Newbie from Norway.

[Sidewinder]

Hello guys:)
Great idea with a forum here.
I have an ca. 1965-66 150" chassis with an Kellison chute-pack.
Would like to have some more history on it:)!
The engine is an Ford Flathead, alky blown all new parts and block (French).

Regards
Kjell

[GlennLever]

Welcome

Roo Man may have some history on the Kellison, see below

We have great resources here on Front Engine Dragsters.

We have three gentlemen that have stepped up to host questions in their particular area of expertise.

In the Technical category you will find;

Spuds Miller’s Cave where you can ask questions of and get answers from Spud Miller of Fuel Injection Enterprises (Fuel and Ignition).

Roo Man's Room where you can Ask questions of and get answers from Keith Burgan of Roo Man Motor Sports / Vintage Racing Supply (Steering, Suspension, Chassis, Fabrication, Racing History)

Matt Shaff's Engine Shop where you can ask questions of and get answers from Matt Shaff of Pro-Formance Specialties (Engine)

These are great resources unique to this forum, and free to members of the forum.

[denverflatheader]

Hi Kjell.  Flathead, sound good to me.  What transmission and rear-end?

[Sidewinder]

Manuall shifted C4, Chrysler 8 3/4" with 4.10:1 gears.

[LZ]

Kjell:
Very very nice. 
Question for you.
I am curious as to how many tracks are around you and how often do you get to run.
Cant help but think that you guys have some pretty high costs with relative to fuel and parts.
Ha en flott dag      ( thank s to Google translator)

Luke

[GlennLever]

From the first photo, that looks interesting to pilot down the track (heighth of the blower).

This year will be my first with a blower sitting in front of me.

[denverflatheader]

Thank you for pictures and information.  Your setup would be rare here, must be ultra-rare there.  I like the way you think.

[Sidewinder]

From the first photo, that looks interesting to pilot down the track (heighth of the blower).

This year will be my first with a blower sitting in front of me.

Yea;) It's hard to see, but aim, let go go of the transbrake and hope for the best;)

K

[Sidewinder]

Kjell:
Very very nice. 
Question for you.
I am curious as to how many tracks are around you and how often do you get to run.
Cant help but think that you guys have some pretty high costs with relative to fuel and parts.
Ha en flott dag      ( thank s to Google translator)

Luke

Hello Luke:)

Lots of tracks to choose from, but we need to travel abit to go vintage racing. We have just desided on witch tracks we are gona run this year.
For the most we run at Kjula raceway, 5-6 hour drive:) But it's worth it, we have a great time over there. Last year we managed to get allmost 30 teams for the two classes we run. Each race we spend about $600. the admition is cheap, just $100:) The rest is for fuel and food and beer:)
Some of the guys have run here, two year ago:
www.tierparena.se
I have a track, just 1 hour away, but they are not really interested in vintage racing, and they charge way more, almost $600 just for the admition.

Kjell

[Sidewinder]

Thank you for pictures and information.  Your setup would be rare here, must be ultra-rare there.  I like the way you think.

Most of the other teams make fun of me running a flathead;) But this year we'r gona show them;)
Beside my flathead FED there is one in Finland. I hope he shows up this year for some match-racing:)
PS. I don't run to win any big trophy, just to have fun and see if we can set a european record:)

Kjell

[denverflatheader]

European record?  Flathead.......go for it!!!       

[mfp-66]

What times are you running

[Sidewinder]

Nothing to slap on the table:)! When we ran with the old standard 8BA with merc crank and Isky 433 cam, i finally whent throug the gears rolled over the finish line at 100mph 12.4 sec ET. The new Killer has not been tested fully yet. If I remember correctly the last run I let go off the throttle before the 1/8 mile, rolling over the finish line 80 mph and 12.3 sec ET!! So there should be alot more power this year.

Kjell

[denverflatheader]

I'm sure Henry Ford grinning to see his V8 alive and well,  and grinning even bigger for it to be running in Norway and Finland.  The first V8 and over 80 years old.  Kjell, keep posting updates, I'll keep encouraging you towards that record run.  It takes a bit of effort to make the flathead run, and alot of
smarts to make it run fast.  You chose a tougher path then most. 

I'll share one story with you, I changed the rear slicks on my flathead dragster from the early cragar supertricks to heavier mag wheels and new slicks and tubes.  The new setup added about 20 lbs more rotational weight.  Yep, I was dissapointed when I went 3/10s slower.........     

[Sidewinder]

DF, I know I have choosen the hard way, but what do you do when you have a stubborn crew cheif;)?
After I had bought the dragster, we tore it down, uppgraded the engine with crank-strapps and the blower set-up.
Painted it all yellow, really liked it the way Don Groff had it. We ran it two seasons, finding out that it would be the best to change the street flathead for some more serious engine. Since it had the C4 tranny, I thought it would be "smart" to build a small block Ford 302 cid. I got to buy a complete engine, and some speed goodies like a M/T timing cover. THEN the crew cheif "spoke", no way he would support me if I choose the SBF! Sooo back to the Flathead.
A all new french block was bought and the project got a kickstart.....deside on the spec's... order alot of stuff.....make alot of stuff...after almost two years we finally got back to the tracks last year. But still some issues to solve....!
But now the crewcheif is happy and still with me:)!

Sidewinder