Rush

[mr. fix it]

Pic no work.

 

[cantflip]

I'll make sure to hang in the left hand lane.

That'll work

Consider it practice for driving in FL...

 

[live4theking]

She sounds really nice...!!!

 

[The Horvaths]

Hard core tired today. Dylan and I changed the torque converter and put on the scatter shield. It’s been a day and a half but there’s still a bit left to go. We got everything sealed up for the rain that’s expected tomorrow. Man, oh man. That would have been better with the car on a lift. I’m pretty well beat.

- dad

 

[The Horvaths]

Rush made it's first appearance at the TMCCC Challenge at Texas Motorplex on Sunday. We only made one shakedown pass that blew the tires off in first gear. Second pass hooked and sheared the u-joint bolts! All in all I'm calling it a success. The car rocks.
Here's a partial video of the shakedown run. Shifting at ~5,500 rpm. Got on the power mid way through second gear and caught the Suburban (thank goodness)

Will post time slip and more videos later!

 

[LocuMob]

Geez, must have blown the tires off to give the burb that much room, even with the head start he got. Sounded good getting into those upper RPM's!

 

[LocuMob]

This;

This is the best part, a young man into old iron. Their is hope for the younger generation to carry the torch.

 

[The Horvaths]

The track was wet from a long drizzle. After the first run, they glued the first 60’ for the 6-second Outlaw class. Then, it was trying to pull people’s shoes off. Thus, the car hooked. It’s just as well that the u-joint broke. Rush isn’t ready for liftoff.
No spool, roll cage, wheelie bars, or parachute. Dylan isn’t either, but, he’s getting close!

This darn thing is a beast! No, it’s not stock. It’s not even close. However, the good news is that C-bodies are out there getting some real respect. Thus, it won’t be too long before we can start to get some restoration parts. There were two Furys at this event. The other was bone stock (no it wasn't -Dylan) and beautiful.

- dad

 

[The Horvaths]

And, of course, this is what I see after watching the video. I’m glad that this didn’t happen!

- dad

 

[cantflip]

And, of course, this is what I see after watching the video. I’m glad that this didn’t happen!

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- dad

You two make a great team

I would have to agree, after all you've done... it's time to prepare for the possibility of an uncontrollable event. This project should give Dylan some serious real world experience in chassis tuning for drag racing too .

I really look forward to the future posts as she comes together into the monster you've been working to create.

 

[65Fury440]

Funny thing about tearing u joints, I did it first time out with the new engine as well.
Are you running drag radials?
Time to decide how to limit the axle wrap.
Did you decide what your shift point should be?
She was building good steam at the end!
Congrats gentlemen!

 

[The Horvaths]

Funny thing about tearing u joints, I did it first time out with the new engine as well.
Are you running drag radials?
Time to decide how to limit the axle wrap.
Did you decide what your shift point should be?
She was building good steam at the end!
Congrats gentlemen!

Street tires for now. My brand new set of slicks got eaten by a leaking wheel cylinder. Shift point is 6,800.

 

[The Horvaths]

Technically, the oil pump is rated to 7,200 RPM. Thus, I’d put the ultimate redline at 7,000. Coincidentally, that’s the hard RPM limit set in the ignition - in case it revs up for some reason. However, it’s probably not ever going to see more than 6,800. We want it to last for years to come, like the builder’s own motor. His is now in its eighth season of (regular) drag racing without ever touching the bottom end. For the first run, we were shooting for 5,000-5,500 because it’s nice to be gentle on a new engine. I also deliberately set it up somewhat rich (12/1 AFR). We’ll slowly build up towards 6,500 and see how it goes. This beast really doesn’t start to breath right until about 5k. It’s a notably wicked cam.

- dad

 

[LocuMob]

This beast really doesn’t start to breath right until about 5k.

You can hear it start to "growl", so to speak.

 

[cantflip]

Street tires for now. My brand new set of slicks got eaten by a leaking wheel cylinder. Shift point is 6,800.

Ouch!!

 

[The Horvaths]

As far as axle wrap goes, this has a unique set of Caltrac bars and monoleafs. Dana built it well. Both of the-joint strap bolts sheared on one side. I’m thinking about going to 1350 joints with billet caps on both ends of an aluminum shaft. The existing steel shaft is near its critical speed

- dad

 

[65Fury440]

As far as axle wrap goes, this has a unique set of Caltrac bars and monoleafs. Dana built it well. Both of the-joint strap bolts sheared on one side. I’m thinking about going to 1350 joints with billet caps on both ends of an aluminum shaft. The existing steel shaft is near its critical speed

- dad

Thanks so much for doing a great job documenting you and Dylan's progress. I look forward to seeing what you guys are up to.

When you get a chance, could you snap a picture of that suspension setup?
My XHD springs and snubber are working, but a split mono setup is in the future, I spoke to a guy at Calvert and he was really sharp, gave me a recommendation for the springs, but not the bars.
My steel shaft is supposed to be good for 6400ish, but with 4.10 gears it will be too close. 3.5 AL is on the list,
it's only money......

 

[The Horvaths]

Strange Engineering has the best price I’ve found for chrome moly. 3.5” Chrome-moly shaft with 1350 u-joints costs~$435 from them directly. Of course, yokes would be needed for the 1350s at transmission and differential.

Of course, it’ll need non-greasable (read: “not hollowed out”) u-joints too.

My calculations show that we’re probably going to need a 4” aluminum shaft to get below critical speed given the length. It’s only money..


- dad

 

[LocuMob]

It’s only money..

 

[65sporty]

Keep the updates coming, you guy's are keeping me entertained and building cool stuff I can't right now