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7.0 and nitro
wideopen231:
Oh I know the cost of headsup.Ran TA/FC for 4 years chasing points and cheapest was 125k and that was 1992 and 94 missed the championship by less tahn two rounds and came down to final race. The A/fuel car i work on is running 2500 to 3000 per pass right now.
Would like to play in nostalgia A/fuel. As with all spped cost is only optical . LOL 7.0 is a lot closer to can almost afford. Only real cost would be meeting rules for cert.s. everything else is sitting here.
JEFF/21C:
AF150 I would like to hear more about your 406 we ran a 406 on alky ended cracking the stock block in the rear cam journal oil passage
AF150:
Jeff...
We used a well seasoned 400 block out of a taxi. Nothing special, .030 over, 4 bolt caps, Oliver rods on a light weight Crower crank, 15:1 JE pistons with nice iron heads that flowed 300 cfm. 2 & 5/16 Hilborn injectors with a 5 gpm pump on alcohol. Nice combination ... ran low 7.70s at 175mph in a FED that weighed 1450 on the line. Actually won Jr./fuel at the first CHRR 30 years ago. Switched to 30-40% nitro
in '98 and won NE-1 at the '99 March Meet. Ran this combo another 5 years and sold the car to guys in California. They ran it injected for a while, finally put a blower on it and managed to break it. Must have been a real good casting is all I can tell you.
Mike
JEFF/21C:
Thank you for the reply, I'm always curious about different set-ups
wideopen231:
If I was running 400 mblock with alky I would fill the block and forget about it. With alky there is no need for water in block and if wanted to run water thru heads short iff it just enough to allow ater flow. I have never run WATER IN ALKY MOTOR. JMO
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