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Kiernan Racing and Fab
Registrace 10. 01. 2023
This channel was created to show how I race on a budget. In the future we also plan on trying No Prep racing with my Camaro, and would like to show people the struggles and successes of being competitive in that arena... On top of that I'm also building a 64 Chevy Nova for Drag and Drive type of racing. My father and I do everything we can do ourselves, and I've learned how to fabricate a lot of things for race cars.
I do a lot of the chassis work, bend up the roll cages, and build all of my own headers. Hopefully I can help people out by showing how I do it, and how I learned it. Which by the way was by making a lot of mistakes.
I do a lot of the chassis work, bend up the roll cages, and build all of my own headers. Hopefully I can help people out by showing how I do it, and how I learned it. Which by the way was by making a lot of mistakes.
Well!!! We Finally Made it to Maple Grove Raceway!!!
As the title says. We made it to the racetrack. It wasn't without trouble though. I couldn't find my cage mount for my camera, so no in car footage. The track officials would let my crew past the burnout box, so we have some bad angles, and not a lot of footage. We did break some parts, but we are fixing it... The moral of the story is we made it!
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Building Trailer Fuel Storage on The Cheap
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I needed to build fuel storage before I could go to the track. I didn't want to spend a fortune, so I built my own. 3 Sheets of .060 thick 2X4 aluminum cost me $100. And I built a 2-fuel pail holder, a 2-fuel jug holder, and a 3-nitrous bottle holder out of it. If I had bought them from a retailer, it would have cost more than $600 after shipping. Hope it helps someone.
Camaro Update, and Where I've Been.
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Just a quick video to update everyone where I've been, and what progress we've made in the shop. Thanks for watching.
SHOP UPDATE... What Have I Been Up To.
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Just a quick video to let you guys know what's been going on in the shop, and where I'm at on the Nova Chevy 2.
My Review and Modifications to a Harbor Freight Manual Tire Machine for Slicks .
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In this video I explain and show what modifications I had to make to a Harbor Freight Manual Tire Machine. I had to figure it out, so I could mount my Hoosier Drag Slicks on my Weld Racing Wheels. I couldn't find a tire shop that could mount them in less than 3 days. Now I won't have to worry about it in the future.
Race Car Trailer Work Bench Update Part 2
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This is an update on my race car trailer build out. Just like @The Paint & Paper Hustle. I'm on a tight budget, and have to figure out how to do it on my own. The next thing I have to do is set up shore power. That will probably be another video. Thanks for watching.
ATCO RACEWAY CLOSED FOR GOOD!!!
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In this video I talk about my frustrations with my local drag strip closing down for good. I have to regroup, and find somewhere I can test. We have one left in Nj, time to travel.
Bulletproof Hitch and Locking Pin Review
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In this video I give a short shop update, and an honest review on a Bulletproof hitch and their locking pins. I purchased the hitch to try and solve a problem I was having. I hope the information helps someone out there... I'll leave a link to their website below. Thanks for watching. bulletproofhitches.com
ATI PERFORMANCE VALVE BODY AND TRANS BRAKE ISSUE AND THE FIX.
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I've been having a problem with my trans brake not working since I installed it. After a year of just dealing with a difficult reverse, and foot braking my car. My dad decided enough was enough. He contacted ATI Transmissions who makes the part, and they got us all straightened out. Thanks Pop.
RACE CAR TRAILER PROGRESS UPDATE
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Just an update on the progress I've made putting a bench, and tool box in my race car trailer. And maybe a tip on where to get cheap cabinets.
We Finally Have GOOD SPARK!!!
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In this video I pretty much just rant about my frustrations with an ignition tech department, and what I had to go through. Maybe some of the information in this video inadvertently helps someone out there.
Race Car and New Equipment Update
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Just want to let everyone know what's been going on the last couple of weeks with my race car, and new equipment. Just an update.
NO WELDING DRIVESHAFT SENSOR BRACKET FOR A CHEVY 10 BOLT REAR
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In this video, I show how I make driveshaft sensor bracket for a Chevy 10 bolt 8.5 rear end. I build it in one piece with no special tools, or welder. There are a lot of manufactures out there that make them for the Ford 9 inch, but not many for a Chevy... I really hope it helps someone out there.
Mounting Leaf Spring Slider Brackets in a Better Way
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In this video I want to show that there is a better way to mount leaf spring slider mounts in without hard welding them. And make them adjustable forward and backwards to adjust for different driving conditions... Hope some of my ideas help someone out there.
Building a Simple Scoop for a Dominator Carb
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In this video I want to show how I build air scoops for carburetors out of aluminum. The steps I take to try and keep this simple, and get it done as low budget as I can. I hope it helps someone out there.
Introduction of My Big Block Camaro and Nova
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Introduction of My Big Block Camaro and Nova
As The Wheel Turns! You're welcome.
I hope this isn't a stupid question, but how come someone doesn't just make a longer slider bracket?
Not a stupid question at all. I have no idea why. They make them with different angles, but not longer for some reason.
It's a Slider not a bucket
With the weight of the car on the slider. Do you set the slider bolt center?
No. With all of the weight on the car the slider bolt should be 3/4 to 1 inch from the back. In other word 3/4 to 1 inch of the slot should be showing.
I like it. Only thing I would be concerned about is that red jug rubbing up against the thread and nut end of the eye bolt...where the two sections join together. You think those bungie cord tie downs are actually going to be useful ?
They don't touch at all, because the radius of the corners are different. I made sure of that before I did it. The bungie cord worked good. I just made a 249-mile round trip loaded down and they held everything in place.
Sorry to hear about your health. Just wanted to see if you have any unbent/undrilled blanks leftover?
Really liked the way you explained all this! That's a great idea to make your own scoop!! Thank you for sharing "How too" 🙂👍 Cheers, Scotty
You're welcome. Glad I could help. Thanks for watching.
bien joué ! c est du beau travail
Merci d'avoir regarde'
To me the 3/8 of thread just doesn’t seem like enough thread to hold on to these.. you’ve had no issues with that?
Nope. Never had an issue. They never loosened up, broke, or shifted. I had them on the car like that for 6 or 7 years.
@@jimkiernan2855 I may try to give this a try. Very interesting
I think you solved my issue. I have this issue using my davis bump box. Brake doesn't reapply after it bumps off
Awesome, I hope I did. It drove me nuts for months. Thanks for watching.
Great vid. Cool dude. Has the slider helped much then with getting your slicks to hook? Compared to maybe just getting your swinging shackles to move freely? Thanks!
Before I had the sliders, I built aluminum bushings that had bearings pressed into them. They moved really free. When I switched to sliders I noticed it left a lot harder, and square.
Just set it up for full compression on bump stops. That’s as far back as it will ever go. No need to adjust after that unless you change springs or bump stops
It's not a bad theory, but you said it. What if you need new springs, and they are slightly different. Even if you don't adjust them, I think they should still be bolted in. Just my opinion. Thanks for watching.
Why not just center it on the existing frame shackle hole? Great idea and demonstration on the variability to tune leaf springs.
I'm thinking of fabbing something like that, myself. An adapter to mount a slider to an S10 drag truck, via the existing shackle hole.
I guess you could try that it might work. I noticed when I moved weight percentages around it moved the spring eye to far back. Thanks for the complement, and watching.
ever since holley bought msd it's been going down hill. The engineers are not much better. The whole holley carb team know nothing about carburetors, just look at the emulsion packages there using now.
I totally agree. Very frustrating!
-12an for radiator!? Smallest I've seen used is -16an. Hope 12 works.
I hope it works too. In my research I've seen a few cars running it. If I have to change it I will. We will see. Thanks for watching.
Nice job with the upgrades, I don’t know if you’ll ever see this comment but my question is why did you take off your slick flip it over and put it back on? I don’t know much about drag racing. Use to go to Ohio valley race way in Louisville and the Harley drags at beach been in bowling Green Kentucky. Anyway thanks for your time and knowledge.
Thanks...I just did that for demonstration purposes.
Do you sell these mounts ? I need some yesterday lol.
size of pipes ect parts list to make that? I really want to make this setup.
The square tube is 2"x2". It's welded to a piece of scrap I found that measured 2-1/32" inside diameter. It's an odd size for sure, but I got lucky when I found it. That slides over the factory piece, and is retained by two 2" collar clamps... I hope that helps. Thanks for watching.
@@jimkiernan2855 What are the the lengths of the main shaft on the tire machine as well as the lengths of the other pieces of metal
I like the compound break design much better. Nice work.
Thanks you... Thanks for watching.
Will you be offering the calvert leaf spring slider mounting kit for sale on this channel? I've had the calvert sliders for over a year for my 1971 Camaro...but haven't installed yet, after I saw your video on your adjustable kit you put together. Bet you're thinking how did you made it so far without that 2 post lift! Nice!
Yes, I plan on selling a limited amount. Maybe a few runs of them a year. We'll see what happens... The lift was a total game changer for me. I should have done it years ago... Thanks for watching.
@@jimkiernan2855 Ok...I'll watch here regularly as usual for an update on ordering a set! Thank you!
Are they available now?
Lmk I got the sliders already but I'll definitely buy the other 2. I actually like the bolt through design
No, I'm sorry they are not available yet. I have the parts roughed out. The delay is because I broke my hand. Sorry.
Atco was my Local track! Bracket raced there for years represented Atco Raceway at bracket finals a couple years and took a step back when I had children and didn’t race for awhile! Fast forward and now my son is drag racing and I was able to go to two races there with him bought myself a new car to get back into drag racing and bammm. Closed! WTF!!! So I have also traveled up to Island dragway and only the distance was disappointing but that track was very well run! We both had an Amazing time there! But no more is the 20 minute trip to the drag strip a thing!
Yeah, the whole thing just blows. It's awesome your son got into it. We need to keep the younger generations interested... I was going to spray for the first time this year. I loaded the car up in the trailer a few days before the news came out... I still haven't tried another track yet... I'll eventually get there. Thanks for watching.
What do you think 60 bucks gets you,not much everyone who buys these knows upgrades are needed to make it useful,changing $1000 worth of tires with a $60 tire changer is just not using your common sense.
The moral of this story is he made it work. It’s about $100 every time you have set of slicks mounted and balanced. Not everyone has a $5000 Hunter Machine in their shop . Personally, I appreciate this video and I thank the man for sharing his ideas and mods. I changed a rear slick at Bradenton last year, on the ground, with pry bars and screwdrivers cause the M/ T tire shop was tending to the Pro Mod cars and couldn’t get to me until after the next round. This HF machine will easily store in my trailer. Keep smiling 👍
Good video!
Thanks.
How long do these bearings last on the street? Is it something you have to maintain often if you use the cfar much?
I don't know how long they last. I've had them on my car for 5 years, and they are still solid. I would imagine they would last a long time. They are a sealed bearing, and not really hard to change out.
That's a great setup. I'm looking to do the same thing for my motorcycle tires.
Cool! I guess it would work on that to.
I just got one of these a couple of weeks ago and decided to bolt the square base flange directly to my concrete floor. This has resulted in an exquisitely rigid installation. I really don't understand what the "cross" components add to the equation besides something to introduce flex into the system. I have had no trouble breaking beads with the wheels flat on the floor, and they don't wobble around like I've seen many of them do on other videos.
I'll have to give that a try
I youst to race a 71Camaro on circle track. That looks like a much better way to set it up then the way we did it! I think I'll see if I can apply that to my 68 C10.
I'm glad you liked it. It will probably work on most leaf spring set ups.
68 c10 is coil springs not leaf springs.
If you are looking top down on your setup, you should be rotating the duck-bill in the clockwise direction. Otherwise, that's some ingenious re-engineering. Thank you for some ideas I will surely consider when I make one from scratch. Those "HF" ones need so much 'Upgrading' out-of-the-box that I think just making one would actually be cheaper and faster, lol. Nicely done. Greetings from the Great State of Alaska. . . . . (Air Conditioning? . . . I have trouble keeping my garage warm!)
Wrong, never use a duckbill in a clockwise direction!!! Always work a tire on in a counter clockwise direction, If you go clockwise you could damage the tire with the horn on the duckbill. This is much more common to see people miss using a tire machine with high profile tires because they are so much easier to mount. You can not use a duckbill clockwise on a low profile wheel setup. Counter clockwise is the only correct way to mount tires.
Great video
Thanks.
3:55 Time. WoW factor, X 10 . Am in the process, of making my own tire machine. Railway track, 2 inch thick walled oilfield pipe, and some angle iron, square tubing. NO MORE CHEAP SHIT for me......Take their idea, and use REAL METAL ! GOOD BOY, MR RACING FAB ! ( Fabricators Unit, to beat chinese crap.....) amen bro ....
I'm glad you liked it. I usually have to modify or build it myself too. I hope I can inspire people to just get out there and try something. We've become a buy it throw away society.
THE problem : ' chinese '' steel , is more of a ' plastic '. CHEAPEST CRAP THEY CAN FIND, THEY USE ! USE the ' ideas ' but make it yourself. My experiences, over life thus far, proves this to me. I modify, almost everything i have ; mowers, snow blowers, weed whackers , generators,.......ANYTHING.
I just bought one these tire changers and having watched many CZcams videos, I have noticed that the base components provided for bolting the unit down seem to be problematic in a number of ways, and so I decided to discard them and simply bolt the square flange at the base of the tube directly to the concrete floor. I used flush drop-in anchors so I could remove the machine when not needed, with no protrusions. Mounting in this way removes anything from the equation that can flex, and has resulted in an absolutely rigid installation. This mounting option also eliminates anything that can mar sensitive rims during bead breaking.
That's a pretty good idea. I can see how breaking the bead would be easier without the legs.
Had one of the old red ones but lost the center post cap. Just bought one of the new 2023 black ones and the post cap is cocked to the side, rubbing the center post so you can’t just spin it on and off. The tab on top is just tack welded in four corners and you can see a gap underneath. The threaded rod looks all mangled and the welds don’t look complete… though it’s hard to inspect since they are under the tab and painted. Going to exchange this thing right away. There’s no way yours was like this if you added a duckhead without even a bearing. I mean, the duckhead would be moving up and down, in and out if it were on mine… tilted like the rings of Saturn. Completely unacceptable considering a new post cap was the whole reason I bought another.
That sucks! It's hit or miss with Harbor Freight machines. I did find the whole thing to be junky. The tab on the top of mine actually broke off. The tack welds looked like a child did them. I didn't put it in video, but I did have to weld it back on.
@@jimkiernan2855 Making me even more jealous. Need to get me a welder! :)
Just send me the one you don't like.
Except I don't know which one I like better.
@jimkiernan2855 Let me know I'll buy it.
Thank you for the information. I saw another video where someone had welded angle iron piece connecting the bead breaker arms together and painted it. It looked like a good idea.
Anything would help. It is flimsy.
Just had the same deal with a brand new 7AL3 box. 😖
You have to love it when that happens! And tech is of no help.... Your Comet looks awesome.
Great job beefing that up!
Thanks! Glad you liked it.
Anyway you can make one I can buy
I don't know... What car would it be for?
@@jimkiernan2855 same car 2nd Camaro
I'll think about it. I've never made parts for other people before. I would have to get some things plasmid out... What leaf springs age you running? Stock or Calvert?
@@jimkiernan2855 Calvert
I'm getting the parts together.
Nice, a hot rodder with an air conditioned garage what else can a man want, maybe reopen Raceway Park Drag Strip again. Nice job, if nothing else the HFT tire machine gave you a schematic to build one of your own, nice video.
I wish they would open a drag strip anywhere close at this point... I was thinking the same thing. I have plenty of scrap steel, and they gave me a map. Thanks for watching.
is ATCO still open, which was your home track my neighbor was a big stock eliminator guy with his 340 duster we use to hang out at Raceway park & ATCO before I moved to Florida but I'm back and a lot of things changed and not for the better I might add.@@jimkiernan2855
It was... Atco just closed their doors abruptly a few weeks ago. It was a surprise to everyone. There is one track left in Nj up north, 3 hours from me.
Your right I just heard What happened at ATCO, that's sad all those great memories like "Crazy Eddie's night of Thrills" Sammy Miller rocket car and the jet cars. I am gonna miss it. Great memories for an old bag. LMFIAO@@jimkiernan2855
Oh man i installed my slicks this morning with the same machine, didnt have any trouble breaking the beads
I had a hell of a time until I beefed it up. I even tried a set of radials, and the thing was just bending... I've have seen other video's where they didn't have a problem. I wish I had the camera on the first time.
That thing you bought was a Harbor Freight that's made in China now it's 90% American 10% China
Lol. I know right! If I had known, I would have built one from scratch.
@jimkiernan2855 that's what I'm thinking about doing, just building the whole tire changer from screatch!!
I don't think it would be very hard. It's definitely doable.
To all: USE china methods, BUT, use REAL STEEL ! plastic cheap china junk.......called steel. Crap...
I LIKE it.
Thanks.
I worked at tire shops most of my life. Look like a good setup to me.
Thank you. It worked out pretty good.
So we'll come across your CZcams channel. I watch the video of you talking about the history of the Camaro. But as iviewer I think we might need to see a little bit more of drag racing working on the cars and a whole lot more videos. That might help you get more subscribers. Something to think about anyways. Would love to see more of that car in action
Thanks for watching. I would love to have racing content. I still need to do some testing, but unfortunately my local track closed its doors 2 weeks ago. We plan on trying some other tracks about 2 hours away. Might even try to tune the Nitrous on a dyno... Thanks for the input.
Excellent info thanks
You're welcome. Thanks for watching.
This almost happened to us at Thunder Valley in Noble ok this last year. We still worry about what can happen in the future.
I would worry too. You're lucky it's still there. I think Atco's demise really came down to a bad owner... I hope you guys keep your track. To many are closing lately.
Very sad to see it go as someone who had grown up with the track, I was born in 56 learned to drag race there. Raced at all three places E town, Atco and Island. Island is a great track short shutdown area, but it's the only game in town.
Yeah, it really sucks! I'm going to have to regroup, and pivot off of this... E-Town closing was really bad, but I totally didn't expect this... Thanks for watching.
Its sucks, been going there for 55 plus years. I feel your pain
Thanks... We just have to pivot and regroup. I'm never going to quit.
Funny story about atco when my son wanted to go racing with daddy I told him when he didn’t need diapers anymore he could come along and I never seen a child potty trained so quickly it’s sad I had to text him last week they were closed
That's an awesome story! The first time I went there was back in 94 or 95. I was still in high school... At least we will have memories of the place. I don't know what the next generation is going to do.
How am I now supposed to live my life a quarter mile at a time?
I know right!