the mind boogles..............or it would if I hadn't lost it somewhere

        Cool that you can trace it back that far. My mother tried that in the '60's, and found one of my Dad's ancestors was a pirate, hung by the British! They didn't even bother to send him to OZ. She got mad and stopped that endeavor. The old man thought it was hilarious until he got the bill from the "Geneology Expert." She couldn't brag about it to Her bridge club buddies and he was mad for a month!

    Moz, I suspected that most of you guys were decendants of that group. I can tell from Lon's "shifty eyes"

Throttle position in an aircraft is read off a "Manifold Pressure Gauge" when the throttle is wide open at sea level on a standard day the gauge should read 29 in. hg.  Usually reads 28 though.

Which is equivalent to approx. 14.7 psi. As you gain altitude, you lose ambient pressure, and horsepower etc. 

Tried it on my own kid - brought some home - and sure enough, we had to wash his mouth out with soap!!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Ford-Y-Block-Marine-Interceptor-Alum-Pan-Timing-Cover_W0QQitemZ330379278414QQcmdZViewItemQQptZBoat_Parts_Accessories_Gear?hash=item4cec23b84e

Chuck in NH

Virtual Burnout!!!

Good looking job, partner! Sorry that I can't help now to make the car ready...

Yesterday we were at Hootenanny party and today we are heading to Long Beach to look some more bands and cars. Next weekend to El Mirage. Charlie, are you going to be there?

Sorry, no Y-Block cars...

It's better that we do everything by ourselves. That's called hot rodding.

On the way from San Francisco to Sacramento.

We passed Santa Maria area couple of days a go...

We are now somewhere north of San Diego, in the beach anyway. Anyone there??

Hand in hand with...

Topi with Ray Campi at Burbank, Joe's American Bar and Grill.

-boys of the bleaches-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yH-y2mxYS6c 

"Loonies from Down Under " ??? I resemble that remark .

Can you imagine that ,Kiwis,Canadians,Poms,Fins & Aussies .Is America ready for that  ???Wonder if we could buy the Super 8 at Heath .It maybe cheaper than the repair bill .

Lon

Yes ,it does mean I agree . I guess I  am showing my age ???. It's an old "one liner " from the "Three Stooges ".That was in the old days of black & white TV and before political correctness .I think that most of the re-runs of The Three Stooges have been banned ???

Lon

And now it is quite easy to flip over, finally...

Oh, and never mind to ask, it'll have a turbocharged Y on it !

Oh, it's so hard to be on holidays . Can't wait to get back to work and to do more welding job for the frame...

Ok, my father was born on area which used to be ours before WWII, but now belongs to Russia . 

Conclusion: Being a Y-blocker, doesn't make you better or worse person, just a half nuts !

Hmmm, we had two aussies ( my wifes exchange parents from Brisbane over 20 years ago) visiting us last christmas and I wondered why they didn't like our "Turun Sinappi" mustard .

We are building that chassis with Mark Williams drawings on the wall. Hard tail altered / funny car specs from 1999. It's a mild steel chassis. Engine that will be is our twin turbo efi Y-block 292. Wilcap adapter to Powerglide with short planetary and some home build 9" rearend with 4.56 gears to start with. 33" slicks and then some boost (big time this time) on top of it. Jep... that's our plan...

Dream?  To beat that old 8.15 record of course . Will it ever happen - who knows!

The one who scares, won't be driving that one anyhow. Jyrki already has experience about oil and water coming to his helmet, so what else could come.....

Those blue ones? They are the new Blow of valves...

Our new copper head gaskets needed to be softened, so I put them to my grill while waiting it to be warm enough for my sausages...

The recipe was to heat them until colour turns to cherry red and so it did...

So then I dipped them to water container... Really don't know was this the right method but then it was time to cook some evening meal .

So, tomorrow I will put those gaskets between the block and the heads and check the piston to valve clearance etc. Our next race is 30th of June, so please keep your thumbs up to make us get the engine ready for that .

And my hollow head is full of ideas how to install those to our dragster...

Modified left turbo mount.

Trial fit.

Jeah, those will be a bit too high, but I'll make new headers later with more time. First race this season will be in 19th of May, so... But, sure everyone will notice those at the races .

Attachment parts for turbos with two Lambda sensor holes to each.

The plan...

... just like I planned .

See the yellow y-blocksforever.com bag on the wall? Jim gave it to me when he was first time visiting us here in Finland.

Sure hope nothing explodes in front of the driver ...

Looks a lot better now.

Me walking and yfreak57 driving .

Now we are waiting for new con rods and pistons to make the engine last longer under boost . 

Now we are just waiting for Ted to fab the main girdle for us.....

And to earn some more money to buy two more flowing turbos .

Well, the radiator frame needs to be modified to fit also...

http://blackbird90sc.pictures.fi/kuvat/Ford+Nationals+2011+sunday/

a lot more

http://tulilanka.pic.fi/kuvat/Others/Ford%20Nationals%202011/

Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAD4Zu6Uhhk

Something like gray it's going to be...

BTW Carson, do you have any outings left for this year with '54?

Simo (aka LordMrFord ) knows better why and how this happens. Long story short, it just works, it's accurate and gives us a lots of opportunitys to improve our performance...

Jyrki from Finland

And me wearing Jyrkis 3.2A/15 racing gears.

So, we are almost ready for July 9th...

Water hoses still not connected and frame not painted + some small issues to solve, but feeling ok now Going for some beers now

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4ea_uOUY2U

Jyrki at Line Up.

Sooo excited before first run

Ooops... Turbo inhaled that air cleaner! Should have removed it before the run

We got only three runs and then...

We got our socks wet... badly! We hadn't even enough time to take dragster under the tent. It came so quickly and hard.

The times? Who cares.... First as a shake down run - 14,714 / 112,78 km/h.

Second - 12,744 / 163,79 km/h and third as a best - 11,926 / 184,05 km/h.

And Jyrki said he wasn't pushing flat out at that last either. Car went straight without any wobbling at the front end. Boost pressure was 0.7 bar at that last one.

With couple of more runs, we would have gone to 10s

Sorry guys, but two hands is not enough . Looks awesome, though?

So, tomorrow I will head to Ford Nationals 2010 without anything to drive, so I only have to keep my throat wet and video cam in my hand...

Here is some more... Intercooler for two turbos. Made from one VW Tuareg intercooler, two Mercedes-Benz coolers and from some sheet metal. Cost? Freebie, just some welding and bending was required.

And then the Brain headquarter for Megasquirt. Fast release tray for those boxes to be serviced quickly if needed.

Approaching, but not landed yet Now the roll gage interferes with opening cause we added that two inches to the shoulder hoop to clear us in. More grinding and cutting tomorrow .

But now it's time to have some whiskey, cause it's time to celebrate finnish bonfire festivals .

Why? It's kinda hard to drink it empty, if it's clued to the body . Ok, we have used empty cans as a overflow tanks, but I have heard that it's not NHRA legal way .

It just takes some swet and patience to finish everything before the GO signal .

But, now it's time to go to ZZ Top concert here in Finland and to listen old heroes and Monday is the day to make some progress...

Yes, the scoop will be on top of the intercooler, which fills the area between front tyres.

Hope we will ge the body soon or then we have to change our schedule .

Drums are for making music, discs are for playing it . Also for stopping race cars.

Busy day tomorrow....!

C42-390 Stiletto Steering box with splined coupler and pitman arm.

C42-454 Spindle set, Anglia style with C42-457 5" steering arms. 

One extra 5" long steering arm to change the direction of the movement.

C42-590 Billet Wheel hubs with three bolt patterns.

C42-592 Bearings & seals.

C42-624 Dust Caps.

C42-487 Steering Wheel with black grips.

C42-036 Steering shaft kit, includes two tubes, quick release steering hub, two nylon bushings, two bushing sleeves, slined coupler, anti push back sleeve.

We also bought C42-543 control lever for using the brakes, but we decided to operate brakes with foot, so that lever may find it's way to be used as a chute release handle .

Also we have that three bar front end kit from Chassis Shop, but I quess you will be using front axle? I think you can also use their rack-n-pinion steering with u-joints. Rack is half the price of that funny car steering box.

Pro-Werks is the brand that they sell. And so far all parts have been excellent quality.

www.chassisshop.com Go there and drool

Drag Harness with arm straps and transmission shields arrived yesterday .

We just got the order through to US Body and it takes about 12 weeks to get that Altered Wedge up here north. Eight weeks to fabricate it and about four to ship it. So, we have to focus on other things meanwhile Without body, it's hard to tell what fits where and how all the parts should be done. I know... we could have ordered that body earlier, but...

Well, there is lots of things to do....

No, we're not going to use that carrier. Strange alu case is on the way with axles etc...

Now we got delivery from Chassis Shop and from Mark Williams.

Something to build an A-arm front suspension and to get the steering wheel hooked with quick release hub.

The upper one is Mark Williams Jig fixture for getting the spindles to correct height and to decent caster and camber angle. Tubes are for building the steering shafts.

Unfortunately Strange doesn't sell it's cheap Funny Car steering box anymore, so we had to order one from Chassis Shop. It might be up here in Finland 8th of December. New Christmas is coming again... .

More motivation pics. And this is with Y.

Yesterday I got some progress with installing the shifter and the steering box to our chassis. Not completely, but so and there....

Have fun...

Powerglide has finally found it's way behind the Y. Wilcap adapter is a high quality piece, but still needed some grinding to be able to work with Mopar mini starter. And some grinding had to be done to Powerglide too .

Here is couple of pictures about what was needed to make that starter work.

Wilcap adapter.

This is the view through starter hole at the adapter. Huge bump must be removed from Powerglides bellhousing.

This is how it looks afterwards. I had to grind over 1 inch deep to make that starter gear clear that housing. But, I think that doesn't make it too weak anyhow.

Starter housing interferes with one positioning pin at the adapter, so I had to grind some material off the housing.

From there...

And now it fits, but we have to lower the engine for couple of millimeters because the starter hits the frame tube. Not a good thing....

Admiration from Texas..

Or bigger fridge!

                bad boy to Columbus this year!!!!!!!

                                       Bill

                   on "Sat" radio, have an ice cold "sweet tea" (the beverage of the

                   South), turn the cell-phone OFF, and go for it!

                                 Between Ya'll and Tim this forum is going to have

                  and awesome race team!!!(We can't forget Charlie, with the brick,

                  Hoosier, pegleg,Ted and the rest...)

                                             Have a great 4th,

                                                   Bill

The 4th of July, our nation's birthday....

please stop by the ranch if  you are traveling near Los Alamos , Santa Barbara County

and go for a drive in a Mexican Taxi w/ a Y block

carson    tel 805-344-5901

sling shot (?) looks very good..

one comment about safety  though is to consider SIDE  protection for drivers head + neck

Hans and other head/neck devices only protect frontal inpact yet alot of drag racing  may involve side to side impact as well

I know one of  John Force's (sp?) drivers was lost from violent side to side motion

enjoy your postings + giddy up , Carson

we're goin back to ol Mexico for the la Carrera Panamericana with the 1954 Ford 292 this Oct.. This will be my 5th yr in a row in the Original Class. My dughter , Lauren  who was my co-piloto two years ago , will be back in the navigators seat .There is one other Y block entry a beautiful  54 Lincoln Capri in our class. check out www.lacarrerapanamericana.com.mx  and www.lacarrera2007.blogspot.com

Lauren will also blog during the rally

Unfortunatly , it looks like last years Champs "The Finns" + company are not entered up this year .

They will be missed , giddy up , Carson  #433

while i do have a litlle english blood i also have irish scotish & spanish as well so im a backwards tight ass with a temper lol. only one of my ancestors was a convict & he got sent to tasmania not all of them went to botany bay that was my great great grandfather who im named after actualy im #6 in line.

yep vegimite is for eating we also use it for shoe polish, paint remover, rust inhibitor on panels, hair dye if you've got dark hair & we have competitions to see who can eat the most in one mouthfull. bill was feeling woosey cause if we dont eat it twice a day at least we get sick.

There is nothing like making a roller.  Just seeing the project on the ground and to be able to roll it around the shop is a big thing.  Looks awesome, keep up the good work.

Charlie

We pit at the west end of the lake and behind the staging lanes.  Look for the yellow truck or the Burns Brothers Racing trailer.  It will be great to see you guys.

Thanks!

Good job, keep going, the payoff is excellent!

Throttle position in an aircraft is read off a "Manifold Pressure Gauge" when the throttle is wide open at sea level on a standard day the gauge should read 29 in. hg.  Usually reads 28 though.

Seppo.  Does the Wilcap adapter use their own flywheel?  Is there a hub that bolts to the crankshaft to allow the PG converter to adapt?