Projects Building the Chevy II Gasser "The Boogie Man"

Hey Brian, I doing great, how 'bout yourself? When are you coming back up this way? You would love Gene's shop and Chris' to. Chris is doing a great job on the old deuce.

 

Does it really matter what era it's correct to, as long as it's correct during some period that the car would have existed? I think it's a great build, and a shame people try to find fault with some small part of it.
Keep up the great work Chris!

 

The only thing that matters is that the car is being built to conform to the rules of the group Chris is going to be racing with. He's doing a damn fine job.

 

Killer.

 

I'm assuming high 5's low 6's in the 1/8th are the goal?
You are making good time on this build.

MELTDOWN DRAGS
JULY 19&20 2014

 

Lord willing and the creek don't rise. We hope to hit the low 5's.

 

To go 5.90's in the 1/8, you need to be able to run about 9.20-9.30 in the 1/4.

That would be a about 6/10's quicker than the A/G record circa 1967.

477 cu. in. would put the Boogie Man near the old A/G weightbreak if the car comes out about 2400 lbs.

Tires hook much better these days, but I would guess the engine would still need to be a bit more efficient than a record holding level A/G car from the mid 60's.

With the better heads, and cam's these days ... who knows.

Low to mid 6's no problem, high fives may take a bit of work and thrashing to achieve I'm guessing.

It's going to be a fun ride no mattter what.

--- Steve ---

 

You would be correct on all you say. But we don't have a weight rule. But we have cars in our group running 5.90s already. Some weight 2800 pound or more. The average for the group right now is probably in the mid to low 6s. So all I can say is thank the lord for the new engine technology. And more

 

Tires and tracks are different too. The tracks around here were nothing more than a two-lane tar and gravel road, no concrete "launch pads" and the track wouldn't pull your shoes off when you walked on it. If you ran low 10 quarter miles in the 60's, that was something to crow about.

 

And Franks right the track and tires are so much better these days.

 

5.90's - low 6's? (approx 9.20-9.50 1/4 mile), I didn't realize "Quain & the guys" were running quite that quick.
That puts them on par with the best of the altered wheelbase injected funny cars 1965/1966 era, and they were on Nitro. Can't wait for them to get close enough to go see them do their stuff in person!

I apologize for being such a math nerd.

--- Steve ---

 

Great looking build ... don't let the HAMB nazi's distract you from the finish line.

Vintage drags in Atlanta in late September ...

 

I don't know what internals these guys are running, but I would assume these motors pump out an easy 100+hp compared to the old days. Rollerized valve train and new aftermarket heads probably make up the difference.



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COOL Car !!! Chris

 

Looking awesome man.

 

There is something about this car that just does it for me.............I dig it!
That's an OLD picture of LACR. Man, I miss that place.

 

Any updates? Well, Everybody might be down at Ware Shoals with Gene and the gassers this weekend. Couldn't blame anyone for that huh?

--- Steve ---

 

Gassers at Ware Shoals rained out. It has been rescheduled for Sept. 14.

 

Glad you posted Frank,It's raining pretty hard here and the maps show a lot of rain in and around the Ware Shoals area. HRP

 

Sorry guys, Work at the shop has gone crazy. I will have some updates in a day or so. Thanks for all the awesome post and support from all you guys on the hamb...

 

Got a little work done on the BOOGIE MAN today..

Rearend bracket

Got the rearend bracket welded on the housing.


And then I got it bolted in so i can start making spring floater perches.

Hope to get more done tomorrow.

 

Well done Chris, well done.

 

Got the rear body supports done today.



Now with this done I can start tacking and welding in cage...

 

Looking a bit more like a gasser every day. Keep up the good work Chris.
--- Steve ---

 

nice build chris thanks for sharing

 

Hey Chris, What will you be using for a Gas Tank?

 

Ahotrod, Will be using a little round tank mounted to the front of the car.

 

Got most of the cage tacked in and ready for welding.

 

Holy Cow brother! ....... your a working man! Excellent progress, looks great!
Glenn

 

Looking real nice.