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

« on: April 26, 2014, 07:20:22 PM »

Just got the keys to the new shop today. We moved to the east coast on the water in Florida about a month ago and we are loving it. The track is about 30 miles away and then there are about 15 more tracks in the same time it would take us to get to Bakersfield. We have two of five cars here that will go in the shop this week.
We should be at the track by the end of May.
Glad to see everyone still getting things done on their cars.
We will finally be working on the Supercat by the end of this week

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Front Engine Dragsters / Re: head neck restraints

« on: April 26, 2014, 07:00:23 PM »

Hans carbon fiber also no problems. Will be buying a new device soon and will be looking at the Simpson and Hans plus the hybrid styles.

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Gassers / Re: Gassers from the past

« on: November 21, 2013, 08:35:40 AM »

Vince the car looks good. How is the AA/FA coming? Put up some pictures in the Build section.

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Wanted to buy / Looking for beadlock 15"or 16"X 11" or 12"wide with about 3.5"bs

« on: November 20, 2013, 10:51:59 AM »

Like the title says we are looking for  beadlock 15"or 16"Dia. X 11" or 12"wide with about 3.5"bs.
Not to worried about the style but the condition is obviously important.
We have the Centerline solid wheels on it now front and back.
I am seeing a great deal of the wheel now so the next time out should get interesting

Please let me know if you know of any for sale.
Thanks
John

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Spud Miller's Cave / Best heat range spark-plugs for methanol

« on: November 11, 2013, 10:00:44 AM »

What is the general norm for the heat range of spark plugs in an injected alky engine.
We are running a 462 Buick that is 13.6 to 1.
Last week was the first time out with the new engine. We were using NGK BR8ES plugs at .035 gap.  MSD 6AL system with a 16 volt XS battery on board. We were running very rich at idle,250-275* EGT
We checked the leak-down on the fuel system when we got home, we were at 41-42%...... That has since been corrected and we are at 22% until we set the idle speed at the track to about 1700rpm. The fuel system was a separate issue that is now good and will work as intended next time out.
Any direction hot or cold on the plugs is appreciated.
Thanks in advance.

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Roo Man's Room / Re: Set-up for better 60' ?

« on: November 08, 2013, 06:53:31 AM »

Thanks Bill  I'll give it a shot next time out. I was also very rich on the Barrel valve adjustment, which has now been set with a leakdown gauge. We are ready to go testing again, just waiting for a place to go.

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Altereds / Re: Good day at the dyno

« on: November 08, 2013, 06:18:48 AM »

If I used that 4.0lbs to cube I'd have to add 400lbs to the car .
We are trying to find a class that we can fit that is in the low 7 range. We will probably run PRO 7.0 or slow it down for NE1 in the Heritage series. Hoping to find something for the regional and national events.
We have been running with a top fuel family driving and wrenching on the dragster and wrenching on the Funny car, yes speed costs money and sometimes lots of it.

We are a few months away from running our blown 445 cube aluminum Buick in the car. A lot of the parts are custom made but we have many parts that are Ford, Chrysler and Chevy high end race parts to keep prices down and make availability better. That engine is definitely a cubic dollar engine.

Thanks for the info
John

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Altereds / Re: Good day at the dyno

« on: November 07, 2013, 06:31:16 AM »

Bill whet Speed/ET does he run and what Et/Speed does it generally take to get into comp eliminator? Trying to find a place I can fit for next year.

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Roo Man's Room / Re: Set-up for better 60' ?

« on: November 06, 2013, 02:13:31 PM »

Bill if you watch my third run from last weekend you'll see we have a positive problem to overcome I will drop to 7.0psi in the tires to see where that puts things.
If you run a wheelie bar where is your wheel hight set?
Thanks for the input

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Roo Man's Room / Re: Set-up for better 60' ?

« on: November 06, 2013, 10:10:59 AM »

We are also using the 33X12 Hoosiers and we got out to the track Sunday finally....
All new combo and running real rich and 32 timing 1st pass was a1.22 60'. We drove the car out like you were getting up on the highway 8.25 @ 166.
Next pass we lean out the fuel and at about 5200 rpm we blew the tires off to where I had to get out of it straighten out and get back on it.
200"FED Wheelie bar at 1.5"  tires were at 8.25psi. Leaving the line at about 3200rpm.
There is a video link in my build thread.
Any advice? It's always appreciated

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Your Builds / Photo Gallery / Re: New member 200" Supercat FED

« on: November 05, 2013, 12:41:15 PM »

Thanks Jeff we try to look the part ..
I put up the rest of the videos. I only set the barrel valve by sound/response and that was on the rich side for sure. The timing was at 32 degrees which is also on the easy side of things. Next time out we will turn up the wick a bunch. Our RacePak was also having some issues, no rpm and no record at times. That is going to Racepak next week when they are done with sema and the finals in Pamona.
Thanks again for the positive comments.
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Front Engine Dragsters / Re: What did you do on your Front Engine Dragster TODAY?

« on: November 05, 2013, 11:15:23 AM »

Glen we were 18 last night at the house. We are done until mid December when we go to Pheonix. Here is a quick video from last weekend, follow it to my recent uploads for more of last weekend[/URL]][URL=http://s293.photobucket.com/albums/mm56/JESUPERCAT/?action=view&current=3rdpassburnfull110313.mp4][/URL]

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

« on: November 05, 2013, 07:20:54 AM »

Saturday we got our car teched and then went to Bakersfield for testing.
Ran an 8.2 @166 first pass on the new engine.
I updated my thread "New member 200" Supercat FED" with more info and video links.
We have a bunch of tuning to do yet but it was great sitting in the car again.

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Your Builds / Photo Gallery / Re: New member 200" Supercat FED

« on: November 05, 2013, 07:09:03 AM »

We drove to Las Vegas last Saturday and got the Chassis certed to 6.0. I was told it would pass top fuel with the addition of 1 horizontal bar so we were quiet happy. We then drove to Bakersfield for testing on Sunday. Well we had a great time Sunday at Bakersfield... This was the first time we had all worked together as a team and we thought it went very well.
We fired the car up in the pits and got a lot of peoples attention. We fueled the car and set the timing at 32 locked to be easy on it the first pass. This car also uses a 4 port mechanical fuel injection system.  We looked at what we had and came up with a tune for the fuel.
The first pass into the unknown was to be an easy one. Launch soft and accelerate down the track (like getting up on the highway) to make sure all was well with the driveline. We have a GoPro video (that was mounted on the front axle facing back) which came out great. We also had one of my sons filming also and that came out great. We made a good pass, as in no leaks, no questionable noises, car went straight and pulled about three G,s on the race pack all the way down.
8.2 @ 166 not to shabby
Next pass leaned out the fuel a little to bring up the power.......... and

Blew the tires off going in to second. Looked all over the track on that pass.

3rd pass was 15 minutes after the second packed the chute, fueled up and into the lanes as they closed.
3rd pass blew the tires at about 300-400 feet out, staightened out got back into it and made a decent pass to close out the day.
I'll post pictures and video links after we convert the video
Here is a link to the first pass
http://s293.photobucket.com/user/JESUPERCAT/media/firstpass11032013.mp4.html

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

« on: October 29, 2013, 05:21:13 PM »

Thanks Vince Idon't think it knows it's a Buick I think I need to richen the engine. I had a 115 jet in the main return and 35-37 Enderle jets at the nozzles. I am using a high speed set at 55lbs. I need to see what the RacePak says the egts were. I had one pipe start to turn blue at the elbow and the other seven are a nice shade of purple(stops about 9" from the valve).