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Roo Man's Room / Re: diagonal lower rails

« on: March 19, 2013, 05:27:09 PM »

That looks good, would be even better if it continued forward and finished the X.

I’d personally think in avoiding the ‘X’ bracing on the sides, as it'd add undesirable rigidity on the vertical plane of the chassis. My nostalgia 173" FED has no bracing (diagonal or ‘X’) from the front motor-plate forward, just ‘empty rectangles’.

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Front Engine Dragsters / Re: Making a intake manifold for my 4-71 blower

« on: March 19, 2013, 05:12:44 PM »

Thanks Glenn & DF on your inputs!:) Spud has answerd me on some magneto issues, so now I have solved foult nr. 3. With all these issues solved I'm optomostic on taking the "winder" faster down the track:) Last year we whent to the HAMB drags, I bought a couple of pop-off plates, one Cragar and one Weiand (say-why-and), and was thinking of useing the Weiand, and switch to burst. I thinks they have the same size.
We have made new rules, so pop-off is still leagel here:)
The plenum might not be perfect or 100% ideal, but there are some stuff we need to compromise on. We plan to have the plenum approx. 1- 1 1/2 inch high abowe the runners. Roger has the intake now for some more welding, but hope to have it back soon for some more grinding, then he could fit the plenum. We allready had the top-plate, as it acted as a spacer on the old one:)
Anyone have any idea what sparkplugs to start with? NGK BP5ES? I have allways used Champion on my gas engines.

Kjell

Sidewinder - I'd think that the NGK BP5ES plugs are a little too warm for a racing environment. Even some factory cars in Brazil were fitted with colder NGK BP6ES or even NGK BP7ES (for ethanol, with 12.3:1 compression). I personally have gone as cold as '9' on street/strip turbocharged engines. The FED currently has NGK R5672A-9 on an alky SBC 400, AFR 220 heads, with ~12.5:1 compression.

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Gassers / Re: Gassers from the past

« on: March 10, 2013, 04:29:14 PM »

Hollowed out block?

Borrowed BIG displacement home made mock up

454 block.

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

« on: March 05, 2013, 07:26:24 PM »

It definitely sounds like Wilwood.

As for the zoomies, here's mine, by Rooman, fabricator supreme!

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Front Engine Dragsters / Re: Just Saying Hello

« on: March 02, 2013, 05:23:46 PM »

I like your work Tom. Nice fabrication skills, better than any store bought! See lots of ingenuity there, or like I like to say, “enginenuity”!

Good luck with the manifold experimentation. Fuel/air distribution is tough on inlines. I've had luck with some manifold ideas, not as much with others. I was happy with a trio of (double-barrel) horizontal Weber DCOE's. Later I converted it to fuel injection.

I don't have any inline nowadays… but it's a matter of time.

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Front Engine Dragsters / Re: Just Saying Hello

« on: March 02, 2013, 03:05:17 PM »

Tom, thanks for posting pictures. You car should be tons of fun to drive. I predict long lasting tire spins with the 6" rubber. Dragsters were a lot more fun when they used to smoke tires down the track. Love the engine selection, I can close my eyes and hear the smooth singing of an inline-six. It takes determination to choose an inline mill. Nice job!

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Altereds / Re: old28 saying hello

« on: March 01, 2013, 05:27:39 PM »

Welcome to the forum Tom. Nice introduction, and nice rides! I'm passionate about inline-six engines, one day I may ditch the SBC 400 for a Chevy 250 (or... Ford 300). I have great level of intimacy with the 250, some with the 230 and 292, but haven't dealt with the 194.

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Roo Man's Room / Re: Throttle pedal?

« on: February 25, 2013, 08:06:31 PM »

I need to redo some of my cables and I'm considering the Pro-Werks SILVER JACKET Cables:

http://www.pro-werks.com/categories/6466/

I saw them at the IMIS show (Indy) and they seemed quite nice. Anybody here using these?

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Front Engine Dragsters / Re: times and combos

« on: February 22, 2013, 04:44:57 PM »

Cajuninjector, thanks for your info, that's fast! Nitro? Can you share ballpark trap RPM?

Great thread!

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Your Builds / Photo Gallery / Re: Intro...Geez I really miss drag racing

« on: February 17, 2013, 12:14:59 PM »

Pictures please!

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Roo Man's Room / Re: FED short body build?

« on: February 16, 2013, 06:28:25 PM »

What a beautiful car... inside and out. I hope to see it in action one day.

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Front Engine Dragsters / Re: Nissan turbo FED

« on: February 16, 2013, 12:13:42 PM »

Buick, this is not mine, I just spotted it on Youtube. Perhaps Glide & 9"?

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Front Engine Dragsters / Nissan turbo FED

« on: February 16, 2013, 09:42:28 AM »

This FED falls into the “Dare To Be Different” category… Very nice job IMO. This thing is a catapult! Engine is an inline-six turbo Nissan, mentioned 850 RWHP, doing 7.5 sec. Different, but nonetheless very respectful!

RIPS FED 1st time out, licencing passes and the 1st 2 runs


RIPS FED 7.56 @ 169MPH


Enjoy!

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Roo Man's Room / Re: Optimum tire/wheel combination

« on: February 15, 2013, 06:50:06 PM »

Nostalgia Top Fuel   

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Roo Man's Room / Re: Optimum tire/wheel combination

« on: February 15, 2013, 04:40:14 PM »

What is a NTF car? Perhaps NHRA Top Fuel..?