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What did you do on your Front Engine Dragster TODAY?
tylercrawford:
--- Quote from: wideopen231 on May 06, 2013, 07:05:17 AM ---Best part of running valves every run at a bracket deal is it screws people up to see someone work on a car. 90% of the bracket racers think they are driving street car ansd should never have to work on them.
I pulled head off brothers car one night because we had a little leakage in one valve.I was just touching it up. You would have thought we had a exploded nitro engine sitting there. Cpl guys almost wrecked golf cart sliding to stop to look because we pulled a cylinder head. Coming for top running TA/FC and TA/D background I thought it was just a very easy evening at the track.
You would be amazed at the number of guys that go full season w/o pulling VC's and are proud they are that lazy. Then they are amazed that something broke.
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Love it. I went from doing the clutch in two nitro funnies to helping a friend out with his alcohol flopper. I ALWAYS felt like I was forgetting something. The first time I helped him out, I rushed and got the diaper off/oil drained and pulled the side plates on the bellhousing and got the fan on it before he had a valve cover off . . . he was like "dude, we've got plenty of time . . . " ;D
GlennLever:
Well it seems like I was just here, only on the other side. I hope this is the last time this season I am pulling heads for coolant leaks
wideopen231:
Gregm,
Watch telling folks your talking to car. I use to be in pits with one foot on foot tire starring at engine and someone would ask crewmember what I was doing. Answer. he is talking with engine to see what it wants for the next pass. The look on there faces was just too funny. But most the time it would tell me and we would pickup cpl hundredth's.
gregm784:
--- Quote from: GlennLever on May 07, 2013, 12:37:08 PM ---Well it seems like I was just here, only on the other side. I hope this is the last time this season I am pulling heads for coolant leaks
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There is an easy fix for this Glenn....leave the water in the pits. :) Copper & water are a PITA. Mine cools off so much faster without water in it.
GlennLever:
--- Quote from: gregm784 on May 07, 2013, 02:52:43 PM ---
--- Quote from: GlennLever on May 07, 2013, 12:37:08 PM ---Well it seems like I was just here, only on the other side. I hope this is the last time this season I am pulling heads for coolant leaks
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There is an easy fix for this Glenn....leave the water in the pits. :) Copper & water are a PITA. Mine cools off so much faster without water in it.
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I cannot tell you how many times I have been told to do this. I'm getting closer to this solution. Now that I cannot drive back there is not much point in the water other than I refuse to give up on it.
It takes me awhile to come around.
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