Sir, get or make yourself a primer bottle. Very cheap, or easy to make. Fill it with gasoline and shoot some gas into each vent tube. Work the throttle by hand to verify the accelerator pumps are working. Don't just pour gas into the carb, fill the bowls from the vent tubes. Remember to drain both float bowls when your done completely because the Methanol is very corrosive. Methanol is a learning curve, from starting to tuning, to shutting it down at the end of the day. Looks like you scored nicely there. Wishing you all the very best. It will be a moderately steep learning curve, but yes it's worth it. Merry Christmas.
Yes, thank you for the advice! I already have a primer bottle, and I used it recently to crank it, & it started much easier! I'm in no rush to drive it. Gotta figure it out first, right! 😁
All you guys beat me to it !! I ran VP14 but my buddy ran on alcohol with a Ron's flying toilet and he always carried a small squirt bottle of regular gasoline !!!! Hot or cold out alcohol is a crabby fuel on initial start !!!!
Berryman's is a whole lot better that the above 2 mentioned. BTW, when is he gonna pull the plugs and squirter oil in the cylinders. They have to be washed. Plug in a new battery too.
I've been around the drag strip all my life. My best pass was 5.98 in the 1/8 just a word from the wise. you better practice getting out of that thing fast with your gear on before you go down the track in it. I've seen a lot guys get in deep shit because they could"nt get out when a fire starts. Sounds frigging awsome!
One of the worst things you can do with a alcohol engine is crank it up and run it for a few seconds not allowing enough heat into the engine to evaporate the condensation that you just created bring the water temperature above 200deg and pulling the evac caps outs of the valve covers is how you evaporate the water out of the oil prolonging oil and engine life.😮
@@WagsAutomotive Good man!, I ran blown alcohol drag boats for years, I.H.B.A., TAKE YOUR TIME WITH IT, AND BABY YOUR ENGINE, YOU CAN ALWAYS CONVERT TO GAS. , MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! LOVE THE VEGA..
And run gas through it after running it. Car owner. Sell the car buy a gas sbc. You have a bunch to learn before you play with big cubes and alcohol. Sorry, I don't have much filter after wasting a battery cranking and cranking. The only intelligent words you spoke were, " It's not a cosworth ".
ABSOLUTELY !!! I would have loved to see the inside !!!! I'm thinking from what I'm seeing this guy is definitely unprepared and over his head with this beastly MONSTER he just bought !!!! I ran a 73 Vega all my racing life and came to the conclusion that anything below a 10.0 in these short wheel base cars is in my opinion "chancy" !!!
Methanol eats everything. Gona need a rebuild kit for the carb and I’d put new fuel lines in if it sat for any period of time. But when it’s cold out you’ll need break clean or either to start it up.
Methanol is hard on oil as it gets into the oil and will turn it milky white. That milky white means it's a bit rich, but will always run that way. You have to change the oil very frequently when using methanol.
Alcohol absorbs water which mixes with the oil. I'm preaching to the choir but this guy better start his racing career with a small block chevy and learn how to care for a race engine. And for those of you that think it sounds good? No it didn't. It was cold and sounded like shit. Couple more cold starts and just to feel the doors shake and this guy will kill a $10,000 motor.
Man I hope you are enjoying it I had a Vega. now I have a 74 NovaSS with a 496 bb twin turbo 76mm on methanol and boy howdy a rocket ship is a under statement
Love it..... Sounds like a real monster.....,... We're never too old to learn...... Text more videos of car have a great day...... God bless all...... Merry Christmas Happy New
Needle and seat is stuck causing fuel to over flow. If it keeps over flowing it will hydralock the engine and will have to remove all the plugs and turn engine to get all the fuel out of the engine...
Just a bit of time and once you figure out a soild start up procedure then you'll be golden ! The car sounds wicked & should be a blast flying down track at what... 8sec.- 175MPH High HP short wheel base cars can be a handful... be safe and good luck ✌️🙂
First thing you need to know mate is that you can’t see it burning in daylight, Indy drivers punch their chests to signal they are on fire. Water is the best form of fire suppression. Also it gets into your oil fairly fast so always change your oil after each meeting. Regards Ken
Well, believe it or not, I've actually been on fire with alcohol before! I understand that it burns clear. But thank you for the heads up. Punch my chest if I'm ever on fire! 🔥🔥🔥😳😳😳 Hopefully not!
And just another tip. It absorbs moisture in the air and develops a fair amount of water in the tank and in the oil. Your gona want to change oil often after just a few passes and your gona wanna keep very little if not none in the tank in the humid months.
hey buddy, that car is sick until you get used to the throttle take it easy that is one wicked ride dude have fun. Remember you need to get all that gas out of the carburetor and the fuel CELL this will gum up your entire fuel system
You don't burn twice as much if it's set up right. I made a gas system with an old nitrous plate and a cheap little electric pump and ran meth for over 20 yrs without a problem. Last dragster ran 4.50s.
Good lord my guy. Who taught you how to start a big cid engine on alky? Push the pedal to the floor 3 times. Stop! Run the pump. Stop pump. Crank it with your foot OFF the throttle. If you need to give it air,,,,BARELY push the pedal and hold it steady. If it doesn’t pop off, repeat! Wiggling the throttle while cranking does nothing! P.s hydro locked and empty is 2 different things. Also, sell that junk pro systems and buy a real alky carb. Imo of course
Ridicule doesn't help. If your not part of a solution or offer. genuine advice, like the poster said, he's never worked with methanol before, let's be at least a bit gracious. Otherwise your comments are useless. All the other commenters seem positive and helpful, glad to see that
@@alfredmitchell3792 It's all good! 😁 Some people get frustrated watching me, and I understand. I'm learning as I go so subscribe and keep watching so you can either tell me good job, or tell me how dumb I am. Either way your probably right! 🤣
That front driver wheel is perfectly straight and the passenger side wheel is off to the right by about 5" I would look into that before you try to drive it.
Fuel on fuel off fuel on fuel off. Pump peddle a couple times then crank it. Once it fires turn fuel back on. If youre cranking that long with fuel on its gonna hydro lock every time if it dont fire right away. Alky is a different animal 😅 and let it warm up before wacking the peddle. Alky burns cold. Hints the 5 min lean out first then give it the fuel and youre good
Waiting for that methanol leak to drip on that starter that's gotta be nice n hot 🔥🔥😮😢🚒 should always have a 🧯 ready especially the first time firing a methanol car
@@MrPackrat427 I'm in Mountain View Missouri, about 5 hours away. I've been in contact with a guy who lives about 25 minutes away from me. He's a former drag racer and has 2 sons that own & drive cars that are faster than mine is. He's offered to take a look at it after winter is over, so I'll probably just go see him. I have 2 tracks within 100 miles or so from me, so I'll probably just take it to him, then go to those tracks and race it there. 👍😊
I love vegas I have a seventy two With a 434 give a catch small block. Three hundred shot NOS. I run nine thirty one forty one And a quarter mile. 580 and 8.
@@WagsAutomotive by looks of it you got a really well equipped,well built one. I hope you have fun with it, I'd imagine the alcohol will be a challenge but nothing you can't learn. I'll be interested to watch the update videos as you go. Race safe and have fun.
Yeah but if the cylinders lost the little oil they had the fuel definitely took it off the cylinder walls,I would have at least squirted some wd40 PB blast or motor oil down the cylinders before firing it up, methanol and alky engines are tricky anyway, little gas, starter fluid or carb cleaner would have made it pop off from the first turn of the key,but sounds like you didn't hurt it and next time get it up to temp that's bad for alky engines heating it up helps evaporate the moisture out of it, change oil every couple runs yoy might get a few more on oil changes if you lean the fuel just a little but they run fatttttt rich anyway that's what they love but good luck with it,its definitely a leaning curve owning a alky or methanol engine,i helped my dad maintain ours for 15+ years and i definitely learned a lot about alcohol engines and the expense that comes with owning a toy like that, love the Vega too by the way
Ya I wish I knew that when I was trying to start it! 🤣 But I know now! BTW I took the valve covers and the carburetor off before winter and it's sitting with a towel over it now so any moisture can evaporate. I'll have to rebuild the carb and do some other work on it before I fire it up again, for sure! 👍
You never start a methanol drag motor on methanol you use a small skirt bottle of gasoline to prime it You also ran your big block with a absolute F#@ck ton of raw methanol in your oil from flooding the engine so revving it was probably not the smartest thing you have ever done Welcome to the world of methanol the sports greatest maintenance nightmare!!!!! Great power but you hopefully know a lot about holley carburetors and you will read everything you can about methanol and how you combat the hell it plays on fittings, carb,piston rings and the list goes on and on
My name is will I look forward to hearing more about your sweet ❤️ motor I'm a Motorhead. I specialize in forced induction and nitrous oxide old school 🏫 who needs a computer when you going to do plug. I would do a vacuum reading at the base of the carburetor and depending on the vacuum reading put the proper power valve nothing like a real no guess work with that meth and oil in that motor out and burn holes in everything. Like I said I look forward do hearing more about the vega
I have a 451 stroker in a 69 valiant built by Ray Barton running on methanol with a 1050 dominator from Rupert,,I use duel frost plug heaters even in summer to get it started if it's been sitting and your motor sounds like its dropped a cylinder
Ya I'm learning that. I partially disassembled it. It hasn't dropped a cylinder. But I'm going to have to do some work on it before I try to start it again! 😁
Holley EFI sniper system will make more HP then the carb ever can and he can manage it with tunes and change the timing to gain HP, they use Snipers in 6-7 second cars and that is more then he's going to get out of that carb. Add turbo's and get it in the lower 9's maybe even 8's@@WagsAutomotive
I call BS on that, show me time ticket. I've seen cars with 640Cu and methonol and couldn't get into high 7's -low 8's in the 1/4 without turbo, not trying t be a ass, just being honest.@@WagsAutomotive
@@blzr1155 it's cool. I don't know how fast it is. I've never driven it. I'm just telling you what I was told... I'd think 1000 hp, 'glide, and 4:29 gears would get you down the track pretty damn quick.
Yep you are correct! 😁 That's why it's parked, not being touched right now. I have found a guy who's only a few miles away from me and he's actually owned and raced these cars in the past. He has 2 sons and both of them own Alcohol drag cars that are faster than mine is. He's offered his help to me, but it's winter here in BFM right now. As soon as the warm weather comes around, I'll be taking it to him to get it checked out! 😁 Then we'll rip it down the strip! 🤣
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Sir, get or make yourself a primer bottle. Very cheap, or easy to make. Fill it with gasoline and shoot some gas into each vent tube. Work the throttle by hand to verify the accelerator pumps are working. Don't just pour gas into the carb, fill the bowls from the vent tubes.
Remember to drain both float bowls when your done completely because the Methanol is very corrosive.
Methanol is a learning curve, from starting to tuning, to shutting it down at the end of the day.
Looks like you scored nicely there. Wishing you all the very best. It will be a moderately steep learning curve, but yes it's worth it.
Merry Christmas.
Yes, thank you for the advice! I already have a primer bottle, and I used it recently to crank it, & it started much easier! I'm in no rush to drive it. Gotta figure it out first, right! 😁
Methanol is hard to start when cold. Needs to be super rich or prime with gas to get engine started. Once it's warm it should fire no problem.
All you guys beat me to it !! I ran VP14 but my buddy ran on alcohol with a Ron's flying toilet and he always carried a small squirt bottle of regular gasoline !!!! Hot or cold out alcohol is a crabby fuel on initial start !!!!
I raced methanol fueled dirt karts and when the temps dropped we used WD-40 with great success!
Brake cleaner
Berryman's is a whole lot better that the above 2 mentioned.
BTW, when is he gonna pull the plugs and squirter oil in the cylinders. They have to be washed. Plug in a new battery too.
Put acetone in fuel.and use ether i do on my 2-stroke during winter races if she wont start
I've been around the drag strip all my life. My best pass was 5.98 in the 1/8 just a word from the wise. you better practice getting out of that thing fast with your gear on before you go down the track in it. I've seen a lot guys get in deep shit because they could"nt get out when a fire starts. Sounds frigging awsome!
Thank you that's really great advice! Be prepared! 😁
Hi 10 in quarter? 60ft time?
@@Camaro355FS 7 seconds @ 170.
@@WagsAutomotive wow👍🏻
@@Camaro355FS crazy fast! 😳
ive built and raced 540 merlins blown on alcohol for years and always gave a hit of gas for cold starts as well. Nice car for sure :)
Yep I figured that out lol. Where are you located?
I'm in Huntsville Alabama. That's gonna be really fast! Stay safe and Happy Holidays!
@@rolfhansen2175 ok I'm in Southern Missouri.
There's going to be a learning curve, but you'll figure it out. You always do, bro! I like the car. Don't let anybody drag your spirits down!👍
Yep, I'm studying up. I'll get it! 😁
Keep up the good progress, I want to see a video of it at the drag strip as soon as the weather allows !!!
Oh yeah. Make it or break it, it'll be on video! 😁
Methanol motor, you need to prime it with a little gas.
Yep! I know that now! 🤣
Totally awesome sounding badass. Can't wait to see it go down the dragstrip. Good luck with it
Me too! 😁
One of the worst things you can do with a alcohol engine is crank it up and run it for a few seconds not allowing enough heat into the engine to evaporate the condensation that you just created bring the water temperature above 200deg and pulling the evac caps outs of the valve covers is how you evaporate the water out of the oil prolonging oil and engine life.😮
Thank you I'll remember that for the future. I'm still learning! 😁
Get used to oil changes on a very consistent basis, 😉 in fact check it now.
Alky takes a learning curve, be very safe with it
Ya I found out about the frequent oil changes. Not cheap! 😳 I be sure to take it easy on the track the first few times. 😊
@@WagsAutomotive Good man!, I ran blown alcohol drag boats for years, I.H.B.A., TAKE YOUR TIME WITH IT, AND BABY YOUR ENGINE, YOU CAN ALWAYS CONVERT TO GAS. , MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! LOVE THE VEGA..
@@keithclark3079 Me too! 😁👍
And run gas through it after running it.
Car owner. Sell the car buy a gas sbc. You have a bunch to learn before you play with big cubes and alcohol.
Sorry, I don't have much filter after wasting a battery cranking and cranking. The only intelligent words you spoke were, " It's not a cosworth ".
@@mikes.1882 Wow. And you don't even know me. But you're entitled to your opinion. Watch me take it down the 1/4 mile strip and rip it! 🤣
Id love to see you cranking this up from inside the car, showing us the controls pedals and buttons. Love the cranking sound
ABSOLUTELY !!! I would have loved to see the inside !!!! I'm thinking from what I'm seeing this guy is definitely unprepared and over his head with this beastly MONSTER he just bought !!!! I ran a 73 Vega all my racing life and came to the conclusion that anything below a 10.0 in these short wheel base cars is in my opinion "chancy" !!!
Glad you get it figured out indeed so.
Starting on just straight methanol they're extremely cranky LOL pun intended.
Yep I know that now! 🤣
I'm surprised you didn't put some pump gas down the carb, damn cold methanol starting can be an art, sounds good at the end, cheers
I didn't know that, but I do now! 😁
Love that sound!!!! That ol Merlin is a helluva good motor that’s for sure!
Can't wait to tear up the track with it! 😁
@@WagsAutomotive I heard that! Nothing like the sound and smell of alcohol in drag car! Beautiful hot rod
Methanol eats everything. Gona need a rebuild kit for the carb and I’d put new fuel lines in if it sat for any period of time. But when it’s cold out you’ll need break clean or either to start it up.
Already removed the carb for a rebuild. Drained the system and ran diesel through it to lubricate everything. 👍
That works. Good start. Methanol is nasty stuff. But is great at the same time.
Methanol is hard on oil as it gets into the oil and will turn it milky white. That milky white means it's a bit rich, but will always run that way. You have to change the oil very frequently when using methanol.
Put the oil in a pot on the stove warm it up to 180 degrees the alcohol will come out oil will look like new
Alcohol absorbs water which mixes with the oil.
I'm preaching to the choir but this guy better start his racing career with a small block chevy and learn how to care for a race engine.
And for those of you that think it sounds good?
No it didn't. It was cold and sounded like shit.
Couple more cold starts and just to feel the doors shake and this guy will kill a $10,000 motor.
That's great to know! Thank you for the advice! 😁
I'm going to try that when I drain the oil! 👍😊
It's not going to be started like that again! It's going to have to be at least partially disassembled before it's started again! 👍
Man I hope you are enjoying it I had a Vega. now I have a 74 NovaSS with a 496 bb twin turbo 76mm on methanol and boy howdy a rocket ship is a under statement
I can't wait to rip it! 😁
Methanol car in cold weather, put a few squirts of 87 in the carb. She will fire right up
Yep! Thanks for the advice! 😁
Love it..... Sounds like a real monster.....,... We're never too old to learn...... Text more videos of car have a great day...... God bless all...... Merry Christmas Happy New
Thank you! It'll be a bit before I mess with it again...
Needle and seat is stuck causing fuel to over flow. If it keeps over flowing it will hydralock the engine and will have to remove all the plugs and turn engine to get all the fuel out of the engine...
Already did that lol! Removed the plugs and cleaned them. Blew the engine out and after that was when it started. Thank you for the advice! 👍😊
Just a bit of time and once you figure out a soild start up procedure then you'll be golden !
The car sounds wicked & should be a blast flying down track at what... 8sec.- 175MPH
High HP short wheel base cars can be a handful... be safe and good luck ✌️🙂
One step at a time, right! 😁
Sounds amazing gotta love Merlin bb
Love the car
Sweet trade one bad ass vega u got. Love the h body i h!ve a pontiac astre good luck and be safe keep the rubber down
Thanks! I'm excited to learn how to drive it! And keep the rubber side down! 🤣
First thing you need to know mate is that you can’t see it burning in daylight, Indy drivers punch their chests to signal they are on fire. Water is the best form of fire suppression.
Also it gets into your oil fairly fast so always change your oil after each meeting.
Regards Ken
Well, believe it or not, I've actually been on fire with alcohol before! I understand that it burns clear. But thank you for the heads up. Punch my chest if I'm ever on fire! 🔥🔥🔥😳😳😳 Hopefully not!
Thanks for the reply, I feel better now knowing you will be safe.
Regards Ken
And just another tip. It absorbs moisture in the air and develops a fair amount of water in the tank and in the oil. Your gona want to change oil often after just a few passes and your gona wanna keep very little if not none in the tank in the humid months.
Yep! I figured as much! 😁
Such a sick car thou. Looks well built
@@jamesgravel7755 like a tank! 😁
Awesome car, I have a 555 Chevelle that I drive and a 72 vega body waiting to be built.
Badass! Make some videos of them! 🤟
It takes a hot spark to fire the methanol!
Yep I agree! Thank you for the advice! 😊
hey buddy, that car is sick until you get used to the throttle take it easy that is one wicked ride dude have fun. Remember you need to get all that gas out of the carburetor and the fuel CELL this will gum up your entire fuel system
Ya I ran all the alcohol out it, then ran diesel fuel through it to lubricate everything. Then I removed the carburetor and drained it out. 👍😁
17 Minutes in we have IGNITION!!!!!😂 SOUNDS AWESOME!!!!!!
FINALLY! 🤣
Sounded good once you got it started
Totally badass! 😳
You don't burn twice as much if it's set up right. I made a gas system with an old nitrous plate and a cheap little electric pump and ran meth for over 20 yrs without a problem. Last dragster ran 4.50s.
Ok tell me how you made that system work? I'm very curious to see that! 😁
Someone dumped a big pile of cash in that little beast!
Yep. It'd cost $60,000 to build it today! 😳
A whiff of race fuel helps. Methanol also is a bit more maintenance.
Yep, I'm finding that out! 😁
Cosworih Vega is worth it's weight in gold 😅😊
I wish. Tried to sell it for almost 2 years....
Good lord my guy. Who taught you how to start a big cid engine on alky? Push the pedal to the floor 3 times. Stop! Run the pump. Stop pump. Crank it with your foot OFF the throttle. If you need to give it air,,,,BARELY push the pedal and hold it steady. If it doesn’t pop off, repeat! Wiggling the throttle while cranking does nothing! P.s hydro locked and empty is 2 different things. Also, sell that junk pro systems and buy a real alky carb. Imo of course
Nobody taught me. Watch my latest video & you'll understand. Sorry I don't know what I'm doing. 😔
Ridicule doesn't help. If your not part of a solution or offer. genuine advice, like the poster said, he's never worked with methanol before, let's be at least a bit gracious. Otherwise your comments are useless. All the other commenters seem positive and helpful, glad to see that
@@alfredmitchell3792 It's all good! 😁 Some people get frustrated watching me, and I understand. I'm learning as I go so subscribe and keep watching so you can either tell me good job, or tell me how dumb I am. Either way your probably right! 🤣
A pro systems carb is just a Holley carb. I don't care whose name is on it. It's a Holley carb so I can rebuild it. No big deal.
Another guy that’ll be taking credit for the build.
No I don't think so. I definitely didn't build this one! 🤣
Plan on doing oil changes often as methanol condensates and will turn your oil into water quick!
Yep pretty much every day! 😁
Dennis Taylor just put a Merlin 540 in his 55 , but it's twin turbo and will make 3,300-3,500 hp
Daaaaaamn! That's just a leeeetle more than mine! 🤣
That front driver wheel is perfectly straight and the passenger side wheel is off to the right by about 5" I would look into that before you try to drive it.
Thanks for the advice! I'll definitely check it out! 😁
Fuel pressure should never be over 6.5 psi on alcohol...
It was a lot higher than that, according to the guage. I'll definitely turn it down! 👍😁
Fuel on fuel off fuel on fuel off. Pump peddle a couple times then crank it. Once it fires turn fuel back on. If youre cranking that long with fuel on its gonna hydro lock every time if it dont fire right away. Alky is a different animal 😅 and let it warm up before wacking the peddle. Alky burns cold. Hints the 5 min lean out first then give it the fuel and youre good
Thank you for the advice! I'm learning! 😁
Yessir I kno you said that. Hope it helps. Love the car sounds mean.
@@ghostedfoxbody Thanks! I can't wait to rip it! 😁
Waiting for that methanol leak to drip on that starter that's gotta be nice n hot 🔥🔥😮😢🚒 should always have a 🧯 ready especially the first time firing a methanol car
Yep probably so. That went through my mind as well! 😁 But I'm learning! 👍
Love it.. just a little TLC , and you be tearing up the track. 540 Merlin is a great combo.
Yep I can't wait to rip it! 😁
Where are you at ?
I'm in Decatur, Illinois and plan on traveling to races this summer and Sick week and Drag n Drive
@@MrPackrat427 I'm in Mountain View Missouri, about 5 hours away. I've been in contact with a guy who lives about 25 minutes away from me. He's a former drag racer and has 2 sons that own & drive cars that are faster than mine is. He's offered to take a look at it after winter is over, so I'll probably just go see him. I have 2 tracks within 100 miles or so from me, so I'll probably just take it to him, then go to those tracks and race it there. 👍😊
@WagsAutomotive maybe you can make it over to Gateway ( World wide technology) by St.Louis. I would definitely come down to watch
@@MrPackrat427 Is that a 1/4 mile track?
Good luck pain to start when it's cold like
Yes I know that now! 🤣
YOU NEED TO STRTING FLUID WOULD MAKE LIFE EASY AND A SMALL BOTTLE METHANOL TO FEED THE CARB WOULD WORK
Yep, prime with gasoline! I know that now! 🤣
I love vegas I have a seventy two With a 434 give a catch small block.
Three hundred shot NOS.
I run nine thirty one forty one And a quarter mile.
580 and 8.
Cool man! 😁
Glad you got it running sounds wicked .
Me too! I'm excited to take it down the track! 😁
Things a beast, back in the late '80s a buddy of mine had a tube chassis small block vega that was an 8.90 car we put a mild 454 into it LoL.
@@skxj I know they are popular cars to drag race! 😁
@@WagsAutomotive by looks of it you got a really well equipped,well built one.
I hope you have fun with it, I'd imagine the alcohol will be a challenge but nothing you can't learn. I'll be interested to watch the update videos as you go. Race safe and have fun.
@@skxj Thank you sir! I plan on having fun with it! But I gotta learn more about it first! And wait until winter is done! 😁
You never crank a car that long.
It's OK. Starter is fine! 🤣
Lmao you will score your cylinder walls
@@trumpsagenius6914 nah their good!
Some new needles and seats and float adjustment and it should clean up nice
Yep got the carb removed already! 😁
Too much fuel pressure causes the needles to not hold, and flooding over...
Ya it showed 12 pounds. I think that's too much! 🤷
I love that thing ! I’d love to have something like that !
Mee too! 🤣
Nasty motor bro. Looks like you came out good on hat deal!
I think so! I can't wait to hit it! 😁
Yeah but if the cylinders lost the little oil they had the fuel definitely took it off the cylinder walls,I would have at least squirted some wd40 PB blast or motor oil down the cylinders before firing it up, methanol and alky engines are tricky anyway, little gas, starter fluid or carb cleaner would have made it pop off from the first turn of the key,but sounds like you didn't hurt it and next time get it up to temp that's bad for alky engines heating it up helps evaporate the moisture out of it, change oil every couple runs yoy might get a few more on oil changes if you lean the fuel just a little but they run fatttttt rich anyway that's what they love but good luck with it,its definitely a leaning curve owning a alky or methanol engine,i helped my dad maintain ours for 15+ years and i definitely learned a lot about alcohol engines and the expense that comes with owning a toy like that, love the Vega too by the way
Ya I wish I knew that when I was trying to start it! 🤣 But I know now! BTW I took the valve covers and the carburetor off before winter and it's sitting with a towel over it now so any moisture can evaporate. I'll have to rebuild the carb and do some other work on it before I fire it up again, for sure! 👍
Vegas are cool cars. Should be reliable stock manual trans car. That’s fun.
Well it's an automatic lol! But it'll still be fun! 😁
That Cosworth Vega is a cool car in its own rite. Bet it's worth a pretty penny.
Not as much as this drag car is worth! 🤣
Yeah that's just a shell at this point with a tube chassis
@@winstonpratt604 Yep! But to go from 140 hp to 940? 🤯🤯🤯
@@WagsAutomotive oh yeah I'm sure it would only take about 600hp to start ripping a Factory chassis apart lol
@@winstonpratt604 thank God it's not the factory chassis! 🤣
You should always prime with gas first methanol is a cold fuel
Yep! I know that now! 😁
When it's cold pour a little 87 pump gas down the carb.
Yep I know that now! Still learning! 😁
I would say you have a 7 second car! & seconds in a 1/4 mile!
That's what I was told! 😁
Yeah that car don't way anything really and you have almost 1000hp wow really fast!
Does it have wheelie bars on it? If not your going to need them!!!
@@tonygrate623 no he said it doesn't need them. You can see in the videos of it running, that it doesn't lift very much. 👍😁
@@tonygrate623 ya id say 2600 maybe? Or less? 🤷
I'd love to have one of Bill Mitchell's small block 460 Ford engines
Wouldn't we all! 😁
@@WagsAutomotive if we had 20 grand to throw in a fire lol
@@chrismaze3441 🤣🤣🤣
I use a dish soap bottle with 92 octane to get my methanol race motor to start when it is cold.
Yep! Fill up the bowls and squirt a little in the carb. I'm learning! 🤣
Something else to think about, you'll burn about twice as much methanol as you will gas.
A lot more then that if he has the fuel pump for it
Pour little gas in it. Methnal is hard to start could depending on timing. Little gas and hold go floor. It will start
Yep I know that now! 🤣
You need to talk to someone familiar with a methenol before you blow it up.
Yep! Already in the works! 😁
Once you get running right, let me know what the tomes are at the track and mph, thanks...
It's gonna be awhile lol! 🤣 Be sure to subscribe so you won't miss, out on my updates!
@@WagsAutomotive ok... Buddy!
Have fun with it all you can do
Yep that's what I was thinking! 🤣
I think your already hooked!!!!
Oh hell yes! Can you say bucket list item! 🤣
The sweet sound of the best music from 8 cylinders now it needs a blower
I wish! Or nitrous! 🤯
@@WagsAutomotive nice trade though
You never start a methanol drag motor on methanol you use a small skirt bottle of gasoline to prime it
You also ran your big block with a absolute F#@ck ton of raw methanol in your oil from flooding the engine so revving it was probably not the smartest thing you have ever done
Welcome to the world of methanol the sports greatest maintenance nightmare!!!!!
Great power but you hopefully know a lot about holley carburetors and you will read everything you can about methanol and how you combat the hell it plays on fittings, carb,piston rings and the list goes on and on
I agree with you 💯%! Sorry I'm Learning. I'll do better next time I promise! It'll be ok in the end! 🤣
Pretty rowdy, love it
Thanks! I'm excited to see it race ready!
Well now I see why you got such a good deal
Nah it's fine. 😁 Even if I have to do some work on it, it's still a great trade. 👍
The vacuum pump is four the rings
Huh? I thought it was for removing moisture from the crankcase because methanol absorbs moisture?
Omg I'm getting so aggravated wachin this fool!
Well, you can always STOP WATCHING! DUH! 🤪
Maybe a little primer might do it. Dude get your primary ball little shot of starting fluid won't hurt it
I figured out it just needs a shot of gasoline to help it start. 😁👍
bad ass, good luck with your new toy
Thank you sir! I've got a ways to go! 😁
I would change the oil as it will contain methanol. Methanol is very dangerous as you cannot see it burn.
Yep I'm definitely gonna change the oil! And I know about Methanol fires, because I was on fire with it once! 😳
Great news. Personally, I would convert to gas. Much easier to start and you don't have to worry about water.
@@philstreeter9703 I'm definitely considering it!
Awesome trade by the way. Congrats.
@@philstreeter9703 Thank you sir! 😁 I think it was an awesome trade! For me anyway! 🤣
Sounds good man
Thanks again! 👍
My name is will I look forward to hearing more about your sweet ❤️ motor I'm a Motorhead. I specialize in forced induction and nitrous oxide old school 🏫 who needs a computer when you going to do plug. I would do a vacuum reading at the base of the carburetor and depending on the vacuum reading put the proper power valve nothing like a real no guess work with that meth and oil in that motor out and burn holes in everything. Like I said I look forward do hearing more about the vega
Please subscribe to the channel. There's more to come, but right now I have other things to work on. 😁
Rons sells a gasoline primer kit for it...
Who's that?
Wow a vega lotta vega hotrods in the day
Hell yes and a badass Vega at that! 😁
That's a pretty good swap 😅
Hell yes! 😁
Gave up a nice car for a workout dragcar. And yes l own a nice street car .
I didn't give anything up. 😊 The engine in this car is worth what my Cosworth was worth. And it's a done deal so I'm going to just go with it! 😁
I have a 451 stroker in a 69 valiant built by Ray Barton running on methanol with a 1050 dominator from Rupert,,I use duel frost plug heaters even in summer to get it started if it's been sitting and your motor sounds like its dropped a cylinder
Ya I'm learning that. I partially disassembled it. It hasn't dropped a cylinder. But I'm going to have to do some work on it before I try to start it again! 😁
What starters are you using? I want to buy stock in that company. Little gasoline in the carb does wonders….
It's fine! 🤣
All of wanna know is what batteries you running? Lol sounds mean!
Yellow top Optima. 😁
Squirt of gas on am start up and good for the rest of the day. Others are correct you have a small amount of learning ahead of you
Or a large amount, I'd say! 😁
Come on harmless cat not going to hurt that car
Stupid cat! 🤬
Where are you located I would love to help you figure everything out and get the car tuned and on the strip
Southern Missouri
Nice clean built. What are you gonna do with all hat H.P.?
Run it! 😊
What in the world do you do for a job in order to buy that?? It had to cost a fortune... congratulations
Watch my other videos and you'll see how I obtained it. 😁
Flood once with methanol throw away the plugs....for sure change out oil with methanol oil only
Yep I'm learning that! 🤣
At least you will get good at changing the oil lol
Yep! Gotta change it a lot! 😁
Is it for sale? Thats exactly just what I need for small tire no prep!
Sure! 😁 Make me an offer!
Your cosworth must of been worth a lot to trade for that
Not really? 🤷
Got a friend with a 5oo merlin damn wicked
Awesome! 😁
May have washed the cylinders down with all the raw fuel during starting attempts.
Yep that's why I removed the plugs and cleaned them & dried it out before I tried to start it. Just didn't know about the priming thing. 👍
Dude but off way more than he can chew😂 i wouldn't let him start anything with a carb😖
Everyone has a tight to their opinion. Your wrong, but whatever you think bro.
Get rid of the carb and go to a Holley sniper system, Have it tuned , and you'll be glade you did.
I don't know about that, with a race engine like this? 🤷
Holley EFI sniper system will make more HP then the carb ever can and he can manage it with tunes and change the timing to gain HP, they use Snipers in 6-7 second cars and that is more then he's going to get out of that carb. Add turbo's and get it in the lower 9's maybe even 8's@@WagsAutomotive
@@blzr1155 it's already a 7 second car....
I call BS on that, show me time ticket. I've seen cars with 640Cu and methonol and couldn't get into high 7's -low 8's in the 1/4 without turbo, not trying t be a ass, just being honest.@@WagsAutomotive
@@blzr1155 it's cool. I don't know how fast it is. I've never driven it. I'm just telling you what I was told... I'd think 1000 hp, 'glide, and 4:29 gears would get you down the track pretty damn quick.
The best thing u could find is a racer who knows what he is doing u don't have a clue and your going to do More damage to it than it's ever seem
Yep you are correct! 😁 That's why it's parked, not being touched right now. I have found a guy who's only a few miles away from me and he's actually owned and raced these cars in the past. He has 2 sons and both of them own Alcohol drag cars that are faster than mine is. He's offered his help to me, but it's winter here in BFM right now. As soon as the warm weather comes around, I'll be taking it to him to get it checked out! 😁 Then we'll rip it down the strip! 🤣
Going to ware cam out you keep trying to start in cold weather no choke on race motor
But glad finally started sounds good drive safe
Yep I'm learning! 🤣
And use gas always to fire it up
@@user-zx8vc5ro5m Yes I know that now! 😂