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Spud Miller's Cave / Re: Not seeing any gains !

« on: October 31, 2019, 10:51:32 AM »

Thinking over the ignition part of it going to test my box ! Going to change converter for sure and send the fuel system out to be tested ! My season is over here in the north east so I will just have to wait till spring to test again ! Took the heads off last night and the cylinder walls look great ! 

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Spud Miller's Cave / Re: Not seeing any gains !

« on: October 29, 2019, 02:36:55 PM »

I did try more timing went from 34 to 36 and showed nothing yet the plugs look like it could use more !

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Spud Miller's Cave / Re: Not seeing any gains !

« on: October 29, 2019, 12:44:02 PM »

Such a low percentage is only going to give you stink and very little gain

Bruce The car did pick up the year before when we first tried the nitro at 13 percent but that was at the higher compression ! With the 13 percent it went from 4.60 eighth and high 7.20's at 181 to 4.51 eighth 7.11 at 186 ! Right now with the 25 percent it will still run 4.51 to the eighth but just seems to fall off after and only run at best 181 ! I have been wondering if my ignition might not be putting out enough ! would a 25 percent mix be harder to light ? My MSD 7AL3 box is getting old 12 years and if I have to buy a new box I think I might just go ahead and buy a Mag ! Plug wires are also 12 years old so I think it is time for some new ones I guess I got my money's worth out of them !Going to send my fuel system to Spud and have it flowed ! Any other ideas Guy's !   

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Spud Miller's Cave / Re: Not seeing any gains !

« on: October 29, 2019, 02:31:28 AM »

Over the winter I did drop the compression from 14.5 to 12 to 1 and I also went to a 14 lbs oil ring from 11 lbs and a tool steel top ring from a gapless ! Jetting from a 88 jet on alky to an 84 with the 25 percent !

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Spud Miller's Cave / Not seeing any gains !

« on: October 28, 2019, 01:05:34 PM »

A little disappointed in the performance of my car this year ! After getting my tire problems straightened out I thought I could get my car to run in the six's ! Went from 15 percent to 20 and then 25 and no real gains at all ! Plugs look great and the motor seems happy ! The car runs the same MPH on nitro as it dose on straight alky ! It seems like the motor is falling off at 9400 and it used to pull good to 9700 ! Valve springs are fine ! I still have the same gear and converter that I used on alky and the converter is on the loose side it stalls at 8200 ! Wondering if a tighter converter would help! Just kind of lost and looking for some advice !

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Jon's Wheel House / Re: New Dragster Tires

« on: October 13, 2019, 09:29:59 AM »

I would also say that you have too big of a tire on that car ! The Hoosier 12x33 is a good tire and the M+H 12x33 is also a very good tire !

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Spud Miller's Cave / Torque vs stall speed

« on: September 26, 2019, 03:02:01 PM »

Thinking about a converter change ! The converter I am running right now is very loose 8200 stall on alky and it was ok when we were running 10 percent ! Using Spuds torque chart at 10 percent the motor picks up about 36 ft lbs but at 25 percent that we are going to run it picks up 94 ft lbs ! I have my nitrous converter that stalls at 6800 and I am thinking if I would be better off with the tighter converter !

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Rear Engine Dragsters / Re: First Win

« on: September 26, 2019, 02:44:48 PM »

Congratulations !

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Spud Miller's Cave / Re: nitro % and motor cleansing

« on: September 25, 2019, 01:50:23 PM »

Chris I have not been blowing mine out at 20 percent but I do pull all the plugs and turn it over with the fuel shut off pulled !

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Jon's Wheel House / Re: M+h Tires

« on: August 29, 2019, 04:10:22 AM »

Gordon I am using a 15 X 11.5 RIM !

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Jon's Wheel House / Re: M+h Tires

« on: August 13, 2019, 12:21:39 PM »

Yes Greg 15 inch

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Jon's Wheel House / M+h Tires

« on: August 13, 2019, 03:01:45 AM »

Tried the M+H 12X33 tire on my car last weekend and I am happy to report that it is a great tire ! My 60 ft's were all 1.04 to 1.05 and ET'S between 7.19 to 7.22 ! very pleased with them !

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Rear Engine Dragsters / Re: Front suspension

« on: July 12, 2019, 02:48:24 PM »

I think its the way to go. Solid rear, less movement. Front suspension lets car run free (move around) and eat up the bumps and smooths shut down area ride.
Front motor guy here, but found me a lil 144" chrome moly r-e-d with 4 wheel disc brakes 9" rear. Solid front & back, Im going to put Rampy's altered style strut front set-up (seems to work for him) with 25" tall front tires for bottom bulb racing. Set the front up so if I want to super comp race, put the lil air plane fronts on. My feet are 40" from the front of the nose, so should make the boring ride a lil more interesting. Maybe ready for next Thanksgivings bracket races to race along with my daughters f-e-d.

Their giving away solid rear cars and front suspension is a easy fix. There is a guy here in Div 1 that still uses those small air plane tires on his super comp car ! It's an older car with only a top end throttle stop ! He runs 8.90's at like 128 MPH and the guy's with the big MPH cars have a tough time beating him ! He has won a lot of races with that old car including a national event !

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Rear Engine Dragsters / Re: Front suspension

« on: July 12, 2019, 02:39:29 PM »

The key here is to have your wheelie bar set at the right height ! You want the car to plant the tire at the hit and your bar should hit at the same time ! If you chalk your bar it is easy to see when it hits !

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Events / Re: New England Nationals Epping

« on: July 08, 2019, 02:14:07 PM »

Sorry I didn't get over to see you guys I was just so busy pairing cars and with all the heat every time I would get a break I would go sit down !