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Roo Man's Room / Altered chassis question.

« on: April 07, 2019, 02:50:12 AM »

Hope this is the right place for this question, I've almost finished building an altered chassis, 120 inch mild steel to SFI 7.50, I used 3.2 mm seamless tube throughout and xxxx it's heavy! So I'm wondering as it's only tacked together from the motor plate forward should I change the tube to 2.4 mm wall thickness from the motor plate forward and loose a bit of weight from there? Thanks in advance.

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Front Engine Dragsters / Rear axle question

« on: December 06, 2018, 03:35:26 AM »

Can anybody tell me what is the difference in pinion height between the 59 Olds axles and the 9 inch Ford axles. Thanks.

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Dan Dishon's Transmission Den / Powerglide build, which parts?

« on: December 03, 2018, 03:26:39 AM »

Hi all, a long time lurker making his first post. I'm in the planning stages of building a FED, I used to race an Altered but always wanted a FED and now is the time. When I do return to racing I'll use a big block Mopar I have (there's a blown KB waiting in the background), it's 512 cu in but pretty tame, I would guess at 700hp. I'm guessing that changing the Torqueflight trans that I used before for a Powerglide would be a good move, so I've got a standard Powerglide and have a JW bell housing and JW "wheel" to connect it to the Mopar motor. My rather long winded question is what parts would be required for the Powerglide at 700 hp, the car will be as light as I can make it.