dmaxx3500

mr hill ,should remember this

FourFather

Yes, I do-

FourFather

dmaxx3500

last ones cool,how much HP did those make back then?

FourFather

Before the days of the internet/dyno horsepower racing, we had a different way of measuring horsepower.

We figured whoever held the official National Hot Rod Association records had the most horsepower, which in this case happened to be me, both in the unsupercharged gas dragster class, then later in the supercharged gas class, and then the first gas dragster over 200 mph in the quarter mile.

Eddie

Crushinator

Damn Eddie, you pioneers of high speed drag racing had some *****! It's one thing to do things others have done, but something completely different, doing things no one else has. Awesome stuff!

Crushinator

What's astonishing is that less than 1% of the drag racing population has gone 200 MPH in the quarter mile to this day...and you guys were doing it 40 years ago.

dmaxx3500

in the pic showing the side shot[the one with the spun hubcaps],is that a Pontiac eng?

and what kind of brakes were there back then?

FourFather

Yes, Pontiac engines in the twin-engined car and the single-engined car with the aluminum H-beam frame rails.

The long car with the swoopy fiberglass bodywork (took me all one winter to design and build the mold and body) is a 392 cubic inch Chrysler Hemi, on 98% Nitro.

The very early cars used Ford or Oldsmobile drum brakes, but after that I machined some brake discs, and used some lightweight Airheart calipers.

dmaxx3500

cool,thanks

it would be neat to see those old cars run today