{"id":2723,"date":"2009-04-21T13:04:21","date_gmt":"2009-04-21T20:04:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/?p=2723"},"modified":"2013-04-18T22:50:32","modified_gmt":"2013-04-19T05:50:32","slug":"found-on-the-web-part-1-scale-miniature-hot-rod-engines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/found-on-the-web-part-1-scale-miniature-hot-rod-engines\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Internet Barn Finds&#8221; #1:  Miniature Hot Rod Engines"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Ffound-on-the-web-part-1-scale-miniature-hot-rod-engines%2F&amp;media=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2009%2F04%2Fweberprecision1001006-400x302.jpg&amp;description=%E2%80%9CInternet+Barn+Finds%E2%80%9D+%231%3A+Miniature+Hot+Rod+Engines\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\" rel=\"lightbox[2723]\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/found-on-the-web-part-1-scale-miniature-hot-rod-engines\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/found-on-the-web-part-1-scale-miniature-hot-rod-engines\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"\u201cInternet Barn Finds\u201d #1: Miniature Hot Rod Engines\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/found-on-the-web-part-1-scale-miniature-hot-rod-engines\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=\u201cInternet Barn Finds\u201d #1: Miniature Hot Rod Engines&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/found-on-the-web-part-1-scale-miniature-hot-rod-engines\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/found-on-the-web-part-1-scale-miniature-hot-rod-engines\/\" data-text=\"\u201cInternet Barn Finds\u201d #1: Miniature Hot Rod Engines\" data-desc=\"Before I dive in, let me introduce myself real quick.\u00a0 I go by Hechtspeed on all the car forums I join.\u00a0 I'm a certified car nut.\u00a0 It doesn't matter what type of car, if its modified and customized, I can dig it.\u00a0 I'm really excited to be blogging for MyRideisMe.\u00a0 Hopefully I can bring cool\" data-image=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/weberprecision1001006-400x302.jpg\" data-button=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/images\/social_share_button.png\" alt=\"Share\" class=\"linksalpha_image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/scripts\/loader_iconbox.js?v=2.4\"><\/script><\/span><\/div><p>Before I dive in, let me introduce myself real quick.\u00a0 I go by Hechtspeed on all the car forums I join.\u00a0 I&#8217;m a certified car nut.\u00a0 It doesn&#8217;t matter what type of car, if its modified and customized, I can dig it.\u00a0 I&#8217;m really excited to be blogging for MyRideisMe.\u00a0 Hopefully I can bring cool content that you readers will enjoy.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/weberprecision1001006.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2723]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-2724\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"Weber supercharged V8 5.655 ci for scale hot rods. \" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/weberprecision1001006-400x302.jpg\" alt=\"Weber supercharged V8 5.655 ci for scale hot rods. \" width=\"400\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/weberprecision1001006-400x302.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/weberprecision1001006-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/weberprecision1001006-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/weberprecision1001006.jpg 658w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>So, let&#8217;s get to it shall we?\u00a0 The internet is home to thousands, even millions of websites. That means there has to be cool websites out there displaying hidden hot rod treasures. This &#8220;Internet Barn Finds&#8221; series of blogs will venture into the world wide interweb to see what we can find.<\/p>\n<p>Part 1 takes a look at a couple cool Scale Miniature Hot Rod engines. These are not your typical scale plastic model kits you put together during Christmas vacation, these are billet aluminum, high precision, CNC machined engines that actually run, some even powering 1\/4 scale radio controlled hot rods.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/weberprecision1018018.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2723]\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-2726 alignright\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"Weber Supercharger for scale hot rod engine\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/weberprecision1018018.jpg\" alt=\"Weber Supercharger for scale hot rod engine\" width=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/weberprecision1018018.jpg 383w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/weberprecision1018018-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/weberprecision1018018-300x226.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 383px) 100vw, 383px\" \/><\/a>The first Barn Find is from weberprecision.com. Searching through Weber&#8217;s website you&#8217;ll find detailed pictures of both the end product and the tools\/machines used to build it. Said engine is this amazing supercharged V8 that took a few years to build. Weber says this is his first attempt at a running miniature engine. I say it was a successful one for sure. The horsepower is unknown, but this little sucker revs to 12,000 RPMs! Yeeehaa!<\/p>\n<p>It displaces 5.655 ci using a 1.000&#8243; Bore and 0.900&#8243; stroke topped off by a supercharger. Check out the rest of the spec sheet, its a work of art. See the video: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/img_7546.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2723]\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-2727 alignright\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"Conley Stinger 609 for 1\/4 scale hot rods\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/img_7546-400x288.jpg\" alt=\"Conley Stinger 609 for 1\/4 scale hot rods\" width=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/img_7546-400x288.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/img_7546-150x108.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/img_7546-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/img_7546.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>The second Barn Find is conleyprecision.com, a link from weberprecision.com. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/dscn16631.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2723]\"><img class=\"size-large wp-image-2728 alignleft\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"Stinger 609 miniature V8 Supercharged engine in 1\/4 scale T-bucket\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/dscn16631-400x300.jpg\" alt=\"Stinger 609 miniature V8 Supercharged engine in 1\/4 scale T-bucket\" width=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/dscn16631-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/dscn16631-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/dscn16631-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/dscn16631.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>Conley has quite a history of building running scale miniature hot rod engines&#8230; try 30 years! Conley&#8217;s website has some nice videos of his latest miniature engine. The coolest part about this engine is it&#8217;s mounted in a driving, miniature hot rod. You&#8217;ll get a kick out of these video&#8217;s. I just kept shaking my head in amazement!<\/p>\n<p>Conley&#8217;s latest Supercharged V8 is called the Stinger 609 (named after the cubic inches, but be careful where you place the decimal point, that&#8217;s 6.09 ci ha ha) Enjoy! <span class=\"vvqbox vvqyoutube\" style=\"width:575px;height:355px;\"><span id=\"vvq-2723-youtube-1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qqp99nIjbWw\"><img src=\"http:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/qqp99nIjbWw\/0.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube Preview Image\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span>That&#8217;s all for &#8220;Internet Barn Finds&#8221;. Post up in the MyRideisMe Forums your own hot rod Internet Barn Finds!<br \/>\nHechtspeed<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Ffound-on-the-web-part-1-scale-miniature-hot-rod-engines%2F&amp;media=&amp;description=%E2%80%9CInternet+Barn+Finds%E2%80%9D+%231%3A+Miniature+Hot+Rod+Engines\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/found-on-the-web-part-1-scale-miniature-hot-rod-engines\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/found-on-the-web-part-1-scale-miniature-hot-rod-engines\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"\u201cInternet Barn Finds\u201d #1: Miniature Hot Rod Engines\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/found-on-the-web-part-1-scale-miniature-hot-rod-engines\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=\u201cInternet Barn Finds\u201d #1: Miniature Hot Rod Engines&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/found-on-the-web-part-1-scale-miniature-hot-rod-engines\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/found-on-the-web-part-1-scale-miniature-hot-rod-engines\/\" data-text=\"\u201cInternet Barn Finds\u201d #1: Miniature Hot Rod Engines\" data-desc=\"Before I dive in, let me introduce myself real quick.\u00a0 I go by Hechtspeed on all the car forums I join.\u00a0 I'm a certified car nut.\u00a0 It doesn't matter what type of car, if its modified and customized, I can dig it.\u00a0 I'm really excited to be blogging for MyRideisMe.\u00a0 Hopefully I can bring cool\" data-image=\"\" data-button=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/images\/social_share_button.png\" alt=\"Share\" class=\"linksalpha_image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/scripts\/loader_iconbox.js?v=2.4\"><\/script><\/span><\/div><p>Email Before I dive in, let me introduce myself real quick.\u00a0 I go by Hechtspeed on all the car forums I join.\u00a0 I&#8217;m a certified car nut.\u00a0 It doesn&#8217;t matter what type of car, if its modified and customized, I can dig it.\u00a0 I&#8217;m really excited to be blogging for MyRideisMe.\u00a0 Hopefully I can bring [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[1817],"tags":[852,6,2513,565,566,380],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2723"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2723"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2723\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23361,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2723\/revisions\/23361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}