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Roo Man's Room / Re: Coupler Cover Design Ideas - Shorty Glide/Olds Rear

« on: July 01, 2019, 05:05:04 PM »

 Although very nice, adding 5-6 more inches would be a lot of material to have to machine away besides that "Nugget" of base material that is expensive if you don't have a source of surplus material handy

about 60.00 ebay drop special. and about 3 hrs of machining... but i agree, for what the OP is doing a flat flange and a welded tube like Roo posted would be a quicker and cheaper alternative.

ebay is a great source for cheap drops if you dont have a source locally

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Roo Man's Room / Re: Coupler Cover Design Ideas - Shorty Glide/Olds Rear

« on: July 01, 2019, 10:43:17 AM »

i made up an adapter that bolts to the back of the transmission....you could make something like this but another 5-6" longer, you would need to put the coupler in the trans before putting them together wouldnt be to hard.

a reverser is whats bolted to the back of a clutch can on a direct drive car to allow it to back up..... bolting to the back of the trans should be acceptable

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

« on: June 20, 2019, 06:24:18 PM »

yea, alot of waste on that part..... glad the tubes where not that bad....turned down 1/4w tubing to make the slip tubes....came out nice tho

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

« on: April 14, 2019, 04:13:24 PM »

made a bolt on extension for a slip tube driveshaft cover.

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Front Engine Dragsters / Re: battery inside driver area

« on: April 10, 2019, 06:28:04 AM »

that was one of my thoughts also, while i dont think i have seen this particular brand of battery has issues i have thought about mounting it in front of the engine with some type of quick release mount so the battery could be removed when in storage or whatever..... supposedly these batterys have a different cell structure than other lithium battery's making them a bit safer from what i understand.

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Front Engine Dragsters / Re: battery inside driver area

« on: April 08, 2019, 01:49:09 PM »

i have also considered this, welding brackets to the lower rails to bolt a removable plate in that has the battery and also the ignition box mounted to it. i can make a sealed box so the battery is closed in.

thoughts ??

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Front Engine Dragsters / Re: battery inside driver area

« on: April 08, 2019, 11:01:01 AM »

starting also, as long as its in a sealed can i shouldn't have tech issues ?   i could mount it in front of the engine but trying to keep it clean

these batterys are pretty popular and i have seen some door car guys running them mounted to the floor

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Front Engine Dragsters / battery inside driver area

« on: April 08, 2019, 10:26:54 AM »

im using a go lithium 16v battery, they are small  8.75" x 6.95" x 3.00 

since its small and light, there is no use to mount it up front and to keep things tidy id like to make up a tray that clamps to the uprights just behind my transmission, engine is 50" out so i got some space. the battery is a sealed case..... is there any tech issues with mounting the battery in front of the driver area ?   im not going to install a fire wall in front of the pedals like some but i could make a cover to conceal the battery but since its a sealed battery do i need to ?

also is using clamps to mount it to the upright legal or should it be mounted to tabs welded to the up right?

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Roo Man's Room / Re: 5 1/4 ior 5 1/3" aluminum tubing

« on: March 25, 2019, 05:05:42 PM »

check ebay, i bought a 3' section of 5" od tubing and a 24" section of 4-1/2"od 6061 for 150.00....i thought about using band clamps, but probably do like parks and machine each end piece for the tube to slip over the mounts that go on the end of the trans and the pinion support and 2 pins in the center of the tubing to hold it together.

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Front Engine Dragsters / Re: Interior pan advice please - 3 piece ok?

« on: March 19, 2019, 06:18:36 AM »

does a belly pan help any other than air coming into the compartment ?

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Drag Racing / Re: mask/breathing apparatice - warmup

« on: January 26, 2019, 06:16:35 PM »

3m makes a really nice full face mask, and get the organic vapor filters for it. yes its alittle pricey, but the mask should last years, and the filters should also.

https://www.amazon.com/3M-Facepiece-Reusable-Respirator-54159-x/dp/B007JZ1M10/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?ie=UTF8&qid=1548555242&sr=8-1-spons&keywords=3m+full+face+respirator&psc=1

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Front Engine Dragsters / Re: post pics

« on: January 24, 2019, 11:05:00 AM »

imgur has an app and everyone says its very easy to use..... id use the app if my droid was not 4 yrs old..... the photobucket app was very easy to use but 2 yrs ago when they wanted to charge everyone i deleted my acct.

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Front Engine Dragsters / Re: post pics

« on: January 24, 2019, 05:45:37 AM »

imgur is pretty easy to use.... i dont use the app if they have one ? ill use my cell to take pics, then email it to my desktop, save the pic on the computer, then go to my IMGUR acct and hit the upload button, load it onto there,  then go to where it shows all of your images, right click the photo, it will then pop up a seperate windo that shows alot of links on the right side, at the bottom there is coding for "linked bbcode"   thats the link you want, but before you copy and paste it below that is a resizer just click the size you want  i typically use "large thumbnail"  click that, then hit the copy button, and then paste into the thread you want.    its real easy,  i use to use photobucket app and that was slick, my cell is old so i dont want to load any more apps or id try the imgur app as alot of guys say its very easy to use.

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Rear Engine Dragsters / Re: PG shifter small space

« on: January 06, 2019, 07:51:54 AM »

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Rear Engine Dragsters / Re: PG shifter small space

« on: January 06, 2019, 07:47:45 AM »

these pop up from time to time, one of the best small shifters made for a glide.... i had one in my RED years ago, was between my legs mounted to the front seat bar, very easy to reach down and shift

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Frame-Works-Pro-Shifter-PG-Powerglide-2-speed-Air-Shift-Dragster-Morse-Cable/303018090943?hash=item468d4921bf:g:QNQAAOSwzd9cLrcK:rk:1:pf:0