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As dusterbing mentions above, are you SURE the water pump is turning the correct direction? We haven't seen a shot of the accessory drive system yet but some serpentine systems may require a reverse direction water pump. Had to ask!!

My 408 avatar car is street driven and does not overheat with its 2 electric puller fans and Champion alum radiator. And I live about 90 min north of him in Florida. BUT...I do not have AC. So it is possible to make this setup work (at least w/o AC). We're all going to learn something when...

^^^^^Gotta love the Toad and the drag race car!! Amazing and just cool!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Well, a few more months have gone by so I thought it time for a brief update. There was no racing in February at Gainesville due to the GatorNats and some other races. In March, we took the car up for the monthly brackets. Got there on time, unloaded, tech'd, waiting by the trailer for the...

Your own car show!!

I solve the shutoff/hot soak/fuel boil/won't restart issue with a pretty basic solution. To shut the car off, I first turn the fuel pump off and let the engine empty the carb until it stalls (maybe 30 seconds or so). With no fuel in the bowls, you get no vapor/boiling during the hot soak and...

^^^^all PBR style launches!!

Guess I just had low expectations. I built the avatar (408) street/strip car with a target of 11.30. After a bunch of tuning, I got it from its initial pass at 11.87 to now it's gone [email protected]. And I've been happy with that! (OK, ok...now I want to see a 10.9x out of it but that may never...

Don - my $0.02.... On my 408, I have an old Diamondback/Holley 850 carb. I've played around with jets and have been running 81/87's for some time now (has a power valve in the front). I recently had a thread going looking at my plugs and my overall conclusion from the discussion, as well as...

My avatar has a 408 with a mini-starter (I assume that is a mini-starter you have.) The Hooker SuperComp headers (1-3/4") run fairly close to it. This is its 3rd summer and so far, no issues. I'd run it as is if that's a mini-starter. As for the pinion gear hanging up, you want to get that...

.008 light will take out a LOT of people!! Well done sir!

Assuming valve springs are set up the same, spalling on the intake only suggests it's an issue of the larger forces involved due to the heavier intake valve. I doubt the heat treat or core is any different intake vs exhaust so we're back to an insufficient heat treat or material for the...

Love that Dart!!

I want no part of a bear in my yard!! Too high up on the food chain.

I'm with you. I've hand-packed the bearings on my flat trailer since I bought it used in 1986. Never had an issue with it. Now with my enclosed hauler, I've used the EZ-Lube method for the first greasing and will likely hand pack them when they're ready for the 2nd greasing. I figure I'll...

I've got EZ lube hubs on my enclosed car hauler trailer and just greased them for the 1st time at about 6800 miles. It took quite a bit of grease this 1st time as you're filling up the hub cavity when you do it. And these are 6000# axles so they have the bigger bearings and hubs. Roughly 1...

Just a guess but most tracks will (rightfully) insist on an overflow bottle. On a temporary basis, any type of old plastic bottle may suffice. That is IF tech even lifts the hood like they should. Oh, and double throttle return springs are in EVERYBODY'S best interest!

I should have added that, like your car, my avatar has the fully adjustable SPC UCA's so doing this at home is quite the necessity to me. And by having the gauge magnetically attach to the hub as I noted in my post above, repeatable results were quite easy once I got the knack of how to adjust...

Most importantly, go over your safety checklist: wheel nuts torqued, suspension bolts tight, fire extinguisher in car, oil level full, etc, etc. Go get'm and have a blast!!

Need eyewash too!! Who are these people singing in the streets? What is that supposed to be???

I love a car with ANY hood wheels up!

Where's @Big Dad ? Another Nope!!

I have a Joe's Racing caster/camber gauge. The avatar has Weld ProStar wheels. All I have to do is remove the center caps then the dust caps and the gauge magnetically attaches to the hub without issue. For turning plates, this hack uses heavy, thick garbage bags folded over multiple times...

Can't tell exactly if that damage is on the nose of the cam or the front or back side. From the pic, it looks like what we would call spalling which is due to excessive Hertz stresses from too much spring pressure for the material and/or incorrect or insufficiant heat treat. For example, iron...

Absolutely NOPE! Better question is "why?"

I'll take the 72 Demon please!

I've had my car at 5 different tracks. Only 1 has ever done any meaningful tech inspection (little track in Michigan called Lapeer International Dragway - cudos to them!). All others (names withheld) have never even asked me to lift the hood!! So not even a simple check to insure at least...

I use an Optima red top in the avatar's trunk. For the disconnect, I use a rotary switch in the trunk latch key hole. I have a pull cable in the LH rear pass seat area to pop the trunk latch.

Oops. I hate when that happens!