very cool....bracket racing is not as some people think or others make it out to be. It takes a while to learn it, congrats Rick and I know you will get some trophies this year! Nice video too.
Your not kiddin John, sometimes I think I woulda been better off gettin into this with a footbraker, now with what is goin on with the motor if it drops my ET's from 3-5 tenths it will almost be like startin over again. You think awww half a second aint nothin.... but it's huge when you get to the 6 second mark. ok...stmanser here is the breakdown on the setup. Ford Racing 351 Windsor SVO "R" block, siamesed: no water jackets between cylinders for increased bore capacity, motor is being bored out to a 427 right now...was a 408. Eagle 4340 forged, knifedged crank internally balanced. Lentz 6.250 forged I beam rods. Pistons are custom made pop tops to keep the weight within 50 grams of the pistons that were in there, this kept the crank from having to be rebalanced. Custom grind cam, old cam was a 650 lift...new is 750. Trick Flow "R" heads flow numbers should be around 360 cfm intake with the new cam. Super Victor intake port matched. Holley-Pro Systems carb 925 cfm. 2" custom made headers to 3.5 inch collector with cones. zero balanced damper and flywheel Custom made 5400 stall converter 2 speed Powerglide with transbrake, joined to the Windsor with an ultra bell and scattershield. Strange "N" case Ford 9" diff with Strange 5.46 gears and lightened full spool 35 spline with Strange axles. Narrowed and reinforced housing. Wildwood disc brakes on all four corners. tube chassis and 12 point roll cage 4 link and coil over suspension on all four corners. Fiberglass hood and trunklid, Lexan on all windows except windshield. 5 gallon fuel cell and Genesis battery (18 lbs.) in the trunk. Chrome Wheelie bars to keep from draggin the bumper on launch Peripherals, Cheetah STS shifter with solenoid, 7000 RPM shiftpoint. MSD 7 3al ignition sytems, Dedenbear digital crossover/delay box, Willans 6 point racing harness and a Kirkey aluminum seat, Magnafuel qwikstar 350 fuel pump,filter and regulator, CSR electric water pump, aluminum radiator,shroud and electric fan. All gauges are Autometer pro-comp and I just installed a custom made switch panel. Mickey Thompson rubber on Weld wheels. Metal in the cockpit is sealed and carpeted to keep noise and smoke out. Firewall moved back so entire motor sits behind the front wheels. Car was built to run low 5's, however my builder thinks it could run high 4's with the right motor with no problems. I tend to believe him as the car is an absolute joy to drive, it doesn't "scare" you like some cars do but still demands your attention. Hooks hard and goes straight every time with no drift, shimmy or shaking and stops the same way. If the motor does well this year, next year we put an 850 lift cam in it and get the heads ported to flow over 400 cfm's...that'll be interesting So there you have it..."It's just a li'l ole small block Ford spankin your BBC up and down the track"...ya gotta love it.
Howdy Earl....thanks. I'm building the differential just to be able to run the 1/4 at FFW.....really lookin forward to it.
Rick, can you run less gear with a two-speed vs. a three-speed tranny? I ask because back in the '70s, I ran a 4.56 gear behind a C-4 and shifted at 6800 RPM. I also ran just a 2800 rpm stall converter. It was a hot street car that saw the 1/4 mile often.
Terry a 4.56 is what I'm building..shift point is 7000 rpm on a 5200 stall converter...I'm hoping I hit 7000 rpm's in second just as I'm crossing the line., that's what it does now with the 5.46..I'll be tickled with anything in the 8's around 150 mph. A little edit here...the shift point will be around 7600 and turning it the same at the line...it's gonna be a heckuva ride
No I wasn't:evilsmile ...I was wrong on the size in that post...I think I was subcontously hoping I could actually use a 4.11 gear that I already have vs. having to go buy another set, stupid me..
