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  1. Hotrod46

    Hey, gang! It's been a while........ but I'm back!

    I guess I'll just have to accept that, in your opinion, I'm stupid then, Fred. Safety ALWAYS matters, even in a top fuel car with 8000 + horsepower and not much more weight than what we drive. You're right, your car, your ass, but I have to drive the same roads you do. So maybe, your car, my...
  2. Hotrod46

    Hey, gang! It's been a while........ but I'm back!

    That accident was what made me decide to put seat belts in mine. Fred was nearly thrown over the windshield in what was a relatively slow speed crash (Fred might not agree!). My thinking was that that type of accident is what you would most likely be involved in and most likely to walk away...
  3. Hotrod46

    Under floor clutch and brake petals

    Since you're keeping the underfloor setup. here is how I did mine. If the curve of the pedal is the same as the radius of the arm, the pedal arm comes through one hole in the floor. Just like a stock Ford pedal assembly. This setup takes up the least room of any I have seen. That is except...
  4. Hotrod46

    Imagination......... enemy or foe? Or, patience, I hate you.

    Don't let it get you down, Fred. For what it's worth, I'm currently building an off topic sports car with an LS1 engine. I have redone some parts several times because I just wasn't satisfied with how it was going. Luckily everything has to to fabbed so all I'm out is time and materials...
  5. Hotrod46

    Radio. Whos got one?

    I doubt I could hear any kind of radio short of a thumping high power unit in my car. The exhaust isn't bad, but the wind noise at speed is just too loud. I use noise reducing ear muffs with speakers built in and either my phone or an MP3 player when I'm traveling on the open road. I can't...
  6. Hotrod46

    Hey, gang! It's been a while........ but I'm back!

    Glad to see you back. Good luck with the new car.
  7. Hotrod46

    May get rid of EFI

    +1. Check out the Hot Crazy Matrix on YouTube. Pretty funny and so true.
  8. Hotrod46

    May get rid of EFI

    After looking at the pic, I would do as One Finger suggested. A couple of bends, flanges and some straight pipe would extend the headers back to the rear axle. That should allow the ECU to get a consistent O2 reading long enough to write a table. I would try that before I ditched a very...
  9. Hotrod46

    May get rid of EFI

    Here is a link to diagram. It shows EFI, but it will work exactly the same for a carb. Just substitute carb for fuel rails. The regulator can stay on where it is now or could even be moved to anywhere in the supply line. http://www.tanksinc.com/img/efiregbefore.jpg
  10. Hotrod46

    May get rid of EFI

    Aeromotive sells a regulator that can be set up for EFI or carb. It comes with 2 springs to allow you select the pressure range that it delivers. The FAST regulator may not have enough adjustment to get to the low pressure needed for a carb. You will still need the return line. The in-tank...
  11. Hotrod46

    Starting on body floor, firewall and mounting. Any tips?

    I used temporary wood ribs covered in aluminum roof flashing as a form for my trans tunnel, but Junk's method may be easier. The flashing is easily cut with good shears and fiberglass doesn't stick to it well, so it's easy to remove the form. If you are concerned about keeping driveline parts...
  12. Hotrod46

    Thanks to Ron Pope and Spirit!

    Thanks to everyone involved with the restart. This was one of the few sites I checked in on every day. Glad to see it back.
  13. Hotrod46

    Sudden Increase in Blow-by

    Lee, I have had trouble over the years with the center manifold bolts on Chevy's weaping oil. Regular thread sealer didn't seem to work (I tried different brands), although it worked fine on the bolts in the water jacket. I have resorted to silicone on the threads and under the bolt head...
  14. Hotrod46

    Sudden Increase in Blow-by

    Sorry about your bad luck. Earlier in this thread you mentioned blue print-o-seal intake gaskets. Are these the hard blue embossed gaskets that come in most Fel Pro sets? If so, these are usually not recommended for aluminum manifolds( at least Edelbrock doesn't). If they aren't, just...
  15. Hotrod46

    Drive By Wire, or Electronic Throttle Control

    I've got to respect anyone that can design and build complex circuits from individual components. Everything is PLC based now. I've had a little simple coding training and MIGHT be able to tinker something together with some processing power and a lot of trial and error. Wouldn't really know...
  16. Hotrod46

    Drive By Wire, or Electronic Throttle Control

    Potvin, I know you're trying to do this without any processing, but computers do open up a lot of possibilities. Cruise is one, but if you had a wheel speed sensor on the front and rear wheels you could do a simple traction control scheme. If the rear wheel speed was greater than the front...
  17. Hotrod46

    Drive By Wire, or Electronic Throttle Control

    That alone won't do it. The Displacement on Demand (DOD) schemes in use on modern cars manipulate the valves in the dead cylinders to eliminate the compression drag. Just cutting the fuel would probably increase fuel consumption. I think the original Caddy system did this too, but the...
  18. Hotrod46

    Drive By Wire, or Electronic Throttle Control

    On my current OT car, I've been toying with the idea of a solenoid powered throttle stop so that I can limit travel when my wife drives it. It's going to have north of 350 HP and weigh about 2500 lbs. She has never driven anything with that power to weight. She is completely intimidated by my...
  19. Hotrod46

    Drive By Wire, or Electronic Throttle Control

    I'm pretty sure the DBW actuator is some kind of stepper motor. Some type of driver circuit will be needed to translate the potentiometer resistance of the pedal into a digital signal that will drive the stepper. You may get by if the driver circuitry is in the actuator, but I'm guessing it's...
  20. Hotrod46

    Rear suspension question for Ex Junk

    Thanks for the replies. I typed up a response the day after I posted this, but apparently I didn't hit send. Sorry. That's a nice looking suspension BTW.

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