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Altereds / Re: AA/FA's at the March Meet

« on: August 14, 2014, 06:11:26 PM »

That's great news.  I've heard there are guys reconfiguring their current cars to fit into the " nostalgia " part of nostalgia fuel altered. 

I really hope to see a true class grow out of what the Bakersfield guys have started. 

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Your Builds / Photo Gallery / Re: Floyd Family Racing

« on: August 14, 2014, 07:24:39 AM »

Great looking cars.  I like that you guys are running injected De Soto's. 

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Front Engine Dragsters / Re: Looking for my old FED?

« on: August 09, 2014, 08:06:32 AM »

Neat looking car.

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Front Engine Dragsters / Re: First Pass in my Worm Car

« on: August 08, 2014, 10:35:36 AM »

Very cool.  Hard work pays off.

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Altereds / Re: AA/FA's at the March Meet

« on: August 08, 2014, 07:28:44 AM »

The only down side was the alcohol cars running in a class called "Nostalgia Fuel Altered."

I'm betting there will be close to 20 cars at the 2015 March Meet for an 8 car field.   

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Roo Man's Room / Re: 6061-T651

« on: August 06, 2014, 07:11:25 PM »

To get to the -T6 temper, the 6061 is heated to about 990F, then quenched in water, then aged at about 350F for around 8 hours. That changes the typical yield strength from 8 ksi to about 40 ksi- fairly substantial.

But that quenching in water puts residual stresses in the aluminum, since there is a surface-to-center cooling gradient. The -T651 designation means the mill took that extrusion and gave it a 1% to 3% stretching, or permanent set, to get rid of some of those residual stresses.

Now there's a guy who knows his metal.

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Drag Racing / Re: Fellow FED member's son is down.

« on: July 29, 2014, 08:37:45 AM »

Nice to see he's up and moving. 

Here's to a speedy recovery. 

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Altereds / Re: What did you do on your Altered TODAY?

« on: July 21, 2014, 10:12:58 PM »

It keeps me out of the bars and I don't play fantasy football.

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Altereds / Re: What did you do on your Altered TODAY?

« on: July 21, 2014, 03:51:52 PM »

I picked up a side project a couple of weeks ago.

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Drag Racing / Re: Scary stuff

« on: July 12, 2014, 09:44:04 PM »

I hope the driver and the High Heaven car are ok.

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Altereds / Re: new NHRA altered wing mount rule

« on: July 10, 2014, 07:23:06 AM »

You'll have to wait for the great and all knowing to walk down from the mountain top with the new rules. 

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Altereds / Re: What did you do on your Altered TODAY?

« on: July 01, 2014, 04:43:08 PM »

More progress

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Altereds / Re: 1980-1990 Fuel Altereds and Transformers

« on: June 28, 2014, 07:12:02 AM »

You right it dose look like it he's updating the site.  It's been the go to site for AA Fuel Altered history for sometime now.  I've sent him photos and he's assured me he'll get them up on the site.

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Front Engine Dragsters / Dragster ID help

« on: June 27, 2014, 09:09:52 PM »

These guys need help ID'ing a FED in Riverside,CA

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Altereds / 1980-1990 Fuel Altereds and Transformers

« on: June 27, 2014, 12:45:59 PM »

The guy who runs http://www.aa-fuelaltered.com/ is looking for photos of 1980-1990 Fuel Altereds and "Transformer" cars.

http://www.aa-fuelaltered.com/

On the bottom of the page you will find his email address.

Thanks