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Front Engine Dragsters / Burndown breather puke tank
« on: July 01, 2019, 07:21:09 PM »
Early hemi, please share pics of your puke tank. I need to fab something - it'd be very helpful to see whats been done. Thanks!!!!!!!
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Front Engine Dragsters / Fabricated Fuel Injector
« on: May 27, 2019, 08:13:16 AM »
Hi Guys (and Gals), My friend Greg K. (the Frenchtown Flyer) thought you might like to see my Homemade Fuel Injector I am working on for my FED. I am not a machinist by any means, but I do know a few and they are gracious enough to give me pointers from time to time. I fabbed everything in this video, except the barrel valve and spool, which I am working on now. I hope you enjoy it.
Jacin Barnes
Hopefully this link will work:
Jacin Barnes
Hopefully this link will work:
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Front Engine Dragsters / What little things you do to make your car easier to work on/more reliable?
« on: November 07, 2014, 01:17:14 PM »
I'll start:
Maybe some stuff that no one would ever notice?
For me no wires/linkage thru the motor plate.
Turned down v/c studs so that covers slip on/off easy without grinding any aluminum on the studs - bottom 1/4" of stud original size so it still pilots properly.
Machined v/c nuts with integral washer flange.
Installed pem nuts on aluminum parts - less likely to strip than threading the aluminum - easier to replace than helicoils.
I machined Teflon inserts (totally hidden) for steering linkage - where the links drag thru the aluminum brackets.
Removed pickup from oil pump so it could never fall off.
Modified my 1 piece girdle so you can individually preload each cap.
Added seat belt hangers so you can get in without sitting on them (may sound silly, but I am really glad I did this one.)
I added a coupler on the fuel tank to make draining it easier - just snap on the hose.
Care to share some of YOURS?
? :-)
Maybe some stuff that no one would ever notice?
For me no wires/linkage thru the motor plate.
Turned down v/c studs so that covers slip on/off easy without grinding any aluminum on the studs - bottom 1/4" of stud original size so it still pilots properly.
Machined v/c nuts with integral washer flange.
Installed pem nuts on aluminum parts - less likely to strip than threading the aluminum - easier to replace than helicoils.
I machined Teflon inserts (totally hidden) for steering linkage - where the links drag thru the aluminum brackets.
Removed pickup from oil pump so it could never fall off.
Modified my 1 piece girdle so you can individually preload each cap.
Added seat belt hangers so you can get in without sitting on them (may sound silly, but I am really glad I did this one.)
I added a coupler on the fuel tank to make draining it easier - just snap on the hose.
Care to share some of YOURS?
? :-)
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Front Engine Dragsters / Recent New Guy here
« on: November 01, 2014, 02:48:02 PM »
Well I jumped in with a couple posts, but I should have done an intro so here it is:
I'm a hands on engineer (day job) who happens to love drag racing and other mechanical things and at night I love toying around in the garage running the mill, lathe, welder, etc.
I guess around 12 years ago I realized I wasn't getting any younger and I NEEDED a Front Engine Dragster and since no one was gonna give me one I had only 1 option...BUILD IT. Naturally I knew nothing about them but was lucky enough to run across a bunch of people willing to share their wisdom with me (I see a few of them here - Rooman is one, Hanna is another, plus many more) anyways with their help I was able to construct my very first VERY LOW budget genuine front engine dragster. Sure it took several years because I am stubborn and HAD to have certain things - like a hand formed aluminum body and of course I knew nothing about those either so there were several learning curves involved here! Any ways a svelt 7 years later it was done (ok not really done, but close enough to drive). I got the chassis certified and we were on our way.
I built pretty much every part of this car and "wasted" who knows how many hours machining parts I could have easily purchased, but didn't really have to money to buy so all in all it worked out pretty good.
I've been running the car for 5 or 6 years now (who knows maybe longer) and have been having an absolute blast with it!!! Surely not the fastest car on the planet, but durable and affordable for my tight budget!
Here we are earlier this year at our local track - yes that's my tow vehicle as well. I'll see if I can add a couple pics showing the various parts I whittled on - no CNC's here - just some fumbling around on some outdated manual machinery. The resplined axle I did for the tow vehicle - not my dragster.
I'm a hands on engineer (day job) who happens to love drag racing and other mechanical things and at night I love toying around in the garage running the mill, lathe, welder, etc.
I guess around 12 years ago I realized I wasn't getting any younger and I NEEDED a Front Engine Dragster and since no one was gonna give me one I had only 1 option...BUILD IT. Naturally I knew nothing about them but was lucky enough to run across a bunch of people willing to share their wisdom with me (I see a few of them here - Rooman is one, Hanna is another, plus many more) anyways with their help I was able to construct my very first VERY LOW budget genuine front engine dragster. Sure it took several years because I am stubborn and HAD to have certain things - like a hand formed aluminum body and of course I knew nothing about those either so there were several learning curves involved here! Any ways a svelt 7 years later it was done (ok not really done, but close enough to drive). I got the chassis certified and we were on our way.
I built pretty much every part of this car and "wasted" who knows how many hours machining parts I could have easily purchased, but didn't really have to money to buy so all in all it worked out pretty good.
I've been running the car for 5 or 6 years now (who knows maybe longer) and have been having an absolute blast with it!!! Surely not the fastest car on the planet, but durable and affordable for my tight budget!
Here we are earlier this year at our local track - yes that's my tow vehicle as well. I'll see if I can add a couple pics showing the various parts I whittled on - no CNC's here - just some fumbling around on some outdated manual machinery. The resplined axle I did for the tow vehicle - not my dragster.
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