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By Hollow Head - 10 Years Ago
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Hey Racers! What if we put up here a list of best times each have driven? Not to brag (well, maybe a little...), but just to show everyone who has gone what and to make it more interesting we could even add a little info about each rides? And maybe even two different lists for 1/4 and 1/8 mile times? Like this...
1/4 mile list:
1. Bob Lindsay 7.966 350 cid Supercharged FED burning alcohol.
2. Jyrki Peltonen 8.134 / 170 mph, Twin turbo 292 +.030 cid + Home ported iron heads, forged steel crank, 125" mild steel chassis Altered. E85 fuel.
3. Randy Gummelt 8.15 Supercharged with Mummert ported 113 iron heads, 225" chrome moly chassis RED.
4. Ted Eaton 8.845 steel chassis Altered. Mummert aluminum heads.
5. Bob Saint Lawrence 9.10 back in 1974!
6. Ari " Aku" Salo 9.30 with Hollow Heads Twin Turbo altered shutting down at 330ft due engine problems.
7.Todd Ferguson driving Joe Cebe's 56 T Bird ran 9.33 @ 141.5mph "no throttle" stop at the March Meet 550' DA
8. John Hildebrandt 9.84 @ 131.75 mph Mummert Y-block in 5-window coupe
9. Royce Brechler 9.92 / 133 mph, Warbird with 383 cid Lincoln Y-block, 750 holley and E85 fuel. Columbus 2014.
10. Todd Ferguson 9.92 @ 131.82 mph. 10.06 @132 mph
11. Tim McMasters 10.21 sec @ 131 mph 350 cid FED "Elwood"
12. Ernie Phillips 10.62 / 134 mph, 1956 Thunderbird 340 cdi y-block Mummert Built- Eaton Refreshed, Columbus 2004.
13. Old Ironhead 11.21 / 120.8 mph. Ford Thunderbird, 342 inch all motor iron heads.
14. "Hoosier Hurricane" aka John F. 11.41 / 119 mph, super stock f-code '57 Fairlane.
15. Vic Correnti 11.61 / 118 mph, naturally aspirated and nitrous feed '56 Thunderbird.
16. Wally Kerstein 11 and something / over 110 mph '56 Fairlane.
17. Ted Kramer 11.56 '27 T-bucket "Snoopy" Hilborn injected 312 cid.
18. Roope Kokko 11.883 / 183.93 km/h. N/A 292 cid Hollow Heads altered, Kauhava / Finland, September 9th, 2022.
19. Glen Henderson 12.56 Ford Falcon with Y-block
20. Harry Hutten 12.71 / 108 mph. Mercury '60. Mummert aluminum heads and intake.
21. Pegleg aka Frank Rice 13.70 / 105.6 mph, stock f-code '57.
22. Doug T 13.72 @ 101.67 mph. Ford Thunderbird '56 Cecil County Maryland Dragway Dec 15 2001.
23. Gordon Payne 14.49 / 95.63 mph stock '57 Thunderbird
24. Robin 14.84 / 90 mph. 272 cid with Lincoln teapot. '55 red Mainline.
25. Slumlord444 14.98 / 98 mph '57 Bird. 312 cid.
26. Charlie McCraney 15.263 / 91.08 mph Ford F-100
27. Dennis "pintoplumber" 16.88 / 81.19 mph, '54 Ford F-100. 239 cid with a 312 crank.
1/8 mile list:
Randy Gummelt 5.184
Jyrki Peltonen 5.206 / 134 mph
Ted Eaton 5.580
Todd Ferguson driving Joe Cebe's 56 T Bird ran 5.88 @ 115.00 1/8th mile
Ernie Phillips 5.99 @114.5mph, Ford Thunderbird '56
John Hildebrand 6.18 / 108 mph Sacramento good air day 100ft DA
Todd Ferguson 6.26 / 107.5 mph Ford Falcon '64 with Y-block March Meet Famoso 1100ft DA
Royce Brechler 6.27 / 109 mph
Old ironhead 7.0169 @ 98.10 mph.
Glen Henderson 7.91
Buzz 9.352 / 77.250 mph '56 Crown Victoria.
Gordon Payne 9.40
Charlie McCraney 9.870 / 72,88 mph
60ft times:
Jyrki Peltonen 1.211 17th Aug 2014.
Ted Eaton 1.213
Randy Gummelt 1.22
Royce Brechler 1.41
Glen Henderson 1.86
Charlie McCraney 2.428
Best R/T
Jyrki Peltonen .001 (three times in 2013, twice in the same race / one in qualifications and one in the first round of eliminations 
Gordon Payne .003
Ted Eaton .006
Glen Henderson .009
... and so on. I can update list as new results appear.
Up to date as 24th of May, 2018..
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By Ted - 10 Years Ago
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My roadster has run a best of 8.845 in the quarter. Backing this up at different tracks are 8.850, 8.857, and 8.858 times. The best eighth mile time I find is a 5.580.
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By LordMrFord - 10 Years Ago
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Fifth?
-Bob Saint James 9.10 / 173 mph. Australia, 1974
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By pegleg - 10 Years Ago
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Should we break this down to blown/unblown, Gas/ Alcohol. Dragster/ Altered. Full size car/ etc?
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By Hollow Head - 10 Years Ago
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We can do that too. Just ad your info and we start building the table...
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By Hollow Head - 10 Years Ago
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Ted (6/12/2014)
My roadster has run a best of 8.845 in the quarter. Backing this up at different tracks are 8.850, 8.857, and 8.858 times. The best eighth mile time I find is a 5.580.
Ted, your times are amazing! So equal from track to track and fast without cheating with boost!
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By LordMrFord - 10 Years Ago
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pegleg (6/12/2014)
Should we break this down to blown/unblown, Gas/ Alcohol. Dragster/ Altered. Full size car/ etc?
Some kind of excel-table would be nice, where you can click results in every order.
Australian veteran racer was Bob St. Lawrence, not James!
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By MoonShadow - 10 Years Ago
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It hasn't been but a few years since Randy Gumalt broke the record and ushered in a new era of the Y-Block story. Since then amazing things have happened with our favorite engines. There has been a world wide surge in interest to make the Y do what we always new it could. Now 500hp streetable Y's are simply a matter of the right combination of parts. Then some guy puts twin turbo's on and tickles the 800hp mark in a pickup! Not to mention the land speed records getting ready to fall. Thanks for letting this old Y's guy be a part of it. Chuck
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By pegleg - 10 Years Ago
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Hollow Head (6/12/2014)
We can do that too. Just ad your info and we start building the table...
OK, My pure stock 57 F code has run a 13.70 @ 105.6 mph. Stock cam, carb, iron manifold, full exhaust, no porting blah, blah. Hoosier hurricane has run an 11.41 @ 119. something with a Super stock version, full size Fairlane. Another Amazing car is Wally Kerstien's 56 fairlane, unblown 312 is in the 11's @ over 110 mph. More to follow as people discover this issue. You guys are phenomenal, that roadster rocks.,
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By LordMrFord - 10 Years Ago
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pegleg (6/13/2014)
Hollow Head (6/12/2014)
We can do that too. Just ad your info and we start building the table...OK, My pure stock 57 F code has run a 13.70 @ 105.6 mph. Stock cam, carb, iron manifold, full exhaust, no porting blah, blah
13.7 is quite awesome time with 57y old family car. And they talk about those belongs to museum!
BTW. Similar thread about Land Speed times would be nice too.
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By Hollow Head - 10 Years Ago
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Come on guys, don't be shy! We need more times and data. Jerry C and others. More times in the range of 13 to 20 seconds and over are also welcome...
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By LordMrFord - 10 Years Ago
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Hollow Machine 23,844s / 99,47kmh
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By charliemccraney - 10 Years Ago
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1/4 15.609 @91.06 Sept 21 2012
1/8 10.208 @72.4 Sept 21 2012
60' 2.437 Aug 30 2013
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By Glen Henderson - 10 Years Ago
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1/8 best 7.91
1/4 best 12.56
best r/t 009
best 60' 1.86
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By Hollow Head - 10 Years Ago
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Glen and Charlie updated. Thanks guys. I run 16 and something with Hollow Machine and Jyrki was a little better with 16.1 if I remember correct. Just can't find those time slips right now...
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By Vic Correnti - 10 Years Ago
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11.61 @ 118 MPH (nitrous)
11.60's naturally asp.
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By Hollow Head - 10 Years Ago
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Thanks Vic, you went to #7 spot at the moment.
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By Hoosier Hurricane - 10 Years Ago
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Seppo:
Gordon Payne, driving my pure stock '57 T-Bird, F code, at Columbus:
1/8 mile, 9.40 at 76.84
1/4 mile, 14.49 at 95.63
Best reaction time .003
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By Hollow Head - 10 Years Ago
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Thanks John, Gordon is on the list.
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By Ted - 10 Years Ago
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In looking through the time slips with the latest engine combination in the roadster, my best 60’ time would be a 1.213 seconds. The best reaction time with that same current engine combination is a 0.006. I have my share of red lights but they don't count, right?
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By Ted - 10 Years Ago
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Hollow Head (6/12/2014)
Ted (6/12/2014)
My roadster has run a best of 8.845 in the quarter. Backing this up at different tracks are 8.850, 8.857, and 8.858 times. The best eighth mile time I find is a 5.580. Ted, your times are amazing! So equal from track to track and fast without cheating with boost!
I don’t consider boost to be cheating, just a different level of performance. The physics are actually much simpler when boosting is applied.
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By Y block Billy - 10 Years Ago
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9.968 @ 71.62 mph 1/8 mile
15.448 @ 90.00 mph 1/4 mile
2013 Ford fusion 2.0 liter ecoboost 4 cyl. Rental car!
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By Hollow Head - 10 Years Ago
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Ted / Billy, redlights come when you're in the limit  and times with EcoBoost are not valid in this list  . Jyrki has -0.007 and -0.003 redlights also and I wonder why he had to leave so early... Time margins are so small in this sport... Also, like last year when Jyrki drove 8.885 he said it was s...it run, thus it was only 0.162 sec slower than our best!
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By LordMrFord - 10 Years Ago
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Hollow Head (6/19/2014)
Also, like last year when Jyrki drove 8.885 he said it was s...it run, thus it was only 0.162 sec slower than our best! Damn team!
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By Hoosier Hurricane - 10 Years Ago
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Seppo:
I'm not sure if reaction times should be considered for your list, because most very low reactions are flukes, not typical times. In my case, my best reaction at Columbus was .001, but I have had two .000 green lights in recent years. I assure you, all 3 are flukes. At one meet at Bunker Hill Dragstrip in Indiana, after a round win a friend came running up the staging lanes shouting, you had a .500 light (different timers, .500 is perfect). I replied, that's just an average light for me. He asked, how so? I said half of them are .600 and half are .400.
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By glrbird - 10 Years Ago
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Good one John!
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By Y block Billy - 10 Years Ago
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The Fusion was run at the Y block shootout so I just thought i would throw it in there!
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By pegleg - 10 Years Ago
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Hoosier Hurricane (6/19/2014)
Seppo:
I'm not sure if reaction times should be considered for your list, because most very low reactions are flukes, not typical times. In my case, my best reaction at Columbus was .001, but I have had two .000 green lights in recent years. I assure you, all 3 are flukes. At one meet at Bunker Hill Dragstrip in Indiana, after a round win a friend came running up the staging lanes shouting, you had a .500 light (different timers, .500 is perfect). I replied, that's just an average light for me. He asked, how so? I said half of them are .600 and half are .400.
John always seems to get the .001 lights against me.
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By Hollow Head - 10 Years Ago
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Frank, maybe John is just a good friend with the tree Or it's just set up for him?
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By Buzz - 10 Years Ago
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6/15/14 @ West Coast Y- Block Shootout Barona, Ca (1/8 mile track)
my 56 Crown Vic turned 9.352 et @ 77.250 mph
this converts to 14.61 et @ 95.79 mph in 1/4mile
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By Vic Correnti - 10 Years Ago
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I must be missing something I didn' t think reaction time affects ET.
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By slick56 - 10 Years Ago
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If you are half a second late coming out of the hole, you will be half a second late going through the traps.
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By Vic Correnti - 10 Years Ago
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As I understand it the ET starts when you trip a beam that is something like 21 inches in front of the stage light. If you set there for three seconds it does not affect the ET because the ET does not start when the light is green but when you cross the beam. The reaction time only comes into play if you are racing against another car. When staged you are not where the 1/4 is starting from or timed from.
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By slick56 - 10 Years Ago
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Vic Correnti (6/21/2014)
As I understand it the ET starts when you trip a beam that is something like 21 inches in front of the stage light. If you set there for three seconds it does not affect the ET because the ET does not start when the light is green but when you cross the beam. The reaction time only comes into play if you are racing against another car. When staged you are not where the 1/4 is starting from or timed from.
Thanks Vic, i did not realize that, i assumed that it started when light turned green.
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By Vic Correnti - 10 Years Ago
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Seppo, 7th on the list is pretty good with a pump gas, thru the mufflers, street legal steel 3200 lb car. 50 years ago when I bought it and raced it times were in the low 14's, how techonolgy has changed things.
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By Glen Henderson - 10 Years Ago
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BUT you got that laughing GAS stuff Vic; so you are cheating!
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By Vic Correnti - 10 Years Ago
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Not anymore with the Eaton Y motor. I still have the NOS setup just in case the need arises. I don't want to put a cage in the car so no faster then 11.5.
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By Ted - 10 Years Ago
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I'm with John (Hoosier Hurricane) on the reaction times. If reaction times were to be considered, then some bonafide statistics would need to be used meaning a valid 'n' number and putting a standard deviation into the mix. In my case, I run my cars in both electronic and non-electronic classes which by itself makes for a bimodal distribution of the values for each vehicle that's being raced.
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By LordMrFord - 10 Years Ago
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By Hollow Head - 10 Years Ago
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Ted, Vic and all... Reaction times really should be calculated only without any electronic help, so times with delay boxes should be left out . As you can see, we don't use one and also throttle stops are on our black list. Even, that we are brackett racing in our Super Pro ET class, where those would be helpful. (or PITA, thus more variations in settings...) Also, I don't count 1/4 times assumed by 1/8 mile times as those are not real. Car can run strong 1/8 but then lose power towards end or have a poor start and then run like a hell at the end... Buzz is thus only at the1/8 list.
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By charliemccraney - 10 Years Ago
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8/15/2014
1/4 15.263 @ 91.08
1/8 9.870 @ 72.88
60' 2.428
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By Hollow Head - 10 Years Ago
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List updated. Not sure about Tim's best time, but... Looking forward updates after Columbus  .
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By RB - 10 Years Ago
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Ran my best times in the Warbird last night at Great Lakes Dragaway Union Grove Wi. 1/4 10.06 131 mph 1/8 6.41 107 mph 60' 1.41 This was run with 383 cu in Lincoln Y Block, 750 Holley, E-85 fuel
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By Hollow Head - 10 Years Ago
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Good numbers Royce. You will be at nines next time you go to strip! List updated again.
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By RB - 10 Years Ago
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Update from shootout. In the 9s!! 1.41 60ft
9.92 133 mph 109 mph
Work on the 60 ft and do some tuning I think I can get a 9.75 out of it
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By Barry L - 10 Years Ago
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Royce, was this with the Lincoln engine? Did J.C. make it to Columbus? Barry L
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By Hollow Head - 10 Years Ago
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Good numbers Royce! Like I said, you would dive into nines and now looking for 9.5. Right? I'll update this list again.
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By Hollow Head - 10 Years Ago
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List updated. Please, give me corrections and more info about cars to make it more interesting. Engine sizes, intakes etc.
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By RB - 10 Years Ago
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Barry, Yes it has the 383 inch Lincoln Y Block engine in the WarBird.. JC made it but did not bring his car.
Here are the specs on my car:
I It is a Altered Chassis Chrome Moly tube, pro built in the 80s and certified to 7.50 Body is a fiberglass 55 thunderbird
Engine is a 1957 Lincoln 368 Y block bored and stroked to 383. 12.5 compression, roller cam, home made intake. 750 Holley converted to E-85. It made slightly more than 500 hp at the crank. Racing C-4 with a 4000 stall converter. Frankland Quick Change rear with 4.44 gears. 10.5 W x 31 Mickey Thompson tires I doubt I can run in the 9.50s in present configuration. I am about maxed out on engine performance
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By Old Ironhead - 10 Years Ago
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Our T -Bird has run a best 1/4 mile of 11.21 & 120.8 mph; 1/8 mi is 7.10 @ 96.9 mph
342 inch all motor iron heads.
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By Glen Henderson - 10 Years Ago
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David, glad to see you finally made it on the site, tell the members that don't make it to Columbus a little about your car.
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By Old Ironhead - 10 Years Ago
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Best 1/4 mile with a teapot for our 1955 Ford Mainline 272 is 14.88 @ 89.13 mph.
Best 1/8 is 9.27 @73.43
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By Hollow Head - 10 Years Ago
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Todd Ferguson's times added. Have not been active in this forum lately, as we have gone into winter sleep here in Finland .
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By tbirddragracer - 10 Years Ago
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Ernie Phillips ( Bounty Hunter )
340 ci y-block 1956 Thunderbird
Mummert Built- Eaton Refreshed
1/8 mi. 6.64 ET 104.94 MPH
1/4 mi. 10.62 ET 134.21 MPH
2004 Columbus Y-Block Racer
I still have the car, but have not raced it for four years.
Thanks,
Ernie Phillips
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By Hollow Head - 10 Years Ago
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Ernie, you went right on to 8th place on 1/4 mile list and to 6th place on 1/8 mile list with equal time but better speed against Todd Ferguson .
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By Hollow Head - 9 Years Ago
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So, have anyone got any new records? We are heading to next and last race of the season tomorrow and this year has been frustrating hassle with different problems. And at last race we broke our powerglide! So, no new records for us this year, if this weekend won't bring it...
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By John Mummert - 9 Years Ago
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Todd Ferguson went 10.43 @127 at the MARCH MEET this year. 6.59 @ 102.7 about a month back. Were going to Fontana this weekend with both cars. Weather won't be that great as its hovering around a 100F right now. But we should get some 1/4 mile data which is pretty rare for us.
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By charliemccraney - 9 Years Ago
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I think I'll have one some time next month.
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By Old Ironhead - 9 Years Ago
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New best 1/4 Mile speed & E.T. for our 1955 Red Mainline (182 h.p. 272). Robin ran 14.84 @90 mph (with a Lincoln teapot) at Columbus this year.
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By enthusiastm - 9 Years Ago
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I didn't notice "roll out" mentioned as a factor in Reaction Times relative to E.T., but when I was racing regularly at LACR it certainly did make a difference. I would stage relatively deep for consistent reaction times, but stage as shallow as possible to maximize roll out (which is like a running start) for best E.T.s
Hoosier Hurricane (6/19/2014)
Seppo:
I'm not sure if reaction times should be considered for your list, because most very low reactions are flukes, not typical times. In my case, my best reaction at Columbus was .001, but I have had two .000 green lights in recent years. I assure you, all 3 are flukes. At one meet at Bunker Hill Dragstrip in Indiana, after a round win a friend came running up the staging lanes shouting, you had a .500 light (different timers, .500 is perfect). I replied, that's just an average light for me. He asked, how so? I said half of them are .600 and half are .400.
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By pintoplumber - 9 Years Ago
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I had another personal best this year. 16.88 @ 81.19 at Beaver Springs. 54 F 100 239 with a 312 crank.
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By 57FordPU - 9 Years Ago
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Congrats Dennis, it's nice to see that blue truck stands up to all your abuse.
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By Hollow Head - 9 Years Ago
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Way to go Dennis! You are closing spot #21!
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By Hollow Head - 9 Years Ago
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Hey guys! I did some update to list on the first page. Please go through it and if there is something to correct, please let me know.
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By John Mummert - 8 Years Ago
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Todd Ferguson just went 6.47 @ 103.9 1/8TH 10.28 @ 127.7 mph 1/4 mile. March Meet was a good time.
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By Hollow Head - 8 Years Ago
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List updated 7th of March 2016. Keep up the good work on getting Y-blocks to new records!
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By Hollow Head - 8 Years Ago
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BTW... does anyone have complete results from Y-block shootouts? Our list doesn't have any info about Greg Dietrich or Dave Fuszner for example who are shootout winners from the past  ?
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By Old Ironhead - 8 Years Ago
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Robin and I ran a new best 1/8 mile time & speed with the yellow 1955 T-Bird Saturday at Atmore Dragway in Alabama. 7.0169 @ 98.10 mph.
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By PF Arcand - 8 Years Ago
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Seppo: all that info happens to be in Y-Block magazine, issue #132 Jan-Feb 2016.
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By Hollow Head - 8 Years Ago
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Happens to be, that I'm not a happy reader of Y-block Magazine  . I know it's absolutely fantastic from issue to issue, but I just haven't done my subscribtion...
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By John Mummert - 8 Years Ago
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Todd Ferguson set a new best 1/8th mile time at Barona April 16th.. D/A was 3500ft. 6.37 @ 106.7
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By slumlord444 - 8 Years Ago
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Best time with my '57 Bird was 14.98, 98 MPH at the old Alton Dragstrip in Alton Ill back around 1968-69. 312, .0425 over, balanced, Crane street grind cam, factory E carbs, 3 speed all syncro transmission, 3.89 open rear end, 6" recap cheater slicks, home made traction masters. '50's Headman Headers. Hope to do better with current rebuild if I can ever get it all together.
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By John Mummert - 8 Years Ago
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Todd Ferguson set new 1/4 mile best 10.06 @132 mph at Fontana DA 4500ft temperature 100F. Best 1/8th mile at Barona 6.32 @ 107mph DA 2900ft. It'll be a few months before some good weather comes around. Night races just started so we may see something late one night.
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By speedpro56 - 8 Years Ago
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Great time slips! Now keep'em coming.
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By Vic Correnti - 8 Years Ago
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Great time in the heat no less. So what does Todd's car weigh?
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By LordMrFord - 8 Years Ago
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Awesome.
9.xx is just behind the corner.
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By John Mummert - 8 Years Ago
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The car weighs 2750lb going down the track. So far the best ET for a 1/4 mile track come from Bakersfield, elevation is 650ft. Unfortunately we go there in March for the March Meet. DA hovers around 2000ft. The last time we were there we had the 343cu in motor form John Hildebrands 31' coupe in the car but had 4.88's in it, there was definitley more there but when your 300 miles from home you run what you brung.
The new 355 cu in motor is a runner, and coupled with 4.56 gears the car has picked up. Hopefully we can get to a 1/4 mile track when the weather is better before March.
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By Hollow Head - 8 Years Ago
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Todd's times updated...Good work!
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By Hollow Head - 8 Years Ago
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List up dated. Our 8.134 / 170 mph is now current #2 time driven last saturday. We also drove 8.185 and 8.345 times last weekend, so it's not pure luck. And we hope we can still improve that best one, because none of those runs were exactly what we hoped. More to come... Though next race will be only 1/8 mile race  ...
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By Hollow Head - 7 Years Ago
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Hey! Any updates? New entries?
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By John Mummert - 6 Years Ago
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John Hildebrand 9.84 @ 131.75 mph 6.18 1/8 mile @ 108 mph Sacramento good air day 100ft DA
Todd Ferguson 9.92 @ 131.82 mph 6.26 1/8 mile @ 107.5 mph March Meet Famoso 1100ft DA
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By Hollow Head - 6 Years Ago
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Good job guys! Some moving on the list.... I updated it. Last weekend we drove 8.27 with dragster, but that's far from our best....
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By Hanford Auto - 6 Years Ago
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Just came across this, "Tim McMasters 10.82 / 127 mph, 350 cid FED "Elwood". To set the record straight "Elwood" did run a best of back in 2012 at 10.21 sec @ 131 mph. Not that big of a difference but you want all you can get. lol ;-)
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By Doug T - 6 Years Ago
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I ran a 13.72 @ 101.67 mph and backed it up with a 13.79 @ 100.01mph at Cecil County Maryland Dragway Dec 15 2001. The air was good, the car was new, and I was younger then. Also Cecil County has a reputation for being very quick. The car still looks pretty good, this is last summer.
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By Hollow Head - 6 Years Ago
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Topic edited 22th of June 2018. Hope all is correct now. Please send us more times, so we get more interesting list. Also additional info about cars would be great.
-Seppo-
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By Hollow Head - 5 Years Ago
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Anything new happened at strips this year? Our altered has stayed in garage all year, so nothing to report... Still lickin' wounds after disappointing 2018 season...
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By Hollow Head - 3 Years Ago
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Hi guys! Feels like it has been a decade since last visiting on these sites. Anything good happened to anyone? New Records made?
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By stuey - 3 Years Ago
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Where are you? Finland or Japan?
stuey
UK
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By Cliff - 3 Years Ago
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All the tracks are shut down around me (california)
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By John Mummert - 3 Years Ago
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The infamous 355Y from Todd Fergusons Falcon is back up running. Now installed in the Ernie Phillips 56 T bird now owned by Joe Cebe.
Testing at Sacramento this morning for the Division 7 Summit Series finals ripped off a 6.11 1/8th mile @ 111.85mph. Unfortunately they are not running the full 1/4 mile this weekend.
We've got some work to do. With the launch limiter down at 3600rpm 5* of retard pulled for 1 sec and instant center as low as we get with the current ladder bar it strikes the wheelie bar like Mark McGwire.
We've been shooting for Heritage Series (C Gas) for the last couple of years and think we will very close in March.
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By John Mummert - 3 Years Ago
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This launch is much prettier with the wheelie bar setup closer. Friday night was ugly, front wheels 3ft in the air, sparks flying when the car came down. Nothing a sledge hammer and a cresent wrench can't fix.
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By bird55 - 3 Years Ago
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John, It's good to see this car back on the track. Glad you're the one involved.
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By John Mummert - 3 Years Ago
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Hot Rod reunion at Bakersfield Famoso Race Way. The T-Bird ran well. The track has National Event caliber prep. We had the car tuned down at the launch to keep it from star gazing. Best time 9.71 @ 138.10 mph. They have a live Pod Cast of the whole weekend. I'll try to see if I can find the time for the test pass this morning. Were shooting for C -GAS at the March Meet.
California Hot Rod Reunion Saturday October 23rd @ 33:00 minute mark.
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By tbirddragracer - 3 Years Ago
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John,
Good to see the car on the track, best times ever for the car.
The car previously got close to the 9's on nitrous, but never got there.
Hope to see it run in person again.
Ernie
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By John Mummert - 2 Years Ago
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After doing some revamping on the rear suspension and dropping a few pounds out of the car the T-Bird clicked off a 6.005 et @ 113.5mph in the 1/8th mile at Barona on Saturday. The 5's are in our reach.
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By John Mummert - 2 Years Ago
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The Thunderbird clicked off a 5.99 @114.5mph on Saturday night at Barona.
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By Hollow Head - 2 Years Ago
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Nice work John! That put's T-bird to the fourth spot on my list for 1/8 mile times....
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By Hollow Head - 2 Years Ago
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Any more updates or progress? My son Roope (16y) will be driving our altered for the first time in 20-21st of august at Motopark raceway here in Finland. The class will be ProET as the N/A 292 cid won't be going faster than 11.50 anyhow. But, hopefully he will be the second fastest Y-block driver in Europe... Last year, after competing four seasons with Junior Drag Bikes, he drove three races with Ford Probe GT after earning his license to run in adult classes with cars. 
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By Hollow Head - 2 Years Ago
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So here is the report from my son Roope's first experiment with our now N/A altered. Fridays test day was almost disaster. First run was just trial to see everything works and that car goes straight and to get to used it's behaviours. 19.313 / 119,47 km/h. After the run car stalled to return strip and didn't start again. After awhile it started again and Roope was able to drive it to the pit area. We fired the engine again and again it stalled after warming to 179F. Another try and same result. It fires after cooling awhile and stalls at about 180F. Conclusion, it's either the coil or condensator. Coil is new Bosch quality part and condensator is the one that was there when I bought the old 1955 or 1956 distributor. Hmmm...maybe it's the old 6V condensator and it's not suitable for drag racing with 12V coil... No parts onboard, so I had to drive 75 kilometers to nearest parts store from where I found new LADA (USSR car) condensator and spare coil also. In fact I bought two condensators as they were 6 euros each. Then I drove back to pits. That trip took so long that I was back at track 20 minutes before driving time was over. I called my son to dress up to his driving suit and he was ready to jump in the car when I arrived. I quickly put the condensator to it's place and we fired up the engine and Roope drove straight to line up. We had about 7 minutes left and starter called us immediately to the burn out slot. And he went 12.975 / 169,78 km/h! No issues with engine. That was the test day.
Saturday and qualifications. We managed to drive six rounds in all classes and the day was hot for Finns. 28 degrees celsius all day and clear blue sky. We did some carb tuning for every round and added more fuel for Demon 650 dp. We started from 68 in front and 74 at the back and ending to run 82 jets in both of them. Time slips got better and better each time we added fuel. 12.934 / 168.95, 12.586 / 171.59, 12.408 / 177.91, 12.145 / 180.71, 12.113 / 178.57 and 12.086 / 181.02 km/h. Best 60 ft was 1.764 seconds and best R/T was .044. So, last three runs were very close to 12.00 and good dial in for Sundays eliminations would of course be 12.00? Right?
But no, we are here to make new personal records and go as fast as possible. We opted to put 11.80 on sides of the altered as the weather would be cooler in the morning. And in the morning, wind was blowing in the direction that would boost us to new record. And no, it didn't go that way! We lost in the first round with 12.123 / 178.97 km/h. Thus Roope took better reaction than opponent. But hey! That's bracket racing! For the next event in three weeks, we are going to change torque converter from 5000 rpm ( good with 975 hp twin turbo engine) to 2500 rpm unit to better suite that N/A low horse power engine. Let's see how that will do. We want to go to elevens for sure...
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By Hollow Head - 2 Years Ago
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So, as list is now updated with Roope's time in #17 spot. I had forgotten that our friend Ari Salo drove with our Altered years back in one race and managed to run only one time before we lost oil pressures. Still, he drove 9.30 first time sitting in a race car with two turbos and having to shut down before finish line...
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By Hollow Head - 2 Years Ago
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYNmfdVrIOo&ab_channel=yturbo2003
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By 55blacktie - 2 Years Ago
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Isn't the parachute overkill?
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By MoonShadow - 2 Years Ago
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Not when the car was built with twin turbo's. Looks a bit tame now though.
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By Ted - 2 Years Ago
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55blacktie (8/27/2022)
Isn't the parachute overkill?
For my car, the parachute is not required unless exceeding 150 mph. On very rare occasions I do slip up and hit that number. By design, I try to keep the car in the 146-148 mph range. Here’s an ET slip from the June Y-Block Shootout at Dragway 42 where in the heat of the battle, I did break that 150 mph number with the Y. Daniel had such a lead on me out of the gate that I ended up having to push it to catch him at the finish line. Daniel still took the stripe but I did take the win by lieu of the red light by Daniel.
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By Hollow Head - 2 Years Ago
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Last round of Finnish Championships was at Kauhava Strip ( ex airforce airfield) and we had friday as a test & tune day. We managed to run eight times an got 11.883 as a best result. Saturdays qualifications were disappointing as there was lot's of track cleaning and only three runs. Weather was cool from mornings +10 degrees celsius to evenings + 16 degrees. Roope's second run was ok 11.928 / 182.97 km/h and that meant #10 out of 13 position at qualification. Sundays eliminations started with win over Roni Tekoniemi's AMC Javelin as Roni took a red light. On the second round it was Roope's turn to take a .100 red light against Johanna Ruusunen's Valiant. That was sad as Johanna stalled her Valiant after just jumped fron the starting line and didn't manage to start the car again. But, rules are as written and the one that makes a mistake first, loses... So, it was time to go home again and to fall into winter hibernation... Well, before the race we changed the converter from about 5000 rpm stall to about 2500 rpm stall version. That didn'n help us as best 60 ft was only 1,8 something and at the last race we had several 1.7s. ET record for Roope and N/A altered is now that 11.883 with 183,93 km/h. For next year? We really don't know... Adding NOS maybe, but that means building another bottom end...
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By Hollow Head - 2 Years Ago
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Elimination runs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gBRG4SB3aA&ab_channel=yturbo2003
and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3u6NrTWbTw&ab_channel=yturbo2003
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By John Mummert - Last Year
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Todd Ferguson driving Joe Cebe's 56 T Bird ran 9.33 @ 141.5mph "no throttle stop" at the March Meet 550' DA
5.88 @ 115.00 1/8th mile
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By Hollow Head - Last Year
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Thank's John. List updated today.
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