« previous next »
Pages: 1 ... 70 71 [72] 73 74 ... 77   Go Down

Author Topic: What did you do on your Front Engine Dragster TODAY?  (Read 858373 times)

Offline wideopen231

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1911
    • View Profile
  • Your Best Time: 1/8 3.70@ 198 1/4 5.78@245
  • Your Engine: Hemi 526 ci alcohol
  • Your Track: Piedmont
  • Your Vehicle: 225 CMC FED
  • General Location: NORTH CAROLINA
Re: What did you do on your Front Engine Dragster TODAY?
« Reply #1065 on: November 28, 2018, 06:39:19 PM »
Just got in new aluminum valve body for car.  4lbs less weight,hi/lo option. Plus .02 quicker react for driver,old guys need all the help they can get. FTI had it at 120 bucks off for black friday and couldn't resist ,then didn't try real hard.LOL
Logged
Relecting obama is like shooting right foot because it did not hurt enough when you shot left foot

Offline wideopen231

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1911
    • View Profile
  • Your Best Time: 1/8 3.70@ 198 1/4 5.78@245
  • Your Engine: Hemi 526 ci alcohol
  • Your Track: Piedmont
  • Your Vehicle: 225 CMC FED
  • General Location: NORTH CAROLINA
Re: What did you do on your Front Engine Dragster TODAY?
« Reply #1066 on: January 26, 2019, 06:06:07 AM »
finally figured out how to get pics on.



Logged
Relecting obama is like shooting right foot because it did not hurt enough when you shot left foot

Offline wideopen231

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1911
    • View Profile
  • Your Best Time: 1/8 3.70@ 198 1/4 5.78@245
  • Your Engine: Hemi 526 ci alcohol
  • Your Track: Piedmont
  • Your Vehicle: 225 CMC FED
  • General Location: NORTH CAROLINA
Re: What did you do on your Front Engine Dragster TODAY?
« Reply #1067 on: January 26, 2019, 06:10:34 AM »
new injector for car. Lower,lighter,less frontal are has to reduce air drag and few features to reduce number of plumbing fittings. Nozzles behind flys are for primer system and richening system if need to drop temp some. Rail in intake used for top half of fuel system instead of 8 line,nozzles,jets and distribution block.
Logged
Relecting obama is like shooting right foot because it did not hurt enough when you shot left foot

Offline wideopen231

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1911
    • View Profile
  • Your Best Time: 1/8 3.70@ 198 1/4 5.78@245
  • Your Engine: Hemi 526 ci alcohol
  • Your Track: Piedmont
  • Your Vehicle: 225 CMC FED
  • General Location: NORTH CAROLINA
Re: What did you do on your Front Engine Dragster TODAY?
« Reply #1068 on: March 21, 2019, 11:03:01 AM »
 Added few itwms to car to hopefully make more competitive for bracket deal.Got the rough made not fianl but works steering stop bolted on and new shorter and more layback headers bolted on.
My oh crap button activated chute deployment

electric over air solenoids for auto timer actived leanout and chute
Logged
Relecting obama is like shooting right foot because it did not hurt enough when you shot left foot

Offline wideopen231

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1911
    • View Profile
  • Your Best Time: 1/8 3.70@ 198 1/4 5.78@245
  • Your Engine: Hemi 526 ci alcohol
  • Your Track: Piedmont
  • Your Vehicle: 225 CMC FED
  • General Location: NORTH CAROLINA
Re: What did you do on your Front Engine Dragster TODAY?
« Reply #1069 on: March 21, 2019, 11:04:13 AM »
Yea I know will have disable most of it for any nostalgia races.A bridge I can cross with very little work.
Logged
Relecting obama is like shooting right foot because it did not hurt enough when you shot left foot

Offline wideopen231

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1911
    • View Profile
  • Your Best Time: 1/8 3.70@ 198 1/4 5.78@245
  • Your Engine: Hemi 526 ci alcohol
  • Your Track: Piedmont
  • Your Vehicle: 225 CMC FED
  • General Location: NORTH CAROLINA
Re: What did you do on your Front Engine Dragster TODAY?
« Reply #1070 on: March 28, 2019, 07:23:45 PM »
Found out a injector scoop made of .060 is not strong enough.Sucks middle in while running like a drunk draining a beer can. Oh well time to build another and maybe little strong design and not no lite.LMAO
Logged
Relecting obama is like shooting right foot because it did not hurt enough when you shot left foot

Offline THE FRENCHTOWN FLYER

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 360
    • View Profile
  • Your Best Time: 8.28@168 door; 9.00@147 6-cyl alt; 8.53@160 RED
  • Your Engine: 300 Ford six NA w/ crossflow and prod. heads
  • Your Track: Milan, Thompson
  • Your Vehicle: (3) Advanced Chassis altered , The Last Logghe altered, '30 RPU
  • General Location: North Coast
Re: What did you do on your Front Engine Dragster TODAY?
« Reply #1071 on: March 29, 2019, 06:31:53 AM »
True story about homemade scoops: A fellow in the Detroit area (who shall remain nameless) who was a chassis builder and ran an A/Fuel dragster with injector stacks decided to cover all the injector stacks with a scoop containing T/F style butterflies. He made the scoop from .080" aluminum as I recall. At the track he rolled into the staging lanes, started it up, rapped the throttles once, and when the butterflies closed down the atmospheric pressure collapsed the scoop down onto the stacks like a crushed pop can.
Logged

Offline coupemerc

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 306
    • View Profile
  • Your Best Time: 3.86@188 (1/8 Mile), 5.97@233 (1/4 Mile)
Re: What did you do on your Front Engine Dragster TODAY?
« Reply #1072 on: March 29, 2019, 11:45:11 AM »
And...If you run a 3 piece injector with a valley cover and a dry sump/vac pump, make sure the valley cover has a mid support snubber to minimize oil canning of the mid plate. The crankcase vacuum can suck the valley cover down. Get er done!
Logged

Offline wideopen231

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1911
    • View Profile
  • Your Best Time: 1/8 3.70@ 198 1/4 5.78@245
  • Your Engine: Hemi 526 ci alcohol
  • Your Track: Piedmont
  • Your Vehicle: 225 CMC FED
  • General Location: NORTH CAROLINA
Re: What did you do on your Front Engine Dragster TODAY?
« Reply #1073 on: March 29, 2019, 01:09:46 PM »
Well for once its not.You are the only one to have that problem thing. Hey only people who never have a idea go bad is those who don't act on there ideas. Never been one of those.Might be richer if I learned not to.LOL
Logged
Relecting obama is like shooting right foot because it did not hurt enough when you shot left foot

Offline 225digger

  • Full Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 167
    • View Profile
  • Your Best Time: 7.43 185 mph in a RED
  • Your Track: numidia
Re: What did you do on your Front Engine Dragster TODAY?
« Reply #1074 on: April 14, 2019, 04:13:24 PM »
made a bolt on extension for a slip tube driveshaft cover.



Logged

Offline wideopen231

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1911
    • View Profile
  • Your Best Time: 1/8 3.70@ 198 1/4 5.78@245
  • Your Engine: Hemi 526 ci alcohol
  • Your Track: Piedmont
  • Your Vehicle: 225 CMC FED
  • General Location: NORTH CAROLINA
Re: What did you do on your Front Engine Dragster TODAY?
« Reply #1075 on: June 20, 2019, 05:28:20 PM »
looks like most of that aluminum chunk turned into shavings.LOL
Logged
Relecting obama is like shooting right foot because it did not hurt enough when you shot left foot

Offline 225digger

  • Full Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 167
    • View Profile
  • Your Best Time: 7.43 185 mph in a RED
  • Your Track: numidia
Re: What did you do on your Front Engine Dragster TODAY?
« Reply #1076 on: June 20, 2019, 06:24:18 PM »
yea, alot of waste on that part..... glad the tubes where not that bad....turned down 1/4w tubing to make the slip tubes....came out nice tho

Logged

Offline gregm784

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 384
    • View Profile
    • Means Racing
  • Your Engine: 365" GenIV SBC
  • Your Track: Famoso Raceway
  • Your Vehicle: 1997 Stirling 200" FED
Re: What did you do on your Front Engine Dragster TODAY?
« Reply #1077 on: October 16, 2019, 09:47:54 AM »
Wow that looks great.  How far out is your motor? 45-50? 
Logged
Greg
El Dorado County, CA
www.meansracing.com

Offline 225digger

  • Full Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 167
    • View Profile
  • Your Best Time: 7.43 185 mph in a RED
  • Your Track: numidia
Re: What did you do on your Front Engine Dragster TODAY?
« Reply #1078 on: October 16, 2019, 10:34:34 AM »
thanks greg,  motor is out 50"  225" wheelbase
Logged

dreracecar

  • Guest
Re: What did you do on your Front Engine Dragster TODAY?
« Reply #1079 on: October 16, 2019, 02:44:26 PM »
Did basicly the same thing having to turn down the tubing OD  motor out 55"
Logged
Pages: 1 ... 70 71 [72] 73 74 ... 77   Go Up
« previous next »