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new engine in the old mans fed

Started by _Drag lc_ , Nov 10 2008 07:34 PM

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#51 _Drag lc_

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Posted 28 March 2010 - 02:03 PM

ok my first race meet was last night did me licencing passes first then on my first quallifing pass it was blowing water onto my helmet down deep end of track so we had a it of a look but decided to run it anyway my first race after burn out i saw there was a water like substance spraying on the back of the supercharger so i turned it off we put another head gasket on and it was a little better but not right so we decided to take our esky full of beer to bar area and get some real hp stories.

had a closer look today it has cracked another iron head this time almost all the way round the chamber.

anyway here is a pic of the engine with the head removed for anyone interested.

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#52 GTR600

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Posted 28 March 2010 - 08:58 PM

Where's the pic of the head,

Repairing the old one? or replacing with new ones.

Congrates anyway on getting your licence sure it was a buzz?. Posted Image

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#53 _Drag lc_

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Posted 04 April 2010 - 08:28 PM

and if u look here its me doing a wheels up launch hehe

http://unclerustysph..._by_Jade_Jeremy

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#54 _Drag lc_

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Posted 12 April 2010 - 07:07 PM

ok ive ordered a new set of edelbrock 74cc heads for this thing, we will freshen the engine up aswell now that i can drive it proper we will also be modding intake mani as we are almost certan that this head was caused by detonation we think that is coming from the intake mani not being quite right for this combo and running some cyls to lean.

Cheers Hayden

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#55 _sonic_injection_

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Posted 25 April 2010 - 10:29 PM

That would be great hayden,

getting some help from trent but some extra photos would be good.

Just throwing a few ideas around at the moment but have to be carfull not to get devorsed.

Did you use crome moly,or can you go to some other carbon alloy im not sure of the regulations involved

in drag racing.

regards brock

It's amasing how simple FED's are when you break them down. Mine uses a proper FED steering box but I found out VW beelte boxes run the same ratios. I won one a while back on evilbay to check the theory and it's true. $20 v $300-$400. I've pretty much got all the bits drawn in CAD to produce a new car if you need any help. I wish I started from scratch on mine because we did so many mods it would have been faster to build it new. Interesting thing to note on moly v MS. The ANDRA spec tubing for the cage in MS was more expensive than moly. Hence my car has a moly cage.

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#56 _Drag lc_

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Posted 08 May 2010 - 07:35 AM

ok we now have this engine stripped down for som maintiance work. this is a scat h beam and ross slug out of it we are now going to get a set of home made heads from NZ for it with 2 plugs per cyl and looks like im going ova there on a weekend to bring them back.we are also going to fit a crower roller cam to it as the flat tappet cam has the tips worn off it.so we are going to run 2 separate ign systems with a seprate dissy for each.

cheers Hayden
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#57 _Drag lc_

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Posted 05 July 2010 - 07:21 PM

here are some update pics of twin ignition setup. roller cam stuff is slowly rolling in we are also going to build a set of dyno hedders for it the burns collectors and megaphones should be here early this week i have already got the mandrel bends and stuff ..

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#58 _Drag lc_

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Posted 11 July 2010 - 07:13 PM

the dyno pipes we made for it.

http://www.gmh-toran...showtopic=47225

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#59 _Drag lc_

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Posted 01 August 2010 - 05:22 PM

for those who didnt know last week i went ova to NZ to pick up some flathead v8 heads for dads dragster here are some pics of the new bare solid cast ally heads we will be using and the pic of the new roller cam for it from crower.

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#60 _Bomber Watson_

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Posted 02 August 2010 - 09:43 PM

Where do the valves go :tease:

Purdy.

Cheers.

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#61 _Drag lc_

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Posted 20 September 2010 - 09:11 AM

just am update on this thing,

we are trying to get it together to run it at the nostalgias here in about a month we have now decided to run the old cam as the new lifters are still a few weeks away and the new heads are at the machine shop getting the oring groove done the rest of it is coming along with the twin dissy drive almost done aswell.

we spent most of yesterday picking these new old motas up from dads mate we got the lot for almost nothing there are a couple of std ones in there aswell they are the earlier ones and they dont have valve inserts in them as that is a problem we are incountering aswell the inserts coming loose.

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#62 _Drag lc_

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Posted 09 October 2010 - 07:04 PM

well heres some more pics it is now alive and it has now been fitted with the new haydens specialty wheels on the front from the usa

roller cam still not fitted but hopfuly im going to hit it at the nostalgia drags here next weekend.

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#63 _Bomber Watson_

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Posted 10 October 2010 - 12:45 AM

9.99?

Tell him he's dreamin :tease:

Cheers.

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#64 Lima31

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Posted 10 October 2010 - 09:23 AM

Those flathead V8s make the best sound

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#65 _Drag lc_

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Posted 31 October 2010 - 10:52 AM

well all i can say is i did one test run in this car yesterday during the qualifing for the 1/8mile series and um it now does wheelies lets say huge wheelies front wheels were higher than the concrete barriers and i was shifting into second gear while in the air we didnt damage anything but the crowd loved it and we now need to make a weelie bar for it.i had to lift off the gas about half track cos my visor was up and i was being sprayed with alcohol and it stung my eyes but it did feel good. will post pics of wheel stand when i get them.

Cheers Hayden

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#66 Tiny

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Posted 31 October 2010 - 07:59 PM

Hell yeah Mate!

Sounds like you're getting on top of it now!!

Cant wait to see these pics!!

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#67 _Drag lc_

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Posted 01 November 2010 - 06:35 PM

heres one

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#68 _nicko61_

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Posted 27 December 2010 - 08:35 AM

Thats just AWSOME,,do you have any new vid's with the new pipes on?

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#69 _Drag lc_

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Posted 28 December 2010 - 05:30 PM

hi mate,

nah not yet.

Cheers Hayden

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#70 _Drag lc_

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Posted 03 January 2011 - 04:21 PM

it looks like we are taking this to new zealand for the nostalgia races @ meremere on the 2nd and 3rd of april(world FED Challenge), the beach hop aswell and then were taking it it masterton the following week. should be good if anybody is going to those events drop in and see us.

Cheers Hayden

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#71 _Drag lc_

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Posted 18 December 2011 - 08:59 AM

well forgot about this thread,

it has since gone 9.42 @140mph with low boost and safe timing, we are going to built a new engine , moly chassis (safer)as it is getting a little fast now.