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

Scott, you are on your way... keep it up!

 

Found some more 354 truck heads today too...two pairs actually...lol!

Will trade two pairs of '92 heads for a good used blower intake!!!

Scott


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Also started mocking things up on the new motor for the Shaker today....definitely gonna run more carb on it.The 650 wasn't enough on the big end.
Got started tearing things down for the rear gear installation too.Got a lot of work ahead of me!

Scott


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Make sure you invest in the pinion spacer and shin set up for the pinion preload rather than the crush sleeve.
For the beating you are fixin to give it you will be glad you did.

 

Good advice.

That crush sleeve always pisses me off when you can't "un-crush it" just a little bit anyway...!

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That is really good advice right there!

Shims and solid spacers are the only way to go in my opinion. I have had trouble with crush sleeves in the past. Plus solid spacers make yoke or seal changes way easier in the future!

 

You mean like this one Scott...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...akeTrack=true&ssPageName=VIP:watchlink:top:en

 

...or this one is even better...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...akeTrack=true&ssPageName=VIP:watchlink:top:en

 

You're killing me here Marc.....lol

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Ps:
These are the rods,that just got polished up,that swing on the crank,that throws pistons up and down in the block,that powers the car that's gonna tear down the house that the Okie Doker built...



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Killin' myself too!

 

Imagine the stories it could tell or the ones it want too.

 

It's probably seen one or two blowers sneezed off the top of it and right into the face of the crazy bastard that was at the wheel of that sleigh ride from hell...!lol!

Front engine fuel cars make me all giddy.....Heheheeeeee!!

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Scott you reminded me of myself back when I was 18.

 

Actually Salty,
I remind myself if me when I was seven years old.
My Wife calls me "The ManChild"

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Mine just looks at me and shacks her head.

 

You have a nice rod Scott!

My Ex-wife told the judge she was tired of being married to a juvenile. Divorce granted! Next!

 

Cuz, ya might wanna reword that first comment........just sayin'......

 

Lmao!

So I dragged a bunch of Model A stuff out to my Dad's shop the other day.....It won't be next year,as I have my hands full at the moment,but maybe Meltdown 2016 you and I can have a Gasser War powered by Mr Hemisphere!

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Stop polishing your rod and get building so we can have a war in 2015 damn it!

 

Baaaahahahaaaa!!!!!

That Rod is going in the "Okie Doker Smoker" 289...

Mister Hemisphere is a whole different story

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Ok - got ya - hate to wait on the hemi So is this turning into 'Gasser Tech Thread?' I need to buy the steel for my ladder bars and can't decide if square tube or round is the way to go. The plans I got off Ebay show 1.25" x .120" wall square tube. That is cheap to buy - like $12 for 48". I think the square looks more period than the round tube, but I bet its heavy as hell. Any thoughts?

 

Round for sure would be stronger.

 

Per the steel manual, 1.25", .120 wall (11 gauge) round tube is approximately .396 lbs/ft lighter than 1.25" .120 wall square tube.

What's the basis for saying the round is surely stronger?

 

I had planned to build square tube ladder bars for the A as well Dog....I agree,it just looks so "built out back in 1962",ya know...?
I love that look!

Your car is going to be a force to be reckoned with once you get the chassis sorted and start making big power

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Square tubing will have stress points at the corners where as round tubing will transfer the stress throughout the whole tube.

 

Good advice!

 

I'm trying to build as many cars as I can here fellas!Gimme a break!lol!
I dropped the ball on the A/FX car,but that's only back burnered temporarily....
I'm gonna need someplace to put all this shit though...lol

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Just realized I posted the same link twice! Doh! Here is the second one I meant to post which says it is unused and $200 bucks less! Guess it wouldn't have any good stories to tell, but as someone said, you could make some together!

 

And now, with the link! Geez!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Cragar-magn...pt=Race_Car_Parts&hash=item4adb418608&vxp=mtr