So if you didn't do anything airgun related what did you do today?

[avator]

Careful Bill.
Blown Opel GT's have been a long time set up in the Dragster linage.
 Buddy of mine had a "Normally aspirated" 327 in one... I bet a blown aluminum Buick 3.8 V-6 out of a say....a Typhoon would be almost perfect setup.

Yeah but, couldn't you do the same thing if you put that setup in a Ford Pinto?     lol.... just mashin yer taters, jeff.

[Blowpipe Sam]

I used to wrench on Baja bugs with a guy that had a pet Opel GT.  You are wise to drop another power plant in there.

Anyhoo...  More tiny house construction today.  The last hurricane delayed our work as we had to deal with a saturated septic tank drain and overflowing toilets.  We finished the plumbing and had a celebratory flush of the new toilet.  Now I have to get an electrician out to hook up the electric hot water on demand system

[Privateer]

The 3.8 super charged was in Buick's back in the 80's if you recall.
So not that big a deal. Given the weight of the stock Opel engine and the Buick?
Not much different.
Horse power? Now that is different planting it in such a light body!
 
Kind of like putting a Go Cart engine on a skate board.
I pick up 92 pounds with the 3.8
Moving the battery to the rear along with maybe some ballast?
Should handle just as well as stock if not better!
Always found the car to light for the meager power the stock engine put out.
It is roughly over 2000 lbs stock!

[Blowpipe Sam]

Back in the eighties I saw a home built super cart in the pits at Willow Springs.  The frame was an aluminum appliance dolly (!).  The engine was a three cylinder Suzuki two stroke 750 Water Buffalo mill bored out to 840 cc.  The owner claimed 170 horsepower and 140 mph.  Two inches off the asphalt, no suspension, running 140 on a converted appliance dolly!  That is my kind of ride!

[avator]

Back in the eighties I saw a home built super cart in the pits at Willow Springs.  The frame was an aluminum appliance dolly (!).  The engine was a three cylinder Suzuki two stroke 750 Water Buffalo mill bored out to 840 cc.  The owner claimed 170 horsepower and 140 mph.  Two inches off the asphalt, no suspension, running 140 on a converted appliance dolly!  That is my kind of ride!

I preferred to get my jollies safely.... I did drugs...  lots and lots of...... Squirrel !!! 

[Privateer]

Back in the late 70's a friend and I built a 7 foot rail dragster powered by a 1000 cc Kawasaki engine.
That went well a few times.

[Hoosier Daddy]

On another note....
Riding Mower "1"...Cell phone "0" 

[Sqrl Klr]

Scott not once but twice my phone fell out of the cup holder then slid under the seat landing on top of the transmission fan and sat in place as the fan rubbed off some of it's rubber onto my phone's screen which also rubbed some of the case edges off but I scraped off the plastic from the screen, put a new phone case on it and it's doing fine amazingly. I had protector film over the screen which doesn't even show a scratch. If my phone had not fell twice resting on top of the fan and had fell between the belt and pulley either time it would likely look similar to yours. Is that what happened to yours? I now have a belt clip carry case to hold the phone.

[Hoosier Daddy]

Nope... mine came out of my back pocket and went out the back of the seat opening...
 The next lap it found it's way into the deck and the blades chomped it up.   

"It'll Buff Out!"

[Privateer]

So. Roughly I'm going from 67 HP for a standard GT which I had.
To around  260 HP in stock form.

[Hoosier Daddy]

Back in the late 70's a friend and I built a 7 foot rail dragster powered by a 1000 cc Kawasaki engine.
That went well a few times.

Was that a 2 stroke 3 cylinder by any chance? I thought those were 900's but may be wrong.

[dk1677]

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[maraudinglizard]

Nope... mine came out of my back pocket and went out the back of the seat opening...
 The next lap it found it's way into the deck and the blades chomped it up.   

"It'll Buff Out!"

Well, that is one good excuse to get a new cell phone. I have a neon green hybrid case on mine. So if I drop it I can find it real quick. Also have a belt looped carrying case for it so I don't have in my pocket. Good luck with your hunt for a new phone.

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2334524.m570.l1313&_nkw=reiko+horizontal+nylon+cell+phone+case+&_sacat=0&LH_TitleDesc=0&_osacat=0&_odkw=reiko+nylon+cell+phone+case+for+lg+stylo+2

https://www.ebay.com/itm/for-LG-Stylo-2-Stylus-2-Case-Teal-Black-Hybrid-Tough-Skin-Phone-Cover/122158724015?_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D225086%26meid%3D58927476a31d41f6b23142e98d8eb2d5%26pid%3D100667%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D8%26mehot%3Dnone%26sd%3D122158724015%26itm%3D122158724015%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2334524%26brand%3DCoverOn&_trksid=p2334524.c100667.m2042

[avator]

I bought a camo case for mine thinking it was a cool idea..... not so much.... I spend alot of time looking for it... 

[Bicycleman]

The guy that owns Krispy Krunchy chicken dropped his cell phone in about 30 feet of the Gulf of Mexico.  Nope, he didn't even think about trying to retrieve it.
My dad had a low hanging tree limp wipe his eye glasses into the path of the tractor belly mower.  He just couldn't see the error of his ways!   
And I had a contact lense come out of my eye and fall behind that same little tractor.  I FOUND IT!

[Rabbit\Squirrel Killer]

I used to wrench on Baja bugs with a guy that had a pet Opel GT.  You are wise to drop another power plant in there.

Anyhoo...  More tiny house construction today.  The last hurricane delayed our work as we had to deal with a saturated septic tank drain and overflowing toilets.  We finished the plumbing and had a celebratory flush of the new toilet.  Now I have to get an electrician out to hook up the electric hot water on demand system

Hot water with every flush!      
I am assuming the new toilet really isn't a Bidet. If it is careful with the water temp.

[anti-squirrel]

Jeff, IIRC, Buick Regals had optional supercharge mills well into the 90s.  My father had one and let's just say he sold it and opted for the non-supercharged after coming close to losing his license.

As far as hot-rods...  I had a Stihl 4-stroke-line-trimmer powered scooter.. and by scooter, I mean beach cruiser wheels front and back, a drop-deck longboard foot-pad, and motocross handlebars.  It was terrifying to ride with just a simple caliper brake out back.  Otherwise, I had a few sub-13-second VW Beetles but never broke into the 11s.  Too expensive on a Navy E-5 budget   I also discovered a bone-stock 1500CC single-port engine was more than adequate offroad with a Zenith carb- which was much less prone to fuel-starving at big departure angles.  LOTS of poker-runs with SWB 4WD buddies and as long as I kept it out of deep mud, I could get anywhere.

Anyway...  We got some promising word on my future father-in-law.  Can't get into details yet but the tough SoB looks to be past the hump regarding his heart attack.  Sonja took the day off and in between errands etc and helping her mother cope, she's been fixing me breakfast, tending to one of the  dogs with a hurt paw, and generally being her typical awesome self.  An appraiser is coming out today for the refi ; it's required due to her divorce- and she's talking about paying off the Odyssey... Silly girl- I told her to slap money down on a Leshiy 2 if she really wants to spend some coin!

[maraudinglizard]

Spent part of my morning getting another crown done, just got the last repair job paid off. No new guns for this year. Joys of growing old.

[avator]

Just picked up another weekend mowing job. Preparing for supplementing retirement next year.

[Blowpipe Sam]

I bought a camo case for mine thinking it was a cool idea..... not so much.... I spend alot of time looking for it... 

Hiking back from my tree stand one night I dropped my camo flashlight.  It landed on the on-off button and went out.  I hunted for it for ten minutes by the light of my cellphone.  No luck.  I spent the next half hour walking into trees and stumbling over stumps before eventually finding my way back to my truck.  I now carry two flashlights and a head lamp with me hunting and NONE of them are camo.