What did you do to your car recently?

Mark D. said:
Required here at my track. I wouldn't make a pass without one required or not.
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Its required here at a certain ET or MPH not sure what they are but I know I have to have one. I was only 60ft testing so I wasn't worried for safety so much before. I'll have it on before any real hits happen. I also don't want to oil the track if something did happen.
 
SteveTX said:
Its required here at a certain ET or MPH not sure what they are but I know I have to have one. I was only 60ft testing so I wasn't worried for safety so much before. I'll have it on before any real hits happen. I also don't want to oil the track if something did happen.
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What diaper do you have? I just have the generic ones on both my cars and the fit is so -so. Would rather have one that is form fitted. Also Neither one cover the oil filter which I think should be included in the coverage.
 
Mark D. said:
What diaper do you have? I just have the generic ones on both my cars and the fit is so -so. Would rather have one that is form fitted. Also Neither one cover the oil filter which I think should be included in the coverage.
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Its a Stroud Nylon SFI 7.2 Engine Diaper. Really nice looking piece but I haven’t installed it yet. I know from the picture on their website it covers the entire front of the pan unlike some I have seen. I don’t know about the oil filter yet though. If I was guessing I would think it does. It seems large.
 
SteveTX said:
Jacked it up and thought about putting this engine diaper on it.
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When IHRA made the diaper rule I ordered a semi- custom diaper , they asked for engine type , type of car , stock frame or chassis , ect . It was not a full custom made diaper but supposedly a better fit than a " one size fits all" diaper. The thing came with nylon straps, the straps that pass by the headers lasted about 10 minutes before they melted . I sent it back to get Kevlar straps put in their place and have not had a problem with melting straps since.. It was not a low budget diaper so I would think Kevlar straps in the header area should have been standered especially on a stock frame car where headers are a tight fit.
 
lDomenic 332 said:
When IHRA made the diaper rule I ordered a semi- custom diaper , they asked for engine type , type of car , stock frame or chassis , ect . It was not a full custom made diaper but supposedly a better fit than a " one size fits all" diaper. The thing came with nylon straps, the straps that pass by the headers lasted about 10 minutes before they melted . I sent it back to get Kevlar straps put in their place and have not had a problem with melting straps since.. It was not a low budget diaper so I would think Kevlar straps in the header area should have been standered especially on a stock frame car where headers are a tight fit.
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I agree some straps that don't melt would be a great start. Not sure what the straps are made of but these are semi specific. Meaning you have to select what engine and if its a wet sump. I know there were quite a few options. I also know it was over $400 for this one so being almost 3 times the price of many others. Using that logic and it was Stroud brand I hope its gonna be like a glove.
 
SteveTX said:
I agree some straps that don't melt would be a great start. Not sure what the straps are made of but these are semi specific. Meaning you have to select what engine and if its a wet sump. I know there were quite a few options. I also know it was over $400 for this one so being almost 3 times the price of many others. Using that logic and it was Stroud brand I hope its gonna be like a glove.
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I hope it does fit like a glove .
I do not know if you ever used a diaper before so I will give you a heads up . The engine diapers I have experience with go behind the starter ( the starter is not under the diaper) that might help you when trying to make it fit and you think it's too small.
 
SteveTX said:
Its a Stroud Nylon SFI 7.2 Engine Diaper. Really nice looking piece but I haven’t installed it yet. I know from the picture on their website it covers the entire front of the pan unlike some I have seen. I don’t know about the oil filter yet though. If I was guessing I would think it does. It seems large.
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Let me know how you like it . I bought some extra diaper pads separately from summit and Tucked them in around the sides of my 10 quart pan , that’s a lot of oil to soak up .
 
Mark D. said:
Let me know how you like it . I bought some extra diaper pads separately from summit and Tucked them in around the sides of my 10 quart pan , that’s a lot of oil to soak up .
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I’ll try this evening after work to start on it. I’ll also see about pictures and post up what happens on my build thread here.

I understand the 10qt being a lot. My oil system over all is just shy of 11qts. With a big filter its over 11. My ProCharger is the older version that is oil fed. I have a inline cooler cooling the oil before it enters the ProCharger. Oil changes suck.

Hopefully it won’t hammer a hole in the bottom you won’t have to catch all 10qts. But I know we can’t count on that.
 
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