Larry, Gotta build some heat in the engine before kicking in the nitro. Nitro doesn't like a cold start. Keep working on stuff, thanks for watching!!!!!!!!
It's not so much that as the supercharger can become a very dangerous projectile if it's started immediately on nitro and not alcohol and has a backfire through the intake. We use supercharger straps and diapers on them nowadays so if it does have a backfire and lifts the supercharger off the intake, it doesn't get bystanders hurt or killed. We lost people during the 1960s and 1970s before they started putting them on.
that was a very cool slingshot rail fueler being a fan of Don Garlits he was my hero as i knew him via my old Main EVent videos thiswas with the Video was close calls these was my first intro to drag racing as a younger fam thiswas really the these Main Event videos was my guide to drag racing in future thiswas the case as i knew thiswas my first ever intor in the sport of drag racing as a disabled drag racer driver in the making these Videos was a really good help mainly for me as im getting into drag racing later in my life in future thiswas really my starting point now in my future career in drag racing in future as you knew thiswas the case with me now
@@bgivco i will do so in future as a future drag racer with a disability i will show the others i can do it like the story of Garlits was my inspirations for me as a future drag racer im gonna be the tuner and driver in funny cars as a disabled driver in funny cars in drag racing as im the future disabled driver and tuner on my blue brutus funny cars thiswas really my futute career in future as im getting my life sortd now for the day i get in my 1st ever funny car at the drag racing event in future these was my goals in future
@@bgivco yes im really am working on my future drag racing career in future as i have a few things to fix as of now but am getting there in my future drag racing career in funny cars as the driver and tuner on blue brutus thiswas a funny car thats really be raced in memory of my late dad as he was a car nut like me say the same was for my good brother as well too we are really are car addicts thiswas why we are good at fixin cars thiswas my future as a drag racer in future as im mechanically smart in the fuel systems and the related tuning same said of the clutch setups as well too these was in my future funny cars in future as im really are a smart tuner in my funny cars as well being a really smart driver in funny cars thiswas as a tuner/driver in my Blue Brutus funny cars thiswas my future career in future funny cars thiswas really my good future as a funny car tuner/driver thiswas really my new future i say
In a Cackle Dragster, is there two separate onboard fuel tanks, one for methanol, the other for Nitromethane with a valve to switch between the two tanks? Does anyone know what the nitromethane percentage is in a cackle car? Does anyone know how many start ups can a car like this make before some basic internal rebuild? Big Daddy always puts on the best show.
Big Daddy fills the small tank on the back of the blower with gasoline. He warms up the engine with gasoline then eases the nitro valve to full flow about the time the gas runs out. 92% nitro with methanol in the Swamp Rat tank. I've seen others run as high as 98%- 100%. Nitro doesn't mix with gas, that's where the methanol comes in. Gas lights easier that methanol and is usually cheaper, that's why Don uses it on warm up. Nitro is hard to fire when cold, that's why a warm up is needed. Most cackle engines are using hydraulic roller cams & don't need freshening very often. Set it up a little on the rich side and that helps keep it cool. Thanks for watching!!
@@bgivco thank you for the reply. Lots of great information. I have always thought having a cackle fuel car for car shows would be fun. I did once briefly get to talk to Mr Garlits about his engine set up. It was real noisy at the time and I missed a lot of his information. I did catch that there are special cams available for cackle engines with more lobe overlap to help create more intense and lengthy header flames. I would guess also dialing in the fuel delivery and timing would be specific also.
this will be my slingshot dragster as im gonna run a donovan hemi as my 1st slingshot rail as im gonna be doin the cackle in my slingshot dragster as im gonna have all my family watching me sit in my slingshot rail as im gonna have a wild header fire and run my Donovan on 85percent nitro as im gonna be havin fun in my slingshot rail this willbe fun as well have the cackle show at the life without barreir office have all the office staff watching me havin fun doin that all the time
Could you get a Flathead Ford with Ardun heads to run like this I wonder? With those heads installed, the engine effectively becomes an OHV hemi, so in theory it should work. With only 3 main bearings I'd be worried about the crank snapping at some point, though.
Dustin, making one run on fuel isn't too difficult, seems like it'd be tuff getting the bottom end to hold up. Thanks for watching, keep working on stuff!!
So satisfying when she starts cackling with the nitro!
Going to be a sad day when this man leaves us
Watching in 2020, glad he is still with us.
Love the fact that son actually still works on his own vehicles and still drives the tow rig to events :)
Better than electric any day!!! >Craig
I love it! He starts it on alky, and then kicks in the nitro!
Larry, Gotta build some heat in the engine before kicking in the nitro. Nitro doesn't like a cold start. Keep working on stuff, thanks for watching!!!!!!!!
@@bgivco Makes sense. You wouldn't want a miss fire to hydraulic the motor and ruin your whole day, and the motor too.
It's not so much that as the supercharger can become a very dangerous projectile if it's started immediately on nitro and not alcohol and has a backfire through the intake. We use supercharger straps and diapers on them nowadays so if it does have a backfire and lifts the supercharger off the intake, it doesn't get bystanders hurt or killed. We lost people during the 1960s and 1970s before they started putting them on.
Truly a great guy had a fun time meeting him and hearing the story's
Big Daddy Don the goat!
great vid BG...shows the man...as the man! thanks
mothertree amen brother
Its like when walking down the street and the acid kicks in🤣
A super nice guy and a total bad ass racer.
Yeah, Big Daddy is still a class act at 91yo, thanks for watching & keep wrenching!!
.....it even idles....!
that was a very cool slingshot rail fueler being a fan of Don Garlits he was my hero as i knew him via my old Main EVent videos thiswas with the Video was close calls these was my first intro to drag racing as a younger fam thiswas really the these Main Event videos was my guide to drag racing in future thiswas the case as i knew thiswas my first ever intor in the sport of drag racing as a disabled drag racer driver in the making these Videos was a really good help mainly for me as im getting into drag racing later in my life in future thiswas really my starting point now in my future career in drag racing in future as you knew thiswas the case with me now
Thanks for watching Michael, keep working on stuff!!
@@bgivco i will do so in future as a future drag racer with a disability i will show the others i can do it like the story of Garlits was my inspirations for me as a future drag racer im gonna be the tuner and driver in funny cars as a disabled driver in funny cars in drag racing as im the future disabled driver and tuner on my blue brutus funny cars thiswas really my futute career in future as im getting my life sortd now for the day i get in my 1st ever funny car at the drag racing event in future these was my goals in future
@@bgivco yes im really am working on my future drag racing career in future as i have a few things to fix as of now but am getting there in my future drag racing career in funny cars as the driver and tuner on blue brutus thiswas a funny car thats really be raced in memory of my late dad as he was a car nut like me say the same was for my good brother as well too we are really are car addicts thiswas why we are good at fixin cars thiswas my future as a drag racer in future as im mechanically smart in the fuel systems and the related tuning same said of the clutch setups as well too these was in my future funny cars in future as im really are a smart tuner in my funny cars as well being a really smart driver in funny cars thiswas as a tuner/driver in my Blue Brutus funny cars thiswas my future career in future funny cars thiswas really my good future as a funny car tuner/driver thiswas really my new future i say
Fyi that's a truck motor from a mid 2000s Dodge ram.. not an old school 392
In a Cackle Dragster, is there two separate onboard fuel tanks, one for methanol, the other for Nitromethane with a valve to switch between the two tanks? Does anyone know what the nitromethane percentage is in a cackle car? Does anyone know how many start ups can a car like this make before some basic internal rebuild?
Big Daddy always puts on the best show.
Big Daddy fills the small tank on the back of the blower with gasoline. He warms up the engine with gasoline then eases the nitro valve to full flow about the time the gas runs out. 92% nitro with methanol in the Swamp Rat tank. I've seen others run as high as 98%- 100%. Nitro doesn't mix with gas, that's where the methanol comes in. Gas lights easier that methanol and is usually cheaper, that's why Don uses it on warm up. Nitro is hard to fire when cold, that's why a warm up is needed. Most cackle engines are using hydraulic roller cams & don't need freshening very often. Set it up a little on the rich side and that helps keep it cool. Thanks for watching!!
@@bgivco thank you for the reply. Lots of great information. I have always thought having a cackle fuel car for car shows would be fun. I did once briefly get to talk to Mr Garlits about his engine set up. It was real noisy at the time and I missed a lot of his information. I did catch that there are special cams available for cackle engines with more lobe overlap to help create more intense and lengthy header flames.
I would guess also dialing in the fuel delivery and timing would be specific also.
Throttle wack idling down sounds like a dang lion roaring!!
got that right Jessie, sounds good don't it! keep working on stuff, go fast or go home, thanks for watching!!!!!!
this will be my slingshot dragster as im gonna run a donovan hemi as my 1st slingshot rail as im gonna be doin the cackle in my slingshot dragster as im gonna have all my family watching me sit in my slingshot rail as im gonna have a wild header fire and run my Donovan on 85percent nitro as im gonna be havin fun in my slingshot rail this willbe fun as well have the cackle show at the life without barreir office have all the office staff watching me havin fun doin that all the time
MAX CACKLE!!😎😎🍻
Could you get a Flathead Ford with Ardun heads to run like this I wonder? With those heads installed, the engine effectively becomes an OHV hemi, so in theory it should work. With only 3 main bearings I'd be worried about the crank snapping at some point, though.
Dustin, making one run on fuel isn't too difficult, seems like it'd be tuff getting the bottom end to hold up. Thanks for watching, keep working on stuff!!
Damn it. Can u get a 354 to run like this??
If it's a hemi it can be made to run, the tuning's just a little different. Thanks for watching!!
Gonna convert my Nissan Maxima to do this !
mikerca, let me know how that works, keep working on stuff & thanks for watching!!!!!!!!
This car looks plain EVIL.
Nicolas, Pretty wicked huh brother, keep workin' on stuff & thanks for watching!!!!
@@bgivco thanks fam
I want 10
Alexander Curtis, same here, nitro or nothing, go fast or go home!!!!!!!!!!!