# found out why notch was overheating **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [September 25, 2006, 2:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/found-out-why-notch-was-overheating/185197 "2006-09-25T14:47:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Quik](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/quik/32/5979_2.png) [@Quik](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Quik)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2006, 3:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/found-out-why-notch-was-overheating/185197/21 "2006-09-25T15:58:55Z")
> [@stay away from:basil resale](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/stay-away-from-basil-resale/24473/31): > > im comparing your truck with 4:10s and wanting 4:56 to the car 3:08 to 3:55 same thing. if it makes no differemnce they why would you want to do it? i got the gears for 10 bucks main reason there as for going from 410s to 456s, truck needed more RPM to go thru traps and most ppl dont even waste the time to go from 308s to 355s. most go righ tto 373 or 410s. ---
**Author:** ![eurodad](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/eurodad/32/5988_2.png) [@eurodad](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/eurodad)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2006, 4:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/found-out-why-notch-was-overheating/185197/22 "2006-09-25T16:01:26Z")
:slap: ---
**Author:** ![Quik](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/quik/32/5979_2.png) [@Quik](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Quik)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2006, 4:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/found-out-why-notch-was-overheating/185197/23 "2006-09-25T16:10:33Z")
> [@F.S. 99 Kawasaki Ninja Zx7r 750cc](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/f-s-99-kawasaki-ninja-zx7r-750cc/20741/22): > > :slap: still got those headlights? ---
**Author:** ![imported\_Sleeper](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/imported_sleeper/32/5939_2.png) [@imported\_Sleeper](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/imported_Sleeper)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2006, 4:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/found-out-why-notch-was-overheating/185197/24 "2006-09-25T16:23:22Z")
Since heads are off y not go with GT40 heads? ---
**Author:** ![Quik](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/quik/32/5979_2.png) [@Quik](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Quik)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2006, 4:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/found-out-why-notch-was-overheating/185197/25 "2006-09-25T16:26:03Z")
> [@Howard Stern is getting married!!!!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/howard-stern-is-getting-married/24545/34): > > Since heads are off y not go with GT40 heads? it would be nice to put heads on this car but i dont have the funds to put it together. i have head gakets and head bolts left over from my other stang. i just need the intake gasket kit along with header gaskets and im set. minus a fan controller. if i did the heads i might as well find a explorer intake and then toss in my cam i got from the other car but again no money ---
**Author:** ![imported\_Sleeper](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/imported_sleeper/32/5939_2.png) [@imported\_Sleeper](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/imported_Sleeper)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2006, 4:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/found-out-why-notch-was-overheating/185197/26 "2006-09-25T16:28:07Z")
> [@On another topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/22217/70): > > it would be nice to put heads on this car but i dont have the funds to put it together. i have head gakets and head bolts left over from my other stang. i just need the intake gasket kit along with header gaskets and im set. minus a fan controller. > > if i did the heads i might as well find a explorer intake and then toss in my cam i got from the other car but again no money Hmmm,i know of an exploder 5.0 motor around here for cheap:idb: ---
**Author:** ![Quik](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/quik/32/5979_2.png) [@Quik](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Quik)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2006, 4:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/found-out-why-notch-was-overheating/185197/27 "2006-09-25T16:29:28Z")
> [@WTB: exhaust for dc2](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtb-exhaust-for-dc2/24524/9): > > Hmmm,i know of an exploder 5.0 motor around here for cheap:idb: how much? ---
**Author:** ![imported\_Sleeper](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/imported_sleeper/32/5939_2.png) [@imported\_Sleeper](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/imported_Sleeper)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2006, 4:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/found-out-why-notch-was-overheating/185197/28 "2006-09-25T16:30:53Z")
> [@Quad Core desktop processors](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/quad-core-desktop-processors/24550/3): > > how much? Not too sure on the exact peice but i would say around 300-400 if not cheaper,the yard is going out of business in a year and he is liquidating shit. Tha is if he still has is but i am sure he does ---
**Author:** ![Quik](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/quik/32/5979_2.png) [@Quik](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Quik)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2006, 4:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/found-out-why-notch-was-overheating/185197/29 "2006-09-25T16:34:33Z")
> [@stay away from:basil resale](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/stay-away-from-basil-resale/24473/33): > > Not too sure on the exact peice but i would say around 300-400 if not cheaper,the yard is going out of business in a year and he is liquidating shit. Tha is if he still has is but i am sure he does find out asap, im thinking of having these heads checked to make sure they arent cracked or warped anyways ---
**Author:** ![burnyd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/burnyd/32/6020_2.png) [@burnyd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/burnyd)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2006, 4:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/found-out-why-notch-was-overheating/185197/30 "2006-09-25T16:37:52Z")
are the stock drag radials that came with the car also going on? ---
**Author:** ![eurodad](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/eurodad/32/5988_2.png) [@eurodad](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/eurodad)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2006, 4:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/found-out-why-notch-was-overheating/185197/31 "2006-09-25T16:38:33Z")
> [@WTB: VW RABBIT TRUCK](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtb-vw-rabbit-truck/24396/20): > > still got those headlights? sold for 150 long ago ---
**Author:** ![Quik](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/quik/32/5979_2.png) [@Quik](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Quik)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2006, 4:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/found-out-why-notch-was-overheating/185197/32 "2006-09-25T16:38:34Z")
> [@Quad Core desktop processors](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/quad-core-desktop-processors/24550/4): > > are the stock drag radials that came with the car also going on? never had drag radials on the notch, sorry try again buddy but would be nice to try the QTPs off the truck on the notch for this year but doubt clutch will hold up ---
**Author:** ![imported\_Sleeper](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/imported_sleeper/32/5939_2.png) [@imported\_Sleeper](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/imported_Sleeper)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2006, 4:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/found-out-why-notch-was-overheating/185197/33 "2006-09-25T16:39:28Z")
I’ll call tomorrow… ---
**Author:** ![Quik](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/quik/32/5979_2.png) [@Quik](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Quik)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2006, 4:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/found-out-why-notch-was-overheating/185197/34 "2006-09-25T16:39:54Z")
> [@WTB: exhaust for dc2](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtb-exhaust-for-dc2/24524/12): > > I’ll call tomorrow… good boy!! 🍺 ---
**Author:** ![eurodad](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/eurodad/32/5988_2.png) [@eurodad](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/eurodad)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2006, 4:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/found-out-why-notch-was-overheating/185197/35 "2006-09-25T16:40:37Z")
you had some kind of tire on it, never paid attention as to what though. ---
**Author:** ![imported\_Sleeper](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/imported_sleeper/32/5939_2.png) [@imported\_Sleeper](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/imported_Sleeper)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2006, 4:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/found-out-why-notch-was-overheating/185197/36 "2006-09-25T16:42:39Z")
> [@Quik"](#): > > good boy!! 🍺 :rolleyes: :greddy: ---
**Author:** ![Quik](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/quik/32/5979_2.png) [@Quik](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Quik)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2006, 4:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/found-out-why-notch-was-overheating/185197/37 "2006-09-25T16:43:29Z")
> [@WTB: exhaust for dc2](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtb-exhaust-for-dc2/24524/14): > > you had some kind of tire on it, never paid attention as to what though. they were JJs old dry rotted bald QTPs that had a plug in one of them on a 7" rim. if you remember i spun them badly each pass. so basically same as a street tire then. we all know once you hit a point in a drag tires life when it does worse then a street tire ---
**Author:** ![eurodad](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/eurodad/32/5988_2.png) [@eurodad](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/eurodad)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2006, 4:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/found-out-why-notch-was-overheating/185197/38 "2006-09-25T16:46:49Z")
> [@WTB: exhaust for dc2](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtb-exhaust-for-dc2/24524/15): > > they were JJs old dry rotted bald QTPs that had a plug in one of them on a 7" rim. if you remember i spun them badly each pass. so basically same as a street tire then. > > we all know once you hit a point in a drag tires life when it does worse then a street tire still better than a street tire. i used lou’s old tires of his car i had a couple passes before cords come through. ---
**Author:** ![Quik](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/quik/32/5979_2.png) [@Quik](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Quik)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2006, 4:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/found-out-why-notch-was-overheating/185197/39 "2006-09-25T16:48:24Z")
> [@Howard Stern is getting married!!!!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/howard-stern-is-getting-married/24545/36): > > still better than a street tire. i used lou’s old tires of his car i had a couple passes before cords come through. maybe if they were on a proper sized rim. the contact patch was horrible. a 11.5" tire on a 7" rim just doesnt do the job. but i would like ot run it with stickies this year but dotn think the clutch will hold ---
**Author:** ![Orr89rocz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac91a4/32.png) [@Orr89rocz](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Orr89rocz)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2006, 5:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/found-out-why-notch-was-overheating/185197/40 "2006-09-25T17:16:32Z")
> still better than a street tire. i used lou’s old tires of his car i had a couple passes before cords come through. lol i seen u make a pass on those old slicks with the cords showin…i was nervous…thought u were gonna blow that tire on the burnout [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/found-out-why-notch-was-overheating/185197.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/found-out-why-notch-was-overheating/185197.md?page=3)