Category Archives: 1974 Javelin

FRANKEN-JAV… NASA American Iron AMC Javelin update

Posted on March 20, 2013 by asifnyc 4 Comments

It’s been a little over 2 months since I brought the Javelin to Evil Genius and now it’s back home. John took a total disaster and turned it into hope. I have a foundation again and can finish the job … Continue reading →

1974 Javelin, American Iron, Body and Paint

the long road back… Nasa American Iron AMC Javelin update

Posted on January 31, 2013 by asifnyc 7 Comments

So I had a destroyed race car and the back half of a rusty Javelin. But no idea what I was going to do with the whole mess. I talked to several body shops and emailed them pictures and got … Continue reading →

1974 Javelin, American Iron, Body and Paint

Last dance… NASA American Iron Javelin Update

Posted on November 19, 2012 by asifnyc Leave a comment

Finally got around to checking out the video/data from the last test session. This was the first time I had my Traqmate and GoPro camera running at the same time. After messing around with the Traqstudio software I was able … Continue reading →

1974 Javelin, American Iron, Track Events, Traqmate, video

sifting through the wreckage…

Posted on November 12, 2012 by asifnyc 1 Comment

After a week of mourning it was time to drag my ass into the garage and survey the carnage… I had already borrowed and brought home Jeff’s Porta-Puller. If you don’t know what that is, it’s basically an hydraulic jack … Continue reading →

1974 Javelin, American Iron, Body and Paint, Wheels and Tires

When it all goes horribly wrong…

Posted on November 1, 2012 by asifnyc 13 Comments

So this will go down as one of the worst days of my life… I get home from what felt like a fairly successful test session at Sears. The car’s in one piece, seemed to run ok, probably not any … Continue reading →

1974 Javelin, American Iron

Testing, testing, 1 2 3… NASA American Iron Javelin update

Posted on October 29, 2012 by asifnyc Leave a comment

Well I got the MSD distributor in and got the car running and set the timing around 34*. Then I had to figure out whether I was going to try to get a test in before the next race. Kind … Continue reading →

1974 Javelin, American Iron, Track Events

Distributors 101… NASA AIX AMC Javelin update

Posted on October 24, 2012 by asifnyc 2 Comments

Ok, after the epic fail at Buttonwillow it was time to dig into the Javelin and figure out wtf was going on with the timing. I had the car dyno tuned before the race to make sure the engine was … Continue reading →

1974 Javelin, American Iron, Drive Train, Electrical

Race report Buttonwillow – NASA AIX AMC Javelin update

Posted on October 18, 2012 by asifnyc Leave a comment

Well, that was a total bust… The title of my last post was “back in game” but it looks like I spoke to soon. I spent the week before the race nut and bolting the car and cleaning it. Doing … Continue reading →

1974 Javelin, American Iron, Racing

back in the game! American Iron Javelin update…

Posted on September 22, 2012 by asifnyc 2 Comments

Well, it’s been 5 months since I blew the motor at Buttonwillow. Let’s recap what’s happened since then… Early May I brought the Motor to Rob’s Auto Machine in Hayward. Took a couple of months for the rebuild to be … Continue reading →

1974 Javelin, American Iron, Drive Train

Dun Blowed Up… NASA AIX Javelin update

Posted on May 20, 2012 by asifnyc 3 Comments

blown motor? check… Ok, the motors blown but the question was, how bad? I took off the valve covers and manually rotated the engine. none of the valves moved and the engine wouldn’t turn a full 360*. It hangs up … Continue reading →

1974 Javelin, American Iron, Drive Train