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New Guy love FED but clueless and scaried
ss4:
all of you have hit it on the head. The first time I ever saw or heard of a front engine dragster was while I was at the local barber. Hotrod guy, went to Carlisle and bought a ratty 6cyl fed and from that point I was hooked. at 42 I bought a set of front spindles and went from there. I made my first passes last year and WOW. I have been racing my 66 Chevelle and running a UMP Modified for years but this is a different level of cool. And the bang for the dollar is awesome, I have less then 10k into my new chassis and everything to make is turn key. The best was after making my second half track test run (330ft) my brother-in-law that I have been racing against in everything, came over and asked how it was and I told him it went well. "1/2 throttle to 330 and 10deg total timing (small used injected chevy) and it went 4.0sec and coasted through at 7.48". The look on his face was great as him exclaimed "my full tube corvair doesn't run 7.50 on a full pass!" That made all the time and effort worth while, among so many other things.
Best thing is to keep the car in context. Race/build what you are comfortable with. Someone will always give opinion on what it should be or was in the day and that is great information but may not be right for you. I like to race, not rebuild the motor every other weekend so I don't push it to the hairy edge, so guys do and that is great for them.
Scared, naw excited. When I sit in the car I can't stop my right foot from shaking it is crazy. My Grandfather asked me a longtime ago if I got Buck Fever and I embarrassingly said yes, his reply is "you better or you may as well stop, because your hunting for the wrong reason otherwise". I don't see racing any different or life for that matter.
LZ:
--- Quote from: Reebs on May 02, 2013, 06:14:47 PM ---Hey I'm new here.
Odd how I found the site, I probably Google FED plans once a week just to see if there are any plans out there and I found this page.
Long story short of my interest in FED. My daughter asked me to draw a race car for her so I drew a FED she said "that's not a car" and I said when I was a kid I drew these all the time. That has given me the bug to build one and it has been with me a few years.
I'm 50 years old and want to build one someday but I have to admit they scare me. I plan to speed time at the track this year paying attention to the few FED around (I do a little bracket racing with my 70 skylark)
I have e-mailed and talk to several of the names one this board about FED, this seems like a nice place to learn.
My ignorance will show with each post and thread.
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Guys. Reebs here wrote this awhile ago..
Reebs you out there??? Lets get you in a car. Lifes short.
Luke
wideopen231:
second and third on Curly1's post look to be very good deals
Oldschool:
My first ride in a drag car,doing my Lic. Runs, in a hard tail 505 BB Altered. My third run 8.52 and completely blew my mind. After the run I thought holy cow that was insane and I loved it.I have a Vega door car now ,but looking to get a FED, just love the wind in my face. Do not be scared,be excited.
PSweeney:
I'm on my third front end car, first two were rollers which I rebuilt in an off season. the third is our car from scratch, and we're three years in....but we did have our children over this period but I beleive even working on it flat out, we could have only done it in two years.
Best advice I can give is to assess what you are good at and what you enjoy. If you can fab and weld and will get a kick out the build, then build but have a plan and stick to it. If you just want to race, theres no doubt buying a turnkey ride or roller is the way to go.
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