Projects F.E.D. Build, Y not a Y-Block

Almost too cool!!!!!

 

Neat, I for one have never heard a Y block sound that strong! Obviously you have your ducks all in a row. Announcer said short wheelbase???? I thought instantly "I dont think I could see the front wheels from the drivers seat. Short? I show him short!" I held my breath till the thought p***ed.
Anyway the motor has that sound. The sound you work for, when you know it is happy and all its parts are singin the same tune. Nice work.
I find it very peaceful running a rail. Maybe it is the open body, the breeze or the solitude but it is very the****udic. You are making some big power there. I agree with your ***essment of probable ET. Wish I had been there. Don

 

You ought to hear the uni at full song at Bonneville Don it makes music.....

 

Well Don, it ain't 220. lol

"Almost" huh.

 

Thanks for that Don.

 

Had a bit of a time at Famoso yeasterday. Had one run with a squirly launch that still ran out at 10.82 and 127 mph even after having to lift. This one though was a 18.97 @ 41 mph. Give it a listen, when I shif to second there's nothing but when I got to the end of the track it cought again. Trans low on fluid, thought I blew it.

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Like the launch! As you said it did weird things...........maybe punishing you for sleeping on the light?

 

Nice launch tho.....

 

Yeah..... that was the more embarr***ing thing.

I was looking for Joe out of the corner of my eye but he never staged because he did this on his burnout.

 

I think I just got a nosebleed from that wheelie!
Glad it is just low fluid and nothing major. Thanks for the video
Don
Of course I dont know what trans you have but if was a TRQFLTE too much of the oil from the trans pan went into the tailstock on the wheelie. I run a super deep trans pan with an extended pick up just in case. It takes a lot longer to drain back in then to dump out into the tailstock.

 

looks like you hooked up.....................maybe thats an understatement.....

 

Nice video Tim- you ARE the man!

 

It was still a great time!

These guys would agree:



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Got a bunch of shiney pieces yesterday, should look good when we show up at Mooneye's.



I should say "Thanks!" to Kustom Falcon for working as a middle man and taking the parts to Visalia Chrome, they do a great job but can be hard to work with. I got all this back in a timely manner.

 

Goldchainer.

 

Ha! yeah, that's me.

 

It's the very least I could do. Glad it looks so good!

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Kustom Falcon Build Thread:
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=734282

 

Got all the pieces bolted back on tonight, looks pretty good although the pix don't do it justice. Here they are though.

 

Sharp!

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Kustom Falcon Build Thread:
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=734282

 

Looks good,, Chrome always looks good on a dragster Tim Jones

 

You know what they say Tim

"if it don't go......chrome it"

 

You better get started then. lol

 

Ooh! Shiny!

 

sounds heathy ....can't wait to see the finished rail .

T

 

Read a little deeper, it's been finished for a couple of years. Or are they never really "finished".

 

Thats the chrome you mentioned!? Looks great!

 

Nice and shiny Tim I really like stuff that sparks

Kjell


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Taildragger&fenderless

 

Or are they never really "finished"........

x2, x4

 

Took the car out to the ranch for a quick test run, after the trans faultered at Famoso I just wanted to be sure it was gonna work for me at Mooneye's next week. Seems to be working fine with a little more fluid added.



Also I did a little trick that was suggested to me, swab the inside of the newly chromed zoomies to keep the bluing to a minimum.




This is after a couple of quickie runs and engine heated up to 220* f. We'll see how they look next week after a couple of hard p***es at Irwindale.

 

damn that looks good Tim ............