my latest project!!!!!
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From: litchfield, illinois
my latest project!!!!! first off this isnt a build thread, its just some pics of my latest project. this is my wifes racecar slash street car. its a whole lot heavier on the race part than it is street but we live in a small town and it is going to make the occasional trip to dairy queen, or her 3 mile drive to work.
we bought this three years ago as a v6 beater, although it was in fairly good shape its transformation started immediately. its intent is to be a superpro/pro dragcar that is streatable. let me know what you think.
we bought this three years ago as a v6 beater, although it was in fairly good shape its transformation started immediately. its intent is to be a superpro/pro dragcar that is streatable. let me know what you think.
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From: litchfield, illinois
next is the drivetrain. its a 406 c.i. small block. with a dragonslayer crank, 6 inch H beam rods, a bullet camshaft, and a set of Dart pro 1 heads. its all topped off by a jesel rocker system, a hurricane intake and a Ken Jones performance E85 carb.
backing it up is a coan 5400 stall convertor and a glide.
backing it up is a coan 5400 stall convertor and a glide.
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From: litchfield, illinois
it finally made a pass, after three and a half years of work, 3 different jobs and a new baby in the mean time it finally ran at the end of last season. as you can tell the factory v6 rear sway bar would hold a 1.35 short time. it twisted pretty hard.
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From: litchfield, illinois
here is a quick video of the cars 3rd pass ever. its kind of a handfull untill i put the anti roll bar on. i havent used the trans brake yet, this is leaving from a dead idle and the timing backed way off for shake down pourposes. this is a 1.40 sixty and it ran a 6.60 at 103.
it was shot with a gopro hd camera.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmejTIlHcRw
it was shot with a gopro hd camera.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmejTIlHcRw
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From: litchfield, illinois
thanks guys its been a lot of work, hopefully the weather around here cooperates and i can get some better pics of it tomorrow. most of these are just cell phone pics that truely do not do this car any justus.
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From: litchfield, illinois
im 45 minutes from gateway, hopefully something happens there and it opens back up soon. but we mostly race at Havana, Coles County Dragway, I57 dragstrip and Indy. we are scheduled to be at the NMCA race at Joliet this year.
