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Author:  Rob Simmons [ Sun Sep 01, 2024 4:45 pm ]
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I haven’t been able to get it up to 160*…
Author:  Rick Covalt [ Sun Sep 01, 2024 8:27 pm ]
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Congrats Rob! That's great! :D :D
Author:  slantzilla [ Sun Sep 01, 2024 10:09 pm ]
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I haven’t been able to get it up to 160*…
Do you run with the fan and water pump off?
Author:  Rob Simmons [ Mon Sep 02, 2024 2:25 am ]
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I have been leaving them off and will flip on the pump on the drive back.
Doesn’t matter. The needle barely comes off the peg at 140*.
We verified the sending unit works with a heat gun and I’m confident I’ve purged all the air out of the system… :?
Author:  slantzilla [ Mon Sep 02, 2024 11:15 am ]
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That's why Howard wanted to run no water....... :mrgreen:
Author:  Rick Covalt [ Mon Sep 02, 2024 1:39 pm ]
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Are you guy running thermostats? And they never get warmed up? Just wondering? Does the alcohol cool the head so much that it will never warm up too temp even with no water pump running.
Author:  Rob Simmons [ Mon Sep 02, 2024 6:48 pm ]
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I don’t run a thermostat. Just a restrictor.

Alcohol makes it hard to build much heat in the engine.
Author:  Rick Covalt [ Tue Sep 03, 2024 4:54 pm ]
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Would a thermostat be better? Probably not if there is no water pump on.
Author:  Badvert65 [ Tue Sep 03, 2024 6:29 pm ]
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It's been my experience that you run a restrictor when the engine runs too hot, that way it gets a head start cooling through the radiator. I think it would definitely run warmer with a thermostat.
jus sayin....
Author:  slantzilla [ Tue Sep 03, 2024 8:07 pm ]
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Thermostat would require the bypass hose for when it is shut. The bypass on mine has a pipe plug in it.
Author:  Badvert65 [ Wed Sep 04, 2024 4:41 am ]
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Are the heater hose fittings capped as well?
Author:  slantzilla [ Wed Sep 04, 2024 8:50 am ]
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Yep. Race cars don't need no steenking heater. :mrgreen:
Author:  Rob Simmons [ Tue Sep 10, 2024 4:46 pm ]
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Woo Hoo! It’s almost official! :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
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I got the record application and time slips from Rob Simmons yesterday. He set the A/A records for both the ET and MPH on the 1/8 and and the ET record for the 1/4 mile at Clay City. 1/4 mile ET was 11.399 and the 1/8 mile was 7.111 and 95.572MPH. Rob has worked long and hard to nail down these records. The Howard Davis tune up really put some life in Norm's old car. The 97.50 1/8 mile speed that Rob turned under better conditions indicates that there is a a lot more potential there. Congratulations Rob!
Author:  Charrlie_S [ Tue Sep 10, 2024 4:53 pm ]
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Congrats, Rob
Author:  slantzilla [ Tue Sep 10, 2024 6:35 pm ]
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Good job Mater!
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