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Showing posts with label drag racing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label drag racing. Show all posts
Saturday, January 1, 2011
The Wagonmaster
from the gallery at http://zelastchancegaragedu78.blogspot.com/2010/06/tommys-wagon-master.html
Friday, December 31, 2010
Zaniest thing I've seen in a while, the Jade Warrior from 1985
Skip the first 30 secondsLearned about it from http://zelastchancegaragedu78.blogspot.com/ information from http://www.dragzine.com/news/the-jade-warrior-a-truly-insane-and-one-of-a-kind-ride/The creation of British motorcycle racer Angus MacPhail, who built it himself in his garage, it's called the “Jade Warrior,” did the quarter mile in under 8 seconds a quarter century ago without the use of
Thursday, December 30, 2010
The High and Mighty, mopar engineers and (street racers by night) used it to develop intakes and engines
Above from http://musclecardreaming.tumblr.com above photo via http://zelastchancegaragedu78.blogspot.com/ photos from http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=428585&page=927
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Monday, December 27, 2010
EJ Potter, the Michigan madman tried unreal power in bikes and cars, most famous for small block Chevy powered Harleys
He built stuff like a 1957 Plymouth stuffed full of an Allison airplane engine that ran nearly 150 mph in a period of time before Funny Cars existed. One could argue that EJ had the first one. He refined that idea after the Allison backfired through its supercharger and the car essentially became an oven. Potter suffered burns on his hands and arms while trying to get the car to a halt. His
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Innovative hot rodder made a fifth wheel trailer to haul his slingshot, mate up with his hot rod. That has to be unique! It's awesome!
The photo was labeled the 1960 Deetroit Trotters Ohio race team.From http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=428585&page=270
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
A tale of the Tubonique racing cart from the great maniac that drove it! Capt Jack ( no better name could ever be thought of! )
Above two photos from http://zelastchancegaragedu78.blogspot.com/2010/05/draggokart.html Jack McClure's go kart powered by twin Turbonique t-16 jets, it turns 152mph in the quarter. 400 lbs of thrust. http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/search/label/turbonique for all the Turbonique info, advertising, and videos I've come across 1965 Z-16 Chevelle called, "The Sizzler", a name that would prove
Monday, December 13, 2010
The Winged Express driver passes the competition on the far side of the track, between the other dragster and the wall, post burnout lane change
Learned about it in the Feb 2011 Hot Rod magazine, Roddin at Random. Too bad Hot Rod isn't more focused on drag racing and hot rods instead of new Chevy LS engine head tech articles and putting LS engines into a 1979 Camaro. When did a 79 Camaro with any engine ever define "Hot Rod"?
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