Old school power?
Old school power? Here is one for you guys I havent heard before, you might have. I have a friend that is buddies with a guy that used to be real big in drag racing in the early 90's. He used to run a metallic purple 68 Nova. The car had a blown 532 BBC, that I know from dyno sheets put down around 980whp. My buddy told me that this car put down power so well that he actually spun the axle in BOTH rear wheels during a launch, totally destroying the wheels(supposedly). It was running 15X10 drag lites with a 28X10.5 slick. Oh yeah through a TH400. I just havent heard of that happening before.
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From: Gainesville, Florida # of drag strips runs: ?!?!?
okay, where the 
flag. Never heard of or seen that one. I've heard of breaking off the studs, turning the slick on the wheel rim, breaking axles and such, but never that one. There are quite a few cars with double that power that never break the wheel centers (example-NMRA super street outlaw, PRO super street for 10.5 tires, NHRA pro stock, etc). Sounds right up there with the "hundred dollar bill on the dash" story..
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flag. Never heard of or seen that one. I've heard of breaking off the studs, turning the slick on the wheel rim, breaking axles and such, but never that one. There are quite a few cars with double that power that never break the wheel centers (example-NMRA super street outlaw, PRO super street for 10.5 tires, NHRA pro stock, etc). Sounds right up there with the "hundred dollar bill on the dash" story..Derek
Originally Posted by Villain281H
okay, where the flag. Never heard of or seen that one. I've heard of breaking off the studs, turning the slick on the wheel rim, breaking axles and such, but never that one. There are quite a few cars with double that power that never break the wheel centers (example-NMRA super street outlaw, PRO super street for 10.5 tires, NHRA pro stock, etc). Sounds right up there with the "hundred dollar bill on the dash" story..
Derek
flag. Never heard of or seen that one. I've heard of breaking off the studs, turning the slick on the wheel rim, breaking axles and such, but never that one. There are quite a few cars with double that power that never break the wheel centers (example-NMRA super street outlaw, PRO super street for 10.5 tires, NHRA pro stock, etc). Sounds right up there with the "hundred dollar bill on the dash" story..Derek
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An event that unique would have caused someone to pull out a camera to photograph the carnage and submit it to a magazine.......I wouldn't put much worth into that story.
Sounds like to me. it would have spun the wheel in the rim first Remind me about that story, i can remimber my grandfather telling me about some car he had that could go from X speed to X speed before the bill hit the floor 
it was something like that , hows it go again?
to me. it would have spun the wheel in the rim first
Originally Posted by Villain281H
Sounds right up there with the "hundred dollar bill on the dash" story..
Derek
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From: Gainesville, Florida # of drag strips runs: ?!?!?
yep, I love hearing all the stories about how good everything "was" back in the day. Car shows always bring out the good stuff where you wonder how long you can keep a straight face while listening to the bs...