Maggie’s Motivational Pic Thread v2.0 - - New Rules - See Post #1
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I like the old front engine dragsters but I'm not sure I'm brave enough to seriously drive one. Instead, it'd be neat to have a replica of the Coleman Bros dragster, or perhaps an early version of Swamp Rat 14 (no rear spoiler). I can think of so many stupid engines I'd run in one of those, just for the hell of it.
Chevy Vega in high humidity??
That just screams prelude to a porn tryout.
I'm not an "in the know" guy when it comes to the finer points of race engines. But........
Is/was it common to use galvanized pipe and fittings and non-safety wired Castle Nuts on them ?
I'm not an "in the know" guy when it comes to the finer points of race engines. But........
Is/was it common to use galvanized pipe and fittings and non-safety wired Castle Nuts on them ?
It is an Ed Roth car....
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It's not a tryout if the cameras are running.
I had some of his models when I was a kid.......It is an Ed Roth car....
Ed Roth's Rat Fink - The Official Site of Ed Roth and Rat Fink
If you are looking for information about the life of Ed "Big Daddy" Roth, or for official Rat Fink merchandise, then you have found it!www.ratfink.com
A Crap-illac I restored some time ago.
Not fond of them, but it came out OK I guess....
Not a lot of rules back in those days. The galvanized pipes you see are the vents for the water jacket. They are mounted where the water pump would normally mount. Some guys filled the blocks and heads with concrete when they did away with the cooling system. It was not uncommon to see concrete blocks racing into the late 70's early 80's.I'm not an "in the know" guy when it comes to the finer points of race engines. But........
Is/was it common to use galvanized pipe and fittings and non-safety wired Castle Nuts on them ?
That is when racing was racing.Not a lot of rules back in those days. The galvanized pipes you see are the vents for the water jacket. They are mounted where the water pump would normally mount. Some guys filled the blocks and heads with concrete when they did away with the cooling system. It was not uncommon to see concrete blocks racing into the late 70's early 80's.
You built your own shit, at home, on your own or maybe with a buddy.
Now these clowns call up a chassis shop to build the chassis.
Call up Proline and order an engine.
Call up Rossler and order a trans.
etc etc
And then pay someone to build it for them, then pay someone else to tune it.
3 guys on a crew to do simple maintenance between runs.
Then they have the nads to say that racing is very difficult and not many can do it.
Racing ain't racing no-mo.
The top pic is Don "Big Daddy" Garlits.Not a lot of rules back in those days. The galvanized pipes you see are the vents for the water jacket. They are mounted where the water pump would normally mount. Some guys filled the blocks and heads with concrete when they did away with the cooling system. It was not uncommon to see concrete blocks racing into the late 70's early 80's.
