Most expensive, least helpful and useless advice

Rusty Davenport · 10-15-2014, 10:32 AM

During the insanity at my age of building a stocker from scratch, I cant help but ask has anyone ever written a list or article on the most useless changes or improvements not to waist your time and money on ( sometimes known as overkill ) ??? ( surely not all of you guys are too proud are you ??? ) Would anyone care to share their experience ???

FireSale · 10-15-2014, 10:58 AM

Yes, an overkill fuel system. I had my eye on a $135 Holley Blue pump and regulator for my 302 ford with a Holley 4150 and posted a question to this forum. I let the guys talk me into a MagnaFuel 275 at $450 with a built in filter. It pumps out so much gas that the regulator is turned way down to keep from flooding the engine. I had the floats set wrong and gas flooded out of the carb like a fountain and started a pretty good fire. All is well but I toasted some wire.

Good investments for your stocker:

Painless Extreme Duty wire under the hood
Fire extinguisher next to the seat

Dale

SSDiv6 · 10-15-2014, 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by FireSale

Yes, an overkill fuel system. I had my eye on a $135 Holley Blue pump and regulator for my 302 ford with a Holley 4150 and posted a question to this forum. I let the guys talk me into a MagnaFuel 275 at $450 with a built in filter. It pumps out so much gas that the regulator is turned way down to keep from flooding the engine. I had the floats set wrong and gas flooded out of the carb like a fountain and started a pretty good fire. All is well but I toasted some wire.

Good investments for your stocker:

Painless Extreme Duty wire under the hood
Fire extinguisher next to the seat

Dale

Dale, investing on the Magnafuel pump was not a bad investment.
The Holley fuel pumps have been having lots of issues, especially leakage due to warped housings ever since they started manufacturing them in China.

Don't blame the fuel pump when you admitted to have set the floats incorrectly.

Billy Nees · 10-15-2014, 11:14 AM

Hah! Where would you like me to start? I should do a "Mythbusters" thread on that subject, but I won't. It would do me no good and could anger and/or hurt a bunch of people.
I WILL say, in general, fuel systems and ignition systems with an honorable mention going to piston rings.

Tom Moock · 10-15-2014, 11:14 AM

Dale, tech made me take my fire extinguisher out from inside my stocker, said it was not legal ballast. Tom

Rusty Davenport · 10-15-2014, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Billy Nees

Hah! Where would you like me to start? I should do a "Mythbusters" thread on that subject, but I won't. It would do me no good and could anger and/or hurt a bunch of people.
I WILL say, in general, fuel systems and ignition systems with an honorable mention going to piston rings.

come on Billy, be a man !!!!!!!! Just leave the names out ???

Dwight Southerland · 10-15-2014, 11:31 AM

There should be a rich deposit of that ore. Remember that we live in a consumer world.

Ed Wright · 10-15-2014, 11:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Tom Moock

Dale, tech made me take my fire extinguisher out from inside my stocker, said it was not legal ballast. Tom

IHRA requires a fire inside the car. NHRA does not allow it. I was told, when they made me take mine back out, it was a safety issue. That (correctly) if it was easy to get out of it's mount to use, it could also come out & bounce around inside the car during a wreck and injure you.

Lee Valentine · 10-15-2014, 12:18 PM

Allstar Racing Products sells an NHRA legal quick release fire extinguisher mount.

cutta · 10-15-2014, 02:34 PM

I hope this thread takes off. For those us looking to get in it someday, this will help us spend our money wisely right off the bat.

10-15-2014, 10:32 AM	#1
Rusty Davenport Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Nashville N.C. Posts: 505 Likes: 4 Liked 100 Times in 26 Posts	Most expensive, least helpful and useless advice During the insanity at my age of building a stocker from scratch, I cant help but ask has anyone ever written a list or article on the most useless changes or improvements not to waist your time and money on ( sometimes known as overkill ) ??? ( surely not all of you guys are too proud are you ??? ) Would anyone care to share their experience ??? __________________ NHRA AND IHRA STOCK ELIMINATOR 2772

10-15-2014, 10:58 AM	#2
FireSale VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Lakewood Washington Posts: 1,407 Likes: 29 Liked 236 Times in 127 Posts	Re: Most expensive, least helpful and useless advice Yes, an overkill fuel system. I had my eye on a $135 Holley Blue pump and regulator for my 302 ford with a Holley 4150 and posted a question to this forum. I let the guys talk me into a MagnaFuel 275 at $450 with a built in filter. It pumps out so much gas that the regulator is turned way down to keep from flooding the engine. I had the floats set wrong and gas flooded out of the carb like a fountain and started a pretty good fire. All is well but I toasted some wire. Good investments for your stocker: Painless Extreme Duty wire under the hood Fire extinguisher next to the seat Dale

10-15-2014, 11:14 AM	#4
Billy Nees VIP Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: On a hilltop in Pa. Posts: 4,223 Likes: 3,100 Liked 6,789 Times in 1,524 Posts	Re: Most expensive, least helpful and useless advice Hah! Where would you like me to start? I should do a "Mythbusters" thread on that subject, but I won't. It would do me no good and could anger and/or hurt a bunch of people. I WILL say, in general, fuel systems and ignition systems with an honorable mention going to piston rings. __________________ Billy Nees 1188 STK, SS World's greatest Under-Achiever!

10-15-2014, 11:14 AM	#5
Tom Moock Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 801 Likes: 1 Liked 10 Times in 6 Posts	Re: Most expensive, least helpful and useless advice Dale, tech made me take my fire extinguisher out from inside my stocker, said it was not legal ballast. Tom __________________ Tom Moock 5704 STK

10-15-2014, 11:31 AM	#7
Dwight Southerland VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Arkansas - In the middle of everything. Posts: 1,980 Likes: 53 Liked 724 Times in 177 Posts	Re: Most expensive, least helpful and useless advice There should be a rich deposit of that ore. Remember that we live in a consumer world.

10-15-2014, 12:18 PM	#9
Lee Valentine Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Brookfield, CT Posts: 708 Likes: 13 Liked 322 Times in 68 Posts	Re: Most expensive, least helpful and useless advice Allstar Racing Products sells an NHRA legal quick release fire extinguisher mount. __________________ Lee Valentine 1661 STK

10-15-2014, 02:34 PM	#10
cutta Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Little Rock, AR Posts: 346 Likes: 0 Liked 5 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Most expensive, least helpful and useless advice I hope this thread takes off. For those us looking to get in it someday, this will help us spend our money wisely right off the bat. __________________ Adriel Paradise, Paradise Racing Team Driver/Crew Chief(at least my dad claims me to be) B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Arkansas