rebuilding after the crash

Do you Measure out to
1/16
Or
1/8 ?

 

If it's within 1/8 the manufacturer says it's good.

 

More tire tech. There are two schools of thought on balancing tires. One group says it's not necessary. The other says bubble balance. The tires are so big it's nearly impossible to find a machine to fit them on. I bought a bubble balancer for twenty dollars at a swap meet many years ago. I put the wheel on. When it stops rocking I look at the center. There is a black ring and a bubble. Weights are added to make the bubble go inside the circle. Pretty straight forward. I put heavy duct tape over the weights when I'm done. Ready to install. View attachment 6445624 View attachment 6445625

 

heh...I remember seeing one of those head gaskets before...

 

What you said about being on the wall, says allot about the kind of racer you are.

It doesn't sound like too much got torn up either, pretty awesome.
Looking forward to hearing about the next race.

thank you for all of the updates

 

There's all kinds of junk on the wall. I can't throw it out. In a way it's the story of my racing career.
Today's fun was replacing heim joints. The right side heims were bent. I don't trust straightening them. There could be a hidden crack. They just go in the garbage. As I'm putting it all together I started to think about the increased speed. I also thought about the way the car handels. I decided to increase the positive caster. This plays a huge part in straight line stability. A normal car has a half to three quarters of a degree. Most straight axle hot rods have up to five. I had six. I gave the upper heims two turns in. That gave me ten. Modern funny cars are 8-12. I think this will help a lot.

 

P -Caster ,,
Much more stable @ high speed.
Knuckle buster in Reverse some times,
It really Hurts when it happens ,
Maybe Not so much with a Round
Steering Wheel ,

 

My straight axle hot rods have 8-10 degrees of caster and my independent front end cars have 5-7 they drive way better that way the bonneville car I set a record in had 20 that car drove very well at nearly 200mph I think your car will be much more stable with more caster in the front end

 

I'm going to see how it goes with ten. I'm not opposed to putting a few more in if needed.
I'm all set for Sunday.

 

We got after it today in the 95 degree heat. It's all set up nice and square. Ready for Mokan.

 

the show is coming to Tucson, that's a long haul for you!

 

Jim I’m not sure that’s the same thing Brian’s running in he is running nitro chaos not that he couldn’t but I think it’s a different series I didn’t know there was a fuel altered chaos till two days ago either way you should go check it out as it’s not far for you the funny car chaos and nitro chaos are great shows I’m sure this will be too

 

Funny Car Chaos, Nitro Chaos, and Fuel Altered Chaos are all owned by Chris and Tera Graves. Chris has also ran the Outlaw Fuel Altered Association for many years.

 

I used to go the Fuel Altered Nationals in Tucson in the early 80s...4th of July weekend. Been a while!

 

The local track runs until it snows. There's usually a good weekend or two in October. We plan on taking the car to the Grove then to try and hit 200 mph. If it's still in one piece I might go to Tucson. It would be fun. It's only a two day drive. I can get to Oklahoma city in 16 hrs. Made it to Dallas in in 20 hrs. You never know I will talk to the crew. If I go are you coming out to the race?

 

If I don't burn up all my vacation time at Bonneville, Dad and I might be driving out to Tucson for that event.

 

I set the car up the way I did last time. The more I thought about it the more I wanted another set of eyes on it. I called Brian Metzenheim luckily he had time. He ran through the whole process and was done the same day. I was close but not close enough for Metz. He is a perfectionist. I have total confidence the car will perform as expected. See you in Mokan.

 

Hung out with his Dad at a car show yesterday.

 

They both should be at the Lannon show. His dad is a cool guy.

 

Yep, Joe having an injected Big Block Chevy powered 27 T roadster that turned 9's over 20 years ago and was street driven everywhere is the epitome of cool in my book. Has had it 55 years or so and gave to Bryan a couple years ago.

 

^^^^^
Sounds like you're talking about Mendy Fry , She is from California Mendy is still heavy involved in nostalgic Fuel Altered & FED
Nitro racing on the West Coast she drove a T on street , around 85
Car was painted Red ,BBC MFI

 

Nope, Joe's is a true street car that just happens to be very fast ! Joes is now 80 years young. It has a bolt-in cage for racing.

 

@milwscruffy Ok Nice to see still doing @ that age .
Mendy S-T /Pro T waybe S/Comp was around 85 ,
This T was Local's
& relatives (32) from Va 81,82 pic time
Bbc No cages/Roll 6:10s Street Driven
The T faster then his S/pr camaro .
There was another T maybe 83 with
Blown Bbc that was High 5 s same No cage or Roll, S-Racer ,then Went on to Heavy S-R-ing having a ride around
85 , running 130s 1/8 in 5 ,few 10ths faster then his T . Then to another
190-200 1/4s around 2000
The Black 32 was a True D D er
Back & forth Va to Fla
For time ,to be Street car 92
Orlando speed world was Band
Off street in 8 s ,1/4 mile
No cage / Roll .
Under Ground cars on street was in shadows Until Cell phones Cameras Ruined it,
Its a Double edged sword !!
I like seeing How big this hobby is
A across different States , Continent.
@ same Time this was Not Open to Every One eyes to view,

 

Back on topic...

Brian is on the event shirt for this weekend's race at Mo-Kan!

 

@Calkins , Sorry miss spoke ,
Confused two threads ,
Bringing up Roll Bar / cage from another thread
That there is confusion debate from NHRA rulebook ,
I brought up Mendy @ time sounded like @milwscruffy was referring to Mendys car in 80s .
T with Bbc MFI ,
& Im sure you Know of Mendy,
Your in click of Nostalgic Nitro ,

 

See you in a couple days Brian can’t wait to see your car run

 

Loaded up and ready. Leaving at five am. Should arrive about two or three pm. It's going to be a hot one. I put two cases of water and two cases of Gatorade in the trailer.
Honored and humbled to be on the shirt.

 

The chassis under Joe’s (Brian’s) 27 was fabricated by Jerry Kilberg. I remember when Joe would stop by the shop to sit in the car to make sure he cleared the cage. The chassis is very stout and definitely up to whatever the injected BB throws at it.

 

I will swing by after work tomorrow to chit chat it will be a long drive from my house all 4 miles lol if you need anything Brian don’t hesitate to give me a call