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Spud Miller's Cave / Re: Fuel for a blown Chrysler Wedge
« on: February 17, 2013, 09:14:23 AM »
It's an altered, so it's not that far from tank to pump. Add a filter, and the return line manifold, and it's shorter yet.
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Front Engine Dragsters / Re: Anybody here run a Jr. fuel car?
« on: February 16, 2013, 01:42:04 PM »
Cranks that weigh 36 pounds, modified Honda connecting rods, ceramic bearings on the front spindles, and lots of other tricks make Frank and Scott at tough pair to beat!
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Roo Man's Room / Re: engine height
« on: February 14, 2013, 09:34:13 AM »
If you set the bottom of the frame rails at 3" at the midplate and angle to about 7" at the torsion bar up front that's a fair start. To set engine heigth, you have to first set the rearend centerline then run a dummy shaft off the rearend that dulicates pinion centerline through the crankshaft centerline with the proper engine angle and how far out it's going to be set.
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Roo Man's Room / Re: Short or long Glide?
« on: February 14, 2013, 09:26:53 AM »
Scotty Parks runs a shorty in his car, even with his motor waaaaay out there. Done for weight savings and to free up space in the cockpit of the digger.
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Roo Man's Room / Re: slip joint fed
« on: February 09, 2013, 03:18:58 PM »
Blind Mule, in a FED you will have a small weight box with the fuel tank right behind it as close to the torsion bar or front axle as you can get it for weight balance. That subframe system that you referenced, while nice in operation, would force you to have no weight up front, a bad thing for balance in a fed.
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Roo Man's Room / Re: engine height
« on: February 09, 2013, 03:09:50 PM »
8 3/4" Chrysler rearends were real popular, and they take less horsepower than a 9" Ford.
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Spud Miller's Cave / Fuel for a blown Chrysler Wedge
« on: February 07, 2013, 01:17:14 PM »
Putting together a 528 cu. in. Chrysler Wedge engine, Indy 572-13 heads, 8-71, Mallory III mag. I've heard that a 60/40 split of fuel for hat/ port nozzles so that the blower stays cool and for tuneability, AN16 minimum for the fuel line, and at least a 15 gallon pump. Is this close?
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Drag Racing / Nostalgia Races
« on: February 02, 2013, 12:50:47 PM »
The best list is at www.flatheaddrag.com but this could be a good place to fill in the blanks and to bring up the different organizations putting them on.