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

« on: October 30, 2013, 04:49:50 PM »

yea have problem thinking to fast or typing to slow take your pick,besdies Im a dog person cutting a cat could happen.


I have split personality.

Hate cats.

Love _______.


Well Glen might not like me feeling in the bank part.

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Your Builds / Photo Gallery / Re: my build 225" fed

« on: October 30, 2013, 02:33:22 PM »

Yea setting car up for two chutes.Figure with brackets if being rushed I can drop one and still have one.Future ideas would require two anyway  and one ____.____._____.____  chute body is enough for while.Think Bourbon cost is gaining on aluminum cost and may be getting ahead. As can see stil got to get rear cage part that suits me. Hey we are not all Rooman,my hats off to him if I can get it out of ceiling from blowing off few hundred times. Actually the learning curve maybe steep but its flattening out all the time. If it was simple I wouldn't want to build it.

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Your Builds / Photo Gallery / Re: my build 225" fed

« on: October 30, 2013, 02:27:40 PM »

Few pics of work done and still to be done.

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

« on: October 30, 2013, 11:53:22 AM »

you funny Bill. I cut the  part 3 times and still not what i want.Heck its just aluminum and only cost 70 bucks a sheet with 80 mile drive or 125 with 20 mile drive.

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Roo Man's Room / shaping lexan

« on: October 29, 2013, 09:59:12 PM »

Looking for best way to shape lexan.  making windscreen for new car and going for something real clost to modern fuel car windshield.Stretched out and layed way back. Going to need to shape corners to almost 90* radius maybe 80 or so.Cowl can be shaped to match.Have already doen it once but going to have to remove lots of material so thats not big deal.

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

« on: October 29, 2013, 09:08:53 PM »

Thought I had the cowl ready for wind screen.Nope change mind and need to open up more towards front.Aiming for modern top fuel look kind of like Shawn Langdon and few others. Real layed back and stretched way out.

  Good part is it means removing more material ,always easier then filling back in. Guess this is bad part to drugout build.Too much time to rethink. Also redoing dash. Going to 3 side kind of like jet cockpit.

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Roo Man's Room / Re: looking for a "once over" on the chassis

« on: October 26, 2013, 12:38:27 PM »

Glen,thats a good idea,thw cable/wire chases. I think I will put a few in the upright. As far as the bar below the forward cage loop,is that bar required for a 7.50 and slower car?
  Thanks guys,
                   Roger

Roo Man's design

Not sure Roo Man takes the credit for the creation, I'm just crediting the person that introduced me to the idea.


 I think it goes back a long ways and not sure who did it first.Now if Rooman wants credit for something that old who am I to argue.

Our first funnycar built in early 80's had them and Im pretty sure Winston Cherry was not first either.

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Front Engine Dragsters / Re: Hi from a British newbie.

« on: October 25, 2013, 07:00:09 AM »

Guessing with it being FED even British had to get steering wheel in correct place.   Welcome aboard.

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Wanted to sell / BBC 4.285 13.5:1 pistons

« on: October 23, 2013, 03:44:22 PM »

 I have used set of Arias piston for .035 over 454 chevy.Including rings and floating pins 450.00 also have 7/16 rods shot peened for 100 extra one had spun bearing.

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Roo Man's Room / Re: Transmission Tunnel

« on: October 23, 2013, 01:15:33 PM »

How does transmission tunnel have effect on fire comeing in past windshield? Firesuit is just that FIRE suit it will not stop steel drive shaft or transmission granading. Beiieve me as the HATER of heat(above 60*) I hate my suit when its hot out but love it when the heat turns to flames.

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

« on: October 22, 2013, 06:14:34 PM »

Got few things done today. Well one finished,love that word.What I call the bread box,adapter for injection to the tunnel ram.Finished cpl welds on tunnel ram and made top plate and got the bread box welded up.Then frilled and tapped it for bolts to hold injector.

  Got Oil pan cutout and bent up.Made the pan rail and got pan tacked to it in few places,little more than tacked in others.Man its hard to stop a weld run its running good especailly aluminum.

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Wanted to sell / TFX-92

« on: October 21, 2013, 06:30:14 AM »

I have cpl engines left from our funnycar and going to sale some parts to buy different stuff.I have aTFX-92 4.310 bore that has one run on it.Its in new condition.Needs dingle berry hone at most and cleaning,been sitting around for 15 years. I comes with studs and geardrive asking 4200.00. I have KB oil pump with line that I will let go for 300.00 with the block and a repaired oil pan that I wll throw in for 150.00 it deos not leak just got beaten up little. Other parts also if needed. Crank 4.5 one run also 2400.00,296/500 cam for 300(jegs 500.00),used pistons and cpl sets of rods that are under 15 runs.Have Mag. intake for blower with burst panel for 900.00.

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

« on: October 20, 2013, 05:47:00 PM »

Both guys seem to build top notch cars,both seem to very nice guys and both have been helpful in one way or another with my deal  and i have yet to spend any money with them.Well cpl hundred with parks but in this stuff that and nothing are about the same thing.

 I will say not riding thru Kansas might sway me toward Rooman.I freaking hate Kansas,been thru it 3 times and 4 too many.

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

« on: October 19, 2013, 10:01:22 PM »

did you give Roo man or Neil and Parks a call?

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Gassers / Re: Willys is painted

« on: October 17, 2013, 04:31:29 PM »

Looks awsome . Can never go wrong with blue.As I tell everyone even god likes blue.Sky blue water cover 2/3 earth and for most part is blue.