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by jed5161
Wed May 07, 2008 4:16 pm
Forum: Tech Questions
Topic: Oil Brand & Viscosity
Replies: 6
Views: 4262

we've tried a few synthetics over the years. Only success we've had is tearing up cylinder walls and pistons. did that a couple times with different brands and just went back to what works for us. I always figured it had to do with the ol sayin of never break in a motor with synthetic oil, use regul...
by jed5161
Wed May 07, 2008 1:28 pm
Forum: Tech Questions
Topic: Oil Brand & Viscosity
Replies: 6
Views: 4262

Aspirated BBC- 20w50 kendall gt1 racing

Supercharged BBC & HEMI- cool to warm day, 50w kendall gt1 racing. mod. warm to HOT day, mix 50/50 of 50w and nitro 70 kendall gt1 racing.
by jed5161
Fri Apr 18, 2008 2:35 pm
Forum: Tech Questions
Topic: to prime or not to prime????
Replies: 5
Views: 3637

all esle fails its a little extra insurance. When we had dry sump on our supergas camaro, did primed it after oil changes and if it sat for a long period of time. Our blown hemi and even our alan johnson olds headed motor, we lubed rockers and pushrods before first fire up of every day. Anyways on o...
by jed5161
Wed Mar 12, 2008 10:53 pm
Forum: Super Crew Team Reports
Topic: The Plastic Fantastic Nostalgia Nitro Funnycar
Replies: 559
Views: 81948

DAMMIT!! NITRO.....OIL.....FIRE......I GOTTA GET ME A FUNNY CAR!! haha
Good job and great story Randy!
by jed5161
Tue Feb 05, 2008 9:30 am
Forum: Links, Events, and Products
Topic: NEW DVD Previews
Replies: 6
Views: 2241

do ya got dvd from world series that includes the frantic 14? Probably got it listed and i missed it. haha. it happens alot
by jed5161
Mon Dec 24, 2007 12:44 pm
Forum: Tech Questions
Topic: lencodrive-VS-Bruno-VS-B&J drive??
Replies: 5
Views: 9199

i agree 100%, my opnion is just that an opinion. i appologize for bein so ....blunt i guess i should say with my opinion. Im not here to give anyone a bad reputation or anything like that, i'm just trying to give suggestions and reccomendation from our experiences. Again i appologize for being so di...
by jed5161
Mon Dec 24, 2007 10:35 am
Forum: Tech Questions
Topic: lencodrive-VS-Bruno-VS-B&J drive??
Replies: 5
Views: 9199

we made/make a 400 turbo that is 100% air operated here at our shop. We ran in it our pro mod car and also in Ron Muenks 63 corvette pro mod. Everything was air operated inside the transmission. first we just had it shifting with CO2 then after realizing 4 wheel disc brakes werent enough to hold the...
by jed5161
Sun Dec 02, 2007 2:06 pm
Forum: Tech Questions
Topic: Parachute(s) for a Doorslammer
Replies: 7
Views: 6972

im not sure on slower cars but on our dragster with stroud chutes...it tore the hell outta em. The triangle ones that they have are easy to fold up and everything, one thing i noticed, they like to spin so all the cords get tangled and you spend 5-10 minutes each chute spinnin em back so cords arent...
by jed5161
Sun Dec 02, 2007 1:57 pm
Forum: Tech Questions
Topic: Fire Systems for a Doorslammer
Replies: 9
Views: 5189

the bottles themselfs had safety pins in valves themselfs. The cables that were in the car has pins in each cable as well. We kept them in so we didnt' have any unwanted activation of the fire system. Stick'n with the keep it simple stupid approch, we had everything easy access. Jus pull on a cable ...
by jed5161
Sat Dec 01, 2007 7:04 pm
Forum: Tech Questions
Topic: Fire Systems for a Doorslammer
Replies: 9
Views: 5189

i cant remember what system we had in the 57 but we had two bottles in the trunk. If memory serves me right.....there were two on the motor, one on the fuel tank, and one at drivers feet. Did jus what your talking about, two seperate cables for each bottle. Had the cable safety pins tied together be...

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