Projects Chassis Research style dragster/Comp Coupe build flathead powered

Next I had Beth sit in the car to make sure all the foot peddles still fit her,, We changed the rod lenght on the clutch peddle to give her more leverage, I welded on side of the extention and put a set screw on the otherside to get the lenght right for her, then welded it all up, Bent the brake handle to give her leg alittle more room, Hey were getting close,, Tim Jones

 

Wow Tim a lot has changed since the last time I seen your thread guess my subscription had run out lol looking good though Beth sure looks like she is having the time of her life lol you guys keep up the good work

 

Seems like you fix those issues just fine, looks good!

 

Thanks Randy , I'll get the trans back together and see how big a smile she has with the tires rolling when we fire it up next timeLooks like your rolling right along with your also

Thanks , just figureing stuff out as I go, Your going to have a really good looking car when your done ,Alot of time put into details,, Tim Jones

 

Brake lines should never be higher then the wheel cylinders, always travel up from the master diretly to the brakes. Chances of getting an air bubble at the high point is possable, I guess if one had a power bleeder could flush the BF fast enough , but why not do it a better way

 

so never mount a master on the firewall ?

 

Thanks , just figureing stuff out as I go, Your going to have a really good looking car when your done ,Alot of time put into details,, Tim Jones[/QUOTE]

Thanks
I am dreaming of that moment I stand in front of the starter And give that FED my heavy foot ;-)

 

Was commenting on Tims setup with the master cyl lower than the wheel cyl and the lines being above them both

To clarefy, Brake line should never be higher than any 2 brake componants to allow air bubbles to escape the system weather back into the master cyl res. or out the brake bleeder

 

Thanks Bruce, I was showing the thread to a racing buddy at work today, and read your post , at first I didn't get what you meant, but when Bob looked at the pics he spotted it right off, Don't worry he let me know I should have known better Sometimes you can't see the trees because of the forest,,. I'll rerun the lines over my weekend,,,, Tim Jones

 

It happens with the excitement of building a racecar

 

Holy shit! You're getting close. I can almost hear it running.
Hey, tonight's news said someone at the zoo got bit on the hand by one of the Komoto dragons. Hope it wasn't Beth....bad , bad, bad germs in a dragon's mouth.

 

Yeah Rocky ,AKA Wayne,, It's real close, Pretty excited, Don't worry it wasn't Beth, The gal got nailed pretty good ,Lots of lost blood, But the good thing is in captivity the komotos don't eat all the dead gargage they would eat in the wild so it's just another bad animal bite

 

Well I started this project in 2011 Finally got the see it spinning the tires on the stand, I redid the brake lines, put the trans together, and put Beth in the seat again, All worked good, Beth said the clutch and trans and brakes worked good, Tho her never sitting between a set of slicks freaked her alittle , But here's the newest video,

 

Getting closer to that first run under power.

 

Way 2 kool Tim Can you give me a call when you have a minute........

 

This was reeeeaallyyyy coool!!! Now I want to run out to my garage and build build build :-D

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great video......after her first pass she'll be hooked

 

Loved it! The look on Beth's face is priceless.

 

Beth ya look great in a racing suit!!! Great colors also. Don't worry about what ya have to do in the run after the first one it will come natural to ya then adrenalin will take over and watch out world here comes Beth!!!!

 

Pretty cool.. Beth don't worry about the wheels flying off Tim is one hell of a mechanic. Oh never mind your right to worry sounds good Tim can't wait to see it in action.

 

Thanks guys , she pretty excited , Working on the throttle tonite, If the weather holds up maybe she can take a quick drive out here, on weekend (monday or tuesday)

 

Then we Hope the weather holds ;-)

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how's the weather????

 

[[Well First off I can't load the video til tomorrow, Youtube doesn't like my satelite internet these days, We tested in on the stand again all worked good, so out she goes, Beth did a few very careful hits out in the grass in front of the barn, Went to back up and do a couple more and nothing, no forward no reverse, First thought it might be in the shifter so I tried rocking it in gear, no luck, so after another try we rolled it back into the barn,, Beth of course wanted to tear into it to find out the problem, looked at the clutch through the inspection cover all fine took the shifter plate off, all fine there, Then we took the cover off the drive line, Shit the coupler worked loose, I had thought a couple set screws would hold it in place, No such luck, should have used shaft collar lock rings to hold it in place, I'll get a couple from grainger tomorrow, And try it again, BTW instead of hand signals we used a set of radios wiith ear mics much easier,, here's some pics ATTACH] [ATTACH[/=full]2925874[/ATTACH]ATTACH=full]2925873 ATTACH] ATTACH=full]2925872[/

 

Forgot to say, All and all it went OK , Beth is doing good, careful with the car, doesn't think of it as somthing to beat the shit out of, And best of all like to jump in and get dirty , wants to learn every inch of the car, My kinda driver, and my kinda Gal

 

Beth is definitely a keeper.

 

Lucky it was a easy solved problem for you with the coupler. I got a advice to build a collar, to prevent same kind of issue you had. So it can't travel on splines

 

Shaft collars will only work if either the shaft is part of the trans output or seperate from both output and male coupler. the only way to make your arraingment work is to put a back stop/shim inside the female coupler to limit reward travel, either a wood or alu donut

 

Thanks for the info,, Here's the video

 

Tim, school me on this please. I'm not sure what's moving, just my inquisitive mind. Sorry if it is a dumb question.