1989 Daytona tube chassis race car

Pete.S · Post by **Pete.S** » Wed Jan 02, 13 11:23 pm

what power you aiming for? weight at a guess is 2400 ish???

Jon Connolly · Post by **Jon Connolly** » Thu Jan 03, 13 7:43 am

Pete.S wrote:what power you aiming for? weight at a guess is 2400 ish???

Yep 2400 lb ish ... won`t know til it`s finished.

Motor is a smallblock so would be great if it made 500 HP ..

Pete.S · Post by **Pete.S** » Thu Jan 03, 13 10:25 am

Sounds good

pete walton · Post by **pete walton** » Thu Jan 03, 13 5:39 pm

Nice thread Jon... how many miles of areoquip hose will you need

DaveB · Post by **DaveB** » Thu Jan 03, 13 8:36 pm

Hes going to use green garden hose and jubilee clips Pete

Seriously,top stuff Jon

Jon Connolly · Post by **Jon Connolly** » Thu Jan 03, 13 10:50 pm

Yep not looking forward to the hose costs

... nearly all - 16 and -12

pete walton · Post by **pete walton** » Fri Jan 04, 13 3:46 pm

AllKiller · Post by **AllKiller** » Fri Jan 04, 13 3:59 pm

That pump thing has given me a headache

Keep the weight down Jon and use the Black nylon coated Aero Hose.

Jon Connolly · Post by **Jon Connolly** » Fri Jan 18, 13 1:57 pm

Have been waiting on some engine parts so in the meantime I started building my fuel chiller using standard components from DEI and modifying them to how I want them.

Pictured is the 2nd stage of fuel cooling.

Fuel will be precooled before entering this " tube in tube " heat exchanger and there will also be 2 stages of air cooling before air enters the carb.

All waste co2 will be vented at rear of car away from any potential air intakes.

AllKiller · Post by **AllKiller** » Fri Jan 18, 13 2:02 pm

Helps to know how all that chilling works....

Think you should call it Mr freeze

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Fri Jan 18, 13 2:07 pm

Yeah I'm starting to get the impression you know a thing or two about refrigeration Jon.

Les Szabo · Post by **Les Szabo** » Fri Jan 18, 13 7:19 pm

Jon Connolly wrote:
Pete.S wrote:what power you aiming for? weight at a guess is 2400 ish???

Yep 2400 lb ish ... won`t know til it`s finished.

Motor is a smallblock so would be great if it made 500 HP ..

Yeah and the rest Jon

9.50's on mtr here we come then

...a bit of spray and 8's, smallblocks love it

Les

Jon Connolly · Post by **Jon Connolly** » Tue Jan 22, 13 5:42 pm

Engine block oilway blocked off.

Next is to make a phospher bronze bush for bottom of oil pump drive shaft.

Other pic is my refrigerated intake under construction : This will sit between air filter and carb. All fuel entering carb will also be refrigerated. There is no mechanical drive loss or electrical loss.

Pete.S · Post by **Pete.S** » Tue Jan 22, 13 6:58 pm

Why don't you just run it on methanol saves all this fuel cooling stuff more weight and plumbing. Then just a small tank at front lightweight mech pump and about 3 feet of hose ? Then you could run more timing, more comp' , and get the gain of ice cold intake temps

Jon Connolly · Post by **Jon Connolly** » Tue Jan 29, 13 7:52 pm

Intake and pan stripped ready to mod oilways

Centre caps will need to be cut to clear new pan

Degrease, prime and paint block

Clean rotating assembly of old oil

Clearance and fit crank scraper

Modify stock oil pump drive shaft