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Jon's Wheel House / Ball bearings?
« on: August 09, 2017, 07:55:45 AM »
I have a set of spoked wheels I wanted to put on the car to replace the aluminum ones on it.  I see they have ball bearings, but my current ones use tapered rollers.  Is there any concerns on using ball bearings instead of tapered?  They seem delicate, but it is FED, so maybe its OK for the loads it'll see.

It would be nice to get rid of the tapered rollers, as they leak grease out of the caps and make a mess, but I don't want to find out the hard way that ball bearing are not the way to go.

Thanks!
Tony

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Front Engine Dragsters / Chute cable mount
« on: May 15, 2017, 05:13:48 PM »
Was planning on replacing the cable on my fed's chute and doing something nicer than wire ties to fix the chute end of the cable. Thought about a bracket on the shoulder hoop. But every idea i come up with doesn't quite seem right or is too convoluted. Any suggestions?

Thanks!
Tony

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Spud Miller's Cave / Nozzle body hole
« on: April 17, 2016, 07:22:18 PM »
Hi Guys:

I was replacing some injector nozzles that split, and i noticed that the old ones have a small hole on one of the flats, and the new ones don't.  What's the hole for, and do i need it?

Thx!

Tony

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It’s been a while since I posted last, so I thought I would give an update on my progress since last time.  Since buying the car 2 years ago now, I have now made a total of 20 or so passes in it, most of them this year.  The fastest thing I drove before was a 10.0 second door car, so moving up to a 7 second car took me some time.  Last year, high gear only runs netted 8 teens.

After last year, I decided to add a longer wheelie bar to the car (old one was maybe two feet long) and to connect the electric shifter to the rpm activated switch on the ignition box.

This year I spent a lot of time figuring out how to keep dirt and junk out of my nozzles.  The tank, when made originally, had holes drilled for the fittings, which were then welded on.  The holes weren’t deburred so well and the aluminum shards broke off little by little, and found their way to the nozzles.

I met up earlier in the year with a guy who runs a local club of nostalgia racers, and he invited me to join them for a Labor Day race at Union Grove, so the pressure was on to get my stuff sorted out. The Saturday race was my first time out with everything in order (fuel tank clean, bypass jet close to correct).  This was also the first time with someone in the other lane.  The first run was 7.78, using low gear, leaving off idle.  The car really doesn’t like the leaving off idle stuff, but I was still getting used to the low gear launches.  All weekend the car was in the high 7’s, got a lot of compliments and met some really neat people.  It was around 90 deg all weekend with really high humidity, but other than sweating a lot it was a great experience.

The winter projects include a new fuel tank, better jack and jack stands to use at the track, and a starter that allow me to put the diaper on so that it doesn’t drag on the ground so much.  Next year I’ll be using the transbrake, and playing around with the high speed lean out that I have not used so far.

Driving the dragster is the most fun I’ve had.  Ever.  I really wished I’d done it years ago, but never trusted my driving abilities, never had enough money, blah blah blah.  The dragster is a dream to drive, goes straight and is easy to handle when you lose traction.  And it was less expensive to get into this one than it was to build the door car I have.

Tony

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Drag Racing / Reunion race
« on: June 18, 2015, 05:49:32 PM »
Headed to the reunion race in Kentucky to watch.  Any members racing? Would be great to see some of you guys in person!

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Spud Miller's Cave / Enderle barrel valve adjustment question
« on: August 07, 2014, 09:13:19 AM »
First time working on mechanical FI and I am trying to get rid of an off idle stumble by richening up the idle mixture.  I had the leakdown set at 28% and figured out that one flat on the adjuster is worth about 2-3% at this point on the barrel valve.  What amounts to a sizeable change in leakdown?  I don't want to go too far, but don't want to make too small of a change.  It's not popping or breaking up at the hit of the throttle and with no load on the motor you really don't notice much of a stumble.

Thanks!

Tony

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Front Engine Dragsters / Helpful advice for first timer?
« on: August 05, 2014, 03:47:01 PM »
Planning to get my fed out for the first time tomorrow for some very easy passes to get used to the car. Hope to get my license later this summer. Any helpful advice? 

The car i bought ran 7's and the fastest ive gone is high 9's so i am going to tread softly at first. Looking past the bug catcher (see pic in avatar) will be a challenge for me and I ran in to fogging glasses (blind as a bat without them though). The car has a big block mopar on alky, powerglide.

Thanks!
Tony

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