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

Donovan near pissed his pants laughing at that one over at Sam's.....He must have dragged half a dozen people over to the car and said "Read it....!No,say it out loud...!"

Lol!

Scott

 

Looks like some of you guys may need one of these clocks

 

AJ

Dont know? Harlan built it when he cut up the car, That and the cost of changing it is why I would like to save it.
From what I was told he built this before 4 links were aftermarket. Dont know for sure?

I didnt check it when putting new axles in around 2005, ( but I know it was not this bad ) would had
fixed and braced then. I remember axles went in and out easy.

Bob

Going to brace it after straightening,
I will say a prayer before starting to tweak it back

Norb

 

I've got that beat.., twice. There is a guy in the industry named Dick Nicewanger, & a guy on face book by the the last name of Dicktoast gave me a friend request awhile back.

 

Norb make sure you don't tie that 12 bolt into a knot when you weld the brace on.
You may want to look into some thicker axle tubes.

 

Holy bent housing Batman! Check out LPW Ultimate 12 bolt back brace setup for ideas.

 

Dont try My I beam axle set up as pictured at home.

My 8 ton just jack s...t out and flew out 6 ft ( all most hit Sugar Mamas Chevy Cruise)

Taking a break

Going to move the car and think about a new set up.

 

Careful Norb we would like to see you next year man.

 

Where's your race buddies? you need someone to play catcher or dial 911.

 

Made some changes.

Lowered the set up. Changed chain location to other side of housing (for more leverage)

Sawed the pad end off an junk trailer jack, leaving about 2 inch of tube on it so it wont slide off the jack.

Then drilled the pad side for a 3 inch muffler clamp to strap it to the tube.

Got bigger log chain ( 1/2 inch link )

Soooo far got the pass side back about 1/8, got to start measuring the jack height v/s movement so I dont go too far.
Trial and error process

Lots of pucker factor going on pumping the jack,

 

Thanks for the valve covers Ric... They fit great!

 

Aaaaaaand the mouse is out of the bag.[emoji15]

You should hold a telethon for that poor motor,Jeff....That little fella is sporting an iron lung!

Come on folks!Our operators are waiting!Your generous pledge of $5,$10,$20,or even $100 could help get Timmy the Wonder Mouse out of that iron lung,and into a long term facility for the horsepower-impaired!
Let's light up those phone lines,and give little Timmy the quality of life he so desperately needs!

[emoji16]

Scott

 

That's great!.. but.., uh.., the notches in the gasket rail, are for intake manifold clearance. Ergo, there on upside down! Guess I should've drawn instructions on them too.

 

I preferred the art on the side shown... You had quite a bit of misspelled words on the other side.

 

Says the guy with the 1/4 mile long unpronounceable last name.

 

Gotter Done

Dont try this Branch Boy Farmer engineering at home with out adult supervision like I did.

 

That looks about as close as can be.
Nice work Buddy!

Scott

 

Thanks

Now have to brace, going to check out the one Ric recommended also want to brace from the bottom.

 

So I've been sitting here diligently manning the phones for the "Jeffy's Kids Telethon",and I've gotta say,I'm a little disappointed in you cheap pricks.
We've received a grand total of $3.27 in donations toward Little Timmy (The Mouse Motor)'s rehabilitation (all the death threats,and phone calls asking about what I'm wearing are not doing Little Timmy one bit of good you jerks).

Let's really look deep inside ourselves here fellas.....If you guys can afford to support hundreds of thousands of dope smoking losers on welfare,Syrian refugees,and prisoners on death row,surely you can spare a few dollars for a good cause like the "Jeffy's Kids" telethon....It's Christmas for goodness sake!

Scott [emoji6]

 

Good job Norb
Looks like you washed your hands of it

 

Norb, if you take the pressure off the bottle jacks see how far the tubes come or flex back? The way my friend Don explained to me is once metal is bent it has a memory, that you'll have to keep pushing the tube till you can let pressure off jacks & that cold rolled bar is in the middle like in pic with zero pressure from bottle jacks. But you want to go in baby steps & not bend tubes other way if you go too far... Don builds Mud Bog Drag Chassis here's a pic

 

Yup, thats how I did it. (last pics are with no pressure from bottle jack)

Had to bend way over center , after trial and error found this worked best.

Bent axle tube to opposite side of cold rolled bar , then slide back cold rolled bar and bend about 1 inch more.
The tube would spring back almost center. Oh Ya dont forget to say a prayer first.

Now need to brace back and bottom to prevent tubing from springing back again under power.

 

Norb, looks like Tickety Boo was getting ready to give up the ghost on that rear end! You may want to check ladder bars out to see if metal is stretched & fatigued!?! You may want to make a new set & get all new hardware for safety's sake! As far as them tubes were bent it had to be wreaking havoc with everything back there! How many tenths will that fixed rear be worth? Looks like test & tune time in spring!

 

Good deal...! Glad it worked out for ya...! Be safe brother!

 

It was binding bad, hard to turn at the driveshaft ( thats why I pulled it apart)
Maybe that 1050 Quick Fuel was working, the last run at Great Lakes showed perfect air /fuel ratio
but the car was going slower.

 

Yea that's what I was thinking, it had to be binding bad...! Did you check if axles were tweaked too? Did you ever feel vibration or shimmying from back their?

 

The full spool and axle splines look good but now going to look real close for cracks in spool. the only thing stopping
more movement had to be axles.
No vibrations or anything, but 60 ft was down ( I thought the motor didnt like the new carb.)

 

I'm tired of just looking fast. I've been waiting a long time to do this engine.

 

How about some specs on that new motor.

Trans, gear ,tire combo

 

Norb, things could be worse... Here's a pic for your amusement... Think you'll get a laugh or say WTF!?!