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  • Title: Rons Dragster
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Rons Dragster

  • You could actually see the area where a rod let go and decided to see what was outside the block. Now you have to realize that these guys do not get to go out to the local road and run every day. This is expensive stuff.

    • You could actually see the area where a rod let go and decid…
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  • Here is a smattering of the parts that were necessary to hold it all together. Lots of neat fasteners, specialized fittings, custom made equipment go into this motor.

    • Here is a smattering of the parts that were necessary to hol…
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  • As far as the cranks go, same old stuff. No neat State of the Art improvements here. I could not believe the fact that they were just like my crankshafts. Gun drilled pin holes, nice big radius on the rod and mains. Forged Steel.

    • As far as the cranks go, same old stuff. No neat State of t…
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  • I really expected to see the current trend in friction reduction applied to the surfaces of the journals. It was like these were just run of the mill crankshafts. I build my motors to go hundreds of thousands of miles. They say they are lucky to kee...

    • I really expected to see the current trend in friction reduc…
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  • Many of the items on the motor and blower assembly Ron manufactures himself. He is running around doing all the things necessary to keep it all going. I know how he feels.

    • Many of the items on the motor and blower assembly Ron manuf…
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  • When you are blowing up motors you got to have a spare set of heads or two. Well these are the replacements incase of catastrophic failure. Nice to have them.

    • When you are blowing up motors you got to have a spare set o…
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  • I was looking down the ports to gleen some new ideas about how to port heads. Just the same old story. Grind all the metal out of the head so the blower can fill it quicker.

    • I was looking down the ports to gleen some new ideas about h…
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  • Their bigest problem was piston skirt scuffing. Now I remember when I had the same problem. It was due to several definate problems in the machining of the bore, the piston tolerances and the ring sealing. Wonder what their problem is?

    • Their bigest problem was piston skirt scuffing. Now I remem…
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  • Now this is got to be the prettiest thing I have seen. A carbon fiber air intake scoop for the blower. Now that is really cool. I was just wondering how much that cost to make.

    • Now this is got to be the prettiest thing I have seen. A ca…
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