at the drags with the flathead

Lawrie

Lawrie

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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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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
 
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
 
Love hearing about your dinosor [spelling] runs,keep them comming.Hey mate batting .333 aint bad for the day. Love it. ken ct usa
 
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
 
Take plenty of pictures and videos so when you get too old to participate you can still have fun with the memories. Good show!!
 
Lawrie, that nice looking Flathead is enough to intimidate most Chevy owners especially when you pass them on the track :D. Were you driving? The next time you come over to visit Amish Country we could spend a day at the Cecil County Drags.
 
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
 

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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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