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Funny Cars / The way we were
« on: June 04, 2018, 04:26:17 AM »
The first installment is being processed. Just hold on.

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Funny Cars / Another new FC. about ready
« on: October 21, 2017, 06:03:01 PM »
Today my son got his new project FC running. He had it all spotlessly cleaned and prepped when I arrived.  We all chatted a bit then it was time to put the " gas in" and light the fire.  The hi tech on board tach shorted out so a bit of checking things quickly discovered it and it was eliminated from the circuit. Then the motor started right up.

It sounded pretty strong and if the scent of nitro means anything it smelled very good. Only one small leak that was quickly fixed.  The clutch seemed to set very well and Rapid Randy operated the clutch pedal to check its operation. Looks good. All the other systems worked perfect.  Very good oil pressure and header temp was pretty even.

They started it twice more and the big noisy motor ran great.

The weather is starting to close in so a road trip is planed shortly for some test runs.

Overall congrats Bob and Robbie on a job well done.

Byron

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Drag Racing / Newby with a question
« on: October 27, 2016, 06:12:07 PM »
I thought this might be the best place to post an introduction.  I was around and ran in the Top Gas  bracket until NHRA killed it. I went into Funnycars then for about 8 years. My avatar has the last one on its last day in the nitro match races.  Of late I mounted the body and did the tin work on the Tom Hoover Showtime car the Doc Haliday of Telstar owns. Then I mounted the body and tin work on the Beartown Shaker a nostalgia fuel FC tribute car to Bill Schifsky for whom I worked for early on. I went back to engineering school, did 30 years hard labor HaHa then retired.

Today I cruise in my 41 Willys with a blown sbc. It's got 20+k miles so it gets around.

Now here is the question....there is some serious steak eating to be done by the winner as a bet.  As long as I can remember there were no single engine dragsters that ran a 6.99 or better before NHRA killed the class for 1972. There were a couple shortly after in procomp but they don't count.  There were some of the twins that did run a 6 and many ran 200+ but no single ran either or both. Can anyone show me a ligitmate 6 by a single engine TopGas dragster??

I've searched and scoured everywhere and I can't find any info to refute this that can prove it.  We ran ok at 7.50 190 occasionally as a single but we weren't the best.  As I recall 7.40 was getting it on and any thing over 190 was making tracks but alas no 6's and no 200's. I even asked Dennis Friend one of the instigators of 2 to go twin engine dragster site. He pointed me to a huge list OD runs but no 6 and no 200.

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