Event Coverage The Official 2014 Meltdown Drags #5 thread, vintage drag meet, July 18,19&20 Byron IL

Industrial Metal Supply around the corner from CP-CARRILLO, YOU CAN'T MISS IT! By the way, I think Brodix makes a specific repair kit for that.

 

its common place to use brass tubes and some epoxy. you can also try a good speed shop that does port work. my hemi heads have all 16 push rod tubes set up like that. no problems with them.

 

Boy there must be some super secret shit going on now.
Been quiet here for a wile.
If I survive to the end of the month I am taking an ax to the ol charger.
But for now this is what I am working on.

 

Holy SHIT that looks good...!!!!

Scott


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Also,settled on drilling the heads out slightly and using some copper tubing we had squirreled away.
Just took a wee bit of persuasion,going to braze the ends up or epoxy them soon...not sure which yet.Probably braze them,as I'm not digging the idea of a chunk of epoxy working loose and getting into the motor.

Also,sold my super-ultra-race-ported-006 3/4 Vic jr intake to put the money toward something a little more traditional...



I wonder what the Okie Doker wants inscribed on his tombstone..?

He better start thinkin' it over,cause the Shaker is gonna flat out MURDER the Ol' "Hokey Poker"!

Scott


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I have never seen them brazed in before only epoxied. The driver of the dragster i work on invented the b-1 heads. He also did the heads for the dodge boys when they won three pro stock titles. If you want i can ask him what brand of epoxy he uses. He is on his way to tulsa okl for a match race. I could get a answer for you on sunday if you would like it.

 

That would be killer,thanks.
I've got a small amount of both Devcon and JB Weld on hand,leaning toward keeping the Devcon for port floor raising type situations though.

Scott


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Quiet! There is super secret Meltdown #6 stuff going on shhhhh!
Nascar springs on a 392 Hemi ? Can it be done?




Love that 409 saltflats !

 

salt flats the car is bad ass. power shift i will have a answer for you soon. jefferson is coming up any hambers going. i plan on driving the coupe up friday.

 

Hay Scott that sure would have been nice to hear the shaker leave at about 9500 with that setup on it.
With luck this 62 will fallow use to the meltdown next year.
Dog Patch I didn't see a thing.

 

Hey racerx who is the guy goin to match race in Tulsa I'm gonna be there sat and are you goin as well


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Roger lechtenburg is going to be driving the fuel altered. Unfortunetly i will not be there. I will be attending my fathers funeral. Stop by rogers pit and say hi.

 

I will stop by and my condolences for your father I wish I didn't know how that feels


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Thanks. Congradulate roger on winning the fuel altered nationals recently. He was the class of the field and just plain crushed the competition

 

Right on will do


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Our condolences Brian.

 

thanks i do appreciate all the kind words and pms

 

The epoxy that you need is called araldite. Roger says dart also uses this brand. Get some tubing with a .015 wall thickness. There is a place in chicago called kb that sells it. It needs to be around .010 smaller on the out side diameter. No press fit. Epoxy the tube and hole then slide in. Remove extra. He also said brazing in the tubes will be a disaster. Congrats to roger he went 3.86 in the final to win. Texas in two weeks.

 

Thanks X,
And I'm very sorry to hear about your Father.

Scott


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glad i could help out and thanks let me know how the heads turn out. if you run into trouble with them roger is in cedar falls iowa if you need his services. he is fast and fair.

 

Forgot to mention that we had the Shaker down to St Thomas for Friday night test n tune...
Runnin' ok for old junk that nobody else wanted...

Still gonna need to pick up my game to the tune of a full second to run with the "Itchy Donger" though....

Luckily, Mr Holman and Mr Moody were nice enough to develop a cam for the LeMans program back in the '60's.....that's the stick that's gonna slay that Ol Chevy.

Well,that,and a whole bunch more gear in the 9"!

Scott


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Keep it up Scott, you need to keep stepping up the performance if your gonna take down the "Donkey Boinker". Remember also, you'll most likely be racing in hot muggy weather!

 

Yeah,I think I may have picked up a tenth or two just from the cold air,and a couple mph,as my first pass of the night was a [email protected] with a slipping clutch.

The plan calls for:

-more cam (solid flat tappet)

-more gear (4.30 or 4.56)

-get the trans shifting better (linkage needs fine tuning)

-add line lock so I can get the tires good and hot (and drop my 60' time down from 1.95 to something respectable...)

-more carb (probably a pair of them)

-cylinder head 2.0 (found a set of C5 289 castings that are getting abused to within an inch of their life as we speak)

Absolutely destroyed a $45,000 o/t Mitsubishi Evo awd turbo at test n tune,so it was a good motivator to keep working on my little $200 motor...and my driving skills (or lack of them!)

Scott


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Hey MDA, when will there be "The Official 2015 Meltdown Drags #6 Thread, Vintage Drag Meet, July 17, 18 & 19, Byron, Il". Anyone looking now only sees last years dates. Is it too early....? I'm just saying....

 

Getting the bullet ready for the 62.

Hay Ric I think we will bring it next year as a NSS.

 

Salty,
That's lookin' like that 62 is gonna be a mean machine...!

Scott


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Thanks Scott hope this thing don't kill me before I get a chance to try it out.

 

Speedwise:
How is it going with the AWB cars?How many have you rounded up so far?

And it's funny...a Meltdown thread is gonna be busy 365 days a year.

Scott



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Ric:
I love that illustration....

I think I found one to suit the Shaker:





Scott


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Speedwise-

We will get the 2015 Thread started shortly and I will target having it up by October 1st.