Modified roadster construction

[Frankie7799]

Mike some of my best memories from my teenage years are of the time I spent working on the family dragsters with my dad. As I got older and was able to buy my first race car, the first person there to help me was my dad. I learned a lot from my dad and I truly appreciate it. Im sure your boys enjoy their time with you and the knowledge you are passing on to them. Remind them how lucky they are that you turned over the keys to the family hot rod to them at such a young age, it took my my racing operation getting stolen and me being in my mid 30s before my dad let me drive their car 

Sorry your Bonneville trip wasnt what you had planned but you learned some things and didnt tear up the car. Hope to meet you guys if you run EM in November. Passed by your pits but you guys were busy turning wrenches and I didnt want to bother you all.

[manta22]

Freud;

"... struggled under the fuselage of a Hughes 500D helicopter as the rain pelted down on us while we attached two motorcycles to the

skids of the chopper."
OK, there has to be a story behind this; why were you attaching motorcycles to a helicopter?

Regards, Neil  Tucson, AZ

[Freud]

It was a "can You top this" type of story.

Kenny Roberts, Cook Neilson, prior editor of CYCLE Magazine, my son and I did it in Hawaii.

I'll find the CYCLE Magazine that has the story and copy the story and attach it here.

It was an ADVENTURE, without any doubt.

Costly but clever and Oh So Satisfying.

Older boys and their, and other peoples, toys.

FREUD

[manta22]

Freud;

My wife and I are flying to Kauai in a few weeks and have a helicopter tour scheduled....I'm going to check on that story. 

Regards, Neil  Tucson, AZ

[Freud]

You won't find any info on our adventure.

The pilot was killed several weeks later on his way to a fire fight on the Big Island

and the helicopter company that was bases on Kauai has closed. It was an Alaska

operation that added birds for tour flights and all of their equipment was destroyed

in an island storm.

Only the Shadow and a few of us demented oldsters have the facts.

Besides it was done on Maui.

A magazine editor wants to publish the book length version of the adventure.

FREUD

[manta22]

Hah! a likely story, Freud....   The Shadow knows (but doesn't tell Lamont Cranston).

Regards, Neil  Tucson, AZ

[Tman]

I think Freud let that story slip in another thread if you dig for it?

[Freud]

Helicopter pilots don't last that long in the islands.

It was a while ago,

FREUD

[Dynoroom]

For those who followed our progress getting ready for Bonneville 2013 thanks.
This will be an update showing some slight changes we will be making this season to improve either engine performance or access to components to making the car easier to maintenance or work on.

This first series of pictures shows how we moved the fuel pump to solve a hard to start engine due to vapor lock after warming up the motor before a pass. I have run many engines with the fuel pump mounted on the back of the dry sump pump. This time the headers got too close to the fuel out fitting causing vapor lock (See the first two pictures). So we decided to make the fuel pump a cable drive unit thus moving it away from the heat of the headers. We moved the oil filter and machined the "mid" mount motor plate to accept the fuel pump adapter and drive assy., next two pictures.

[Dynoroom]

Here are a few more shots of the install.



We would like to thank Aeromotive Fuel Systems for offering there services in upgrading the #701 modified roadster.

[Dynoroom]

Trying to post more info but the site tries to help keep us from re-posting so it really makes it....... interesting sometimes......

Next up is the boost tube. Seems simple enough but to get it to fit the car with our packaging it needs to pass directly over the turbine housing. We have a heat blanket on the turbine but the boost tube more or less laid on the blanket. This of course is not a good thing so a rework of the boost tube is in process. Pictures (showing my lousy fab work) soon to come.
Here is a picture showing how it was......

More to come, El Mirage is in May!

[redhotracing]

Our charge pipe lays directing over the center bearing section; even with a blanket there
is definitely some serious ambient heat present. I would imagine the super cooling of that
A2W intercooler probably makes up for any major build-up. What kind of IAT's did you see
running last year?

[fordboy628]

For those who followed our progress getting ready for Bonneville 2013 thanks.
This will be an update showing some slight changes we will be making this season to improve either engine performance or access to components to making the car easier to maintenance or work on.

This first series of pictures shows how we moved the fuel pump to solve a hard to start engine due to vapor lock after warming up the motor before a pass. I have run many engines with the fuel pump mounted on the back of the dry sump pump. This time the headers got too close to the fuel out fitting causing vapor lock (See the first two pictures). So we decided to make the fuel pump a cable drive unit thus moving it away from the heat of the headers. We moved the oil filter and machined the "mid" mount motor plate to accept the fuel pump adapter and drive assy., next two pictures.

Most guys don't realize that so much of engine building/engineering is about the "packaging" of the components.    Fitting 10#'s of stuff into 5#'s of space . . . . . .

Nice clean solution and installation.

Fordboy

[Frankie7799]

That cable drive fuel pump setup looks sweet Mike. I didnt know such a thing existed. Should definitely take care of your vapor lock problem I would think. Thanks for posting the updates

[dw230]

I believe the cable drive fuel pump has been widely used in NASCAR and sprint cars for years.

DW