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Spud Miller's Cave / Re: My Fuel log

« on: February 12, 2022, 05:33:34 AM »

We kind of have two choices, ESTA or Empire, and the owner of Empire has done a phenomenal job with the facility over the last few years. Everything about it is top notch! The staff actually likes their jobs and are very friendly and helpful. The drive is actually worth it and not to bad at all.

Their 2022 schedule was recently posted!!!!!!! Hopefully a IHRA national is in their future, the family and I attended the last one they had years ago, but I will settle for the pro mods.

Unfortunately, as far as I know, SKYVIEW is just sitting there rotting away. It could be a nice facility again, with a new owner.

If you see our orange 69 Camaro this year, come say hi.

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Spud Miller's Cave / Re: My Fuel log

« on: February 10, 2022, 04:23:32 PM »

Where is your barrel valve? If its above your nozzles you haven't changed much.
I just use the shut off each time and it clears the lines well enough.
I noticed you have Skyveiw listed as your track. Where do you race now?
A bunch of Skyveiw racers ended up at Empire Dragway.

Yes the barrel valve is above every thing. I am hoping this creates a low spot (trap). The way it was, it was pitched all down hill to the nozzles.

Yea we live <15 miles from Skyview, and its a shame it closed. With the covid going on we have not raced much just a few times to Empire and ESTA and not at all in 2021, . Looking forward to going to Empire a few times this coming year.

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Spud Miller's Cave / Re: My Fuel log

« on: January 28, 2022, 10:15:54 AM »

That’s trick

Thanks.

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Spud Miller's Cave / Re: My Fuel log

« on: January 28, 2022, 08:43:47 AM »

What is the 9th port for?

It goes to a Racepak 0-150psi pressure sensor mounted on the side of the plenum.

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Spud Miller's Cave / Re: My Fuel log

« on: January 27, 2022, 10:03:20 AM »

Well I don't know why the last 2 don't show. (mod could you fix them?)

Anyhow we had the standard 8 port Enderle distribution block mounted to the bottom of the plenum. It seemed to drain and cause hard starting. Hopefully this helps.

Tom

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Spud Miller's Cave / Re: My Fuel log

« on: January 27, 2022, 09:45:52 AM »

Installed

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Spud Miller's Cave / My Fuel log

« on: January 27, 2022, 09:44:56 AM »

I made a new fuel log for our tunnel ram set up. What do you think?

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Your Builds / Photo Gallery / Re: Buick Straight 8 FED

« on: December 19, 2019, 09:08:36 AM »

Binghamton New York area.

Raced in the northeast.

Went to Indy way back.

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Your Builds / Photo Gallery / Re: Buick Straight 8 FED

« on: December 17, 2019, 10:01:55 AM »

Thanks for the reply.

It was later race with a straight 6.

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Your Builds / Photo Gallery / Buick Straight 8 FED

« on: December 15, 2019, 05:40:58 PM »

 My sons friends grandfather was Roger Hughes, 1968.

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Spud Miller's Cave / Re: fuel/ignition timer

« on: October 01, 2019, 08:38:33 AM »

I'll take a quick stab at this and if you have other questions, just ask.
 
 A normally closed electric valve can be activated with the transbrake to lean a system out when on the converter or against a launch rev limiter. It slams shut and the system goes rich and ready to make torque when the brake is released. Spud

N/A speaking here, Looking at last years logs, at about .5 into a run, it looks like there is a little to much fuel pressure sending the O2's richer. It's all bundled with a small dip in ERPM DSRPM.

My question: has any one held their launch leanout valve open after the trans brake release for X amount of time?

I have a Digi-Set "delay on break" timer I can use to delay the lean out after trans brake release.

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Spud Miller's Cave / Re: fuel/ignition timer

« on: September 30, 2019, 05:47:11 PM »

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Door Cars / Re: New member 1st post

« on: August 12, 2019, 08:03:45 AM »

And the last one. Took me awhile to get thru Photobucket.

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Door Cars / Re: New member 1st post

« on: August 12, 2019, 07:33:30 AM »

Well here is the car with my son Corey doing the burn out:



Intake mock up:

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Door Cars / New member 1st post

« on: August 10, 2019, 05:15:31 PM »

Hello FED members I would like to introduce myself, my name is Tom Burns and I have been lurking since Spud turned me on to this site a few years ago. I have enjoyed reading your technical articles mostly, as some can be applied to our car. My sons Corey & Dylan bracket race our 69 Camaro at Skyview Drags in Tioga Center NY. Best so far last year was a 5.96 @ 114 with a 1.29 60’.

A little about our 69 Camaro, it has a full interior and is all steel except for the VFN cowl hood and weights 3250 with driver. It is power by a 427 BBC built by Bob & Sheldon Strunky of S&S Speed in Kingston Pa. Tunnel ram and head porting work was done by Dennis Wheat of AFD. Spud set me up with a Enderle single butter fly originally, later I fabricated a custom sheet metal top for a Edelbrock tunnel ram with a forward facing throttle body. A Frank Lupo converter couples it to a Turbo 400 prepped by Jack Sepanek in Moosic Pa. Out back is an Auto Weld 4-Link hanging a Strange 9” Ford with 4.11 gear turning 29x10.5w Hoosier from Trackside Products. We data log with a V300sd.