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Drag Racing / Bracket Race Inventer Dies
« on: March 24, 2024, 12:40:59 PM »
Bill Wilcom the guy how invented bracket racing at 75-80 Drag-A-Way in 60's has passed.Started with 12 classes.Dropped to4 classes by earley  70's.I worked for Bill his last year,told me he missed 3 race dates in 45 years.I hope his wife is doing well [ran food stand].My prayers are with his family.

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Matt Shaff's Engine Shop / how to seal header gaskets
« on: October 29, 2023, 08:40:08 AM »
Stahl pattern zoomie headers,milled flat.What is the best way to seal gasket.What is your gasket choice? INjected on alcohol.

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Spud Miller's Cave / ram tube length for more power
« on: June 19, 2023, 09:40:35 AM »
Would matching intake length add more power.I see different length tubes on some dragsters Have crower on a sbc[alcohol].I know length effects toque curve.Any advice would be appreciated.

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Front Engine Dragsters / sbc spark plugs
« on: December 10, 2022, 06:03:21 AM »
Have sbc in FED,plug #8 and #7 hit top frame rail. Need to lift motor to remove! Have put in accel plugs,still about two threads from coming out.Is there any shorter plugs? Any help would be appreciated.

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Spud Miller's Cave / new nozzle?
« on: September 05, 2022, 08:30:39 AM »
Have sbc with crower stack injection.I run alcohol fuel.I have had "O" pump checked and is ok. Using .026 nozzle with .054 pill and ran great.Have made changes and now .048 pill is lean [V-P up=faster].Is it time to increase nozzle size,or just change pill  Went 5.62,119.71 vp529 Next rd.went 5.60,119.74  vp546. need help on what to do. Thanks!

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Matt Shaff's Engine Shop / intake gasket sealing
« on: October 11, 2020, 01:46:00 PM »
Getting ready to reinstall intake gasket on my sbc. Used permatex form a gasket on a fel-pro 1206 gasket,started to leak after first pass.Found form a gasket should not be used with alcohol!! What should I use? It may be intake and heads are not parallel,will check this week.If not parallel,what should I do?End rails get sealed with ultra gray.Thanks for any help.P.S. this a crower intake [old but flat].

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Jon's Wheel House / tire sudder
« on: September 26, 2020, 07:39:21 AM »
Iam running hoosier 32x12-15 do5 without tubes.I get tire shake when track prep is not so good,even on trans shift.Have not played with presser yet.Would putting tubes back in help? This tire has worked just fine with cold or hot track for last two sets of tires.This is first year without tubes.Maybe Tubes were covering for wrong tire,or should I play with air setting more.My FED will 1.22 60ft and run 5 60s.

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Wanted to sell / dedenbare parts
« on: January 26, 2020, 06:00:49 AM »
Have used RTD-7 delay box,and aRPM2 rpm switch for sale.They work just fine.$125.00 for box,$100.00 for rpm switch.Send E-mail to spookie1920@outlook.com

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Jon's Wheel House / time for new slicks
« on: December 30, 2019, 04:01:16 PM »
My FED runs 5.60s with 1.20 60ft times in 1/8mi.Have been using Hoosier 32/12-15 DO5,with tubes. Should I loose the tubes and is there a better tire for my 12in rims The Hoosiers have worked good with 6 to 6.5 psi,over 375 runs

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Matt Shaff's Engine Shop / fresh engine test
« on: December 25, 2019, 05:42:02 AM »
Put together sbc with new solid lifter cam.Would it be safe to test run for a short time without water? How long would be safe? Have VR-1 race oil.

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Matt Shaff's Engine Shop / Dual-Idler gear drives
« on: November 03, 2019, 05:24:39 AM »
Has any one ever used this setup on a sbc.How good did it work,and for how long.I have never used one and just would like some histroy

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Matt Shaff's Engine Shop / steam holes
« on: September 02, 2019, 01:04:58 AM »
With a chevy 400 block,and aftermarket heads. What happens if you don't drill steam holes in new heads?

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Jon's Wheel House / slow leak
« on: March 19, 2019, 05:24:59 AM »
My weld front wheel has a slow leak at bead.Have resealed three times. When air drops to 25psi,starts leaking again!! Would fix-a flat stop this?The air will drop due to cold temps,then the leak at the bead restarts.Only one tire does this.Can't see a thing wrong with tire or rim.

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Dan Dishon's Transmission Den / trans shield replacement
« on: February 03, 2019, 07:01:00 AM »
replacing trans shield,do you have to install lower strap? Have a heavy duty after market deep pan. The pan is thicker than lower strap!

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Matt Shaff's Engine Shop / sbc rocker?
« on: January 06, 2019, 06:09:14 AM »
I have been told if my sbc N/A on alcohol runs faster with headers verse zoomies I should switch to 1.6 rockers on exhaust valve.My fed did pickup .03 to .05 with headers. This is same day testing,a-b-a.Would 1.6 rockers help or have I met someone just with rockers to sell? I bracket race and will not remove the zoomies!!!!

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