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Spud Miller's Cave / Dripper for warm up
« on: March 17, 2018, 03:43:23 AM »
Anybody running a dripper to warm up a stack set up on gas ? We don’t want a permanent tank / pump arrangement on the car, so was thinking of a gravity fed tank into the main line to bv. Will this idle or does it need to be atomised ?

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Dan Dishon's Transmission Den / Anybody know about T5 manual trans ?
« on: November 05, 2017, 03:00:12 PM »
I want to swap a v8 into a mid 80 Mk3 Ford Capri. Here in the UK, this car was produced with pinto and v6 options but they go great with a V8.

Due to new legislation, cutting into the shell is a problem, so engine and trans must fit the existing tunnel. A 5.0 / T5 would slot in great, but over here decent donors are rare and expensive.  To that end I’ve decided to go Chevy as I can source a motor easier, but still want a T5 as I know it fits the tunnel and has the 5th gear overdriven.

 GM V8 T5’s are rare in the US, let alone here, so I’ve sourced an adapter plate to bolt a Ford T5 to a Chevy bellhousing. A Muncie 11”  bellhousing, I believe you can get these cheap and some have pivots and windows for the clutch arm on the right, which would be good for right hand drive conversion.

Anybody have any experience with converting like this ? . Is there an easier way ?

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Front Engine Dragsters / Weight bars
« on: April 24, 2017, 03:29:33 AM »
Last time I ran my car it hit the bar pretty hard, to the extent it broke the wheel.  It's 138in with SBC shorty glide close coupled.  Motor is 420in SBC injected on alky, making c 600bhp and 500ft lbs ish.  Rear gear is 3.7 and it's on 33x10's

Chassis is CDS I have a full size battery ahead of the motor and a moon tank but little else further forward. We knew we'd need weight but hoped to calm it with 3.7 gear.  Before we go back out with it, I'm making a weight bar to mount in the front axle.  Lead shot is expensive so I'm smelting lead roof flashings.  So far I've got it to 22lb and the material I have will see it total 35lb.   

Does anyone have an opinion on how much weight I'll need ?.  If I need any more I'll have to fab boxes to sit in the chassis also.

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Front Engine Dragsters / Spiral Morse Cables ?
« on: November 13, 2016, 09:00:13 AM »
Where can I get these to length ?

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Spud Miller's Cave / Hilborn stack idle problems
« on: July 18, 2016, 12:35:12 PM »
Running a Holborn stack set up on a 420 SBC. With the butterfly's closed to .002 thou and bv set to 20% it idles at 2500rpm in neutral and 1800 to 2000 in gear, any richer on the bv and its noticeably rich and milking oil. Timing is at 32 degrees all in. How can we get this thing to idle lower, it's pretty undefinable at low speed and getting through a lot of fuel. Can the holes in the throttle bodies above the butterfly's be tuned with bleeds to bring the idle down ?

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Front Engine Dragsters / Steering box grease or oil ?
« on: July 13, 2016, 12:49:45 AM »
Opinions please ?
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Matt Shaff's Engine Shop / Torque to turn over newly built SBC
« on: July 04, 2016, 05:56:18 AM »
What kind of torque should it take to turn over a newly built SBC with a stoked crank, solid roller cam and rev kit installed ? I'm talking with plugs out but valvetrain installed

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Front Engine Dragsters / AN / NAS Bolts
« on: June 20, 2016, 06:00:13 AM »
Can anybody tell me the difference between AN and NAS bolts ?

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Front Engine Dragsters / Brake lines ?
« on: January 27, 2016, 11:34:27 AM »
Master cylinder under axle, very short runs to calipers and thinking I'll just go with -3 flexi lines ?, would use a hardline over longer distance but I'm thinking this will be OK ? anyone else running just flexi lines

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Front Engine Dragsters / Harness
« on: January 04, 2016, 08:37:27 AM »
In the market for a new harness, Summit lists "pull up" ones as being applicable for dragsters,  does this apply to both lap and shoulder belts or lap only ?

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Dan Dishon's Transmission Den / Summit Poweglide Case
« on: January 04, 2016, 08:35:07 AM »
I see Summit are doing an own brand Powerglide cases.  It seems well priced for an SFI one piece case.   I'm guessing the Summit one is another OEM casting re-branded ?.  anybody got any experience with them ?

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Roo Man's Room / Switch Panels ?
« on: January 02, 2016, 04:09:35 PM »
Need some inspiration for locating a switch panel.  I have no dash within reach, no space around axle, where do you guys have your ignition / starter switch ?

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Front Engine Dragsters / -15 firesuits
« on: January 02, 2016, 11:03:21 AM »
Nearly time to buy my new firesuit, so whose making nice suits these days ? I've had two RJS suits and they were horrible, thick and badly fitting.  Any recommendations for a lightweight affordable suit ?

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Front Engine Dragsters / 9in pinion bolt centers
« on: September 07, 2015, 05:24:32 AM »
Hi guys, anybody have a drawing or dimension of the bolt hole centres for a 9in pinion support. thanks Phil

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Front Engine Dragsters / Warm Up stands ?
« on: April 10, 2015, 02:38:07 PM »
So what are you guys using ?

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