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Spud Miller's Cave / Re: lost my tune up

« on: March 14, 2015, 08:38:31 AM »

Thanks for all the help.Because  I could not answer some of the questions due to lack of info/knowledge,I have sent the mag and fuel system to Spud for testing and service to insure the mag is100% and give me a good base tune and info to help me get back on track.This is my first bln/inj motor and I realize its an ongoing education ,but I wouldn't be able to get down the track without the help and support of like- minded racers with much more experience than I have who don't mind helping the new guy.THANK YOU , Coffehound

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Spud Miller's Cave / Re: lost my tune up

« on: March 05, 2015, 09:30:39 PM »

thanks for your input chuck.Bearings are mint,plugs are good.Ithink you are right about it going way fat.mph  was down as well.I don/t think its a mechanical issue as everything is fresh and I was surprised how quick Jim got me back in the ball park.I/m using a gasket between the blower and manifold.should I be using an o-ring setup instead?the fuel system was set up as simple as possible w/ no high speed bypass and I/m returning the fuel to the inlet side of the pump instead of the tank.Any suggestion for best barrel valve setting, or where to go from the 170 pill?Thanks again.

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Spud Miller's Cave / Re: lost my tune up

« on: March 04, 2015, 04:59:28 PM »

chuck with a w?

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Spud Miller's Cave / Re: lost my tune up

« on: March 04, 2015, 04:33:25 PM »

Its been several years(didn't race for a while)soI/m not  sure what the original pill was.This was my first bln/inj motor and I was learning as Iwent.I started w/overdriving the blower a bit and fattening it up at the same time.I was only running 28 to 30degrees timing.Every thing went south from there.I also think I may have been way off (to fat?) on the barrel valve from what it had set at originaly.At the time it was acase of just enough knowledge to be dangerous.Another lesson learned

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Spud Miller's Cave / Re: lost my tune up

« on: March 04, 2015, 12:00:36 PM »

I wish I could.The motor was given to me w/out this info and I was so happy initialy with the 7.50 out of the box that Ididn/t pursue it.Then I ventured past my Knowledge and experience and lost it

what happened to FEDA., Front Engine Dragsters of America. I was a member since 1990 and N.E. rep. Then life happened and I lost touch in the last 10 years. Aren/t you familiar with them? they were the first FED club that I know of and sponsored the first "Sling Shot Nats" at Cordoba in the late90/s. Jim Post was the founder and raced a 60/s Woody Gilmore rail w/ a sb chevy on nitro. He was a passioned  fed owner and driver  and one of the first to promote feds, long before the current nostalgia movement. FEDA was formed in 1998 by Jim. I find it hard to believe that FEDA is no more. Any info on them? By the way, my first and prior car was a 1967 165" Woody Gilmore, SB chevy w/enderle stack inj on alcohol. Thanks for listening to me babble, Ralph

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Spud Miller's Cave / lost my tune up

« on: March 04, 2015, 10:52:41 AM »

I have a 482bb.chevy,DartBigM,Pro1-345 w/871andEnderle bird.This motor ran 7.50 right out of the box, off idle.Blower set at 1to1.It would run 7.50-7.60 all day on this safe fat tune until I got cocky and decided to turn up the wick,got completely lost and ended up in the low 8s.Jim Blake ("Cape Codder") gave me some  track side help,and in 2 pill changes got me to 7.75. Pill now 170.Plugs are white and oil is clean.Is this too lean?How much total timing should I use?We built this motor to run 7.50-760 index with out having to kill it,so I/m trying to get the most out of it w/ 1to1 I/m sure there is a lot more in this motor but I/d be real happy to get back to 7.50 consistently! Any sugestions?gddyxp