Old School Drag Racer

[Racer Brown]

Dom glad to see you back on the site...miss ya maybe we can catch up in real time soon that would be nice. .....Dom was one of the first gents in the group when I started this back in 2000. I even have some of his parts on my 4 speed car!
(Ask him about the kcar too)

Kcar???????

[Piper]

When are you going to put a real motor in your car?

I been waiting for you to sell me one of yours!

[thebankerstoy]

I would add that how you set your car up for drag racing has a lot to do with what class you will be competing in. If you're going to run in a Super Stock class, you will need a completely different combination than you will need for a serious E.T. based bracket class car. Some of the most successful bracket cars that I ran against in my many years of bracket racing weren't always the fastest cars in the class, they were the most consistant cars in the class.

Also build your car as a complete package of parts that work well together, rather than going out and buying lots of expensive parts that aren't designed to work together. Every single part that you install on your car, no matter what part it might be, will affect other parts on your car. Having an engine that produces 500 horsepower mated to a stock transmission and suspension and the wrong rear differential gear ratio will not put you in the winners circle, as most of the time you will be taken out in the first round by someone with a well thought out race car with an engine, transmission, suspension and other related systems that all work well as a complete package.

As far as building a safe race car, I'd advise folks to get a copy of the latest N.H.R.A. rule book, or whatever racing association that you want to compete in and build your car to meet or exceed those standards and you'll be as safe as possible in a race car.

Richard

[Hemi Guy]

Kcar???????

I built a 1981 Aries K with an Alston Chassis and a 540 Koffel B1 head motor with a JW Glide It ran 8.95 at 154 mph. 19511952

[thebankerstoy]

I built a 1981 Aries K with an Alston Chassis and a 540 Koffel B1 head motor with a JW Glide It ran 8.95 at 154 mph. 19511952

Two fantastic cars indeed! I am not It would be cool to see any videos or pictures of these two cars that you'd like to share with us!

Richard

[Racer Brown]

I built a 1981 Aries K with an Alston Chassis and a 540 Koffel B1 head motor with a JW Glide It ran 8.95 at 154 mph. 19511952

Awsome!!!!!

[jfreakofkorn]

really great looking car(s) ....