The (re) start of my drag racing career car updates 9/9/14

[Dragfreak]

Fred, I bought the car as a roller because I couldn't afford the $9,000 that he wanted for the engine. The engine in my other vega will be put in this car. I can't swap the engine in until I buy a new MSD pro billet distributor since the ready to run plug and play MSD I already have doesn't work with the 7al-2 box in the car. I also have to buy a driverside dipstick kick out oil pan because the car sits so low, I need some ground clearance. Since the car uses motor plates and the hole for the alternator bracket gets used, I can't run the mechanical water pump so I need to buy an electric water pump. Also since the car uses a rear motor plate I need to buy longer alignment dowels for the bell housing and some washers to make clearance for the converter. Since I'm putting in a turbo hydro 350, I need to buy a new shift gate for the B&M pro stick since it has a 2 speed power glide gate in it. I have a lot of work to do to make $700 or so to buy all of this so I can start racing it.

Here's another picture of the 357 that's going on the new car

Edited July 20, 2014 by Dragfreak

[freakshow12]

That's awesome! What are you going to put in the other vega?

[Dragfreak]

Well that will depend what I can afford, I'm turning 16 in December so by then I'll need it running or to have something else to drive to school, it's worth a lot of money, an original 1971 vega panel delivery with no rust or major body damage with less than 78,000 original miles is almost impossible to find, I've had interest in it at $4000 as a roller so with that I could find a cheap hooptie to drive for a few years. The other option is buying a stock 327 or 350 to put in it and drive that for high school. It really all boils down to what I can afford, no matter how hard and much I work, I can't have a full time job this summer so that really holds me back

Edited July 20, 2014 by Dragfreak

[JollySipper]

Hey, Jason, man....... What's the advantage to gun drilled axles? Is it to save weight?

[Dragfreak]

Hey, Jason, man....... What's the advantage to gun drilled axles? Is it to save weight?

As far as I know, gun drilled or rifle drilled axles are only really benificial to a drag car, it cuts a bit of rotating weight compared to a standard solid axle. They really aren't necessary and most of the time on a drag car you want to leave some weight over the back axle to get the car hooked up

Edited July 20, 2014 by Dragfreak

[JollySipper]

Thanks for the info.... Less mass for the engine to have to turn, meaning higher revs.....

[Dragfreak]

Top fuel dragsters and funny cars also use gun drilled axles. That being said, the mere 602 hp my engine makes doesn't need 40 spline axles to start with, so gun drilled axles are complete overkill

Edited July 21, 2014 by Dragfreak

[freakshow12]

Overkill yes but maintenance free pass after pass is nice too : )

[cartpix]

Nice hot rod, you got there, Jason. I've always like Vega wagons & panels. I like the early front end but the later one, is more aerodynamic You are going to have a blast with it. I'm very envious.

[Dragfreak]

The engine transplant is complete and here's the first start up!! a lot of hours and hard work went into getting to this point.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmIrWOBS4Ho

[High octane]

Good luck, and have your "wallet" ready.

[Dragfreak]

Oh yes, this thing has been sucking my wallet dry already, last Friday I spent $411 on the distributor and waterpump, it only took me 3 weeks to earn that money at $10 an hour doing yard work.

Edited September 10, 2014 by Dragfreak