Fireball Outlaw Drag Radial Rebuild Thread
05-06-2010, 06:53 PM
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changed my mind...mounted the radiator where I originally wanted it...I can get it high enough to snake a 4" exhaust pipe underneath it...probably should clearance the shroud some...its pretty close to the hot pipes...but its just a shroud 
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05-07-2010, 06:21 AM
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expansion tanks are good idea on high hp stuff since it gives a place for water to go if pressurized (that will return to the system when needed).
expansion tank is an enclosed vessel that has a large line on the bottom that goes to the radiator. ON a LS motor, you typically would run the return line from the heads to the side of the expansion tank. there is a rad cap on top of the tank. when the rad cap opens due to pressure, the pressure is pushed into an overflow tank...just like the stock rad does.
expansion tank is an enclosed vessel that has a large line on the bottom that goes to the radiator. ON a LS motor, you typically would run the return line from the heads to the side of the expansion tank. there is a rad cap on top of the tank. when the rad cap opens due to pressure, the pressure is pushed into an overflow tank...just like the stock rad does.
I see in your later post you are going to change it to the more traditional stand up. We ran out of room to stand it up.
Good luck. Your build looks like it is coming along nicely. Great work. A lot of work done and still more to come.
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05-07-2010, 08:34 AM
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That is just what my system is. I have not put on the over-flow tank yet, but will have one. Each head has 2 lines from them to the expansion tank (which has the rad cap on it).
I see in your later post you are going to change it to the more traditional stand up. We ran out of room to stand it up.
Good luck. Your build looks like it is coming along nicely. Great work. A lot of work done and still more to come.
David
I see in your later post you are going to change it to the more traditional stand up. We ran out of room to stand it up.
Good luck. Your build looks like it is coming along nicely. Great work. A lot of work done and still more to come.
David
05-09-2010, 07:00 PM
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Only had a few hours to work on it this weekend 
Got the crossover pipe fixed and welded on the -12AN bungs on the radiator. Also modified 2 hoses to make the connections between the radiator and motor
Got the crossover pipe fixed and welded on the -12AN bungs on the radiator. Also modified 2 hoses to make the connections between the radiator and motor
05-11-2010, 05:55 AM
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frame rails and shock towers...thats all thats gonna be left
congrats on getting it up and running....now get it to the track
