any drag racers here?

Discussion in 'Car chat' started by scubabiker, Jun 29, 2012.

  1. scubabiker

    scubabiker NITROJUNKIE

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    anyone into the sport of kings? the last car i worked on was a tfx blocked blown nitro injected race car. i guess some of you may do RWYB?
    i think the next car i work on will be an 88 chevy suburban diesel... Hmmm...
     
  2. Jonnymarrw00t

    Jonnymarrw00t Moderator Staff Member

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    Care to post some pictures? Would be interested to see this :)
     
  3. scubabiker

    scubabiker NITROJUNKIE

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    Will upload a couple tomorrow maybe, didn't take too many pics (had 3 top fuel cars to build and a funnycar)
     
  4. Jonnymarrw00t

    Jonnymarrw00t Moderator Staff Member

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    funny car ?
     
  5. scubabiker

    scubabiker NITROJUNKIE

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    Yeah but the guy didn't end up racing it because he just had a kid
     
  6. Stig

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    love watching top fuellers at the top of their game...sub 6 sec quarters:cool::cool: . Thats about the only car racing i'll go to see apart from the odd forest staged rally
     
  7. scubabiker

    scubabiker NITROJUNKIE

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    its such a dissapointing sport so often tho, the amoun t oftime they fire up do the burnout then just coast the quarter...
     
  8. scubabiker

    scubabiker NITROJUNKIE

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    motor minus the blower
     

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    scubabiker NITROJUNKIE

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    motor with blower attached
     

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  10. bulliporker

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    i have done a few runs in my porsche 993 engines camper with nos best 1/4 mile time is 14.01 at york
     
  11. Chubz

    Chubz Well-Known Member

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    ill be a drag racer if you give me the right wheels :)
     
  12. scubabiker

    scubabiker NITROJUNKIE

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    14.01 is a good time, especially if you consider a camper van has the actual coeffecient of drag of a brick! did you have to change the pistons to run with nitro?
     
  13. Chubz

    Chubz Well-Known Member

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    one of my neighbours worked/works for a company called Twisted Sanity, nitrous car builders if i remember right..

    he had a pink escort cab too with nos :) jheeez that was fun
     
  14. bulliporker

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    scubabiker its running standard pistons but its a brand new rebuilt engine only running a 80bhp kit friend of mines running 500bhp nos in his ford prefect with bigblock its a 9 second street car
     
  15. scubabiker

    scubabiker NITROJUNKIE

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    thats nuts! i love that pro mod car thats street legal, it ran 6.12 at main event! my old mans car is 700 hp with no blower or nos, and that street legal, he is gonna race sportsman next season
     

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