New project

[hotrod 80]

Pretty good match from a cell phone picture . Looking forward to seeing how much , if any the truck picks up .

[hotrod 80]

Trans guy pulled the trans apart and said nothing was wrong and charged me $40 . Got me wondering what could have gone wrong . I reinstalled it with my BTE converter . Sent the ATI off back to ATI . Got the call today $340 . The local guy I used to fix the sprag only must have taken it upon himself to mess with the impeller cause they said it had been welded on and couldn't be saved it was messed up so badly . Should be getting it back middle of next week or so . I also pulled the Hooker conversion headers off this truck and stuck them on my blue truck . Im having fender exits built right now and then having them coated at polydyne inside and out . This will greatly help on transmission work . I moved all the wiring and swapped to a set of plug wires that go around the back of the heads and come up from the bottom . I pick it up tomorrow and will get better pics .

[hotrod 80]

Headers are done and about to go to polydyn for coating inside and out. It is freaking loud.

[hotrod 80]

[a1953mdl]

Looking good. Glad you're still doing well.
Did the tube length change enough to affect your power band much?
If so, will that be a better situation?
Really just making a post here to let you know I still follow your posts.
Lee

[hotrod 80]

Thanks Lee , I think it will have to add some main jet to the carb . I bought a 950 HP and have it at the carb guy doing the E85 conversion now . If it moves the power up , it wont hurt me . the converter is 5200 . Here is a video.

[hotrod 80]

Originally Posted by a1953mdl

Looking good. Glad you're still doing well.
Did the tube length change enough to affect your power band much?
If so, will that be a better situation?
Really just making a post here to let you know I still follow your posts.
Lee

I often think about that trip to your place Lee . The funny thing is I remember a 6 cylinder duster with a bad motor . You still have that thing ?

[JJLT1]

sounds goood.. keep it up Hotrod..

[hotrod 80]

Hood is mounted , air pan is being fabbed Monday , got the headers back from coating , Converter came back from ATI $340 later . Next is swap the converter and axle and rear gear inspection .

[hotrod 80]

Headers are coated and trim installed .

[regan wilson]

Looks great HotRod ! I bet the neighbors will love it. Better keep the ole rev tuning to a minimum.

[hotrod 80]

finally found the noise I have been looking for. It was in the gear . Did my annual axle inspection and the gear oil was really dark . Brake pads were also ready to be changed . Axle spline look good .But this leads me to ask at what power level and weight should I be making a move to 35 spline ? Gear had like .052 back lash in it . and I think it is done .






And I serviced my pit bike .

So im pricing new 35 splines and a pro gear also . When is a pro gear required ? Strange says they are only good for 300 passes , which has me worried . I am pulling the housing out to pressure wash it and have it put in a narrowing jig to make sure it is straight . Im also going to have a back brace installed .

[hotrod 80]

Current situation . Nobody has any suggestions on moving up spline count on rear axles ?



I also found these on closeout for black Friday . It is a 50CC China deal , but for $650 shipped to the door I figured Id give it a try .

[hotrod 80]

Got a few things done a bit farther. Axle is finished . I had a drain plug added. The pilot holes in the spring perches were not the correct size to keep the axle square and were not deep enough . They were 1/2 pilot bolts , so I added a pair of 1/2id x 9/16 od bushings between the housing and the spring to keep everything straight . My strange aluminum case turned out tio be 3.060 bearing and I had already ordered 35 spline axles ( they will be here tueday) . I had to break down and buy a new case . Really feel like I should have gone aluminum due to weight , but I ended up with the steel one . I am into this project for over $2000 . Also got free shipping and 30% off at Aerospace for the brake pads .
Axle back brace and straighten -$300
Gear , bearings & case -$1050
axles bearing and studs -$525
Brake pads and parts -$119
Anyway here is current pile of parts .

[team39763]

Who did your headers? Here in Texas? I need a set built for my truck but can't find a good header fabricator closer to San Antonio(Dallas is too far for me right now).

[hotrod 80]

I have tried 3 times to update , but photobucket must be messed up and after typing it all out 3 times I gave up the guy that built the headers for me is local to Baytown His name is Mclwayne Mc carty . His number is 281 628 3272. I am very happy with his work.

[team39763]

Cool. Thanks. I'll check him out when mine rolls out of the chassis shop next month.

[hotrod 80]

finally got a chance to update . Got this thing together and actually made a few passes . First race is Feb 18 & 19.

[hotrod 80]

Lost in the finals Satruday and alternator locked up @4 cars sunday . Pretty decent first outing . Moving to a low mount on the driverside to shorten the belt .

[hotrod 80]

Test session at Royal purple this Saturday. My new HP XP is not really working properly . The o2 sensor was not working properly and and was telling me it needed fuel . I added 3 jets to the front and made a few passes . Reading the plugs I pulled those three out and then took 5 out of the rear . It was still rich . Rich to the point it was starting to hurt the ring pack . I changed the plugs and stuck my old 750HP back on it and bam .


I also had the alternator lock up last sunday in the semi finals . I fabbed a new driver side low mount and replaced the alt under warranty . I also managed to get the belt size right the first try .

Here are the plugs . The strap looks like I have a bit to much timing in it to me and I'm was rich.

End result and this was without the alt charging which I fixed tonight . We run 2 day races the next 2 weekends and I think I have a truck that will compete if the driver shows up .

[regan wilson]

Looking good Hotrod. How much did you have to spray it for the 9.90s?

[hotrod 80]

Originally Posted by regan wilson

Looking good Hotrod. How much did you have to spray it for the 9.90s?

None , that's all motor both passes ! I put a plate on it to try and runs some 5.80 index stuff , but just don't have the time. I was just about to give up this weekend . I guess when the alt locked up it took the exciter (charge light) with it . Got the alternator fixed and put fresh plugs in it . You can see oil foul on the plug picture. I also too the 1000 off for now and put the 750 back on it to eliminate variables . I will do some more testing with the big carb first , but we race for the next 2 weekends . Actually I race for the next 4 weekends . Kinda been chasing my tail a bit with all the winter changes . Now the driver has to show up and race what I got .

[regan wilson]

Sorry I figured the difference in the ET's from 6.45 to 6.30 was because those little solenoids... You will have fun if you ever try the 5.80.

[hotrod 80]

This weekend was planned to be a double header Saturday and sunday . We got the time trials off Saturday and I won first round before the rain came . Next weekend will also be a double header with the finish of this Saturdays race run on Saturday .

[hotrod 80]

Didn't fair so well last weekend . Ended up going red 3rd round , but I got that figured out . I lined up for second round of the rainout race which they didn't give us a time trial for and the starter burned up . The weekend kinda started off bad with a flat tire on the trailer .

I also built baffles for the headers to kinda try and quiet it down a bit . Got a new starter installed and it is working great . Also about to put fresh tires on it . I am currently in the points lead at Evadale , my IHRA home track . We run there Saturday and sunday the 25-26. So far everything seems to be holding together and working good .Just another action shot .

Also got this thing out the other day and got it inspected and drove it around all day.