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Your Builds / Photo Gallery / Re: 220" FED build

« on: May 19, 2013, 04:41:46 PM »

frank did help influence how far out to put it . i have some SW race cars fed blue prints im sort of using for guidance , and i think  in there ists around 40" out in a 200" car .

the alignment bar is from mark williams .   think its 80"   something like 1/4w 2-1/2 tubing . its real beafy !


no pics for the weekend , but i did get all the up right put in the front end . going to be a very long week before memorial day getting customers jobs done so wont be able to touch it till next weekend

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Front Engine Dragsters / Re: which direction to go with FED

« on: May 16, 2013, 05:57:08 AM »

All right I feel like the little kid of the class now at a young whipper snapper age of 47. woo hoo.

i didnt have much time to read the posts over morning breakfeast but will come later today when im not busy and reply better ....... but i did see this while skimming ........ im 31 .... im the kid of the class ....

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Your Builds / Photo Gallery / Re: 220" FED build

« on: May 15, 2013, 05:28:02 PM »

i got the nose from parks , not cheap , i think around 300 bucks , but VERY nice piece , i also got his rear end up right and the motor plate up rights , made a few things easier for me .

i do plain on posting more pics as i go might be a few weeks , very busy in the shop just had a guy quit and now im just under the gun with double the work


body wise just from the engine back , nothing else . i kinda like the naked cars myself .

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Front Engine Dragsters / Re: which direction to go with FED

« on: May 14, 2013, 05:10:47 PM »

I think this is a wide open question.

Basically you need to decided what you want to do. Bracket racing you can show up run some runs turn around and go home.

"Something else" can require a bigger time investment.

i guess i need someone to push me over the cliff on not bracket racing . haha .... glenn your in ny so id imagine you might travel down into pa . what kind of heads up stuff is in the area ?

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Front Engine Dragsters / which direction to go with FED

« on: May 14, 2013, 02:46:42 PM »

so im slowly getting my FED done , and while im alittle ways off im at that point where i need to start thinking which way to go with it . meaning , go bracket racing , or get into other types of racing with it .

the biggest thing im getting at is , which engine to go with i have a carbed big block i can stick in the car to keep it real simple and just go bracket racing .  or i also have a blown bbc i could stick in it . it has gas carbs on it now , but i could very easily swap it for injected alky and maybe go do something different with the car ....maybe this 7.0 stuff ??

i love bracket racing , but i think becuase of my work schedule i might have more fun doing something else .

 i only ever bracket raced and i only ever been to one nostalgia type race and i was there to just enjoy it didnt really care about learning or anything just wanted to enjoy some racing action ,so for you guys that live up north here in PA and even alittle south , which way would you go ? i know maple grove has the geezers , and i think beaver has a few things here and there but what about every where else around PA ?


suggestions or anything are appreciated

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Roo Man's Room / Re: TIG welder

« on: May 13, 2013, 05:25:18 PM »

pulse feature is awsome for aluminum welding . just put the pedal to the floor and run a bead ............ like to figure out this final slope stuff on my 250 but no time to figure it out .

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Roo Man's Room / Re: TIG welder

« on: May 12, 2013, 02:44:47 PM »

Giving that and its hard to say this as I am a die hard support North America person. I have at this time settled on Everlast unless a deal on a Miller comes along.
The people that I have talked to the last year ish have had good to excellent feedback.

i have heard good feedback on the everlast units also  there is also another longevity  i spend some time over on the pirate off road forum and a good bit of guys have them and from what i understand they stand behind there products .

the comment about miller having there issues ... i went through that a few months ago my dx250 spent a few months in repair becuase it was a not so normal issue and they had miller engineers involved with it .  it still cost me since it wasnt under warranty but i like the machine and it does well for me .

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Roo Man's Room / Re: TIG welder

« on: May 12, 2013, 12:38:16 PM »

dont use harbor frieght  ,   i preffer miller stuff , i have a syncro  200 and a dx250 both newer machines . they will do pretty much anything chassis related  ...... when i 1st started tig welding i never even considered chinese stuff . my 1st tig setup was real ghetto so to speak .  it was a tig torch attached to a lincoln buzz box , had to scratch start it and no vary voltage , i learned how to tig with it . and it worked well actually on steel ..........fast forward i bought an old airco heliarc 300amp . it was old , big , but had high frequency and worked awsome !  i paid like 300 bucks for it on ebay .  used it for a few yrs then got the syncro 200 . and then the dx250 ......   id maybe try to pick up something older or vintage on ebay , just make sure it workds before buying .  one of the big things is buying name brand , you can get torches and other parts easier ..................good luck !  tig welding isnt hard , just need a steady hand and alittle pateints and it will come quick and easy

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Your Builds / Photo Gallery / Re: 220" FED build

« on: May 12, 2013, 12:03:18 PM »

wheels .... some 2nd hand aluma stars i got ebay pretty cheap  ... 15x12   with mt 10.5 tires .........fronts are new "v" series ..... the back wheels i may powder coat black

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Your Builds / Photo Gallery / Re: 220" FED build

« on: May 12, 2013, 12:00:34 PM »

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Your Builds / Photo Gallery / Re: 220" FED build

« on: May 12, 2013, 11:59:11 AM »

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Your Builds / Photo Gallery / Re: 220" FED build

« on: May 12, 2013, 11:58:50 AM »

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Your Builds / Photo Gallery / Re: 220" FED build

« on: May 12, 2013, 11:57:10 AM »

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Your Builds / Photo Gallery / Re: 220" FED build

« on: May 12, 2013, 11:56:48 AM »

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Your Builds / Photo Gallery / Re: 220" FED build

« on: May 12, 2013, 11:56:25 AM »

sat may 11th i started the front end .  the drop axle is from SW race cars , heavy duty 1-5/8 .120w  i DO NOT want to use radius rods , i will beef up the axle mount with either a plate or some sort of tube diagonal brace .  any comments on how you would do this area is highly appreciated .  if its unclear , the lower rails are 1-1/4 i notched the rails so the axle would fit into the rails , this also gave me the correct spindle hieght .