New old school digger
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Posted 02 October 2021 - 11:43 AM
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Posted 02 October 2021 - 11:47 AM
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Posted 02 October 2021 - 12:08 PM
If you can find a Champion 707, you got a 36D with a hot rewound arm & very good magnets, already done. A few of them were factory ball bearing too. I've not recently hunted for 36D hop-up parts, so I don't know if some are still available or not. My thought is the pickings are pretty slim. Regular drag guys should be better informed.
I intend to live forever! So far, so good.
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Posted 02 October 2021 - 12:11 PM
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Posted 02 October 2021 - 03:14 PM
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Posted 02 October 2021 - 03:24 PM
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Posted 02 October 2021 - 04:22 PM
I'm not up on 36D winds, since you have the arm blank & 27 wire, wrap on what you think is appropriate. 27T/27 sounds too hot, might be a smoker. 50T/27 might be too much. Remember, you're using a stock comm or do you have a higher quality one to substitute?
I intend to live forever! So far, so good.
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Posted 02 October 2021 - 05:28 PM
That's a stock comm, might be the same as what's already on the blank. I was looking for some 36D info on Slotblog. John Havlicek said a good starting point for a 36D wind was 55-60T of 29. Anything hotter is apt to melt stock endbells. He also said hotter winds & stock magnets don't perform to their fullest. So your 50T of 27 may be too hot too, It could be just a smoker, even on a 1/8 strip. Do you know it's voltage & amperage?
I intend to live forever! So far, so good.
#12
Posted 02 October 2021 - 05:51 PM
#13
Posted 02 October 2021 - 07:43 PM
Yeah, 36D's are going to use around 29 or 28 wire. With Champion endbell and ARCO's or stronger mags use around 55-60 of 28. Don't crank the timing to far though, 10 degrees is as far as I would go. This also definitely requires a balance.
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Posted 03 October 2021 - 01:39 PM
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Posted 03 October 2021 - 01:50 PM
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Posted 03 October 2021 - 01:51 PM
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Posted 03 October 2021 - 01:52 PM
Color for the drag car? yellow rails & fluorescent orange body panels For them motor can, sky blue. Mark, in 1968 painted a new Cox Ferrari F1 fluorescent pink so it would be easier to find on the floor or underneath the track. That car handled ugly!
You ever make dandelion wine? I got some from a NJ relative years ago & I thought it tasted gross!
40T/26 on a 36D arm ought to be quite the smoker, if it ran at all. Have you wound drag arms before? Does the Syracuse raceway also have a drag strip?
I intend to live forever! So far, so good.
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Posted 03 October 2021 - 06:34 PM
I have a couple of hot 36d drag cars one that had run .768 & I have to spend lot of time gooing it because it has so much torque it just wants to spin even geared 2.5 to 1.
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Posted 03 October 2021 - 11:02 PM
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Posted 04 October 2021 - 01:01 AM
Also prof motor has 6 36d blanks with Kirkwood comms a available.
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Posted 04 October 2021 - 02:24 PM
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Posted 04 October 2021 - 03:52 PM
A Hemi !! If you need headers, you can use brass or aluminum tubing, a solid solder of the proper dia,. or even plastic rod or tubing ,such as Evergreen. Mark , can you post a photo of the bare drag chassis, to show us how you constructed it?
Yes, you have the final say when it comes to colors. You asked in an earlier post for color suggestions, my specified colors were just suggestions than would make the car stand out, nothing more.
Make your wine out of whatever, I don't drink the stuff anymore. City people don't realize that dandelions are more than just a weed in your lawn. I grew up in the country & boiled dandelions made great tasting greens with a little salt, pepper, butter, & vinegar added. The trick was to get them before the blossoms went to seed, or expect them to be bitter. I bet you didn't know there is a company that grows cultivated dandelions so they could be canned & shipped all over the world. That company is the State of Maine Brand, not associated with any government. Occasionally, you'll see their red, white, & blue striped railroad cars in a train. They ship other canned vegetables too.
I intend to live forever! So far, so good.