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05-08-2011, 02:02 PM

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just a joke. I work very hard probably 60-70 hours a week. I've got a main job at a Ford dealer and work out of the shop on the side. Between tuning, building rear ends and other misc fab work, that pays for the race car and the around the house stuff. My main job pays for the cars, house and upkeep. I'm very blessed to have the family/life that I do but I can tell you I earned every bit of it.

Cheers to you man. I do the same. I did the dealership thing for 8 years. Couldn't handle the drama anymore so I work at an independent now and on weekends and evening work out of my garage. That funds my hot rod.

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05-09-2011, 08:28 AM

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Word on the street is the right cam finally arrived, checking for pushrod length.

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When did the cylinder heads come in?

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When did the cylinder heads come in?

2? 3? weeks ago

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Meh! You're just lucky.

I was explaining to one of my employees a while ago who said I was "just lucky".

What some people don't understand is the harder you work, the luckier you get. I've done my 70-90 hour weeks building a business. Now I play with fast cars and golf.

If I had a buck for every time I heard "it must be nice" or "you're lucky" I would never have to work again, lol. People seem to think small businesses just start and grow themselves as you sit back and relax.

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Updates Phil??

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05-16-2011, 06:24 PM

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We will see.....next week or two. Still need fuel pump and pushrods

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05-17-2011, 07:14 AM

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We will see.....next week or two. Still need fuel pump and pushrods

What kind of fuel pump feeds this beast, and how many GPH does soemthing of this magnitude require? I'm going to assume it's a mechanical, but who's are you going to use?

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05-17-2011, 08:04 AM

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What kind of fuel pump feeds this beast, and how many GPH does soemthing of this magnitude require? I'm going to assume it's a mechanical, but who's are you going to use?

We've got two pumps on the car, one mechancial and one electric. Eventually I want to move over to 2 mechancial pumps. We're testing some new stuff and thats about all I can say.

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05-17-2011, 05:22 PM

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We've got two pumps on the car, one mechancial and one electric. Eventually I want to move over to 2 mechancial pumps. We're testing some new stuff and thats about all I can say.

i take it the electric isnt going to cut it?

new stuff... mad scientist shawn at it again hm?

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05-17-2011, 06:40 PM

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We've got two pumps on the car, one mechancial and one electric. Eventually I want to move over to 2 mechancial pumps. We're testing some new stuff and thats about all I can say.

Are you running one set of injectors with one pump, and the 2nd pump is for the 2nd set?

If so, I understand what you are doing.

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05-18-2011, 08:37 PM

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We've got two pumps on the car, one mechancial and one electric. Eventually I want to move over to 2 mechancial pumps. We're testing some new stuff and thats about all I can say.

Always so secretive. I bet they flow enough fuel to suck Kuwait dry in a matter of minutes.

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05-18-2011, 09:47 PM

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Motor is almost complete, pushrods will be here friday...shortly now..

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05-23-2011, 07:23 PM

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It's way past friday!

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Here, this fuel pump should work for ya, lol

http://www.watermanracing.com/Pages/fuelpump14.html

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Here, this fuel pump should work for ya, lol

http://www.watermanracing.com/Pages/fuelpump14.html

5500 for a fuel pump.... holy ****..

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05-28-2011, 06:53 AM

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How much did you think a pump for a top fuel car would cost? And just think, they have about 3 or 4 spares in the trailer, and parts to rebuild all of them.

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05-28-2011, 02:11 PM

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How much did you think a pump for a top fuel car would cost? And just think, they have about 3 or 4 spares in the trailer, and parts to rebuild all of them.

not 5500...

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05-30-2011, 11:21 AM

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Well, the truck is loaded up and we're leaving Atlanta heading for Virginia Beach here in a few hours, we have a good 10-11 hours to get into the beach...Wont be long now

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awesome news!!!!!!!! can't wait to see how the new motor does

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