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Re: What did you do on your Front Engine Dragster TODAY?
« Reply #885 on: June 14, 2015, 04:24:26 AM »
Hi Jon I went from a 1.80 to a 1.69 . It really was not that hard to do . A little grease and a little patience kind of relaxing job . bill

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Re: What did you do on your Front Engine Dragster TODAY?
« Reply #886 on: June 19, 2015, 04:22:52 AM »
 :) new motor in place, running, going to track for 1st time this year later today,,,,whooopeeeeee
its all smoke and mirrors

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Re: What did you do on your Front Engine Dragster TODAY?
« Reply #887 on: June 22, 2015, 10:52:49 AM »
Went out to the track first time did 6 runs all went well and ended up with all the paperwork for my license. Good fathers day gift. Lots of reading went on from this site to get me there doubt if I would of made it without it.

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Re: What did you do on your Front Engine Dragster TODAY?
« Reply #888 on: June 22, 2015, 03:25:28 PM »
Congrats on your license

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Re: What did you do on your Front Engine Dragster TODAY?
« Reply #889 on: June 25, 2015, 10:35:29 AM »
Fuelsystem ready to go (..puh)!
Now i need to wire the starter and killswitch for the mag, then i think i will be ready for a little test-start.

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Re: What did you do on your Front Engine Dragster TODAY?
« Reply #890 on: June 29, 2015, 08:12:34 AM »
I took my car to a local car show for prostate cancer. Received lots of  comments everyone thought it was a old dragster. No one new there is a whole new generation of these re- immerging.

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Re: What did you do on your Front Engine Dragster TODAY?
« Reply #891 on: June 29, 2015, 08:27:03 AM »
Nice setup!
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Re: What did you do on your Front Engine Dragster TODAY?
« Reply #892 on: June 29, 2015, 09:50:23 AM »
Sweet tow rig

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Re: What did you do on your Front Engine Dragster TODAY?
« Reply #893 on: June 29, 2015, 10:17:51 AM »
Glenn you need a like button

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Re: What did you do on your Front Engine Dragster TODAY?
« Reply #894 on: June 30, 2015, 08:27:14 PM »
Glenn you need a like button

Yep! Maybe a Glenn Minnie Me.
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Re: What did you do on your Front Engine Dragster TODAY?
« Reply #895 on: July 01, 2015, 10:37:50 PM »
Got help from good friends and modified an oil pan i bought from David to fit my 80-85 block, bolted on and ready to go.
A friend of mine made some cool banners for our club/org.


Tonight im going to push the car outside in the sun and give it a nice cleanup as it has been in my mancave for too long now. Hope for a startup on saturday

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Re: What did you do on your Front Engine Dragster TODAY?
« Reply #896 on: July 04, 2015, 05:45:18 PM »
We loaded the trailer today with the Supercat and 30 gallons of fuel. We have been waiting for this weekend for a while now. We haven't been out with the car since the GS Nationals last October(we went to the finals and 3rd fastest car at the event)The car is ready to go and so are we.
 We race at Orlando SpeedWorld and they have been closed for too many weeks as they have been redoing the track surface.
 The track opens tomorrow. Bring out last years slicks if they need more rubber applied to the new track ;D

 Have a Great 4th everyone.

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Re: What did you do on your Front Engine Dragster TODAY?
« Reply #897 on: July 05, 2015, 12:33:56 PM »
Hoha! Engine started today!!! :D
Had some minor issues to fix, but it after a few hours of work - Blam!
It sounded strong..and angry! A little hot on 3 cylinders on idle, but other than that it sounded awesome!

I was told to prime on alky...but the local guys always use regular gas. That said...in Norway we have 98 octane in the pumps, and all good. Very little fuel was required to start.
So now we just need to fix a couple of small things and we're ready for a real test in one week.

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Re: What did you do on your Front Engine Dragster TODAY?
« Reply #898 on: July 08, 2015, 07:29:42 AM »
congrats!!!!!!
way to go!!!
You have come a long way--
Priming with gas is fine unless engine backfires or you have blades open when cranking then it will catch the stream on fire and the bottle etc
way better to prime with alky
keep blades closed and foot off the pedal when starting--hard to learn at first

First runs
keep that wheelie bar close to the ground
maybe shift early so you don't "forget" to shift ( easy to do first run)
Sit in the car with all of your gear on and go through every step again and again and again
Pretend to do burnout, stage, run, shift, brake ( easy) etc

Don't be surprised if burnout is hard to do--these cars try and hook almost in the water--there is no John Force burnout in these unless you have a blower--just dry em off real hard real quick and go to the line--be prepared at burnout for that thing to hook hard and take a jump at the mop man--Be CAREFUL with that first burn out--it is the hardest part --after you learn where to get in the water/dampness with rear wheel it gets easier but always be prepared for it to hook Hard and  take a crazy jump--brakes work --steering it does not help in that instant---with time the burnout gets easier and easier but be very very careful with those first few. You sort of have to "hammer' it--you can't wimp around with it but then you have to be 100% ready for it to grab HARD--you really have to learn to get all this right or it will destroy your torque converter as tires grab dry pavement.

Hayden is 100% correct in that your eyes and brain have to do a run a few times to "update the software" and get used to everything--after 3-4 runs it gets lots easier to see and feel like you have a chance of controling it--first couple of runs you will have to admit to yourself that you were just along for the ride and could do little if there is trouble--but--gets better with every run--after 3-4 trips to the track you will be much more confident and safe

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Re: What did you do on your Front Engine Dragster TODAY?
« Reply #899 on: July 08, 2015, 07:37:00 AM »
If its cold out, alky is hard to prime with and should use gas, and does not need to be anything super duper either, the stuff you run youe generator with works just fine