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So far, I found this; "all top fuel funny cars run it to the rails and have a puke tank tied out back and you drain it each round usually get a little oil and fuel unless it hurts itself and they also have drains in the front behind the weight bar drain the rails once a weekend top fuel cars on the other hand are tied directly to the puke tank have never had and issue with corrosion on one worked for densham and before we went to new grant chassis at mid point last year old pluger chassis had over 400 runs on it" Well, grammar is another topic. I'm happy with the insight.

That was a favorite of mine. Did the kit come with the Hemi? Great garage find!

Cool model. Are these all Revell models? The crusty solder wire, is this from the flux leaking out after time?

That's a nasty looking Willys! Short wheelbase too. I'll bet that car would be a handful to drive.

Good looking Willys! With big traction bars too, I like it. The 2nd pic looks good, it seems the dimensions are better than today's models of this car. Can it be? I even like the cobwebs! Like a "garage find". Michael

Luis, I had to hide my nail polish! The wife found a cool red one and she borrowed it. I did get it back though, but she had spilled the stuff and the cap didn't fit properly anymore. Then it leaked out all over the place! Typical. I didn't feel good about making a fuss over my nail polish, so I let it be. The stuff is really cheap. Have fun painting. Michael

Oh my. Google corrected me too. I feel stupid. It's OK though. I've done worse. This crankcase evacuation deal will become a standard now for my upcoming motor builds. The new motor block and oil pan have been cast in metal already, and I found some heads and valve covers big enough for all of the junk coming out of them. Plug wires and now the e-VAC hardware. I think I need a longer frame though. I'll search for inconspicuous small tanks on race cars now.

Thank you Steve. I'll continue searching this topic and I'm sure some pics will show up. Guys, if you're interested, here's a good read; http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/positive-crankcase-ventilation-101-tech.31741/ Interesting, even street motors will blow up without an "evap system". The oil pan explodes. Then fire. This happens at the drag strip too. Michael

Off Topic here, but why are so many of your threads locked?

I like this car because it's not a Hemi and it just looks cool. I can imagine me building early "rail jobs" in the future. This one looks very clean and period correct.

lol. like upside down, right?

Hi Tim, Now I just had a laugh! I thought, what on earth are Braille batteries? Like the driver has to fumble them to make them work. Well, they certainly look great sitting there. Michael

Hi Gene, yeah, this is fun! My next Hemi will have this system for sure. Hi Steve, thanks for the info. I couldn't imagine the junk running through the frame rails because of safety reasons. Do you have a link, or a pic that shows one of these collecting tanks? Thanks guys. Michael

It seemed to me, at a first glance, the Top Fuel motor frame area in question showed some kind of corrosion. But then I doubt such a car would have anything corroded on it. Maybe the hose is removed after every run and there's some leakage or dripping involved. This blowby, would it be of a thicker nature or runny/oily? I suppose the oil is changed very often so it shouldn't be too dark, but then a motor like this is not a normal type. I'll do further searching. Michael

Hi Luis, I love the idea about nail polish, also making your hotrod motor have a cool color. I tried the nail polish thing and had only limited success, maybe it wasn't thinned out enough. After gathering experience with lacquer paints and shooting them really thin, I ought to try the nail polishes again. Let those motors shine! Will you be painting the body with nail polish too? Good update. Hahaha, the wife asked me where I got the nail polish from. She was more interested in knowing what the heck I wanted to do with it! She was relieved when I showed the motor to her. Michael

Jon, I saw the offer on a Spanish speaking website.

I saw an article too stating NHRA wanted to slow the Hemis down again. Some dude posted this pic and meant "maybe with these new kind of heads"? lol.

I agree.

....and that for $389, what a deal.

Hi guys, I was just doing a search about Top Fuel Hemi motors and came across this jewel. 1/16 all built up and purdy. Only $389. It has a slight mistake. So, who sees it? Michael

Looking great Clayton!

Ha. I just read the whole article. The fuel pump shown could fill up an average bath tub in 26 seconds. lol.

It is the frame! Front left side, look; This is on an 8000hp Top Fuel motor, article from HotRod Mag. Interesting! I guess that's some kind of filter mounted atop the frame rail, and a cotter key to easily get at the thing? Just a guess.

Bill, great info, many thanks. So, with this info I just did a search and up came some pics with what looks like the place where the hoses are going. They look like they're going into the frame rails on each side! I can't see yet if any other hardware is attached. I'll look further and report. Michael

OK. Does the evap system go back to the fuel tank? Where or to what do the front ends of the hoses go in to. Would there be some kind of connection down lower, maybe from the block somewhere? Thanks guys. Michael