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Wanted to sell / Re: Hilborn fuel injection
« on: September 22, 2019, 06:10:37 AM »
Price reduction on this Hilborn SBC injector. Need it gone to take advantage of a sudden opportunity. $1400.00
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Wanted to sell / Hilborn fuel injection
« on: June 26, 2019, 04:15:21 PM »
Complete Hilborn stack injection for SBC. Manifold, pump, timing cover. Flowed and set up by Spud a few years ago, Shafts and butterflies were replaced at the same time. Bolt it on and go. $1800.00 Call or text David 603-234-9496 for pictures. Credit cards accepted
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Rear Engine Dragsters / Re: Front suspension
« on: June 03, 2019, 03:12:48 PM »
It wasn't on their website but a 30 second phone call to Dan at Diamond Race cars in Ohio (not to be confused with Diamond Race Cars in Indiana, a modified builder) confirms that they are indeed still producing their front suspended DRAGSTER chassis. The phone number is 419-875-4080 if you'd like to call him yourself Bruce.
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Rear Engine Dragsters / Re: Front suspension
« on: June 01, 2019, 09:00:43 AM »A few years ago there were a few RED's around running Strange's altered struts. More recently there was a builder with a swing arm or link type straight axle front end. The selling point was the ability to keep the front tires on the ground at the launch . The reasoning behind it is that it would help starting line consistency in bracket type rear engine cars that would occasionally and sometimes frequently (depending on xxxx near everything and anything) quickly pop the front tires off the ground and set them back down again almost immediately causing erratic red lights and/or reaction times.
Are you looking to solve an existing problem?
If it worked, they would still be around today and the question would not have to be asked. add the same amount of weight all that stuff weighs to the front and it would keep the front end down too and for much much cheaper
Who said it doesn't work? There's still guys running them and building them today. Serious bracket racers put more miles on their dragsters in a season than you will in five years and frequently race for serious money. They're likely to have tried a lot of things to solve their problems and this clearly works for some of them. Most of these cars have so much stuff on them that they already have a ton of front weight on them and shuffling weight doesn't always have the effect that it does on a lightweight car.
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Rear Engine Dragsters / Re: Front suspension
« on: May 31, 2019, 03:52:28 PM »
A few years ago there were a few RED's around running Strange's altered struts. More recently there was a builder with a swing arm or link type straight axle front end. The selling point was the ability to keep the front tires on the ground at the launch . The reasoning behind it is that it would help starting line consistency in bracket type rear engine cars that would occasionally and sometimes frequently (depending on xxxx near everything and anything) quickly pop the front tires off the ground and set them back down again almost immediately causing erratic red lights and/or reaction times.
Are you looking to solve an existing problem?
Are you looking to solve an existing problem?
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Spud Miller's Cave / Re: Main jet and nozzle size
« on: May 12, 2019, 06:28:05 AM »
If you're systems been flowed and you're confident with the numbers head on over to Spuds page and use his calculator. And because he's so nice to provide the free info it couldn't hurt to buy the parts from him. I've used his info several times and always came out with a xxxx good starting point.
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Roo Man's Room / Re: Altered chassis question.
« on: April 07, 2019, 06:20:42 AM »
I'd look up the weight per foot (or your preferred unit of measure) and do the math to see how much you'll really save and make your decision from there.
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Front Engine Dragsters / Re: Who is "FLIPPIN AR" ?
« on: March 08, 2019, 11:08:46 AM »
got a picture?
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Spud Miller's Cave / Re: FIE Tech Reference Library
« on: February 08, 2019, 06:02:24 PM »
Spud, I gotta know.....how expensive is expensive?
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Rear Engine Dragsters / Re: adding tabs and other mounts
« on: February 08, 2019, 05:34:50 PM »
The only brackets called out in the spec are rear end mounting brackets. The spec also says that all "structural" welding in the drivers compartment needs to be tig welded. Interpret it how you want but it doesn't say that small brackets and tabs for non structural items like dash mounting or chute lever mounting etc have to be moly and tig welded. There's no doubt in my mind that some will insist that every bracket and tab for even the smallest item needs to be moly but there's also no doubt in my mind that there's plenty of cars out there with mild steel tabs.
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Spud Miller's Cave / Re: FIE Tech Reference Library
« on: February 04, 2019, 05:10:39 PM »
very nice, love all the info on your sight as well as your service
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Altereds / Re: How much power needed to run 8.60 in a 105" nostalgia type Altered?
« on: January 27, 2019, 03:46:12 PM »
We run a 105" Altered at 1600 pounds with a stack injected 355 sbc. Best of 8.79 in great weather. Runs 8.90 like clockwork year round, we slow it down a bit to run the 9.0 class at our local track. Shouldn't be much of a trick to build a 392 to run 8.60's.
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Front Engine Dragsters / Re: Spring upgrades....
« on: December 31, 2018, 06:06:56 AM »
To bad you're not looking to upgrade now, we're switching to a big block and have our stack injected 355 for sale..best of 8.78 in a 1600 pound altered
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Front Engine Dragsters / Re: Ride height
« on: December 28, 2018, 01:01:06 PM »
I set my stuff at 3 3/4
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Roo Man's Room / Re: Rearend Upright Strap Thickness Requirement
« on: December 21, 2018, 11:48:26 AM »Just so no one gets confused if they happen to find out their rear end uprights aren't .083 wall, the spec Greg quoted is the faster 2.2 spec (5.99 and quicker). The 2.4 spec (6.00-7.49) calls for a minimum .058 upright.
Oops, i meant to include that in my message. thank you.
Yes, that is for 2.4C - Top Fuel.
I won't bash you to hard since the computer I'm typing this on is the one you built me.