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Re: Drag Week 2012: Preparation, or lack of it!!
[Re: MoparBilly]
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08/25/12 02:23 AM
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Yes the 3 on the left were once projected tip versions as well, cant beleive the abuse the ignition box was going through to fire those!!
Now the rest:
"Livin' in a powder keg and givin' off sparks"
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Re: Drag Week 2012: Preparation, or lack of it!!
[Re: MoparBilly]
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08/25/12 02:29 AM
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Don't think the far right one was doing anything, looks oil fouled to me. Geez, now I'm thinking, if this engine isn't already broke, How long is it going to last? Guess we will know soon enough!
Here's where I am right now..2 weeks away.
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Re: Drag Week 2012: Preparation, or lack of it!!
[Re: MoparBilly]
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08/25/12 02:32 AM
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The new CAP K-member is in, definitely picked up some much needed clearance around the oil pan. One tie-rod left to go, now where did I put those castelated nuts??
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Re: Drag Week 2012: Preparation, or lack of it!!
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08/27/12 12:14 AM
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The boys are still battling away on the truck...Dale sounded exhausted tonight on the phone.
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Re: Drag Week 2012: Preparation, or lack of it!!
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08/27/12 12:26 AM
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Looks like the carb horns will be at hood level, so the Hilborn style scoop should peek through fine.
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Re: Drag Week 2012: Preparation, or lack of it!!
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08/27/12 01:49 AM
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Dom,
I was totally unprepared last year, so when I fouled the only set of plugs I brought on the drive..those were all I could get at O'Reilly's.
This year I have 2 sets of every NGK from 6 to 9!
"Livin' in a powder keg and givin' off sparks"
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Re: Drag Week 2012: Preparation, or lack of it!!
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08/27/12 02:32 AM
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As a young man, I watched a movie called Two Lane Blacktop. While most people laughed at the premise as being far fetched, to me it was pure nirvana, who wouldn't want to jump in thier Hot Rod and run around the country in search of like minded souls just looking for a good race??
Early in this century, with a fresh DVD in hand, I invited a group of my Drag Racing buddies over to watch it. They made fun of it, didn't get it at all. You see, many NHRA racers at the top level simply view it as competition, and the cars as equipment, no different than a bat, or a helmet. I realized at that point I was hanging with the wrong crowd, then Drag Week was born, and the chance to live my dream scenario became a reality. This will be my third trip, and I can't thank both the organizers, and they people who choose to make the journey as well, enough!
MoparBilly FTW!
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Re: Drag Week 2012: Preparation, or lack of it!!
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08/27/12 03:59 AM
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truck is looking good Billy. Hang in there you know it will be worth it when you start off on DragWeek.
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Re: Drag Week 2012: Preparation, or lack of it!!
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08/28/12 01:33 AM
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I'd say the Gremlin is on life support at this time..definitely least likely of the 5 planned to be ready.
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Re: Drag Week 2012: Preparation, or lack of it!!
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08/28/12 01:38 AM
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Dale has the engine/trans where he wants them, and mounted in, but it requires slight relocation of the rack, and a new crossmember for it. Also, no headers built yet. He spent a portion of last weekend welding sub-frame connectors into Darren's Charger, and painting Boone's Cab, so his time is just about used up!
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Re: Drag Week 2012: Preparation, or lack of it!!
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08/28/12 11:57 AM
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The boys are still battling away on the truck...Dale sounded exhausted tonight on the phone.
More pictures of this truck please! I'd love to see how the cage ties into the frame.
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Re: Drag Week 2012: Preparation, or lack of it!!
[Re: MoparBilly]
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08/28/12 12:02 PM
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I'd say the Gremlin is on life support at this time..definitely least likely of the 5 planned to be ready.
That's my kind of street car...
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Re: Drag Week 2012: Preparation, or lack of it!!
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08/29/12 04:15 AM
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More pictures of this truck please! I'd love to see how the cage ties into the frame.
DevilBrad,
They haven't made it that far yet, since they were working with the Cab off the frame, the cage was welded onto 6" plates just like in a unibody. Then they will come off the frame with stringers up to the plates, they decided to through-bolt it as well, so if you look at this front shot you can see the bolts sticking out on both sides of the lower firewall.
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Re: Drag Week 2012: Preparation, or lack of it!!
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08/29/12 04:18 AM
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Here is the bolts coming through the bottom for the main hoop stringers. The stock cab mounts were retained, because we decided with the amount of chassis flex the 512 will likely induce...it's probably not going to matter!
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Re: Drag Week 2012: Preparation, or lack of it!!
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08/29/12 10:55 AM
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Here is the bolts coming through the bottom for the main hoop stringers. The stock cab mounts were retained, because we decided with the amount of chassis flex the 512 will likely induce...it's probably not going to matter!
Cool, thanks for the pics. I'm building a 67 D100 and it's hard to visualize when the frame is at my house and the cab is at another house, LOL
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Re: Drag Week 2012: Preparation, or lack of it!!
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08/31/12 02:26 AM
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The first time we went to Mokan Dragway with a car, we worked on it all night long, and were still finishing up when it was time to leave...
We were 21, 19, 16, and 15.
25 years later..still doing it the same way!!
A quote of mine from earlier in this thread...and here's viual proof of that first trip to the track, with the 4 boys facing the camera. Funny, didn't remember the ole Dart being quite that rough!! Dad was out of town, Mom flat-towed us to the track in a borrowed pick-up!
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Re: Drag Week 2012: Preparation, or lack of it!!
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08/31/12 02:38 AM
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Here is the bolts coming through the bottom for the main hoop stringers. The stock cab mounts were retained, because we decided with the amount of chassis flex the 512 will likely induce...it's probably not going to matter!
Billy I dont know if its the pic or not.... but that
drive shaft seems to be a long ways out of the trans....
good luck this year on DW.... hope its better than
last years... I WILL be on the next one unless its
in California
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