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Front Engine Dragsters / Re: Seeking FED Wisdom

« on: March 14, 2019, 01:59:41 PM »

Mate of mine ran a RE Dragster 30 years ago with a 4/71 on a VW flat four. I'm not 100 % sure but thank that was a 3 speed. Part of me thinks it was a 904 TF.  They have a 2.45 first gear 1.45 second. He's passed on now so I can't ask him but I'll see what I can dig up. 
Cheers

As much as I hate 2 speed taxi cab transmissions I said I'd find out and it was a stock PG witj a shift kit.
Cheers

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Front Engine Dragsters / Re: Seeking FED Wisdom

« on: March 14, 2019, 03:16:36 AM »

Mate of mine ran a RE Dragster 30 years ago with a 4/71 on a VW flat four. I'm not 100 % sure but thank that was a 3 speed. Part of me thinks it was a 904 TF.  They have a 2.45 first gear 1.45 second. He's passed on now so I can't ask him but I'll see what I can dig up. 
Cheers

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Jon's Wheel House / Grease caps

« on: March 08, 2019, 09:13:22 PM »

Hello I lost my front wheel grease caps. They were chromed 48 Anglia type. Anybody have a pair to help me out please?
Cheers
Tony

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Front Engine Dragsters / Show us your Dragster art layout

« on: February 26, 2019, 01:26:29 AM »

Hey all.
I've just painted my previously bare metal panels. I have some ideas for art work on my shorty body. But Slingshot's have two differnet areas to view - the top of the cowl and the sides. I don't won't too much but I don't want to do one as the main and leave to other too bare. I'm a bit of a less is more guy but I want it to pop. Show me how you've balanced you paint and art work.
Cheers

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Jon's Wheel House / Bead seats

« on: February 20, 2019, 02:29:03 AM »

Hey all. I just fitted a pair of Hoosier slicks to some Weld Pro stars. I can't get one of the beads to seat properly on one inner side of the wheel. They have a small safety bead. I have gone to 30 psi. I had M/T on these rims previously with no dramas. The Hoosiers were on Weld draglites which don't appear to have any safety beads and had bead screws.

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Dan Dishon's Transmission Den / TB battery

« on: January 18, 2019, 03:01:33 AM »

I've heard of people using drill batteries but what the ?? I'm looking for info on how my power a Transbrake uses. Current draw (Amps?) I have a battery retailer not far away that has 12V  batteries that are externally the size of a cigarette pack. What do I need ?
Cheers

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Front Engine Dragsters / Re: Budget rail

« on: January 14, 2019, 08:04:36 PM »

I'm an expert on budget builds and the best advise I can give you is don't get sucked in by all the stuff guys are going to tell you that you need.  What worked 20 years ago will still work today. Good luck and enjoy yourself.

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Front Engine Dragsters / Re: Chute weight.

« on: January 14, 2019, 07:56:05 PM »

You all seem to be missing the point- maybe that's my fault with the initial wording. I'm just trimming off some fat the car has started to acquire and thinking things like the chute are redundant. As for things like busted brake lines, what the?? why would you have flexible lines? Busted the trans while braking - nar it was busted before you started slowwing down - you're never going to hurt a trans on coast, If you had a brake failure by then you probably wouldn't have sufficient room for the 'chute to do its thing anyway. So I'm just being hypothetical when I ask about the weight of the 'chute because it's just a part of the total that I can do away with or without.
Cheers

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Front Engine Dragsters / Re: Chute weight.

« on: January 13, 2019, 12:28:06 PM »

I only go to eighth mile tracks and have just upgraded my brakes. The car is currently in bits it's started to pick up a few extra bits and pieces (as they do) so I'm just asking myself what I can get rid of. A parachute I never use - see ya. Couple of surplus cables and wire - bye bye. I had some starting and stalling issues while sorting my one off injection so fitted a battery - ugly up front so I hid it out back among my wheelie bars. Added weight to the front axle to counter the battery position. Starting stalling issues sorted so time to go back to a plug in battery and get rid of 60 lbs of unsightly fat - you getting the picture? Anything I don't need is going in the bin. Anything I hit with the hole saw I'm hitting, and thing I've made from steel that I can replicate in aluminum like my shifter. will be happening. I'll weigh everything up when I'm done just to see.
Cheers 

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Front Engine Dragsters / Re: Chute weight.

« on: January 11, 2019, 08:17:26 PM »

It's 130 down here in Australia but 1/8th mile only so let's say 129.9 mph
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Front Engine Dragsters / Chute weight.

« on: January 11, 2019, 07:32:19 PM »

Hey.
Has anyone got a 4 line chute and pack off their car at the minute they could drop on their wife's bathroom scales please. Just looking what I don't need to save a bit of weight. So far it's - wheelie bars, battery, sundry wiring, a couple of cables, lead on the nose and get the hole saw out into the gas pedal and sundry brackets. I reckon there's a hundred pounds there with the chute. I hit 200 on the scales last week so I know I can knock 20 off that.  I've just gone to a 12" rear disc so don't reckon I need the chute and hoping I can balance the launch with better use of a little weight on the nose. 120 pounds has to be worth something.
Cheers

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Front Engine Dragsters / Re: Power+weight+time.

« on: January 10, 2019, 06:58:50 PM »

Not real world but the Wallace racing calculators have a simple calculator on their web page


Wallace Racing - 1/8th Mile ET/MPH/HP Calculator

Cheers

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Front Engine Dragsters / Re: Rear gear with a 3 speed

« on: January 02, 2019, 03:16:22 AM »

I am in the same boat, I want a C4 behind my Y Block Ford engine.  Call it stubbornness or call is stupidity.  But, I want a Ford powered Ford with Ford parts.  I will give up performance for the pursuit of happiness.

As my favorite quote says;  A chump like me will always choose passion over common sense...

I Mate of mine ran a very light slingshot with a basic 302 and C4.  Had a 3.7 rear and 28.5 tyre. Used to just glide the fronts an inch or two of the ground. You could only see it in a pic not with the eye so no probs with ya Y Block.

Cheers

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Jon's Wheel House / Re: Front Tire Bearings

« on: December 28, 2018, 12:52:35 AM »

Okay Mate. the numbers of my spare set tapered rollers for the fronts using Anglia stubs are:-  Timken 03062 &03162.
The other pair are also Timken 07204 & 07098. Hope that helps.
Cheers
Tony

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Dan Dishon's Transmission Den / Re: Will this hurt my trans

« on: December 27, 2018, 02:24:32 AM »

I thought about going to a 3.89 rear gear. Second gear knocks .4 ish off my ET. I have a meth carb so that might be enough to kill my throtte responce off the line. The other thing I thought about this arvo is a damper of some sort on the throttle