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Front Engine Dragsters / Re: transmission mount

« on: October 05, 2014, 08:20:31 PM »

Do you use a shorty glide or a regular glide? Sorry just trying to learn. Bushing or Needle bearing in output? Wiped out a nice Teflon coated bushing in 8 runs is why I ask, with no mount bolts.

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Front Engine Dragsters / transmission mount

« on: October 05, 2014, 10:58:49 AM »

Is it bad to have tailshaft of trans solid mounted to frame on a fed? I have read all about no mount to must have some cushion in the mount. The FED I help out with has never had mount bolts in it, just sits on cross member. Last time out it wiped out the tail shaft bushing. If mount is bolted up everything lines up perfect and coupler slides back and forth smoothly. Would it be a bad idea to bolt it down? I have pics and will down size them and up load them soon.

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

« on: September 28, 2014, 11:08:35 AM »

Did some testing on Friday night. WOW what a change the convertor made. Track was not in good shape. Picked up in 60'. Sideways on first pass he pedaled it once and went 7.86 right off trailer. made 5 passes and all were very loose. Every pass faster than fed has ever went. Best pass was a 7.80. Had a great time. You get what you pay for in a convertor for sure. And Scott did a xxxx of a driving job. Cut a perfect light .0001! Tried to attach time slips but file was too big.

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

« on: September 17, 2014, 12:47:58 PM »

I have a little 355 injected and I found a Continental 8 inch by accident--was marked 6000 on the box --was behind a monster 18 degree small block big cube so I just knew it would be too loose but it was at a yard sale and near free so i figured WTH
It is by far one of the best drag converters I have ever had--it is loose but...works perfect no matter what RPM I leave at--seems very good in high gear no heat no detectable slip etc  I LOVE that converter--it is sort of like a rubber band--leave at idle perfect! Leave at 4000 and it will flip the car over---As east coat guy we were never exposed to that west coat brand--I figured they all get the parts at the same place so imagined most brands were all about the same but...I LIKE my Continental 8 inch!!!!!!!
The wrong converter can ruin a good drag cars performance faster than anything
I have smallish roller cam 255/260 at 050  600 lift on a 106

Agree with you on that. Always have had great luck with Continental in door cars. Good to hear. Hope we have the same luck.

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

« on: September 17, 2014, 12:44:09 PM »

So I have seen a few talk about weight bias/front to rear weight. Is there a method to setting up a fed weight % front to rear? Or is it trial and error? Sorry kinda new to this and find this interesting.

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

« on: September 13, 2014, 04:55:33 PM »

Beautiful work!

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

« on: September 08, 2014, 12:45:07 PM »

I help a friend with his fed and we have been having 60' problems also. Been chasing the tune up thinking its the problem. Found it is not in the tune up. Changed the convertor and switched to alky injection at the same time so it made it difficult. In two weeks we will find some interesting info for us. Changed out brand X convertor to a continental convertor(more on brand x later). Went from a super 9"(9 1/2") 5000 rpm convertor to a 8" 6000-6200 rpm. We leave at 4800 before and now will leave at 5800 on two step. Will be interesting how much change we get in 60'. 60' have been 1.20 to 1.24. Hoping to get in the 1.08 to 1.10 range without doing wheel stands. Its never fast enough is the problem. Would like to see the fed in the 7.60 range soon. What do you all think?

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Front Engine Dragsters / Re: Helpful advice for first timer?

« on: August 05, 2014, 08:23:08 PM »

Its all about how comfortable you are. I went 7.93 on my second hit during lic. runs. but I worked on the car for a few years and knew all about it before driving. You will be surprised how fast comfort comes. Fastest I ever went before fed was 10.50's in a door car and now 7.90's are not fast enough. As long as you are having fun, that's all that matters! Good luck and remember if you see the 1/8th mile marker on you first burnout it was long enough. lol I got a little excited the first wack of the throttle.

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Wanted to sell / Re: Gauges and Big Block Mopar Parts

« on: August 01, 2014, 12:58:06 PM »

Do you still have crank? Can you tell me more about it?

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Front Engine Dragsters / Re: Aircooled VW powered Slingshot

« on: July 08, 2014, 08:03:45 PM »

Have some friends that do turbo vw stuff and is bitchen to see in fed form, all I can say is wow. love it!!

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Spud Miller's Cave / Re: Injectorator

« on: July 02, 2014, 06:42:17 PM »

Thanks!

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Spud Miller's Cave / Re: Injectorator

« on: June 25, 2014, 10:26:30 PM »

Thanks for the info/link

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Spud Miller's Cave / Re: Injectorator

« on: June 25, 2014, 12:26:00 PM »

And yes I would be interested in Barton's phone number. Thanks. Any help is always use full.

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Spud Miller's Cave / Re: Injectorator

« on: June 25, 2014, 12:23:29 PM »

This is a Waterman/Mitchell design. It is actually a neat system that does work well. The barrel valve has and idle slot in it and you can adjust the idle fuel with the mixture screw in the side of the barrel valve. Then there is a idle pill that is just to keep fuel in the float bowls for the accelerator pumps. When the throttle is opened the barrel valve moves to wide open. It does not have a window that gradually opens, it opens wide open and closes off the idle circuit. The other two check valves are a main and high speed. I was told to use the high speed and set it 10 psi above fuel pressure when engine is on convertor. What I would like to do next time out is remove the high speed and only use the main with a much larger pill. How does one figure out what the flow of two .070" pills is in one pill. My brain says well that's easy use a .140" pill. So I would like to figure that out because I think a .140" pill would flow more than two .070" pills. Hopefully this makes sense.

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Spud Miller's Cave / Injectorator

« on: June 17, 2014, 07:46:42 PM »

Anyone with experience or know about bill mitchell Injectorators? been playing with one and not quite to the sweet spot yet. Is on a 560 bbc. 500 pump. 56 or 65 gph nozzles. Troubles with 60' times. Can get right with either nozzles but 60' sucks. Appears to be fat low and good above 6500 rpm. Is an alky system. No data system on engine. And yes first post. thanks for a great fed site.