2010 Front Engine Dragster Week 2013 01 12
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With the holidays and some jobs to be completed around the house, not much has been done on the dragster, but that is now changing. It must as racing season is racing towards us. The Gasser Series schedule has been posted, NDRL schedule has been posted and we want to go to the Inaugural East Coast Hot Rod Reunion. Club racing organization meeting is fast approaching, so as you can see time is running out.,..
After many measurements, talks with DJ Safety, the blower bag and five strap restraint has been ordered and will be here next week (there will be a car nuts meeting next Saturday!
What is pictured below is the old four strap restraint. This is the restraint that was purchased with the blower, but it came off a rear engine dragster. I want to be sure that if the rear plate on the blower gets blown off it does not end up in my face.
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Jim spent some time and completed the plumbing for the “K” valve. The hard lines for the idle, return and high speed lean out are now complete. |
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Bill took on the task of blocking off the BDS Pop Off valve as we have installed a burst panel, and contributed to the design of the new fuel pump mount. Note that there are no longer any springs holding the pop off valve in place, that it is now solidly bolted in place. |
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Bob took on the fabrication of a bracket for the G-Force sensor and rerouting the wires for the fuel pressure, temperature sensor, and boost sensor for the data logger. The wire for the boost sensor needs to be sent back to RPM performance to have the en put on it. |
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The throttle cable has been rerouted from the left side to the right side and now is on the front of the engine. We still have to do something for a return spring, and I finally want to get to a foot cup for the go pedal. |
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We also made great progress on the fuel pump mount bracket. We puzzled over how to locate the pump so that the feed and return lines could run in back of the front engine plate, and be able to mount the fuel shut off valve directly to the pump. It turns out to be a very simple solution. All we had to do was turn the pulley for the fuel pump around and it pushed the location of the pump back to just the right location so that the plumbing is in back of the front engine plate and there is enough room for the shut off valve. We were unable to complete the finish height of the pump because the 90 degree elbow for the lower side of the pump has not arrived. Another task for the car nuts. I really want to get this done so that the fuel system can be sent out to be flowed and a tune-up supplied. |
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Well guys Thanks again for showing up on a bleak winter day and helping out. As always all are welcome. |