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What did you do on your Front Engine Dragster TODAY?
wideopen231:
Pulled FED out of trailer and into shop.Drained fluids and pulled trans and engine out otday. Pulling 3rd member tomorrow and starting lowering powertrain to give chassis more ground clearance. Motor will only go 1.5" before chassis and heads are touching, going 1.25".Rearend will do that with moving it forward 1". The anti rotation tube I had will conveniently removing tube will allow tabs on rear end to align with bottom center tube and I can weld in a threaded boss thru it and bolt rear end. xxxx bunc of work to remove cpl ounces.LOL
1.25" may not sound like much but it is 50 % increase in clearance at mid plate. If tires on car don't workout and I change I will go with 33 tall set giving me another 1/2".
nitroscott:
I am interested in what you have to say about your FED. I love hearing dragster stories. Coolest drag car ever...
Supercat:
Not much going on here lately.....
I took our car out of the corner hibernation zone after 3.5 years on its roller rack. Got it cleaned up Saturday and brand new 6.0 cert at New England Dragway Sunday. With the exception of one needed additional kidney bar the car even passed NTF 5.99 quicker. I'll get the bar added when I find someone in Maine, New Hampshire, or Massachusetts to add it and set of canard wings this year.
The new engine is finally moving forward again. We will be in Bowling Green next month for the Buick GS Nationals with the iron block still in the car. New engine should be running by the end of June.
Supercat:
Working on the car this week. We are getting ready for the New England Nationals at Epping NH June 11-13. We were invited to be one of the cars in the Cackle area. We may even make a few passes during the Event. Should be fun, as it was in 2019.
Hope to see some of you there.
Please stop by if you go....
lake_harley:
Finished up putting my little, mild 305 Chevy together a few days ago and firing it up on a stand to break in the cam. After enough run time to (hopefully) break in the cam I took off the manifolds I was using to manage the direction of the exhaust a bit better and installed the 1 5/8" Zoomies I built. That added a bit more bark to the sound of the little 305 "Mouse Motor". 8)
I guess building the Powerglide might be next and then back to finishing up the chassis. I needed a little break from fabricating and welding. I hope to get the car to the strip by mid season, but the pace might have to pick up a bit. Then again I think I've made pretty good progress, considering this is my first rodeo, and going from building a frame jig table and a having a pile of tubing on the floor to where I am since sometime around November '21.
Lynn
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