2010 Front Engine Dragster Week 2013 02 02

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It does not feel like we made much progress this weekend. Tom was over and so were both of my sons. Number one son stayed behind the camera so I have no pictures of him, but I did get a picture of the number two son.

Fist task was an easy one. the blower bag is back from DJ with the modifications talked about in the last update, so that was put on.
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Ok, now that the blower bag is on and fits we can move on to installing the rear restraint strap. as you can see there is no restrain bracket currently on the rear. The first step was to remove the blower, and the spacer and drill a hole in the back of the spacer.
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This area of the spacer is quite thick and we did not have to drill all the way through to give us enough hole depth to put a bolt in to hold the restrain strap.
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Now it is time to tap the hole. As you can see this is like a county job, a simple task takes a lot of workers, her there are three, myself, Tom, and number one Son George taking the picture.
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Rear_Bracket_0211_smallTime to put the spacer with the bracket back on the intake, this stuff gets heavy. So this is what that looks like.

 

 

 

So lets put the blower back on to see what it lookls like.
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Install_0070_01_smallDid someone put lead weights in this thing, no need to go to the gym today.

 

 

 

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Install_0078_smallThat looks like it will work. Now I just need the part that goes on top of the blower, Spud?

 

 

 

 

With the blower on top of the intake there is no way to get coolant (water) into the block. We came up with a plan to mount a small tank off the right front head and run a line to the water pump. The valve cover extended beyond the head so that had to be ground back
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Now that the valve cover is flush with the head we can make a “Simple” plate bracket to hold the tank
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Ok, let’s study it some.  How complicated can it be;  it is just a flat plate after all
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Let’s make a patter of the holes and do some drilling
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A little deburring of the holes and a little buffing
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Bracket_0208_smallAnd the tank can be mounted to the engine

 

 

 

Number_two_Son_0134_smallHere is Son number two: Arthur
 

 

 
 

So now we have to plumb the coolant system. Drilled and tapped the front of the pump and the water outlet with the help of Steve over at his shop
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I’m going to have the fittings welded in place.  This water pump is my spare.

So_Here_Is_Where_We_Are_Now_0231_smallSo, that means, of course, that I have to remove the pump from the engine to get that taped and welded.  Also, that means we take the whole thing apart…again.