Projects '62 Ford Unibody LSR Truck

Congrats. Nice to see your progress.

 

Thanks guys! It's a lot of fun just being there but when this stuff happens it just makes it better!

 

It sounded real nice at mid track when I saw it on Saturday.

Lookin forward to seeing it progress over the season.

 

First run on Sat.

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Verry cool Tim thanks for the ride!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Second run. First thing Sun morning with a new course and cool air. 131 mph

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Awesome runs Tim. Looks like fun. Wish we had a dry lake up here

 

Kick ass my friend ... great vids!!

PACO

 

SOOO COOL ! Awesome truck!

 

Great job Tim. The truck sounds great.

 

Nice vid man, we now need a cam on the guages. data ya know

 

Tim;AWESOME,Thanks for sharing!!! A dumb question[I am a drag racer],what does taking the front half of the bed cover off do?That old Y-Block sounds like it really pulls hard,sounds great!!!!!! Congrats on the T-Shirt too!!!!! ROY.

 

Hi Tim.Outstanding work.Just finished this thread from front to back.
Good luck in your future endeavors.
Good luck.Have fun.Be safe.
Leo

 

Congrats on the T-shirt! Sounds like a good weekend!

 

I thought of that and tried to get the camera low and to the left, you can see the tach when the shift light comes on but if I move it too low or over too far you can't see the course and that's the fun part.

I've read and been told (Charlie Burns ran the "Brick" with only the back 2/3 of the bed covered) that this is the best way to go, breaks up the "burbble" behind the cab. It seems to be true, the course was much worse on the third run than the second and I gained 1 mph. I can only imagine that if I had uncovered it with a good solid lake bed to run on it might have made a couple more mph. June is coming up!

 

OK! The final and IMO best run for the Uni of May 2012.



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Damn she sure sopunds sweet Tim!!!

 

damn sure does sound good, id love to have that engine in my sedan,

 

No you don't. LOL it will barely idle below 3000 rpm.

 

love the videos, thanks for posting them, id drive that sucker on the freeways here in dallas

 

Just read the entire thread. Nice work! Ever thought of making panels that would slide in behind the grille to block some of the air going into the engine compartment? Or maybe a little air dam underneath the bumper? Looks like you want to keep the body as stock as possible but these mods wouldn't be cutting it up or modding it drastically. Just my $.02

 

Production class rules are VERY specific with what you can and can't do.

 

This engine sounds a lot different than any prior...in the Brick or Jake.

Sure can hear the traction loss, but wow...sounds awesome!!!

It would be interesting to see what it would do on one of the paved courses.

 

Thanks Trent! Always the PR man.

This is something that has been on my mind too.

 

Thank you for your $.02, advice is always noted here but as Tman has stated the rules are very clear on this and both those suggestions are out. Although someday I plan to take "Jake" into the world of MP (Modified Pickup) and those mods will be high on the to do list. Thanks again for your interest.

 

Damn...thanks for the ride!

 

Thats my job boss!

Open road? Rocky and his son are doing this one this summer.


http://www.sorcrace.com/

BTW, got a call out of the blue tonight, guy has a ton of Jimmy 302 parts he thinks I need!

 

Right on man! Get what you can when you can. That stuff is hard to come by.

 

Speaking of paved course, how about the Silver State Classic: www.sscc.us ? Did this with a friend a few years ago, but it's not all straight line racing, there are a few curves in the 90 mile course. It's a lot closer to you than any other paved course I know of.

 

Engine sounds great Tim! Thanks for posting the vids

If I remember correctly, Jake has a 5sp. It sounds like you are only making it to 4th gear. Is that because of the course length? And you make 5th at Bonneville?

Also, it sounds like you shut the engine down and coast to a stop. I am interested in knowing the thinking behind that rather than compression breaking.

Thanks!
Scott