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Ok, the
dragster wiring continues.
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It was
mentioned to me that there was some confusion as to why the wiring
is taking so long because, after all, it is a dragster and how much
wiring could there be?
Well
there are a number of things that have to be wired; fuel pump, water
pump, radiator fan, starter (these are all high current draw systems
and cannot just be wired with a switch, they require a relay in the
circuit to carry the current required to run these items), coil,
distributor, data logger (this is a whole wiring circuit all by
itself), gauges, MSD box, RPM Trigger (the tach does not have a
shift light so a RPM trigger is needed to run the shift light),
neutral safety, air shift (electrical circuit), transmission brake,
shift light, low oil pressure light, and last but not lest the tail
light.
All
components have been wired with weather pack connectors so any one
component can be removed and replaced without having to cut wires.
The whole
harness is being wired so that it is removable so that when the
blower engine is install this harness can be removed as one piece
and a new harness install for the needs of the blower engine
(Magneto and transformer (Matt I used the right terms just for you).
If the need arose to remove the blower engine this one will be able
to reinstalled with this harness (back up engine)
The rat's
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A relay panel was fabed up (sure wish we had
Roo Man's metal working skills), well at least there is a piece of
metal on the car that I can claim as mine.
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Jack Dennis and Lenny Ball worked on the
switch panel (more of the dreaded wiring). |
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Tom Deyle
has taken on the task of modifying the air scoop to function with a
single 4 barrel carburetor vs the dual four barrel carburetors it
was original set up for. In addition he is creating a way to mount
the scoop to the carburetor.
The scoop
is also being modified to hold the shift light and low oil pressure
light. Matt's shop did the machine work on the scoop to have the
lights poke through the rear of the scoop, Don Goodman modified the
light brackets so they would be at the correct height to line up
with the holes (this may sound like a simple task, but the lights
have to be level and straight. Any carpenter will tell you one of
the hardest things to do is to make a well fit square box, it may
look simple, but it is hard to do. (I'm gun shy after blowing up the
engine in the Firebird with what is thought to have been a low oil
pressure problem).
I picked
the air scoop up at the last Rochester Street Rod swap meet ( I have
heard rumors that there will be another one this summer, there was
lots of good stuff at the last one, be sure to put it on your
calendar for a do not miss event). |
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I had Matt weld in some material that could be
used as mounting tabs, Tom drilled and taped them for bolts. |
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He made
new bottom plates for the single four barrel and power coated them. |
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When you look at the rear of the scoop at the
right angle it sort of looks like the head of an alien robot. |
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When
sitting in the cockpit you are looking right at them, perfect for a
novice driver.
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Frank
Serafine put together a wiring harness for the gauges (yes, more
wiring (and the wires still need to be run to the sensors). He also
repaired the wiring to the transmission break and straighten out the
plunger on the brake.
Yes that is him on the cell phone again. |
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Lenny also replaced the cable clamp for
the shut off switch on the push bar. |
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Don Doan removed the wheel lug
nuts, removed the temporary wheel spacers and replaced them with new
ones sent by Roo Man. |
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The shenanigans continue, I do
not know who the prankster is but the kitchen florescent light I
remove earlier in the week end up wire tied to the roll bars as the
new cockpit light, complete with a Jeg's part number, and 110 volt
wiring, (I'm, not adding an inverter to the dragster to run it!)
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