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just found this video. thought some of you may enjoy it as much as i did.

just outstanding tyrone!!!!!!!!

bill, here are some facts about danny thompson's streamliner. you know.... the son of mickey thompson? i hope that's good enough for you. please note the first bullet. Below are some facts about the Streamliner: The engines are dry blocks (waterless), which means all of the cooling is provided by the fuel. A single run will consume approximately 50 gallons of nitro blend fuel. The car ends its runs nearly 500 pounds lighter due to fuel consumption. The tires are a prototype nylon weave backed with banded steel. There is only 1/32 of an inch of rubber. These tires are custom made by Mickey Thompson Tires. Primary stopping power is provided by dual parachutes. Four carbon fiber disk brakes provide a second level of speed reduction. here's link to the whole article. http://www.dragzine.com/news/video-danny-thompsons-sights-set-for-bonneville-to-break-world-lsr/ there are quite a few guys running billet no water blocks. i said i was no expert. i didn't say, i didn't do any research. where did you get your information from? respectfully, it is wrong.

i don't recall if the donovan 417 was ever produced with provisions for water. i know the heads were. since you are building a salt car why are you worried about water? i'm not a salt flat expert but, here is a pic of a nitro injected hemi in a salt car and i see no provisions for any water. i've ssen quite a few other cars with solid billet blocks and heads in salt cars. the sonny's engine you are refferencing couild easily be made to use water. water in through the standard water pump holes in the block and return through the front of the heads. in today's world of cnc blocks. having a custom billet block made with water provisions is only a call away form one of the many cnc block manufactuerer's. i'm sure for the right price the new billet donovan 417 block could be produced with water provisions. since this is a model. your imagination can run wild even using real world standards as a guide.

leonard, chris, ronald and scott, thank you guys!!! appreciate it. got a little more done.

you could shorten the pump assy. by simply running a one pump setup (seen below). the twin waterman pumps, in the first pic, are pretty much a nitro only set up. since, in your other thread you made mention of running alcohol or gas. the twin pumps would be too much for either of those fuels. perhaps you could give some more info as to what it is you're trying to build so the answers would be more helpful.

glad to hear that, dale.

awesome stuff, chris! new school parts meets old school funny car............legendary!

thanks so much joe. here's some more chassis stuff.

thank you mike. with the quality of your work. i really doubt i'm helping much. when we gonna see another from you? thanks chris. next update is here, hehe. i can't wait to see your funny car finished. it will be epic. i also can't wait to see what you have in store for us!!!!!!!! put the funny car cage on. working on the mid plate mounting to the frame. when that's complete we can continue on with the center of the car.

just to clarify. the fuel pump is driven off the camshaft not the crankshaft. .

thanks a bunch guys!! got a little more chassis work done.

lookin' great derrick!! nice details. keep it up.

why is it your work is always so incredibly nice, ken? great start to a fantastic project!!!

sean, james, steven and justin, thank you. i appreciate your kind thoughts. i'm in the process of trying to make a fiberglass seat tub for the camaro. i'm not really a fiberglas expert so i'm taking my time. maybe in a day or two i'll have a finished product. for now i put the chassis on some blocks so i could level the body on the chassis. i put the engine into the chassis at the correct location and then put the nose on the car to check the clearance of the valve covers to the hood. the engine is a pretty close representation of a 5.2 bore space engine. it is way bigger than a factory big block. also making sure the body has the appropriate "bow" in the hood. if you lookclosely you'll see there is about 1/32 or so clearance. at the front of the valve cover. all is good.

the chassis shot sent me over the wall. this is just another super build!!!!!

seriously awesome job, tyrone!!!!! can't wait for some color and stripes.

great subject!!! great start!!!!

you are welcome.

thank you thumper85. a friend of mine and i were looking a splitting a replicator2. finding something that would do just engine and driveline parts would be worth the cost for me in 1/8 scale.

thumper, would you mind sharing where you bought your maker bot?

always like looking at your builds, harry. your models ALWAYS look very realistic and so much better than the box art.

niko, these aren't from a 71 pro stocker but maybe they'll help.

stop raking those leaves dave! need more pictures...HEHE. seriously....... can't wait to see your next installment. gotta agree with chris on scott's parts. top shelf stuff.

looks nice.