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    F.A.S.T at Empire Dragway 5/24/24-5/26/24

    So the F.A.S.T class is heading out to Empire Dragway this weekend. The folks at Empire are always do an incredible job for us and I can’t wait. Friday a handful of cars are going to do some testing during Empires Fridays T-N-T. With Saturday qualifying and Sunday eliminations. Cars are coming...
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    Weight loss.

    So I knew the rear seat back in the car was pretty heavy. It being a fastback and folding down. With the intention of stuff being transported on top of it while folded down. I pulled it out and threw it on the scale. The seat back weighed 48 lbs. My goal, is to make a much lighter part that...
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    Differences in 904 sun shells

    So I’m building a 904. The core is a 1968 904 with 4 pinion aluminum planetary’s front and back. So the issue I’m having is the low gear set kit I bought came with a sun shell. It is different from the 68 sun shell in that the opening is much larger than than the 68 shell. You can put the shell...
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    Intake design for stock appearing class and needed a winter project

    So I’m tired of paint and body work and it’s to cold to spray color now anyways. So I have embarked on tackling the intake on my car. I’m currently running a stock 68-69 340 intake with the divider cut down and the ports being blended and gasket matched. The car runs a stock appearing stock tire...
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    727 fun

    So I was in staging for qualifying and clicked it into drive and it made a whirring sound for a sec and started to move. Moved it back and forth drive to neutral a bunch trying to recreate the sounds and it worked fine. Did my burn out and staged the car. Loaded the converter as usual, light...
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    Chassis dyno graph

    Ok, ran the car on chassis dyno and here’s the graph. The small improvement was from drilling out the accel pump nozzle just a touch. The combo is It seems to me that it is too “smooth” for lack of a better word, like it’s hitting the limit of a part and saying “you shall not pass” at 6500 it...
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    8 3/4” carrier bearing preload

    So I’m putting a spool in my 8 3/4” and was just reading up since it’s been awhile. I’ve set up 3-4 carriers in the past so pretty comfortable doing it. My question pertains to carrier bearing preload, IIRC I have used 90lbs of torque to set preload on the bearings, but just read about using...
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