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03-16-2013, 10:49 PM
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at the drags with the flathead
Well, a reasonable day at the strip yesterday,2 losses and one win ,
The flathead went great as usual. starting our qualifying at 1 pm when the temp was 36 deg c,our top speed was a bit down at 136.6 mph,we thought the eng may have lost some HP, but did three more runs in the afternoon with the last in 35 deg C.mph up a little at 137.12.et 9.9 Racing ,ist race ,lost ,9.57 @ 137.6 mph. second race another loss,9.60 @137.14. Last race temp 25 deg C at 9-30 pm in the evening. Win. reaction time.200, 60ft 1.29,1/8 et 5.94,1/8 mph 113.42, 1/4 et 9.45 @137.95. this was a good race for us ,as the other car was a 540 cuin chev powered rear engined dragster,the driver came over after and thanked us for a good race ,he was impressed our eng was only 276 and a flathead,I said our eng was only small compared to his,but he said it sure goes all right. Did a leakdown test this morning (sunday) worst was 7 %, so will leave the engine for now. We have plans to build another chassis and engine but have a few other projects to do first. We also got a good rap from the announcer about our old engine,so had plenty of interested spectators through the day. One guy thought we had a V16 engine as we have twin plug home made heads fitted. Lawrie |
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03-16-2013, 11:41 PM
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Re: at the drags with the flathead
way to go lawrie we just had our first bit of rain for about 40 days the entire north island is a complete drought zone
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03-16-2013, 11:59 PM
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Re: at the drags with the flathead
Lawrie, Now I know why Walt Dupont has photos of your dragster on his garage walls!
Awesome looking, and running, powerplant. Thanks for continuing to prove what a stout engine the flathead can be. Keep leaving those chevies in the dust! -VT/Jeff |
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03-17-2013, 01:20 AM
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Re: at the drags with the flathead
Beat a 540 Chev? Awesome!!!!
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03-17-2013, 02:59 AM
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Re: at the drags with the flathead
Love hearing about your dinosor [spelling] runs,keep them comming.Hey mate batting .333 aint bad for the day. Love it. ken ct usa
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03-17-2013, 08:00 AM
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Very impressive, thanks for the post.
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03-17-2013, 08:01 AM
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Re: at the drags with the flathead
Hi Lawrie, great job, I know your best speed is 140.something. You really know how to tune that baby. When you come to my place again, I want you to tune my 286 in my dragster. But right now I'll send you a snowball. LOL Walt
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03-17-2013, 08:22 AM
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Re: at the drags with the flathead
Take plenty of pictures and videos so when you get too old to participate you can still have fun with the memories. Good show!!
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03-17-2013, 08:27 AM
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Re: at the drags with the flathead
Great stuff Lawrie
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03-17-2013, 09:52 AM
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Re: at the drags with the flathead
Lawrie, that nice looking Flathead is enough to intimidate most Chevy owners especially when you pass them on the track
 . Were you driving? The next time you come over to visit Amish Country we could spend a day at the Cecil County Drags.
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03-17-2013, 11:13 AM
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Re: at the drags with the flathead
Lawri, Love to read your posts, they make my day.
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03-17-2013, 11:23 AM
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Re: at the drags with the flathead
Hey Lawrie, Could I request more photos please? (Edit: I just found a couple in your album.)
Are those EGT sensors in the exhausts? How much fuel pressure do you run? Is this a picture of your two-plug heads? Lawrie's comment about the photo of the digger on the track: Benaraby raceway 2010 "that's our old engine, we now have new home made heads and lighter front wheels and a set of home made collectors on" -VT/Jeff Last edited by VeryTangled; 03-17-2013 at 11:36 AM. Reason: added photos |
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03-17-2013, 11:33 AM
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Re: at the drags with the flathead
Ditto on the videos, I'd like to see and hear it run the quarter mile on youtube.
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03-17-2013, 11:36 AM
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Re: at the drags with the flathead
Thanks Lawrie. Looks like you had a great day at the drags.
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03-17-2013, 03:08 PM
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Re: at the drags with the flathead
Lawrie - Thanks for the post. Beating an OHV Chevy has to be a great feeling. Who says Flatheads are dead?
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03-17-2013, 04:13 PM
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Re: at the drags with the flathead
there are some old videos on utube under blown flathead by lrk.
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03-17-2013, 04:16 PM
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03-17-2013, 06:50 PM
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Re: at the drags with the flathead
Awesome, awesome and damned awesome.
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03-17-2013, 07:14 PM
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Re: at the drags with the flathead
Walt , you need to bring a snowball over,then you could have a drive, as well as get some Aussie sun.
JWL, you think I,m not already old,my boys tell me I am. I thought after my performance on sat night I was back to just paying the bills and out of the driver seat but looks like I got a reprieve. Lol. John, we will be back next year,and will take you up on the drags offer,and its me driving ,thats why the 2 losses. Ol ron. Great to make your day, dont forget your inputs helped. Jeff,EGT yes,fuel press I dont know,we had the fuel press on the data logger but changed that to the oil pressure.we run a hilborn setup that I got direct from them and they set it up for us,we only change the pill ,sometimes we dont do that too good,but have fun. Lawrie |
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03-17-2013, 07:16 PM
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Re: at the drags with the flathead
Wow! If a flathead will do that I may try to push mine over 65 mph someday!
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