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Paul New
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Posts: 743
Your Best Time: 6.47 @ 214 MPH SBC
Your Engine: 387" SBC
Your Track: Woodburn Dragstrip
Your Vehicle: 2005 FED
New front half
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October 01, 2015, 05:42:41 AM »
Going to be cutting the front half off of the car soon as after last weekend it is a little bent up. I know I will be needing to have a custom front axle bent as my old front axle was a narrowed MW that I made into a 2-piece and I want a one piece axle. The axle is not the reason the crash happened but I didn't like the way it performed it flexed at the spice point. Just looking for ideas on uprights and diagonal supports to keep the frame from flexing.
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dreracecar
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Re: New front half
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October 01, 2015, 08:47:45 AM »
no problem
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Paul New
Hero Member
Posts: 743
Your Best Time: 6.47 @ 214 MPH SBC
Your Engine: 387" SBC
Your Track: Woodburn Dragstrip
Your Vehicle: 2005 FED
Re: New front half
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October 01, 2015, 01:13:59 PM »
I was planning on getting ahold of you Bruce
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Paul New
Hero Member
Posts: 743
Your Best Time: 6.47 @ 214 MPH SBC
Your Engine: 387" SBC
Your Track: Woodburn Dragstrip
Your Vehicle: 2005 FED
Re: New front half
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October 02, 2015, 08:30:39 PM »
I went for a drive today to Boise and was able to check out a really nice car
I was told Roo built this one
Here is a Parks car that has the diagonal going the opposite direction that looks like a slip joint? I saw this one at our June race
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rooman
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Posts: 559
Your Best Time: 6.200/222.05 (1/4 mile--NT/F)
Re: New front half
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October 03, 2015, 05:39:46 AM »
Paul,
yep, Kenny's is one of mine. Originally built for Jimmy Gravitt out of Illinois some time ago. My newer cars have the rails sleeved at the uprights and generally the motor is a little further out.
The N & P car is also a little older as it is their earlier high seat design.
Roo
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Yeah, I am from the south--any further south and I would have been a bloody penguin.
Paul New
Hero Member
Posts: 743
Your Best Time: 6.47 @ 214 MPH SBC
Your Engine: 387" SBC
Your Track: Woodburn Dragstrip
Your Vehicle: 2005 FED
Re: New front half
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October 03, 2015, 01:17:30 PM »
I do like the clean look of your chassis very sanitary! I am going to start cutting my front half off soon, going to maintain my 200" WB and engine position out 42"
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Paul New
Hero Member
Posts: 743
Your Best Time: 6.47 @ 214 MPH SBC
Your Engine: 387" SBC
Your Track: Woodburn Dragstrip
Your Vehicle: 2005 FED
Re: New front half
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November 06, 2015, 05:00:35 PM »
Finally started the project today gutted it and cut it in half
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Paul New
Hero Member
Posts: 743
Your Best Time: 6.47 @ 214 MPH SBC
Your Engine: 387" SBC
Your Track: Woodburn Dragstrip
Your Vehicle: 2005 FED
Re: New front half
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November 27, 2015, 06:16:52 PM »
Finally worked on it again today decided to cut out the rear end upright and move some things around a little since I am this far what the heck
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Paul New
Hero Member
Posts: 743
Your Best Time: 6.47 @ 214 MPH SBC
Your Engine: 387" SBC
Your Track: Woodburn Dragstrip
Your Vehicle: 2005 FED
Re: New front half
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December 13, 2015, 04:21:10 PM »
Did a little work this weekend with my dad and brother
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Paul New
Hero Member
Posts: 743
Your Best Time: 6.47 @ 214 MPH SBC
Your Engine: 387" SBC
Your Track: Woodburn Dragstrip
Your Vehicle: 2005 FED
Re: New front half
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December 13, 2015, 04:22:25 PM »
A couple more
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LZ
Full Member
Posts: 210
Your Engine: In progress
Your Track: Empire Dragway
Your Vehicle: 2010 225" S&W
Re: New front half
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December 13, 2015, 07:10:07 PM »
Very nice Paul. Your Christmas present.
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ricardo1967
Hero Member
Posts: 570
Your Best Time: No full pass yet.
Your Engine: Alky SBC 400
Your Track: Brown County Dragway (Bean Blossom, IN)
Your Vehicle: 173" FED
Re: New front half
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December 13, 2015, 07:23:09 PM »
Quote from: Paul New on December 13, 2015, 04:21:10 PM
Did a little work this weekend with my dad and brother
That's high quality time for me!
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hemidakota
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Posts: 210
Your Best Time: 7.69 @ 173.5mph
Your Engine: 510 B1MC Wedge
Your Track: sacramento raceway
Your Vehicle: 02 200" fed
General Location: west coast
Re: New front half
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December 13, 2015, 09:07:52 PM »
There needs to be a thumbs up...Nice
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If it jams force it, if it breaks it needed replaced anyways
Paul New
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Posts: 743
Your Best Time: 6.47 @ 214 MPH SBC
Your Engine: 387" SBC
Your Track: Woodburn Dragstrip
Your Vehicle: 2005 FED
Re: New front half
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December 14, 2015, 05:49:29 AM »
Thank you! We do 98% of our race work as a family when we go to the track its 100% family time dad, mom, brother, wife, and kids.
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JeffV8
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Your Track: Quaker city
Your Vehicle: 164" Woody Gilmore Flexie
Re: New front half
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December 14, 2015, 08:17:02 AM »
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