Come on, I posted that just for you I chased that car for years, it was a nice clean car, old man owned since new, he passed away and his grandson got a hold of it, after a few years of driving it (all year) he traded it into one of the new car dealers, then it was wholesaled off, and some drunk got ahold of it, it still had the paper info sheet stuck to the windsheild when I bought it from him. What you can't see it the other side, he slammed into a wall in an underground parking garage, ripped the rear bumper off and kinked the right rear frame rail, and that was all she wrote. The front inner fenders were rotten, but the floor was perfect, so i cut it out for my 74 Grabber, parts from this car are on about 6 other Comets that I know of, so in the end it worked out.
Wow, it took me a little while to find this thread.....unlike the comet, I am slow some times!! Thanks for the kind words, it has been quite a bit of work on the new upgrades. The car will be an entirely different animal and there will be a learning curve on the new setup. I hope to be back to the track testing by June. I am waiting on some parts that are keeping me from being able to build the headers (which will be a major task). My goal is 5.20's without burning up pistons, and low 8's or high7's in the quarter....we shall see. I'll start a thread over here on maverick.to with some new pictures when I get some time. P.S. I'm hoping with the added weight of the new motor and the new front suspension that I will be able to put a stop to the massive wheelies.
One question, maybe two...why did it take so long for those tires to start smoking in the 2nd video? And what kind of tires were they? Mine start to smoke within 3-4 seconds, those seemed to take a much longer time to get smoking, and even then, there wasn't the big cloud I usually get. Nothing wrong with that, and not trying to put it down, because is sounds REALLY NICE....but just wondering.
I think part of that was due to video quality, I think the smoke starts before you can actually see it in the video. Also, I used to do the big smokey burnouts but I don't anymore. Most of the drag slick manufacturers say that you are just wasting rubber and putting too much heat into the tire. Now I just do small burnouts to clean off the tires and put a little bit of heat into them. Now if i'm doing exhibition runs, I will do a big smokey burnout for the fans but it is just a waste of rubber. The tires in the burnout were Mickey Thompson ET Drag tires, 28x10.
Dennis, I think the car will still be streetable.....however, you won't see me out on the street much at all. With over .850" lift on the new cam, valve springs will not like much street action and they are not cheap valve springs. So, for the sake of my budget, I will not be driving the car on the street much. Also, the new motor will require racing gas.......the old motor ran perfectly on 93 pump gas.
That blue Comet looks like it would make a good parts car! Hey, wait!!! He already sold me some of the parts from that car for my Maverick! Okay Stephen...might as well finish parting it out now.
I have run at two of those strips when I had my 2000 Muskrat GT.. Shadyside is a short scary one for sure... fast 1/8th and then hard into the brakes to make the turnoff. First time I ran there I nearly missed the turn
