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Thanks! After using the pcv valve proved itself as a crankcase vacuum source, I have since deleted the vacuum pump and separator can as they were no longer needed. The current evac system is a simple crossover breather setup, but I machined some internal check-ball seats for the breathers so...

I made these push-in o-ringed fittings from Delrin round stock for an evac system, makes it easy to put oil in the engine... Separator can was made from glued together ABS pipe... The hoses enter the can on a tangent, with vacuum pump drawing from the bottom thru a center stand-pipe. The...

I know it sounds counter-intuitive, but setting a 'tamer up for low rpm drag strip launches is hard on the clutch! That's because it takes a really soft 'tamer setting to prevent a bog when you have little to no inertia to pull you thru, and that resulting soft setting will also cause excessive...

Back in the '80s I flipped an 8-3/4 upside down and installed it in a car, but I also put the engine in backwards... Grant

The inner dial is basically the anti-spin adjustment, adjust it first... ......turning the inner dial clockwise makes the clutch hit harder, more likely to spin the tires. ......turning the inner dial counter-clockwise makes the clutch hit softer, less likely to spin the tires. The outer knob...

Have you thought about putting the nitrous on a delay? With simple WOT switch activation, you are spraying on top of the inertia spikes. Those inertia spikes only last half a second or on average, but there are 4 of them on a 4spd car and spraying anything on top of them requires more clutch...

This rear of mine has similar welds in both tubes, been that way since the mid 90's. Lots of 1.30 60's dead hooking on radials... It would still be in the car, except for a near head-on with a Tundra... The tube and axle were bent bad, but where the tube was welded together held up just...

Hard to tell from the video if there's wheelspin or clutch slip during launch, but the engine does bog. Then from the sound during the 1/2 shift pulldown, it sounds to me more likely clutch slip instead of tire spin. If the 'tamer is in place, sounds like you are launching too low! ...say a...

Keep an eye on the plugs instead of relying on AFR alone, most engines have a cylinder or two that are a little closer to the danger zone than the rest. The cylinders I pay the most attention to in my sbc are #5 and #6. Back around 2013, I had an obsession with spraying 200+hp doses of nitrous...

If he "needed" NGK 8's NA, I would go the other way with 9's for a slightly colder plug with nitrous. Grant

Is that valve facing the rear of the car? For those that don't know, from the factory the bottles typically have the dip tube intake in the bottom corner of the bottle, clocked in the same direction as the bottle discharge (opposite side from the label). To make sure horizontal bottles...

In my opinion not enough extension travel for your 6cyl bars at current ride height, as the front seems to hit the stops pretty hard. When the front tops out hard, the momentum of that pitch rotation causes the rear to dip which causes the 11psi slicks to bounce. The more pre-loaded the front...

I'm the guy that makes the 'tamer, I also make the Hitmaster. Both are clutch hit control devices. The 'tamer attaches to the clutch pedal, it works on both mechanical and hydraulic release systems. My Hitmaster attaches with hoses, only works on hydraulic release systems. Grant

If you want wheelies and no wheelspin, install a clutchtamer. It can give you more HP during launch, also softens the hit which gives the car more time to transfer weight before the clutch hits the sweet spot. For examples of cars using a 'tamer, look up videos of NMRA Coyote Stock races where...

Ths CS guys use 101a with only .5* face angles on the lugs, allows them to shift under full power without unloading. Only takes them about .043sec to cross neutral, which results in about a 200rpm flare between gears. The low angle lugs are not a problem for a drag only car, but you can't rely...