Projects Flat FED build

Yep haven't changed the cam or anything but the induction and timing..................

 

Personaly (holy crap), I would flip it and put the now top part where the heims are on the lower bar and where the lower bar is attached now would be where to place the heims. 1) it will look more streamline and not "Dangly" 2) It follows the way 99.7% of them were designed so that there is some degree of adjustment with very little heim movement, now it takes a lot of heim movement for little adjustment

 

Actually the adjustment is in the lower bar through the pin and holes in bar, the heims are for ease of removal of unit off of frame as I have to have it off to get dragster on trailer.

 

Still, the wheel travels in a arc and not much movement where as flipping it and lenghting or shortening the lower bar moves the wheel to a greater degree. Your car - have fun!

 

That's what I'm doing for adjustment, the lower bar is the adjustment. It slides back n forth with the 5/16 pin to lock it. I think we are talking about the same thing??

 

After much consternation and adding new words to my vocabulary..........

 

looks good

 

Nice work Carl,

 

Hey Carl . . . looks like you're getting there . . . nice stuff!

 

Thanx guys, now to see how it works

 

well what's this look like to you?






Looks like a Blower restraint to me.........


to be continued...........

 

Use chains Carl. Keep it "period correct".

 

Ahh,, Tom I think "period correct" would be called "Duck and Cover"

 

True. I was on the pit fence a few times in the old days when it rained blower bits. Amazing how far the parts can go.
Brings to mind this old article. http://wediditforlove.com/blowerexplosions.html

 

Was thinking of using 4 of these but NHRA said something about HF junk and not being SFI approved....... go figure?

oh well back to square one.....

 

Duck Tape!

 

Yea Tom but its hard trying how to figure out how to attach their little webbed feet to the block

 

Wrap their toes around the heads.

 

Well got some new hardware today........

update the ol girl to cam lock!!!.......... Thanks NHRA now I have another set of belts to give away.........
and got some more done on the restraint brackets, sure would be nice to have some of them machines that do fab like a water jet or anything modern, course I guess that my plasma cutter is better than a hack saw ........ug

 

Looks good Carl, How will you attach the straps, Wrap around the center or through a slot

 

Tim the bottom Tabs will have 3/4 dia x 1" slugs with 3/8 hole drilled in em to be welded to the 1" tabs on the 3/16 brackets with a 4 1/2"x 3/8 pin in em, the upper attachment will be threaded through two slots milled into the 1/4" aluminum plate

 

Carl, you can always use your old seat belts for the straps.

 

Ahhh Makes sense now

 

NHRA might not look kindly on that Tom even if I painted them silver.........

 

NHRA has no sense of humor.

 

You mentioned having to change to camlock belts as per nhra. Is that a new rule or is the belt change because of them being out of date? If you`re going to eagle field in oct., wanna race?

 

Mine are out of date and wanted to change to camlocks........
and sure see ya in oct

 

If I don`t blow it up at Sac this Friday night t&t, I`ll be there.I`d be fun to run a big six against a flathead

 

......... Well how did it go????
Made some progress on the restraints........ before welding......

Welded n painted......

Mounted.......

Also got the new seat belts mounted, now just have to get the top plate done and new fuel pump mounted then its time to RUN!!!!!