Event Coverage Official 2016 Meltdown Drags Thread - What are you doing to get ready?

Okay enough of this vacuum talk...you know what really SUCKS? Getting beat by a Mustang! Right Scott? LOL

 

Norb, if your running static breathers, along with the pan evac ones, you have two big vacuum leaks, so the pan evac breathers are pretty much useless. 4.00 stroke small blocks make lots of windage, so I'd cap off the other two, and let the evac breathers do some evacuating.

 

4" stroke 327...?
Isn't that 3.60" bore restrictive to airflow?

Scott

 

Errr...Ummmm gotta run 1.940 valves Scott. lol

Ric was telling me my heads wont flow much over 6800 r.p.m.

 

QUOTE="powrshftr, post: 11407395, member: 216497"]4" stroke 327...?
Isn't that 3.60" bore restrictive to airflow?

Scott[/QUOTE]
Sorry, meant to say 4.000 bore, ummm gotta go too.., ya, 1.94 valves .

 

Scott

This is going to restrict your air flow.

Norb

 

Nice. So if things are not going right on the strip, if you listen close you will hear Tickety Boo yelling "Mr. Wizard, Help me Mr. Wizard!" somewhere around half track.

 

Hey Ric, are you using common core math there?

An .875" circle is half the diameter of a 1.750" circle - but not half the area...

a single circle of 1.237" dia has the same area of two circles of .875" dia

One 7/8" diameter opening has almost 5-1/2 times the area of one 3/8" diameter opening

But your breather system works just fine since the pressure differential is much much higher due to the pump

 

You a pipe fitter?

 

He is a Deswillfitter.

 

Shit, I already went through one Spanish Inquisition, e' tu' Art? 220-221, whatever it takes!

 

I know he has to be exhausted.

 

good one Norb!

 

nah, just doing something else

 

Does it have anything doing with trans or rear ends?

 

One side tacked up

 

That's a really slick looking job on those headers!
Nice work Bill!

Scott

 

Ya, what Scott said!

 

Looks like the Dodge is going with us to North Carolina, got to get her on her feet again. It's only been 12 years since I laid a wrench on this poor neglected car.

 

Here's a spy photo of Scott's Carillo rods for his little 289"

 

I still have to polish the beams....

 

Call Jeff tomorrow,and ask why he's feeling so emotional right meow.


Scott

 

trailer work...

 

Those should be nice and light on the rotating mass one thing is for sure once he gets that thing wound up I'll be so far ahead when it lets go I won't have to worry bout getting my windshield dirty from the catastrophe lmao

 

and now the 'AFTER' pic

 

This ones for you Scott:

 

30dodgeboy that is exactly what I was thinkin

 

Ric should have designed more cam clearance on it.

 

That's a "Gorilla" rod, not a "Carrillo" rod.