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Front Engine Dragsters / Re: Over tiring a FED for bracket racing

« on: July 04, 2023, 03:38:46 PM »

lack of memory is not rewarding. lol
our fed is 1968 from cali. had m/t's 10.5x33-15. have no idea what they did on the left coast.
but ordered the same tires and have no issues. run 8.5lbs pressure. 350 671 buick launches at 3500.
goes straight. carries about 5'' about 60'. tried 4000 rpm launches. never seem a chassis twist all over. ugly

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Altereds / Re: Weber carbs for a buick v6, hold on

« on: March 22, 2021, 06:23:35 PM »

i had checked both couplers for concentricity b4 assy and were good. assembled not good. runout together was about .030-.040 tir. separated the engines and by themselves they ran about .005 tir. confusing the least. think i'll start it with one engine until i figure the issues out
got the m/cyl and hand brake handle done. original master was an airheart.

finally decided to fix intake gasket on the dragster. moving one side to the other, forgot how high it was on the dollies. foot caught the rail and i went down on the other rail. left a nice line just below the knee cap. 

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Altereds / Re: Weber carbs for a buick v6, hold on

« on: February 26, 2021, 05:16:20 PM »

finished both sides of the engine coupler. bad memory caused wrong bolt size order. now i got spare metric bolts with no home. 
got main engine in and then set in a dummy one for coupler trial. need to cut coupler lengths down. too far out. plus i only planned to cut one crossbar due to oil pan. now it looks like have to redo the x bars for oil pan.
xxxx unseen items keep popping up. 

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Altereds / Re: Weber carbs for a buick v6, hold on

« on: February 18, 2021, 02:52:08 PM »

rear is in. pre installation guestimated d/shaft at 24''. wrong! had to order a 22''. better now. waiting for trans man for trans/converter. had to order more stock for my miscalculations and more nuts and bolts because some dummy forgets things. mcmaster-carr has been my friend for tooling. just couldn't get a 15/32 drill to go around corners.
all the little things keep adding up $$$.
we will get this thing done sooner or later. lol

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Altereds / Re: Weber carbs for a buick v6, hold on

« on: February 06, 2021, 05:57:56 PM »

not looking to go fast with this one. this is what i wanted to do to the fed when i bought it. but i wasn't going to cut up the chassis for it. so now i have a car i can do it to. i have the fed for going fast.

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Altereds / Re: Weber carbs for a buick v6, hold on

« on: February 05, 2021, 07:29:35 PM »

36x17-16 slicks came on it. don't think the v6's will over power them. lol. this project is just r&d for me to see if i can do it. i am not making it a 8-9 sec car. it will be more of 13-14 sec car.
the trans belongs to the trans/rear shop. mine to use on this project.
say one thing, there a ton of little issues to iron out. we will be lucky if we make the track this year with it. i still have to do a check up on the dragster engine.

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Altereds / Re: Weber carbs for a buick v6, hold on

« on: February 04, 2021, 03:43:33 PM »

got the rear back. weighs a lot more with all the parts in it. running 4.56's in it.
at least it will be back on the ground to see how other stuff will fit.
waiting for the trans guy redo his t350 that has a 3.08 first gear. be an interesting launch.
got my new piece of material so i can make the coupler correct this time. paper weights are getting expensive.

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Altereds / Re: Weber carbs for a buick v6, hold on

« on: January 24, 2021, 07:14:15 PM »

been a while, other things got in the way.
did talk to the porsche guys about the webers. staying with gas.

sent the rear out to the trans/rear guy. rear is a 9'' ford floater, circa older than 1983. parts are special now and $$$.
hopefully done this month and i can get back on the ground.
bought a v6 that had a 471 on it. had the blower intake, roller rockers, arp head studs, bored and balanced for $250 plus gas to atco nj.
found another blower intake on ebay and i modified a turbo to a blower intake. 3 intakes and 1 blower. but i got the weber setup.
have to send the chassis out to cut out a pipe in the chassis. front engine pan hits it. also going to cut the nose off and move the control arms behind the front axle so it at least looks like an older altered.
since info for coupling 2 engines is a BIG secret in the racing world......working on it now. already scrapped one piece because the flywheel bolt pattern was upside down

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Door Cars / Re: 63 type 3 VW too much traction

« on: June 29, 2020, 02:07:26 PM »

doesnt work for me.

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Front Engine Dragsters / Re: tire speed vs low gear ratio

« on: June 20, 2020, 02:08:33 PM »

it had a bbc in it. that's the tire/rim combo that came with the car. if i went smaller it wouldn't look right.

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Front Engine Dragsters / Re: tire speed vs low gear ratio

« on: June 20, 2020, 10:50:46 AM »

good question. bought an altered and we will run al least one v6 in it. the tires are 36x17-16. a lot of diameter for the v6. BUT, my tranny guy likes R&D and has built a t350 modified with a 700r4 first gear, but no changes for 2-3.  that first is 3.08. add a 4.56 and you get a wild granny gear. now the decision is what rear gear to use.
normal stuff is so boring...... 

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Altereds / Re: Weber carbs for a buick v6, hold on

« on: June 20, 2020, 10:43:48 AM »

cool. info is always appreciated for things not normal. lol

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Altereds / Re: Weber carbs for a buick v6, hold on

« on: June 15, 2020, 05:59:15 PM »

stopped at the Porsche garage today to talk about the alky issue. they did say i was probably limited to h/p but it would be neat to try it. the mechanic ran buick turbos in days past. more thought is needed.
they just replaced an engine in one of the Porsches. it came in with a 215 buick engine in it. thats different.

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Altereds / Re: Weber carbs for a buick v6, hold on

« on: June 12, 2020, 07:58:20 PM »

just to be different. besides the engine is just sitting around doing nothing.
the fed uses a 350 buick with a 6-71 on it. how many of those do you see around

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Altereds / Weber carbs for a buick v6, hold on

« on: June 12, 2020, 01:40:35 PM »

new dilemma. naturally buick only. bought this 125'' altered. we are going to try to run the altered with 2 buick v6's. back one will be with a 4-71 on it. front one will be with an inglese weber setup. these were made when mr peabody and the wabac machine was on tv.
the webers are a 3bbl and belong on a 67-68 Porsche. needless to say they are worth some dough.
the dilemma is cooling. making a water cooled system would be a big pain, so we are thinking of ''drinking fluid''. the big question is can we run ''drinking fluid'' in the webers? the holleys are no problem, just the webers. anybody know anything about this wild scenario?? lol

you chebbie guys got it easy.....come over to my side.....lol