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Finally made a pass

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crider:
After a busy summer of working on the FED, I finally took it down to Farmington dragway for the test and tune tonight. And while things didn't go as well as I had planned, I can say the car hooked god and launched nice and straight. I made a couple of nice easy test runs and all seemed well so I decided it was time to make a real pass. Car ran great on the burnout, backed it up and staged. Left at 4500 off the transbrake it hooked hard 1.18 sixty foot and I'm pretty sure that was clocked by the rear wheels. But about 150' I got massive blow by out of the breathers, so it I shut it off early. I guess I have to tear back into the motor and see what broke. I'm guessing either a head gasket or piston. It still has good oil pressure and no funny noises but it's really puffing out of the valve covers. All and all it was still nice to finally get to take it for a drive   

dusterdave173:
Good for you!! Do a compression test fast and easy way to spot the trouble before ripping into it-
Call me next time out and I will come help  Way to go--you have all winter to get things right and for sure we will have more test days until end of year

crider:
Gonna get it unloaded this morning and run a compression test. Hopefully I shut it off before doing any major damage.

Oldschool:
I am sure it felt good ,very exciting ! 😎

crider:
Yea, it felt pretty good to finally take it for a ride, even if it wasn't quite what I was looking for. It's been a long time since I have driven a real drag car so it was still nice

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