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fuel749:
I'm surprised the front motor plate mounting holes on that block would be that different. I might have mocked the trans and coupler in to see how things looked. Looks like things are coming along nice though.
GlennLever:
Front plate was original bolted between the water pump and the timing cahin cover. There is no water pump on the new engine. Plate is completely different.
Ordered a 16 volt battery and charger today. Will be ripping the whole wiring system out of the dragster and installing a new one next week.
Glenn Lever
GlennLever:
Lots to report.
Ordered today the new 16 volt battery and charger.
Scheduled another Car Nuts meeting to pull out the old wiring harness and build a new battery tray.
Today's project is to fit and measure the straps for the blower restraint on the new engine in the front engine dragster. This evolved putting the blower on the new engine, removing the blower restraint off the old engine and putting it on the new engine so I could get an accurate measurement of the length of the straps to order the new blower restraint.
In that process I discovered two problems that will have to be addressed. One is the rear injectors interfere with the blower restraint plate as they are in a different location on the new engine. The other is the main fuel feed line to the distribution block also interferes with the blower restraint plate. These problems will have to be addressed at a later date.
GlennLever:
Another update. In the last video we found two problems with the Blower restraint and the the two rear injectors and the main fuel feed line. We address both problems in this video.
GlennLever:
An interesting thing about new build projects, presents arrive in the mail and for some reason, the bank account seems to decrease in size. Today some presents arrived.
This is an unboxing of the presents, a TurboStart S16V battery (16 volts) and CHG25A charger (for 16 volt batteries) for the Front Engine Dragster. The new engine in Front Engine Dragster has a mag in it. The engine has to turn over quicker when starting to energize the mag so the engine will start.
Although these do not have as many cranking amps as say a Yellow Top battery, the voltage difference more than makes up the difference.
The S16V battery has these specs. Weight 42 lbs, Dimensions 10.30 x 6.75 x 7.25 in, Voltage 16V, Cranking Amps 675, Cold Cranking Amps 595, Reserve Capacity 85
The CHG25A has these specs. Weight 24 lbs, Dimensions 11.125 x 8.625 x 7 in, Voltage 12V, 14V, 16V, Max Amps 25A
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