I have been wanting to see what my homebuilt jalopy would run and finally was able to make a couple of passes. I’m a virgin racer and there was some learning involved for sure. I wouldn’t call bracket racing my thing, but all in all I had fun, got into the 12s and drove it home. So a pretty successful day. I had the trans out the night before due to a squeaky release bearing, seemed good for my short run at home, but grinded badly when I shifted hard at the track a couple of times. Worked around it and made the best out of it. I will have to fix that up here today. I’ll see if this video works.. https://www.instagram.com/p/CFDUP7fHlNe/?igshid=1bt7osi10cgnq Sent from my iPhone using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
thanks! That’s all I wanted to do, was to be able to say it’s a 12 second car. Back in the day that was pretty wild. It was good to see people built these back in the day to out do Detroit’s offerings, and yesterday I was running faster than a lot of the new “muscle” cars running in my class.
not that skinny of tires, I stuck the slicks on for the passes. Though I picked them up used as they were too worn out and slippery for the guys boosted LS truck. Worked ok for me, a little slippery but kept my launch RPM around 3000 to keep it in check.
Fantastic, I can’t say enough! That is what it’s all about. Go fast, sound great and look cool. Ya nailed it. “You got this dad” is priceless!
Yeah buddy, that’s great! That was exactly how I felt back in the old days when my ‘33 5W ran low 12’s-high 11s with 3.23s and Firestone Indy tires! I built it, it could easily blow off most street GTOs, Chevelles, 442s and Vettes and no car payments. A whole lot of fun. Sent from my iPad using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
Looked and sounded great! I had heard how flat Saskatchewan is and your video really verifies that! Lynn
Well done sir!! I read "into the 12s" then saw the skinny bias plys. . . . No f-n way!! Then I saw the video. Your car rips!!
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