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

« on: June 08, 2013, 01:08:13 PM »

Now we have a zoo and a roo?   

I got mine fired up as well . . .

Going to have to take it somewhere as the cops were called on us.  No biggie, cop was cool with it and asked a bunch of questions about it but I doubt they would be that happy with going out there a 2nd or 3rd time.

Neighbors across the street on the other hand . . . not cool with it apparently.

Trying to make a nostalgia race July 6th so got some time to wrap things up.

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Matt Shaff's Engine Shop / Re: How big of a supercharger?

« on: June 06, 2013, 06:32:36 AM »

Just thinking out loud . How big of a blower would I need to make 300 more horsepower on my smallblock ?

71 series or a centrifugal?

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Roo Man's Room / Re: Chassis building to a Spec.

« on: June 02, 2013, 11:23:30 AM »

Now if your building a restoration show car that another deal .IM a race car thats not raced is like owning a brothel and going without,makes no sense

LOL! 

I've always felt that way about the cackle cars . . . I love looking at them but not to be able to use it for its original intended purpose is a deal breaker.  I could never own one, whats the point in looking but not "touching" 

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Roo Man's Room / Re: Master Cyl?

« on: June 01, 2013, 08:06:42 AM »

True that, but I would think that most modern fuel teams would be able to afford an RPV, would even have space in the trailer to store a spare, and could afford the weight of the unit. Probably, the weight of an RPV is about equal to the weight of the line running upward to a remote reservoir. Surely there's a good reason why they do it that way.

I don't really know . . . I can ask the next time I see someone I know at a nationals event for the "real" answer.

From my own dragster, adding a RPV is 4 more chances for the brake system to leak.  And not that the tapered flange design is terrible but the body of the valve uses 2 pipe threads so you need 2 more fittings for a flange adapter for the line.

I would think its more of a KISS principle thing

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Roo Man's Room / Re: Chassis building to a Spec.

« on: May 31, 2013, 10:54:55 AM »

How slow is slow enough?

NHRA rulebook 4:11 under roll cage heading says 9.99 or 135mph or faster

http://www.nhra.com/UserFiles/file/General_Regulations.pdf

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Roo Man's Room / Re: Master Cyl?

« on: May 31, 2013, 10:52:39 AM »

Can I expand on this question? Is there any advantage to using a remote reservoir as opossed to the 1 piece master cylinder/reservoir combo. If I,m right you use the weight of the fluid in the remote style to keep the pucks where you want them. I was thinking the residuel pressure valve you use with the 1 peice unit may create more brake drag than the other.

Could be to eliminate having to use a residual valve . . . I know pretty much every modern fuel car uses a remote reservoir up mounted on the upper frame rail

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Roo Man's Room / Re: 4 link FED anyone

« on: May 31, 2013, 10:24:41 AM »

The Magic Car had a subfame that the rearend and engine was a component, and the rest of the car was another.  One of Kent Fullers masterpieces.

that was my initial thought . . . magicar

Everything I've ever read on it said they had problems with it and the dragster never went as fast as it should have.  Everything about the digger is beautiful, one of the best looking FEDs ever made IMO

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Roo Man's Room / Re: Chassis building to a Spec.

« on: May 31, 2013, 10:20:38 AM »

As I read some of the chassis being built or modified, I don't see a reference to a SFI spec. or possibly another standard. Am I mistaken or are there a good percentage of builds that never get inspected? Is it only sanction tracks that require a current chassis cert. ? I would think even a non-sanctioned contest should have to meet some requirement for insurance reasons. Just curious. George

Can't tell you on the majority of guys out there but if its slow enough, then obviously it doesn't need a chassis inspection which is why you see the flathead guys tend to run whatever they want and keep it much more 50s themed.

My frame is done to 2.4C sfi spec and the book was really the only "blueprint" I had.  Cacklecars don't build to spec other than what is period correct and more often than not it seems a lot of the local nostalgia races have little tech.  Very very few cars comply 100% with the NHRA rulebook but most at least adhere to the chassis spec if they are actually going to be raced.

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Front Engine Dragsters / Re: Bowling Green HRR

« on: May 31, 2013, 06:10:43 AM »

I'm hoping to be there, may need a couple crew members so if anyone is going without a car  let me know

seriously?!?

or the crew 

go on . . . 


As someone who has worked on 2 fuel cars that both dried up on funding . . . you guys have me foaming at the mouth. 

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Front Engine Dragsters / Re: which direction to go with FED

« on: May 28, 2013, 12:29:29 PM »

All right I feel like the little kid of the class now at a young whipper snapper age of 47. woo hoo.

i didnt have much time to read the posts over morning breakfeast but will come later today when im not busy and reply better ....... but i did see this while skimming ........ im 31 .... im the kid of the class ....

shoot . . . I've got a year and a half left of my 20s

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

« on: May 20, 2013, 09:56:50 AM »

Started bolting on stuff finally . . .

Motor/trans/rear is in, just a lot of little stuff.

Machined some spacers for the idler bracket today, have to mill down the pop-off plate as it gets close to the oil pressure gauge and can easily take ~.125" milled off the bottom (street weiand deal, NOT an SFI plate).

Got my father-in-law to turn a wrench or two and help with the backing plates when my in-laws stopped by yesterday.

And my garage is a mess. thanks 

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Front Engine Dragsters / Re: FED guys more do it yourself then average RED

« on: May 20, 2013, 09:43:36 AM »

Don't know too many other FED guys . . . I only machine my own parts/do my own work because I am too poor to pay someone else to do it 

Can't really speak for anyone else but I enjoy making spacers/brackets etc and knowing I made them after everything is put all together.

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

« on: May 06, 2013, 08:30:01 PM »

Best part of running valves every run at a bracket deal is it screws people up to see someone work on a car. 90% of the bracket racers think they are driving street car ansd should never have to work on them.

   I pulled head off brothers car one night because we had a little leakage in one valve.I was just touching it up. You would have thought we had a exploded nitro engine sitting there. Cpl guys almost wrecked golf cart sliding to stop to look because we pulled a cylinder head. Coming for top running TA/FC and TA/D background I thought it was just a very easy evening at the track.

   You would be amazed at the number of guys that go full season w/o pulling VC's and are proud they are that lazy. Then they are amazed that something broke.

Love it.  I went from doing the clutch in two nitro funnies to helping a friend out with his alcohol flopper.  I ALWAYS felt like I was forgetting something.  The first time I helped him out, I rushed and got the diaper off/oil drained and pulled the side plates on the bellhousing and got the fan on it before he had a valve cover off . . . he was like "dude, we've got plenty of time . . . "

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Front Engine Dragsters / Re: interior pictures

« on: May 05, 2013, 07:32:43 PM »

I have an oil pressure gauge on the back of the motor.  My shift light is on the back of the injector (line of sight).  Inside the car, i have a fire bottle activation knob, a mag kill, a starter button, and a fuel push/pull.  Throttle pedal is a simple bottom pivot pedal.  No left side pedal.  FEDs should have hand brakes. 



I can take pictures of any part you'd like to see.

hear hear 

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Front Engine Dragsters / Re: what pump for nitro

« on: May 03, 2013, 08:51:41 PM »

On a kind of related note, say I plan on running alcohol for passes but would like to do some cackle deals maybe 4-5 times a year.

Throw the smallest pill I've got in there and let her eat or does sitting there at idle and hitting the throttle a couple of times require a bit more thinking? 

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