OOPS! We Broke it... 401 Powered, Big Tire, AMC Javelin Drag Car's Hardest Launches Yet!

[@terryeustice5399]

Hope you can get the transmission ironed out. Engine still sounds great. Need to reward your father going and getting that fuel. Which is heavy. I would give at least an At-A-Boy Award ! 👍

[@SallysSpeedShop]

He’s a good pack mule! The engine really runs great, but yeah, gotta have all the gears to go fast!

[@OldTimeRevival]

Instead of an At-A-Boy, I'll take a What-A-Burger! 😊

[@thejeepdoctor]

Food for thought, you can use a Chrysler 727. They ran them in the grand wagoneer behind the AMC 360. Should be same bell housing. I’ve built a couple of them with reverse valve body’s.

[@TheMcGuireLife]

Hi, Jacob Davis this is Jermey McGuire. I was watching junk yard digs part 2 video trying to get that 1994 ford 7.3L power stroke to run.” I came here from that video, I’m new here!!! I Subscribed and enabled notifications. I love watching car repair videos.

[@380.motorsports]

You will find all kinds of differing opinions on the web about mixing radial and bias ply tires on a vehicle but the bottom line is it’s never recommended by tire makers. A bias ply tire has the plys arranged across the tread and radials have them arranged radially or in the direction of circumference. So they react differently when rolling on the same surface. This can cause instability issues between front and rear of the car. Yes, some racers get away with it but, it’s not recommended for stability and safety. Assuming you are going to continue to run slicks then upgrading the front to a new set of bias ply front runners is the best approach. If you’re at PRI this week it could be a good discussion with one of the tire companies to get more technical explanation.

[@SallysSpeedShop]

Thanks for the insight. That’s very interesting! I will be at PRI Sunday and am definitely planning to talk to some tire companies anyway

[@380.motorsports]

@@SallysSpeedShop So it appears I can think but not type. I know what I was trying to say about tire construction but wrote it backwards. Radial tires have the steel cord layers running radially from one side of the tire to the other. Bias plys traditionally did not. Anyway with all the opinions lacking fact on the old internet it will be interesting maybe to hear your findings in a future video after talking with some experts and how it might have affected your drag strip runs and handling of the car at speed.

[@omarbengochea7271]

That car rode like an arrow. the lack of stability came after sally mess around with the upper rear four links!!!

[@OndreaS123]

love seeing old 'street cars' like this make a comeback, keep up the good work!

[@jimcabezola3051]

That AMC is finally "living the life" the former owner intended. I hope he is as pleased as you obviously are. It's nice to see Mobes' supervision is really paying off. It was lovely to see Sally! Hau'oli la hanau to Sally from your subscribers in Hawaii! Take care and aloha to you all!

[@SallysSpeedShop]

Yes sir! We’re glad we’re finally able to take it racing 👍🏼 Thanks for watching all the way from Hawaii Jim!

[@alaskaruss1]

I absolutely love your videos on AMC and share with other AMC enthusiasts. Just like the car company we are a small group, but a loyal one! THANKS!❤

[@SallysSpeedShop]

Thank you! The AMC community is a great group to be a part of 😊

[@hetzlerracing5490]

She needs some preload in the right rear to make it go straight. Plus, and this is important, if the car is running, ear plugs man. You dont want to get old and not be able to hear anything. I waited too long to start wearing them and my ears ring so loudly now all the time.

[@OldTimeRevival]

Ditto but... that kid won't listen to his dad. 🫤

[@hetzlerracing5490]

@@OldTimeRevival Listening to loud cars without hearing protection is cool when you're young. But when you're 50, and sitting in a fairly noisy restaurant, and the background noise coupled with severe tinnitus makes it so you cant hear your wife who is sitting directly across from you, it's no longer cool.

[@hetzlerracing5490]

@@OldTimeRevival And one more thing. I learned when wearing earplugs under my helmet, it helps drown out all the excess noises the car itself makes, and allows me to hear if the motor does something funky.

[@volvobrynk]

@@OldTimeRevivalit most be an evolution thing, Young People dont listen, not in the roman empior, the boardwalk empior or today. We was imortal too, and it took a lot of pain to listen on safety!

[@benbrown2119]

Bummer about the transmission, but it looks like it's leaving really hard.

[@BillMulholland1]

The pup feels the vibration

[@shanewright6958]

The car is looking good 👍👍

[@clifffoltz651]

Best wishes on your journey with the AMC ! Know that you will improve as time goes on !❤❤❤

[@davidbarnsley8486]

You guys have done such a good job with the old AMC it looks fantastic and sounds great

[@SallysSpeedShop]

Thank you sir! It’s been a learning process and we still have lots to learn, but it’s been an absolute pleasure to be a part of this cars story

[@ivanrousseau5066]

AMCs have a unique roar to them I always though they sounded better than the LS or LT1 engines

[@BillMulholland1]

Still a great job. Hope you get it back out soon. That thing sounds mean😄👍

[@Greg-ji5zh]

I run a glide behind my amc, with no issues, lighter too ! Love the car, and the videos !

[@Amxracer]

Cool 😎 . New trans and a couple of turbos and a Gear Vendor to bring it up to date !

[@SallysSpeedShop]

Haha we’ll see about that!

[@bobmanzi7712]

great stuff guys thanks

[@noisefuljoy]

I think "Pit Boss" might be a good title for Dad. It occurred to me that the easy shock adjustability could be taken advantage of by someone who's competitive impulses supersede their good sportsmanship.

[@SallysSpeedShop]

Haha that’s a very fair point. Wouldn’t be very sportsmanlike, but would be pretty easy to do

[@OldTimeRevival]

That would be shocking! Dad's gonna have to also be a car guard too!

[@gilbertwashburn7095]

AMC where you want to be have a great day thanks to the great video there's a 71 javelin in Texas in a Boneyard no motor no trans sitting on top of another car for a long time no rust my buddy's going down there to snag it has a title was the 6-cylinder car

[@edwardkamenar1493]

I wish the shocks on my trucks were that easy to get to lol.

[@justinday2916]

Definitely a Ryobi promotion

[@OldTimeRevival]

Well then... they should give us some tools and/or money. Neither of which they currently do. They're pretty good tools but it's not a promo. Thanks for watching!

[@oldandboosted]

Many big tire cars like to squat when launched. Do a Google search for squat versus anti-squat.

[@ldnwholesale8552]

A turn or 2 on the r/r spring. or better a 25lb stiffer spring as it is falling over bad on the hit. Smaller tyres or wider rims will give some stability. Do I seeradials on the front? If so bad

[@SallysSpeedShop]

Yup, needs some more preload on the right rear for sure. And you do indeed, forgive my ignorance, but why is that a bad thing?

[@jeffreypepple3198]

Squating pretty hard on the right rear...couple more clicks might help or a bar adjustment

[@SallysSpeedShop]

Yes sir! Definitely needs a bar adjustment now that we’re leaving harder

[@Maximusfoisey]

It will be at pri this month right with hopefully a good truck that is not a unreliable toyota tundra 😂 that brakes down at the last minute hopefully the sivrce truck treats you well as long as you're dad doesn't drive it haha sorry tim davis I had to make that joke

[@OldTimeRevival]

It won't be at PRI.

[@xbear7473]

Love the videos man

[@SallysSpeedShop]

Thanks for watching! 🙌🏼

[@OtisENGINEuity]

There's a 73 401 Javelin for sale for $1500 in Yuba City California if anyone wants it. I'd be all over it if it was the earlier body style but I don't like the bulges. I'm starting to get really interested in this 65 Dart that's for sale, dude just dropped the price to $4k if he drops it to $3k I might have to buy it. It's got a 273 and 727... it shouldn't get that bad of mileage, though it also won't make much power and they are surprisingly heavy. I still don't know if I can fit in them though. You need to get a small velocity stack or K&N filter or something on that carb to smooth the air flow into it. It'll seriously pick up power and make it a lot easier to tune.

[@The_Painter31]

Your 4 link bars seem kinda small and the diagonal link looks like its curved in the middle but it may be a camera angle.

[@SallysSpeedShop]

They’re definitely smaller than I would like. I’m probably going to remake all of them at some point, but we just wanted to make sure the suspension works as is 👍🏼

[@johnnyanger3822]

Damn i need those old coil overs for a project im working on

[@johnnyanger3822]

I've got the even older konis with one height setting

[@SallysSpeedShop]

They could probably use a rebuild, but I doubt we’re going to do anything with them.

[@johnnyanger3822]

I honestly need to get the ones you just changed out too but this is a old build it's got the red and blue konis that are even older than yours but still look like new my biggest problem with them is can't get back any lower with out changing all the brackets or go with an adjustable coil it's a old big tire 56 Chevy it's draining me just buying running gear and all the patch panels and still need new tires as well

[@superstockamx9064]

That upper shock mount will fold like a pancake one day...

[@SallysSpeedShop]

I plan to redo that bar anyway and update it for some more modern tabs 👍🏼

[@superstockamx9064]

@@SallysSpeedShop FYI #2 - Koni will rebuild your old set for free. Lifetime warranty. Obviously not as adjustable as your new QA! but get them rebuilt and somebody might buy them. Or put them on a shelf...

[@volvobrynk]

From a newbie to a slight pro, but did you Weight it again, because the difference you had, right Rear being heavy, does that play in?

[@bettywoods2507]

U messed with upper bar left side did u fix that

[@floodway2955]

Contact Richard and Teresa's educational channel. He'll fix up your transmission issues and show you the "Dirty Bird" Nice

[@omarbengochea7271]

You upset the rear suspension by moving around the rear upper four links putting too much preload on the driver side upper link.

[@johnsarian_cu]

If you ain't breakin' you ain't tryin' hard enough in my experience.

[@sdmoparmaninsd6713]

Looks like it needs a rear sway bar....

[@SallysSpeedShop]

It could probably use an anti-roll bar for sure 👍🏼

[@danielhackleman2140]

Man l love the way you did this car. It's good fun to watch and the filming is macho fine.

[@SallysSpeedShop]

Thank you!

[@danielhackleman2140]

@@SallysSpeedShop screwed up a word, meant filming.

[@sdmoparmaninsd6713]

if it was a 727 wouldn't have had trans problems :)

[@terrykelsay6260]

no hood you need a air cleaner .with hood you dont need a air cleaner

[@SallysSpeedShop]

Yep, tracks just don’t like a wide open carburetor, not exactly sure the reasoning though

[@hankblossom]

​@@SallysSpeedShop Without an air cleaner the air going over the top of the carburetor is turbulent and screws up your flow and mixture. Fix the the hood so you can use it, it will really help your aerodynamics.

[@OldTimeRevival]

​@@hankblossomWe hope to get another hood... without a massive scoop. Thanks for the info and for watching!

[@robgto7051]

lmao