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  1. mechanic190

    Budget racers quickest stock piston and head motors

    heres one for the budget racers like me. What's the fastest you have gone with a stock piston stock headed? Post what you have done to your combination and how fast it went. Mine stock size 360 reringed stock head stock intake 4.10s. Ran a 14.78 last weekend at 93 mph
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    Where did I go wrong? Other than being a cheap ***

    1980 360 with a reringed bottom end. Stock heads with no work done to them. Stock dual plane intake. Comp 275deh camshaft. Converter only stalls to 2000 before it starts pushing through the brakes. 600 cfm Holley vac secondary. Stock mopar ignition. And 4.10 gears with 29 x 10.5W slicks. Ran a...
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    So here's a dumb electrical question

    I am working on my electrical system on my drag racer and was curious with the battery cables. 1/0 battery cable measures 0.32" in diameter. 12 ga measures .08" in diameter. If you wrap 4 12 ga wires together in the same ring terminal connector you have the same diameter as 1/0. Whats the...
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    Fuel fittings

    I'm curious. I work at a heavy duty truck dealership and we use the plastic fuel/air lines and compression fittings all the time. Now I'm trying to plumb in my drag race fuel system with 1/2 aluminum tubing for fuel line. Is there any reason I couldn't use brass 1/2 compression fittings with the...
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    Seat mounts and harness

    I have a question on my drag race build. It's not an a body but it's a 78 dodge d100 step side. I have mounted my plastic racing seat where I want it but the problem is the mounts don't line up with the crossmember on the bottom side of the cab. Being it is a pick up I cannot go to the frame and...
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    NHRA Welding rules??

    Well I am not a welder just to clarify. I have been trying to do the welding on my dart myself. (at least I am giving her a go). I cut out my rusty drivers side floor pan and welded in a new one, not the best job but once again at least I tried. After the floor pan I decided to install my...
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    NHRA Fuel Cells rules

    I am thinking about mounting my fuel cell in my car tomorrow and was just looking over the rules real quick and got to thinking. My fuel cell is a 12 gallon unknown brand. It does not have a sump just has two fittings on top one with a standpipe going to the rear of the cell, the other having...
  8. mechanic190

    Stock suspension racers

    I am in the process of building my 72 swinger and since I bought the car my plans have had to change from a back halfed car to stock suspension due to my budget. Originally I bought a set of cragar super tricks 15 x 4 and 15 x 12s (for sale too now) now I have a set of stock steels that I'm...
  9. mechanic190

    Back to building finally!

    Well here I am about a year and half later and I finally am back on my feet enough to get my dart up here in north Dakota with me! I just bought a car trailer and pulled it the 6 hours up to Williston last week and now I'm real excited to finally work on it.
  10. mechanic190

    "Low buck" 440 drag build

    Well I think I got my combo for car figured out, just wanna post it on here and see what you all think, what'd you'd change, and whatever else you wanna say. 77 440 out of a motor home Factory rods, cast crank, and pistons factory size just gonna bearing a re-ring dual 600 vacuum sec holley...
  11. mechanic190

    can't decide on rear wheels with a back half

    I am back halving my 72 dart and can't find a decent set of rims on the "too" cheap side. We are throwing in a 12 pt roll cage, 4 link, and narrowed dana 60. I have two choices to mock up for free just to get the project rolling. I can use a set of old wheels with 5 back spacing or turn the...
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