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Front Engine Dragsters / Re: What did you do on your Front Engine Dragster TODAY?

« on: May 03, 2013, 11:23:37 AM »

At 10% over, it sounds like a giant killer. Swapped the pulleys to 10% under, re-fired and it still sounds good.

I keep pressing f5 and I still don't see a video . . . what gives? 

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Front Engine Dragsters / Re: Build a budget set of zoomie sbc headers for under $100

« on: May 03, 2013, 09:52:22 AM »

One is to put the pictures up on a web posting site and provide a lint to it here.

FWIW, most upload sites have an option to scale your images when you upload them as well.

I know imageshack does . . .

I went the "expensive" route but jegs had the flanges on sale for $20, does that count? 

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Front Engine Dragsters / Re: New Guy love FED but clueless and scaried

« on: May 03, 2013, 09:47:20 AM »

If you buy a roller with a current chassis certification, it will be a pretty good challenge to get an engine, tranny, plumb it, wire it, hook up all the controls and safety stuff, truck, trailer and learn how to operate & drive it. That should occupy you for a year or two. Then if you decide to build one from scratch ... you will probably know enough to do a better job. Good people in this sport. They
will help you with any direction you decide to go.         Just my $.02.

If you don't have much experience than this is definitely the way to go.  Much easier than building a car from scratch . . .

I've been around race cars for a number of years in almost every type of racing and even did the clutch in two nitro funny cars and was still unprepared for everything with the dragster starting from a pile of tubing on the floor.  There's a lot of little stuff that you can skip over if you buy a frame already done or a complete FED ready to go and really if you don't have the time or shop availability to do it then you are better off.

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Front Engine Dragsters / Re: Built my own butterfly steering wheel

« on: April 25, 2013, 09:03:45 AM »

looks good! 

Was planning on building one but I found one for free from a guy's shop in our building.  Couldn't pass that up

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Front Engine Dragsters / Re: B&M trans for sale

« on: April 16, 2013, 07:24:08 PM »

pretty cool!

If I knew anything about making them work I would have bought one.  Ended up with a shorty powerglide instead 

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Front Engine Dragsters / Re: Where's everybody at????????????????

« on: March 21, 2013, 07:56:16 PM »

Got a new job . . . an hour drive from the 10 minute drive I used to have.  almost 2 hours less of free time a day 

That and been busy wrapping up the dragster . . . I have NHRA chassis inspection this saturday

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Spud Miller's Cave / Re: Fuel System Protocol after the race

« on: March 02, 2013, 09:26:33 AM »

thanks for the great tips spud.

Alan, that motor looks great!

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Front Engine Dragsters / Re: past photos

« on: February 28, 2013, 08:25:16 PM »

Not the one on dragmaster's blog page?

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Front Engine Dragsters / Re: Newby saying hellow

« on: February 28, 2013, 08:21:18 PM »

Very cool!  what does it run?

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Roo Man's Room / Re: Short or long Glide?

« on: February 20, 2013, 12:59:59 PM »

haven't made any passes but I have a shorty glide in mine.

1.76 1st, 3.50 gear, 30" racemasters.

Cam is supposed to make peak at 7200.

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Front Engine Dragsters / Re: tach

« on: February 18, 2013, 04:16:16 AM »

Antron Brown has switched machines

How did you swing that? 

I've got a couple of signed parts from pro drivers but never a picture of them sitting in my car . . . nice!

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Front Engine Dragsters / Re: How fast with short wheelbase?

« on: February 15, 2013, 10:47:25 AM »

I guess not too many . . . I'm building a 137" with a 355sbc, 6-71 on alcohol.

Hope to make 700-800hp.  See how that goes.

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Front Engine Dragsters / Re: What did you do on your Front Engine Dragster TODAY?

« on: February 15, 2013, 10:45:31 AM »

If you use alot of nitro, or if you don't use any at all, don't read this : )   
I plan on trying some nitro this year and checked with our local supplier and they only sells it in drums.  I don't need a whole drum nor do I want 55 gallons sitting around in my garage.  I checked around and found some.  Got it smoothly, now I'm a happy camper.  Here's current link:

(ebay #2008 6701 4356)  or click on link.........

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Torco-Nitro-race-fuel-5-Gal-pail-Torco-100-Nitromethane-/200867014356?hash=item2ec49b66d4&item=200867014356&pt=Race_Car_Parts&vxp=mtr#ht_255wt_1129


p.s.  I ran this by Glenn first, since it's an ad.  Glenn said it was okay to post, I wasn't sure, so better to ask first.  Okay, I can check nitromethane off my to do list.

Excellent!  Thanks for the heads up . . . I would love to hit some cackle events this year and was worried about buying a 55gal drum considering I won't ever make a pass on the stuff

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Roo Man's Room / Re: radius rods/steering arm dimensions

« on: February 11, 2013, 08:04:12 PM »

hmm . . . do you think 304 is up to the task or should I just spend the $30 or whatever for 4130?  Not really sure what the threshold is for the compression strength required for this deal.

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Roo Man's Room / radius rods/steering arm dimensions

« on: February 11, 2013, 12:38:48 PM »

Roo,

What are the usual size and wall thickness for the radius rods on a standard torsion bar setup?  Seen 3/4 x .065" in a couple of different places.  Also what is the standard size/thickness from the pitman arm coming off the output shaft from the box to the spindle?

I've got a couple of freebie drops from a friend of mine and was wondering if I could use them BUT they are 304 stainless.  The sizes I got for free are 7/8 x .049" (radius rods?) and 1" x .049" (steering arm?)

I know 304 is probably 70-75% the strength of 4130 but didn't know if you or anyone had used them without a problem.