valin
Active member
mopar1rules said:
I am leading towards a Shell Valley kit, and was thinking going with a Richmond 6 sp. for a tranny. As for power, it is undecided so far, but it will be large. I am not building the car to sell, or for anyone else. This will be mine, and mine only, and it will be quite the weapon. I'm just not sure when I'll be able to start the project. It won't be anytime soon.
possibly the best chicken joke ever
A chicken and a egg were lying in bed, the chicken is leaning against the headboard smoking a cigarette, with a satisfied smile on his face
the egg, looking a bit pissed off, grabs the sheets and rolls over, and says, Well! I guess we finally answered THAT question.
A chicken and a egg were lying in bed, the chicken is leaning against the headboard smoking a cigarette, with a satisfied smile on his face
the egg, looking a bit pissed off, grabs the sheets and rolls over, and says, Well! I guess we finally answered THAT question.
SERVICE does your dealer give you good service
I was confused when I heard the word 'service' used with these agencies.
Internal Revenue 'Service'
U.S. Postal 'Service'
Telephone 'Service'
Cable TV 'Service'
Civil 'Service'
State, City, County & Public 'Service'
Customer 'Service'
This is not what I thought 'service' meant.
But today, I overheard two farmers talking,
and one of them said he had hired a bull to 'service' a few cows.
BAM!!! It all came into focus. Now.. I understand what all those agencies are doing to us.
Now you are as enlightened as I am.
I was confused when I heard the word 'service' used with these agencies.
Internal Revenue 'Service'
U.S. Postal 'Service'
Telephone 'Service'
Cable TV 'Service'
Civil 'Service'
State, City, County & Public 'Service'
Customer 'Service'
This is not what I thought 'service' meant.
But today, I overheard two farmers talking,
and one of them said he had hired a bull to 'service' a few cows.
BAM!!! It all came into focus. Now.. I understand what all those agencies are doing to us.
Now you are as enlightened as I am.
Sleeping with Bob
The guys were all at deer camp. No one wanted to room with Bob ,because he snored so badly... They decided it was not fair to make on them stay with him the whole time so they voted to take turns..
The first guy slept with Bob and comes to breakfast the next morning with his hair a mess and his eyes bloodshot .. They said "man,what happened to you? He said "Bob snored so loudly , I just sat up and watched him all night."
The next night it was a different guy's turn .In the morning, same thing, hair all standing up ,eyes all bloodshot. They said "Man, what happened to you? You look awful! He said " Man that Bob shakes the roof with his snoring. I watched him all night long.
The third night was Fred's turn. Fred was a tanned ,older cowboy. a man's man. The next morning Fred came to breakfast bright eyed and bushy-tailed " Good morning!' he said. They could not believe it. They said, " Man, what happened?" He said " Well, we got ready for bed. I went and tucked Bob into bed, patted him on the butt ,and kissed him good night. bob sat up and watched me all night"
Just something to remember at deer camp....
The guys were all at deer camp. No one wanted to room with Bob ,because he snored so badly... They decided it was not fair to make on them stay with him the whole time so they voted to take turns..
The first guy slept with Bob and comes to breakfast the next morning with his hair a mess and his eyes bloodshot .. They said "man,what happened to you? He said "Bob snored so loudly , I just sat up and watched him all night."
The next night it was a different guy's turn .In the morning, same thing, hair all standing up ,eyes all bloodshot. They said "Man, what happened to you? You look awful! He said " Man that Bob shakes the roof with his snoring. I watched him all night long.
The third night was Fred's turn. Fred was a tanned ,older cowboy. a man's man. The next morning Fred came to breakfast bright eyed and bushy-tailed " Good morning!' he said. They could not believe it. They said, " Man, what happened?" He said " Well, we got ready for bed. I went and tucked Bob into bed, patted him on the butt ,and kissed him good night. bob sat up and watched me all night"
Just something to remember at deer camp....
A lesson in acceleration:
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First, some useful info:
* One Top Fuel dragster 500 cubic inch Hemi engine makes more horsepower
than the first 4 rows at the Daytona 500.
* Under full throttle, a Top Fuel dragster engine consumes 1= gallons of
nitromethane per second; a fully loaded 747 consumes jet fuel at the
same rate with 25% less energy being produced.
* A stock Dodge 426 Hemi V8 engine cannot produce enough power to drive
the dragster's supercharger.
* With 3000 CFM of air being rammed in by the supercharger on overdrive,
the fuel mixture is compressed into a near-solid form before ignition.
Cylinders run on the verge of hydraulic lock at full throttle.
* At the stoichiometric 1.7:1 air/fuel mixture for nitromethane the
flame front temperature measures 7050 degrees F.
* Nitromethane burns yellow. The spectacular white flame seen above the
stacks at night is raw burning hydrogen, dissociated from atmospheric
water vapor by the searing exhaust gases.
* Dual magnetos supply 44 amps to each spark plug. This is the output of
an arc welder in each cylinder.
* Spark plug electrodes are totally consumed during a pass. After 1/2
way, the engine is dieseling from compression plus the glow of exhaust valves
at 1400 degrees F. The engine can only be shut down by cutting the fuel
flow.
* If spark momentarily fails early in the run, unburned nitro builds up
in the affected cylinders and then explodes with sufficient force to blow
cylinder heads off the block in pieces or split the block in half.
* In order to exceed 300 mph in 4.5 seconds dragsters must accelerate at
an average of over 4G's. In order to reach 200 mph well before half-track,
the launch acceleration approaches 8G's.
* Dragsters reach over 300 miles per hour before you have completed
reading this sentence.
* Top Fuel Engines turn approximately 540 revolutions from light to
light!
* Including the burnout the engine must only survive 900 revolutions
under load.
* The red-line is actually quite high at 9500 rpm.
* The Bottom Line; Assuming all the equipment is paid off, the crew
worked for free, and for once NOTHING BLOWS UP, each run costs an estimated $1,000.00 per second. The current Top Fuel dragster elapsed time record is 4.441 seconds for the quarter mile (10/05/03, Tony Schumacher). The top speed record is 333.00 mph (533 km/h) as measured over the last 66' of the run (09/28/03 Doug Kalitta).
Putting all of this into perspective:
You are riding the average $250,000 Honda MotoGP bike. Over a mile up
the road, a Top Fuel dragster is staged and ready to launch down a quarter
mile strip as you pass. You have the advantage of a flying start. You run the
RC211V hard up through the gears and blast across the starting line and
past the dragster at an honest 200 mph (293 ft/sec). The 'tree' goes green
for both of you at that moment. The dragster launches and starts after you.
You keep your wrist cranked hard, but you hear an incredibly brutal whine
that sears your eardrums and within 3 seconds the dragster catches and passes you. He beats you to the finish line, a quarter mile away from where you just passed him.
Think about it, from a standing start, the dragster had spotted you 200
mph and not only caught, but nearly blasted you off the road when he passed
you within a mere 1320 foot long race course.
That, folks, is acceleration.
------------------------------------
First, some useful info:
* One Top Fuel dragster 500 cubic inch Hemi engine makes more horsepower
than the first 4 rows at the Daytona 500.
* Under full throttle, a Top Fuel dragster engine consumes 1= gallons of
nitromethane per second; a fully loaded 747 consumes jet fuel at the
same rate with 25% less energy being produced.
* A stock Dodge 426 Hemi V8 engine cannot produce enough power to drive
the dragster's supercharger.
* With 3000 CFM of air being rammed in by the supercharger on overdrive,
the fuel mixture is compressed into a near-solid form before ignition.
Cylinders run on the verge of hydraulic lock at full throttle.
* At the stoichiometric 1.7:1 air/fuel mixture for nitromethane the
flame front temperature measures 7050 degrees F.
* Nitromethane burns yellow. The spectacular white flame seen above the
stacks at night is raw burning hydrogen, dissociated from atmospheric
water vapor by the searing exhaust gases.
* Dual magnetos supply 44 amps to each spark plug. This is the output of
an arc welder in each cylinder.
* Spark plug electrodes are totally consumed during a pass. After 1/2
way, the engine is dieseling from compression plus the glow of exhaust valves
at 1400 degrees F. The engine can only be shut down by cutting the fuel
flow.
* If spark momentarily fails early in the run, unburned nitro builds up
in the affected cylinders and then explodes with sufficient force to blow
cylinder heads off the block in pieces or split the block in half.
* In order to exceed 300 mph in 4.5 seconds dragsters must accelerate at
an average of over 4G's. In order to reach 200 mph well before half-track,
the launch acceleration approaches 8G's.
* Dragsters reach over 300 miles per hour before you have completed
reading this sentence.
* Top Fuel Engines turn approximately 540 revolutions from light to
light!
* Including the burnout the engine must only survive 900 revolutions
under load.
* The red-line is actually quite high at 9500 rpm.
* The Bottom Line; Assuming all the equipment is paid off, the crew
worked for free, and for once NOTHING BLOWS UP, each run costs an estimated $1,000.00 per second. The current Top Fuel dragster elapsed time record is 4.441 seconds for the quarter mile (10/05/03, Tony Schumacher). The top speed record is 333.00 mph (533 km/h) as measured over the last 66' of the run (09/28/03 Doug Kalitta).
Putting all of this into perspective:
You are riding the average $250,000 Honda MotoGP bike. Over a mile up
the road, a Top Fuel dragster is staged and ready to launch down a quarter
mile strip as you pass. You have the advantage of a flying start. You run the
RC211V hard up through the gears and blast across the starting line and
past the dragster at an honest 200 mph (293 ft/sec). The 'tree' goes green
for both of you at that moment. The dragster launches and starts after you.
You keep your wrist cranked hard, but you hear an incredibly brutal whine
that sears your eardrums and within 3 seconds the dragster catches and passes you. He beats you to the finish line, a quarter mile away from where you just passed him.
Think about it, from a standing start, the dragster had spotted you 200
mph and not only caught, but nearly blasted you off the road when he passed
you within a mere 1320 foot long race course.
That, folks, is acceleration.
That is one of the most interesting things I've ever read in my life! I never knew any of that stuff, Thanks for sharingneedaSRX said:A lesson in acceleration:
------------------------------------
First, some useful info:
* One Top Fuel dragster 500 cubic inch Hemi engine makes more horsepower
than the first 4 rows at the Daytona 500.
* Under full throttle, a Top Fuel dragster engine consumes 1= gallons of
nitromethane per second; a fully loaded 747 consumes jet fuel at the
same rate with 25% less energy being produced.
* A stock Dodge 426 Hemi V8 engine cannot produce enough power to drive
the dragster's supercharger.
* With 3000 CFM of air being rammed in by the supercharger on overdrive,
the fuel mixture is compressed into a near-solid form before ignition.
Cylinders run on the verge of hydraulic lock at full throttle.
* At the stoichiometric 1.7:1 air/fuel mixture for nitromethane the
flame front temperature measures 7050 degrees F.
* Nitromethane burns yellow. The spectacular white flame seen above the
stacks at night is raw burning hydrogen, dissociated from atmospheric
water vapor by the searing exhaust gases.
* Dual magnetos supply 44 amps to each spark plug. This is the output of
an arc welder in each cylinder.
* Spark plug electrodes are totally consumed during a pass. After 1/2
way, the engine is dieseling from compression plus the glow of exhaust valves
at 1400 degrees F. The engine can only be shut down by cutting the fuel
flow.
* If spark momentarily fails early in the run, unburned nitro builds up
in the affected cylinders and then explodes with sufficient force to blow
cylinder heads off the block in pieces or split the block in half.
* In order to exceed 300 mph in 4.5 seconds dragsters must accelerate at
an average of over 4G's. In order to reach 200 mph well before half-track,
the launch acceleration approaches 8G's.
* Dragsters reach over 300 miles per hour before you have completed
reading this sentence.
* Top Fuel Engines turn approximately 540 revolutions from light to
light!
* Including the burnout the engine must only survive 900 revolutions
under load.
* The red-line is actually quite high at 9500 rpm.
* The Bottom Line; Assuming all the equipment is paid off, the crew
worked for free, and for once NOTHING BLOWS UP, each run costs an estimated $1,000.00 per second. The current Top Fuel dragster elapsed time record is 4.441 seconds for the quarter mile (10/05/03, Tony Schumacher). The top speed record is 333.00 mph (533 km/h) as measured over the last 66' of the run (09/28/03 Doug Kalitta).
Putting all of this into perspective:
You are riding the average $250,000 Honda MotoGP bike. Over a mile up
the road, a Top Fuel dragster is staged and ready to launch down a quarter
mile strip as you pass. You have the advantage of a flying start. You run the
RC211V hard up through the gears and blast across the starting line and
past the dragster at an honest 200 mph (293 ft/sec). The 'tree' goes green
for both of you at that moment. The dragster launches and starts after you.
You keep your wrist cranked hard, but you hear an incredibly brutal whine
that sears your eardrums and within 3 seconds the dragster catches and passes you. He beats you to the finish line, a quarter mile away from where you just passed him.
Think about it, from a standing start, the dragster had spotted you 200
mph and not only caught, but nearly blasted you off the road when he passed
you within a mere 1320 foot long race course.
That, folks, is acceleration.
vmaxxer said:That is one of the most interesting things I've ever read in my life! I never knew any of that stuff, Thanks for sharing
I was at Kallita's shop years ago and asked Lahaie what the 3" piece of stainless conduit running from front to rear was.
"Oh, that's the fuel line. We use 3" for Connie and 2 1/2" for Scott's."
At the time ('94 I think) LaHaie and Coil were the only ones with Blower dynos. Dick was turning them with a 502 create anchor and it still didn't have enough umph.
Spinning a pushrod motor at 9K... awesome! Whop, whop!
valin
Active member
A .308 shell vs. my new rifle ( Weatherby Accumark 338-378 ) shell. The .308 looks pretty wimpy. 
valin
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valin
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Medic!!!!!!!
ME TOO!!! One of my all time favorites!!
valin said:I am going to build one of these some day....
valin said:I am going to build one of these some day....
Here's a vid for you Valin, way too much power for the misses
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNLpZdDz-1k
valin
Active member
That is a disgrace.
03viperguy
Moderator
I would have gotten her out of it when she was unable to let the clutch out without a chirp. obviously a little much for her skills......
bluemonster1
LIFE MEMBER ONLY ONCE!!!
what the HELL is my wife doing going grocery shopping with my Cobra..sh*t.And she never ever told me about that accident.She must have some good autobody connections...lol
bluemonster1
LIFE MEMBER ONLY ONCE!!!
got it all fixed up and did some donuts with it..runs good again...lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hM46e-40eBY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hM46e-40eBY