blog devoted to my AMC road race and street cars and all things AMC and Rambler related
BIG NEWS! I have an engine! Drove down to L.A. (West Covina) to Speed-O-Motive on Friday. Finally got to meet George and Jeff. The motor was already set up in the dyno room. Jeff explained all the ins and outs of the motor and then warmed it up. Once it was up to operating temp… Continue Reading The REAL ‘Heartbeat of America’…
Ok, if you’ve been following along you know I spent several weeks stewing over the brake/clutch reservoirs I mounted on the firewall. They just weren’t high enough relative to the pedal mounted masters and the hose routing was going to be a pain. I figured out I would have to mount them off the dash… Continue Reading Plan B… NASA American Iron Javelin update.
Man… that took a lot longer than I thought it would but I finally have the front suspension and brakes ALMOST finished. I had a major problem trying to get the power rack in. First I found out that the IFS mounting tabs are 16″ on center (for the manual rack which is the standard… Continue Reading Braking news… NASA American Iron Javelin update
Ok, got the remaining front suspension parts (upper control arms, springs and upper shock mount plates) from Control Freak Suspensions. Managed to get the drivers side all put together today. I also picked up a used Accusump and a 5lb fire bottle. See the picture below to see where I’m thinking of mounting them. On… Continue Reading IFS Continued… NASA American Iron Javelin update
Ok, so today I pulled the stock front suspension out and got the IFS pieces that I received bolted up (k-member, lower control arms and spindles). I really need the rest of the parts now. They should be here by wed. It took me WAY longer than it should have to pull the old suspension… Continue Reading Got IFS? – NASA American Iron Javelin update
Today was a BIG day. The Control Freak IFS AND the A5 transmission were delivered! These are two big pieces of the puzzle. I didn’t get the upper control arms and a few other pieces for the IFS but I have the main cradle, lower control arms and the steering rack. Rest of the parts… Continue Reading They’re here! – NASA American Iron Javelin update
Haven’t posted an update in a while, here’s what’s been going on. I went to the first NASA race at Infineon this year on Saturday Feb. 12th and was disappointed to find out that there were NO American Iron cars running?! Spoke to several people and the low down is that the first race is… Continue Reading Chuggin’ along – NASA American Iron Update
After a lot of going back and forth trying to decide what to do for a grille I’ve decided to build a complete closeout panel and hang the stock AMX mesh grille screen in front of that for looks. Playing with cardboard resulted in the template in the pics. I’ve already created the piece in… Continue Reading Race Grille – NASA American Iron Javelin update
worked on the dash today. Got it painted, riveted the gauge and starter switch panel to the dash and loaded up the gauges. dash came out ok. I will probably have to notch it to allow me to fit a windshield brace since I’m running a lexan windshield. The wiring isn’t done though but I’ll… Continue Reading dash mostly done… NASA American Iron Javelin update
Making slow progress. I wish things were going faster but I’m just making lists and checking things off. Since my last update I’ve filled the side marker and antenna holes in the fenders, hung the fenders, hood, front spoiler and bumper back on the car (just loosely for now), cut holes in the dash for… Continue Reading Inch by inch… NASA American Iron Javelin update