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Some of my post run procedures are:
Put car up on stands
PUll valve covers, run valves.  With shaft rockers they NEVER move, but you will find a loose or tight valve is something is going amiss.
fuel the car.
Pack chutes
Check over everything (trans, motor, oil system) for leaks
reset seat belts
Torque rear tires every couple passes
Check front tire pressures every day
Put extra 1/2 pound in rear tires for adjustment in the lanes for track conditions.
Drain puke tank each night of racing.

Probably some other stuff that i can't think of. :)

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Word of advice...pull valve covers every pass.  Takes just a minute.  Let's you catch bad stuff early.  You will catch roller lifters failing, bent pushrods, etc.  I run the valves every time we run the car. 

And yes, loose valve cover bolts require lots of simple green

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Front Engine Dragsters / Re: interior pictures
« on: May 05, 2013, 04:13:45 PM »
I have an oil pressure gauge on the back of the motor.  My shift light is on the back of the injector (line of sight).  Inside the car, i have a fire bottle activation knob, a mag kill, a starter button, and a fuel push/pull.  Throttle pedal is a simple bottom pivot pedal.  No left side pedal.  FEDs should have hand brakes. 

:)

I can take pictures of any part you'd like to see.

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Front Engine Dragsters / Re: Front tires?
« on: May 03, 2013, 09:39:31 PM »
Jon Hansen is the BEST.  Great supply of wheels and tires, and excellent tech support when needed. 

RUN VALVE CAPS on the front tires. 100% of the time!!!!!!!!! (trust me on this one)

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Try CTRL F5.  Forces it to hit the webserver for a fresh copy. 

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Front Engine Dragsters / Re: Shifting the Powerglide
« on: May 03, 2013, 01:13:01 PM »
Great solution!  No reason you couldn't modify that for a cable for another car (thinking more universal with a cable).  I like it.

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Front Engine Dragsters / Re: times and combos
« on: May 03, 2013, 01:10:41 PM »
I turned the blower up and swapped pills one day, ran 18psi and went 7.19/192.  That is about as far as i wanted to push an 80a-1 pump.  Wasn't returning much of any fuel.

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Front Engine Dragsters / Re: times and combos
« on: May 03, 2013, 01:09:19 PM »
I run against a 7.60 index, so i mostly run 7.60/7.65 @ 182'ish.  1.12-1.14 60' times, 4.85/146 to the 1/8 mile.  Specs are below.

Chassis:

·         1997 Stirling 200" FED
·         Non-slip tube chassis
·         Motor ‘out’ 37 ½”
·         Certified to Advanced ET
·         Strange disk brakes
Engine:

·         Mooneyham 6-71 Supercharger
·         Littlefield blower intake with burst panel & port nozzles.
·         Enderle Bird Catcher Injector, w/ Nitro style barrel valve.
·         Enderle 80a-1 Cam driven fuel pump
·         Erson gear drive with pump drive
·         10.3:1 374CID Small Block Chevy -Built by Means Racing Enterprises.
·         4340 Steel crank and Racecar Parts 6" Aluminum rods, Bill Miller Forged pistons (Machine work provided by Motor Machine, Sacramento, CA)
·         Custom ground billet roller camshaft by Dougherty Racing Cams
·         Cylinder head maintenance by Valley Head Service
Drive train:

·         Chrome 9” style rear-end with 4.11 Richmond Pro gears and a Strange spool
·         MRE built 1.80:1 Glide w/ Trans Specialties Pro Brake valve body
·         A-1 8" 5100 RPM stall
·         Neil & Parks 2" Ceramic coated Zoomies
·         Strange Pro Race 35 Spline axles
·         Lenco Aluminum drop out

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I've always done this hotrod thing for the fun of it and some things sure haven't changed. Started the above "belly button engine" for the first time this morning and have been grinning so hard I've got a face cramp :D.  370 cu in, Milodon block, dart heads, 8.5- 1, with a BDS 8-71 and bugcatcher, 80A-1 pump on alky. Very simple mild setup with a flat tapped cam and MSD 7AL-2 ignition. Previously have run a mag but had to try this.  At 10% over, it sounds like a giant killer. Swapped the pulleys to 10% under, re-fired and it still sounds good. Bad batteries in the timing light, duhhh, will fine tune tomorrow.

Nothing like blown alky small blocks.  Love the term Belly Button Engine. :)

You'll need a belt guard on that setup.  NHRA won't like the lines running past the belt without a guard on it.

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Worked on a new scoop mount today . I am going to try my anteater scoop again . The last time I had it on the car I could not see anything in front of me . I cut about 3 inches off the bottom and fiberglassed a plate inside of it

You're not supposed to be able to see in front of you.

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Spud Miller's Cave / Re: ETC Limiter
« on: April 19, 2013, 11:30:21 AM »
Installed it and warmed the car up.  Nice smooth limiting effect on the motor.  Was odd to hear a blower motor on a limiter...

Went to the track, limiter set for 8000 rpm.  It picked up and held the motor @ 7200 +/- rpm.  Going to raise it and test it again.  If it's off, i don't care; as long as it repeats.

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Spud Miller's Cave / Re: Taller gears for nitro?
« on: April 09, 2013, 09:54:02 PM »
110 pump blanked off?  that is a TON of fuel!  I gotta get up there this summer.  Let me know when you're going to run. It's like a 8-10 hour bike ride. I'll need a couch though. or a work bench. or a shop floor. to sleep on.

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Spud Miller's Cave / Re: ETC Limiter
« on: April 09, 2013, 09:14:06 PM »
A couple days and mine will be in it's new home

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Spud Miller's Cave / Re: Taller gears for nitro?
« on: April 08, 2013, 08:21:39 PM »
Just so hard to comprehend the torque numbers that little motor has to be making to pull a 2.91 gear!  must sound AWESOME

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Spud Miller's Cave / Re: ETC Limiter
« on: April 08, 2013, 07:09:11 PM »
They seem a little to good to be true, but if Spudster puts his recommendation on them, i'll try it.  for the record, i gave  up on ITA because it seems everyone MFs everything. :)  A bunch of grumps most of the time. 

I'll have mine hooked up to a MSD shift lite with a tach built in, so the accuracy will be known very soon. :)  i won't be relying on it every pass, but i sure hope it works if i need it.  I'll test it periodically (lower the RPM in the warm up and see if it picks up the limiter).

Spud indicated these are built to his specs for the higher output mags, so i would assume that is what this guy is implying with his 'hopped up' version.

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