I second your opinion. Squirrel & FlamedABone are two of the best. What you guys do is fantastic. Was great watching you in action @ MO-Kan.
heres mine,498 bbc 671 blower,turbo 400 trans,12 bolt w/4.10's weigh's 3110 ready to go ran a best of 9.46@139 with a 1.35 sixty foot.by the way this car gets alot of street miles put on it yearly.
Went 9.73, 135 mph running six-two barrels, 1957 Pontiac rear w/ 4.56, Turbo 350 trans manual shift.......355 sbc <iframe width="640" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/R2Y-bGhsFQU?feature=player_detailpage" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Went 9.57 @ 140 mph, w/ a 6.06 in the 1/8th, same engine but w/ a four barrel....Truck is retired......will not pass tech and not worth the risk if they did let me run..New car will be blown..then we will go for a real fast time....Littleman
heres mine at the track from a few years ago. we used to run it alot at the local tracks but havent been out in a few years.
Here's our 60 Poncho, a regular at the strip, but often just by circumstance, meaning our current racer broke the day before, got sold, isn't finished etc. Its named 'Kroozado' but it often gets called 'Plan B'.
Yes the rule book states you have to have a metal plate between the back seat and the trunk with a battery in the trunk which I do. It also says the battery can be in a battery box but it has to be bolted down in the box. I use a marine type battery box. Alot of guys drill a hole in the back trunk panel on their cars to mount a battery cut off switch. I dont want to drill a hole in my car so I am using a push-pull switch on a 24" rod. I will make a bracket to support it as it will come out from under my rear bumper. I went to trunk mounted battery because the Max Wedge cars could come that way and it gives alot of room up front. Ron
Wow that only weighs 3110. Thats light as I thought it weighed at least 3500. Thats a cool machine. Ron
My 31 Pontiac 5 window ran a best of 13.21 @ 102.3 with 4 Stromberg 97's and I have a best of 12.10 @115.10 with the 6/71 and two AFB's. She's a four speed car so if I could shift better I'd be in the 11's. I have yet to get this girl down the track under power the whole way yet.
Love it! Kerry- my dad and I talk about your car all the time. I have a 1928 Pontiac project that my dad gave me. Very cool to see your car on here.
do I see CalTracs type bars under there? btw that's a neat looking car....but I still like the dragster even more!
My 50 Chevy sedan delivery - single 1050 4bbl 427, flat tappet Crane cam, turbo 400, camaro rear springs and rear end - 11 teens at Irwindale (1976) 10 ninetys at OCIR. Great fun
Thanks for the kind words Modelacitezen. Pontiacs rock, keep after it. Yeah Jim, I had slappers for a while before I made up the caltrac type setup. They were worth just about two tenths! Taking off the slappers also helped the ride a lot.
Made 3 "Timed" runs in my Twin (mostly ran at Eagle Field without clocks) with a best of 110.67 MPH in the 8th. The ET isn't worth mentioning as it fries the tires
Kerry, The last year I ran the pusher when you first put the cal track style bars on they annunced 11.90 your first pas. that was the year you had problems with the tranny I believe. I don't know what your time slip read but they annoubnced 11.90.
Avatar pic is of my 1955 Chevy hardtop. Been in the family for almost 50 years as a race car. Sat for over 30 of those years. Whole story in the link in my signature with lots of pics. Video in my sig is the 3 minute version of the same story. Car has run the best of 10.07 @ 130.5 mph. 406 small block with crower injection on alky, powerglide w/trans brake, 5.13 gear, solid frame mounted wheelie bars, homemade rear traction bars, stock '55 Chevy rear springs, 14x32 rear tires, original Econoline front suspension from the late 60s using reversed Corvair steering box. I did replace the front springs recently with exact copies of the original modified (shortened) '61 Econoline springs. No engine set back but has 52% of the total car weight on the rear axle. Weighs in at 3200 lbs + when it leaves the starting line. It needs a few changes to really optimize it. Hopefully this winter we can get it finally set up the way I want it. The car is the most fun to drive of any car I have ever driven.. period. Here is video from inside the car. This was a heads up run aginst a faster car. I treed him and won on a holeshot. 10.13 to his losing 9.99. I got to the finish line ahead of him
This is so awesome. I really love the drag cars in action thread but in some ways this is cooler. Guys are still killing it with old cars 40 years later.
Only current picture I have of the car is with the dog, but here goes Its just got a 350 in it, but has hundreds of passes on it. Best of 12.40 @ 110, but have changed the heads and haven't got to make it back to see if its improved.
OK here's mine:glass body Volvo rear-end in 1/4-ellips springs stroked 4.0 liter AMC/Jeep inline 6 ,now 4.5 liters =276 cu in. Stock everything except an old Crane hydraulic camshaft (in it's 3rd engine now) the Offenhauser intake and a 600 vac Holley ,cheap car with even cheaper engine built with leftover parts,tried to kill it to get a reason to build a REAL engine,won't break despite my efforts... stock valvesprings to =valvefloat @ 6000 rpm and that happens at around 1300-1400 feet so it can't pull all the way to the finnish line but very fun anyhow Bet ET is 12.94 sec's "speed???" I don't know since I only run it this once and they didn't have speed just time. Oh well 6 minutes of wasted time is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2npC-E9v-3Y&feature=youtu.be
Used to,but gonna get back in.......kinda a sickness. Very last winning pass was 9.98@134+. Sold it,joined the HAMB,got a MERC,and things have gone to shit because of this place!
This my friend Skip Ringo's 32 3 win Coupe, street legal and has run a best of 10.14 and 129 mph. He races it all over California. He and his wife Jeanne also own this 34 Coupe and this 32 Ford Hiboy Roadster. Great people and equally as great cars.
My little t-bucket runs mid 8's in the 1/8 through the exhaust and street tires (spins a lot) My Henry J has gone a best so far of 7.18 @95 in the 1/8 and also gets driven on the street with pump gas
Was a member CDRA (Division 6) up till 2000, Sold my off topic Merc but glad to hear it has recently re-surfaced and is still kicking bowtie ass. -Recently running into the 8.3s range @163 (1/4 Mile) at 2400 feet altitude and is making in and around 1300 flywheel hp - all Ford. Hopefully will meet up with current owner/driver mid Sept for the MHDRA season ender. .
Damn, I'm just not smart enuff to post pics. i've tried a couple of times. My avatar FED was running 5.90s @ 116, with a pump gas 363 hp (calculated) ZZ4 350. Just traded for a blown gas 370 in. engine that dynoed 608. Can't wait to see what it will do, probably cause skid marks.......
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