Just for fun little guy FED combos

[retroboy]

Howdy
I'm putting a just for fun combo together to go racing on a couple of 1/8 mile tracks. I see guys here talking about 10,000 RPM small blocks using 7,000 RPM converters. Now that's way out of reach for a lot of us so lets talk about our home built low buck just for fun combo's.
I have a 150" chassis, 31x12 MT tyres, 4.3 gears, 904 TF trans with an 8" converter - no trans brake so about 3000 is about where I can hold it with my hand brake. Engine wise a 360 Chrysler with an old Racer Brown ST 21 cam, mechanical injection and a Vertex wil be getting the show on the road.  That's it no electronic driver stuff, no data loggers, no radiator, 4 feet of wire and nothing much else. I haven't run this down a track yet - waiting on some body work. I'm hoping for high 5's on the eighth. What are you little guys building and  racing?
Cheers
Tony

[spookie]

I run a 200 inch f.e.d. 406 sbc pg 4:57 ford 9 inch. Crower stack injection on alcohol. Shift at 6100 with 5200 stall. run 5.60s 1/8  8.90s 1/4. delay box but always bottom bulb at 4800rpm.No cross talk.

[voxnut]

Here's mine- 135" wheelbase, 327 Chevy, forged crank, pink rods, 11:1 pistons, 305 heads with port and bowl work done, Schneider 299F cam, 1966 2 1/16" Hilborn injectors, 150 pump, shorty powerglide, no trans brake, Chrysler 8 3/4 with 3.73 gears on a spool, Willwood brakes. Not done yet, but hope to run mid 9's in the 1/4 mile. Chassis is certed to 7.50, but I don't see me ever getting close to that. I hope to have it track ready by the end of next year.

[janjon]

5.7, 124 1/8th, 350, pg, 8-3/4 4.30,just for fun

[masracingtd1167]

The great thing about drag racing is that we have so many options for classes we race in . You don't have to put a big buck combination to race . I think that we all share a common bond in our love for front engine cars and I respect everyones opinion . I enjoy hearing about all of the builds on this forum The 2 most important things to me are to be safe and keep the fun factor high ! Bill

[ricardo1967]

The great thing about drag racing is that we have so many options for classes we race in . You don't have to put a big buck combination to race . I think that we all share a common bond in our love for front engine cars and I respect everyones opinion . I enjoy hearing about all of the builds on this forum The 2 most important things to me are to be safe and keep the fun factor high ! Bill

^^^ what Bill said!

[BK]

The great thing about drag racing is that we have so many options for classes we race in . You don't have to put a big buck combination to race . I think that we all share a common bond in our love for front engine cars and I respect everyones opinion . I enjoy hearing about all of the builds on this forum The 2 most important things to me are to be safe and keep the fun factor high ! Bill

^^^ what Bill said!

What Bill and Ricardo said!

[dusterdave173]

Voxnut your car is a Beauty!! Is that a King Chassis?

[dusterdave173]

Here is my 200 in Cenpen new build--6 passes so far
 Glide , 4.22 gear, 33 inch MT's flea market 8 inch converter had 6000  stall on the box--- 350, domes, small roller , Hilborn on alky-- has run several 5.60's 122 MPH  no quarter mile runs yet
The most fun I have ever had!!!!!!!!!! Looking forward to next season

[mfp-66]

here's mine. built just to have fun
150"
stock 472 Cadillac
3200 convertor
Pg with trans brake
9" rear with 2.73 gears
33/10.5w/15 MTs


still doing setup runs so no real times yet

[GlennLever]

It is easy to forget that these are supposed to be FUN.

That is what I built mine for.

Good luck and be safe.

[dusterdave173]

Right Glenn!
Love the body on that Caddy!!!

[masracingtd1167]

You got me thinking about low buck combo's . When my son BJ fist started drag racing he bought an old RED from a friend of ours really cheap . It needed a lot of work and we did it in my garage over the winter . A friend of ours gave us a short block 327 block .030 over small journal 283 crank and small journal rods ! I had an old set of 461 heads that we did a valve job on . a roller cam from a stock car and some swap meet rockers ,intake and carb a 750 . I found a used shorty kit and brake and a well used Fairbanks converter that my buddy Lenny from Ultimate Converters fixed up . I don't think there was 1 new part on that car . Bj raced that car for 2 seasons and had a blast with it ! WE would go to the big buck bracket races at Atco and go a lot of rounds with it ! The car was deadly consistent and more than once we got down to 5 cars in a 10,000 dollar race ! It wasn't the fastest It ran 9 1s at around 145 but it sure was fun 

[ricci32]

This is a fun user friendly FED I picked up from a friend and did a rehab on 355 small block scat rotating assembly pro comp aluminium heads hydraulic roller on gas turbo 350 built 4500 stall foot brake manual shift prior owner ran 112 in the 8th. cant wait till spring.

[wideopen231]

Have thought about building one of my old small blocks up and having some fun. Have cpl 327's,3-283 and 4 350's that are taking up room. Would be fun to just build one up do some head work on factory heads and put in decent liittle cam and go run the crap out of it. Biggest cost would be machine work and some 15x10 wheels with slicks. Man you guys are bad influance.
 Something about those old smallblocks that just fun.
  Might just have to give it a try after I get car running and tuned out with Hemi.  Have a fast motor and a lets just play and if it brakes so what motor