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  • Title: Rons Dragster
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Rons Dragster

  • By chance I ran into this guy and he told me that he was building a Drag Car. We talked and Ron said come on by and take a few pics. Might be interesting.

    • By chance I ran into this guy and he told me that he was bui…
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  • Well, I am not one to turn down a look see at the other side of the world of engine development. According to Ron his motor makes 6000 to 9000 horsepower on Nitromethane

    • Well, I am not one to turn down a look see at the other side…
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  • Sounds really cool. Sorry about the digital images. I was utilizing my garbage camera and did not know for sure if I would be able to get some good pics or not. Some of these guys are real cagey.

    • Sounds really cool. Sorry about the digital images. I was…
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  • In this case it turned out that Jim, my GTO buddy had a freind that also had Ron's motor man build an engine for him. Talk about a small world. I really expected to see some neat and up to date ideas about engine design and build.

    • In this case it turned out that Jim, my GTO buddy had a frei…
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  • What I found was some most interesting ideas about how to install head studs. I was informed that they installed them with a locking compound to keep them in the block. This began my process of wonderment.

    • What I found was some most interesting ideas about how to in…
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  • Here are the heads. Not your average head. Extra Spark Plug holes. Nice and pretty aluminum. Obviously made out of one big hunk of aluminum. Hemi design of course.

    • Here are the heads. Not your average head. Extra Spark Plu…
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  • Here was their blower. Quite a big rock. I was somewhat amazed at the design of it also. I was really expecting to find near friction free rotation, coated gears, compressor lobes, special sealing strips and extremely accurate tolerance. What I fou...

    • Here was their blower. Quite a big rock. I was somewhat am…
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  • These heads have been worked to the max. Usual modifications necessary to keep all that pressure inside the chambers and not outside the head. Gasket failure could mean destruction of the head or block.

    • These heads have been worked to the max. Usual modification…
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  • Big, Huge, Light weight valves. Most interesting. I actually liked the valves. They were just what I would of expected in such a motor. Light weight, low reciprocating mass, accurate machining.

    • Big, Huge, Light weight valves. Most interesting. I actual…
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