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

Scott I have bait on two traps but no luck yet.
Maybe my bait has soured.

 

Full house

Full Baby Sock

Life is Good

 

Pulled the 12 bolt rear end out of Tickety Boo today.

Axle tubes are bent, Had to Beat out driver side axle and pass side not much better.

My bloggie camera battery is shot so I will get pics asap

 

Food stamp racers.

 

Been down that road before, the fix is some "Strange Engineering"

 

Spoken like a man with some cool MOPAR stash ..... don't tell me. I don't want to know

 

Haha! I thought Salty would would come back with 8's and Aces .....

 

Ric someone has to keep the track warm while you guys are signing autographs.

 

The trick is FORD 9"

 

Dog Patch I know the hand you hold ; its lady's and jokers
Salty I have all the junk that nobody wants.
Speaking of MOPAR stuff AJ I want a trans.

 

What trans are you looking for 62 Furiously?

 

Check it out I got some more used parts.
Not sure what car it will fall under yet.

 

Damn james you sure have collected up some good stuff lately first a hemi next a Bitchin Chevy then a valiant and now this I'm thinkin you need to get busy and put all this stuff together and leave some for the rest of us poor people

 

I may enough stuff to run a good solid 13.0

 

Hope not, going to try to save what I got.

Noticed that it took a lot of force to turn ( even more than a 9" ) binding?

When I took out the bolts in the C-clip eliminator the axle went tight against the axle tube edge.
Spline on both axles look good. Going to pull out spool tomorrow ( check the splines )

Put in a Moser full spool and axles about 10 years ago ( when replacing a broken axle ) every thing was ok
then.
Painted a pin stripe on both axles, that still looks good now ( no twist ).

The problem lies with factory stock length 12 bolt rear, ( it has 15" of unsupported axle tube ends) out side the
4 link mounts. ( Needs a rear support bracing ). Hope to straighten and brace?

Hummmmm this is the first year not using rev limit on trans brake. ( found the weak link ).

 

Sound just like the Old Ford Fart and Professor Panneton

nothing to see hear move on.

Really Cool 61 Chevy with ( NO REAR END ) + H.D. 9" = 10s

 

Hey man, our junk already ran in the tens with freeway gears, so your fuzzy math ain't adding up for the ole Child. Better not get cross with ole lady, or she might throw some lacquer chips off her ole hinny right up in your grill.

 

Better look closer Norb that's no 9 inch

 

Still in planing stages on the 61
This car someone started a pro street project and never got finished.
So somehow I have to try and make or remake this to fit the bill for my liking and some tires that we can afford.
When we picked it up we thought it was a good deal but now I am scratching my head.

 

AJ built the trans I have in my car fifteen years ago + - and it works great just would like some thing fresh .
Salty that is a nice lookin housing, put it in that Charger (leave that GM stuff for the other boys) and BRING-IT-ON

 

Just for you young guys that's a 58 Pontiac rear end.
Not sure the Charger needs that it has only made enough power to sear off all the u joint strap bolts at the rear end yoke.
My buddy Nathan was in for a ride at the big end on that ride.

 

Not a 9" Sorry Salty, But I think my fuzzy math still comes out.

Tried to say is Salty is playing Possum like you and Scott ( enough stuff to run solid 13 )
most likely will be more like 10s.

Like the waffle house old Old Ford Fart Shaker and the 10 second Child
Ya I am guilty to (the 11 second err umm 327 Tickety Boo).
Hmmm dont forget the Okidokers 327.

Welcome to the Jungle. We got fun and games.

I would be happy to follow the Child down the 1/4
Got good dash cam video last year of the back ends of a few cars and my gauges.

 

Pulled the spool out today and splines look good on both spool and axles

It looks like the axle tube ends bent down.

 

Dang Norb it looks like you need to turn your frown upside down.

 

HOUSTON WE HAVE A PROBLEM...! DO THEM GM REAR ENDS NEED A BACK BRACE ON THE TOP, BOTTOM & BEHIND...?
Salty, how many cars you bringing to the Meltdown? Looks like you have a full plate...! When are you finding time to drink beer & sleep...!
Jimbo...

 

For my Dad's car, absolutely nothing.
Got ready to leave for the meltdowns last year and the dog died

As for myself, I'm bringing a new, actually drag strip worthy car. She may or may not actually be painted by then.

 

With the warm December weather the last couple days I've gotten a lot of lil things done on car...
Replaced bad accelerator pump on front carb,
Eric suggested I look into a MSD setup. Finished install today! Wires routed & tie rapped up. Tach works now. Ignition switch mounted back on dash again. Got timing set again & plugs wires ran & clipped up...
Removed clutch cable & slid extra spark plug wire boot protector over cable & up to where it Gos between header pipes. Used two small hose clamps to hold it place. Drilled hole in bracket & used stainless tie wrap to hold it secure to bracket, holds it in place now...
Used some prep all cleaner to clean underneath car & firewall, had a lot of grease & grime to remove...! Still a lot of cleaning to do!
Car runs smoother & revs real nice...! Got yelled by girlfriend revving it up! "YOUR GOING TO BLOW IT UP"!!! LOL... Real test will be some dry pavement at end of driveway! See if it will do a burnout without falling on its face...
I saved my 2014 Meltdown video for this time of year. Broke it open & watched it. Gave me some needed motivation to get cracking on Scotts gasser again! Hard to believe it will be 3 years since he's passed in a couple days... Where's the time go!
Jimbo...

 

Got to change bending motion into forward motion.

Happy it was bending not breaking stuff.

The spool / axle spline fit must have limited the bend.

Let me borrow your not braced 9" ( just for a weekend ).

 

Jimbo I know of one for sure it is going to have to be a redemption run from last year and if the old charger is still around it will be there not sure on Mint-To-Be just playing for now.

Going to have a dog in the fight maybe 2017 but I'm not holding my breath because blue is not my favorite color.

 

Sorry to hear about your dog.
Definitely looking forward to seeing you run the car this year though!
It's the best event on the planet.You will not regret it for one second

Scott