Projects Northwest Vintage Dragster Group Build.

If I lived close I would be a rockin chair consultant.for you guys.

 

On your v8 head conversion I think Chevy to Chevy would be easier than Ford to Chev.y My brother and I did a Boss Ford head to Chevy I have our photos posted on 6 cyl drag cars. A very lot of work.

 

Right on! Get it going, have some fun, and then you can always try different things down the road.

 

Great thread, great build, and some really nice fabrication. Oh and looks like some great food too! I am curious though about welding that chassis. TIG or MIG? It's obviously tacked with MIG. Any concerns about all that nice work fitting back together after welding? Things will shrink and move around a bit.

 

Well we bout to fine out... we are making this up as we go along, everything is so triangulated i dont think it will move much. I will mig the bulk of it but tig the critical stuff.

 

Stole this cool old picture off IG today, cant stop looking at it.

 

Your side-draft intake got me fired up to finish mine.

 

Thats looking good Walt, whate are those carbs?

Hey are you headed to the swamp meet this next week in Portland?

 

Those carbs are SU -6's (1-3/4" bore).

I usually head out to PIR on Thursday. Do you have a booth at the Expo? Marty also mentioned seeing you during the swap meet. Are you planning to go out to his shop?

 

Yeah we will be in hall D, I'd like to run over to Marty's, we will have to check with him but hoping for Saturday evening. I think the swap meet lets out a little earlier on Saturday if i remember right.

 

Saturday night will work just fine, I am sure Walt want's to see the Spalding again. I better get busy and get this place in order. Rob, I will be in touch !

 

Awesome! Really looking forward to it.

 

So i haven't even run this car down the track yet, but keep thinking of the next one...

 

Did you know that I restored it ?

 

Ha, no idea, just running threw vintage dragster photos on google. You have had your fingers in some pretty neat stuff.

 

We are loosing a couple of work nights on the car due to the Portland Swap Meet, this was cool though as Dad and I managed to beg our way into Marty Strodes shop to meet up with him and Walt (Casual 6) we had a ball hearing a bunch of old drag racing and dwarf car stories. He even tossed my old man onto his pit bike...


Dad has all kinds of plans for a similar builds, Marty was already instigating a race!

We did pick up this old bomber seat, gas pedal and a few gauges for the dragster though.

 

With a stock bottom end, and a street/strip style cam, what kind of stall converter should i be shopping for? Thinking if i picked ip a 3200-3500 stall it would likely stall much lower with the light weight car and not a lot of HP.....right?

 

I would talk to a converter builder on that.

 

Are you using the NICSON pedal as a pusher or puller and if you do use it as a puller, what conversion is involved.
Warren

By the way, the wheel jig is awesome. Went from 5.5 to 4.75 in no time at all. Thanks

 

I'm just going to use it as a pusher, it has enough cable to loop behind the trans and come up the left side of the engine. I think i will have it turn a shaft with 3 bell cranks for the carbs.

Thanks for the positive feedback on the drill guide!

 

Looking great, I love this build. Thanks for posting the pic of Martys shop, what a cool place!

 

I use a summit nitrous convertor with the six. stalled at 3700. tried it with the small block and it stalled at 3100. six has 10 to 1 350 gearset v8 has 12.5 to 1 with same gearset

 

I pulled it and run a coan that stalls at 4500

 

I picked up new summit racing converter advertized at 3500 rpm out of craigslist for cheap from someones stalled project. Should give us atleast a starting point, maybe even work great we will see. We have a local guy that drops by now and then building us up a couple of TH350's with stage 2 shift kits that can be ran either in auto of manual.

 

Last week i Q'd us up some porkchops, and spuds. Glad the weather is finally improving.

We spent most of the night modifying the seat to fit and making mounting tabs for it.


And making tabs to mount the side panels on


The seat will bolt back to this strap too when complete.


Dad spent some time modifying the gas pedal as it was made to be run barefoot, no ones shoes would fit in it.

 

suggest a toe strap on that throttle to allow the pedal to be pulled back in case of a sticking cable don`t know for sure but I believe it`s mandated in some classes

 

I picked up a NICSON pedal this weekend and you are right about needing small feet. I'm converting mine to a puller and I'm going o follow your father's modification and yes a toe strap.

Warren

 

Right on Warren, i think it will work good for us. How is your build going?

 

Reviewing the recent photos I think the drive shaft loops are to big to contain it in the event of failure. You sure want to protect what is above it. Been there, done that.

 

The car has been moving along steady. The chassis is finished, painted and padded. The Harley wheels are modified and mounted, looking good with the Ansens. The 261 is installed and mocked up with the triple 97s, headers, hoses, cooling and fuel. Haven't started the engine yet. Waiting for the body to come back from the paint shop so this thing can get buttoned up. Really want to go racing May 20, we'll see.
Thanks for asking
Warren