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Spinners, now that's funny. How exciting would that be to have one come off at 250 MPH!
That was a good article. I was closer to that 1981 crash than I wanted to be. I remember the right front wheel stuck through the old style guard...
Even during the oil problems of 1979 methanol stayed around (or above) the price of gas. But before I got too bummed out about the cost, I just...
In days past (on short term layup), we would run the engine on gas long enough to get the alky out of the system.
1/2" head studs help too.
I wonder if the "heavily welded" intake is a prototype. I remember Fred Mandoline telling me he had 90+ hours in the original intake.
That is the same as I remember it too. It was a almost a .10 of a second pickup over a Cragar for us.
My first race car was a TAFC (aka BB/FC in 1978). When my driver (21 year old cousin) was going for his NHRA license, Dale Pulde ask "what have...
Seemed like ~20 years ago Les Davenport ran collecter headers on a BBC Rodeck TAD (I think he won Denver w/ them). I personally like the sound of...
Jody are you running liners or beadlocks? Many moons ago I ran a Rodeck TAD w/ 1490s (my favorite tire then). We had a 2 dic glide (later a...
If you are referring to the first generation 481, I would guess ~ 2000 HP. Top Fuel cars used some in the late 70s (the heads became the weak...
I would not worry about running a iron head w/ aluminum block, as when the Rodeck 481 hit the market ~1977, it was seveal years before a...
It seems to be the safe play to keep the timing under 30. 25+ years ago we ran more timing, but did not have the boost like todays blowers can...
I ran between 10.5 and 11 to 1 ( ~472" BBC and 441" Rodeck many years ago). We had smaller (and inferior) blowers compared to today, but the...
Toothpaste to check pinion contact on the ring gear.
A good safe combo to run a BBC on alky would be a 454-468 (4" stroke) w/ ~11-1 compression (convert the block to 1/2" head studs). I am not sure...
I remember Bill Mullins telling me that early in his career (late 50s?) someone gave him a chute (too big) to try and it brused his shoulders and...
I wanted to in the late 70s but the friend of mine who owned a tunnel ram did not want me experimenting on it. Then Fred Mandoline built one in...
If memory serve right, Bac-Man heads have independent intake runners vs siamese like the Ray-Nicks that proceded them. A baseline should be close...
Sounds like you found it. There is nothing good about a bad pump. I had bad one (110) in my first BB/FC and it fell on it butt at 600 ft (if I...
