The Jalopy Journal
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The basics. 526c; 35lbs of boost; 21.5 gallon pump; 43-45 degrees of lead. Low side valve at 8 pounds. High side 90 pounds. 83-85 percent in the...
This is what I started with. Last year's tune up.[ATTACH]
Jerry Newman stopped by the shop Saturday. Jerry has tuned nitro cars since the late 50s. We went over all of the new plumbing. We also started to...
They match and fit the car. We do it on the car to be sure. Like I said previously it gets very tight on number eight to the frame rail. The...
The table is not the car. The frame rails come into play. The angles of the frame to pipe change front to rear. We tri anglelulate everything....
The first side is easy. The other side not so much. To make them match side to side is the hard part. A lot of measurements are taken to get it...
Thanks for the nice comments. I'm focusing this year on several nitro specific events. It's the nitro chaos series. They have a event in central...
One down. One to go. The support braces are now on. We are calling it today. The belt guard is on along with the burnout lean out valve. It was a...
Being single wall and fairly short they are alot lighter. Being short they will be alot louder if that's possible. The other benefit is the flames...
The stubs off the flanges needed 2.5 inches cut off. The pipes interfered with the frame. A fence was set up on the band saw. After they were cut...
The adaptors are welded to the flanges. We use silicon bronze rod. This will never crack. The key is to only get the metal red. Never melt it....
The swedge worked. Moving forward.[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I'm building new dragster style zoomies today. This should be fun. The adaptors are too small. A swedge[ATTACH] [ATTACH] is being made to tighten...
It's a stable fuel until it's heated or compressed. Then it gets exiting. In a combustion chamber it gets both. On a big show nitro car the plugs...
It's a rcd unit with a u joint. The swivel of the base provides the offset. No belts are needed with this set up. The dual drive took up alot of...
The necessary modifications were done to the idler pulley bracket to get the mag in. A mag support was added. These generators are heavy and only...
The oil filter bracket was made. It just needs to be welded on. I started to remove some of the street stuff today. There's alot more coming...
Have you ever wondered what the crew chief are doing at the starting line before the car stages? They are setting the idle after the burnout....
I went through the same thing with my 65 awb car. When I built it I had some goals in mind. After a few years I got some new ones. A some point I...
Nitro has a oxygen component to it. Because of this the mixture needs to be richened up. Nitro doesn't mix with gas.
It's OK to run until you get caught.
I assume your talking about the chrome line going from the shut off valve to the inlet side of the pump. Previous comments are correct. Here's...
Running it behind the pulley puts the return hoses in a even more hazardous situation. A back fire out of the injector or even worse a burst panel...
A proper belt guard and proper routing are all you need. To run the line around the back of the blower would look stupid and add about five feet...
Thanks guys for the compliments. Some very cool historic cars were mentioned and shown. To be included into the conversations with these cars...
Mike I hope to have it running by the end of the month. I want to take it south to a track for testing. The nitro chaos event on memorial day is...
The deed is done. It's bolted in. Standing back looking at it I think it looks good. It sure has a different look to it but not so much it looks...
It's time to get some things done. The big hemi is going back in the chassis. [ATTACH]
Magnesium American Bear Paws and American five spokes. Polished.[ATTACH]
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