I really want to like it, but those colors just don't work for me.Well shit....might work as a part time commuter, but thinking hopes will be dashed on seller's reserve.
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Cars and Coffee on 41st in Aptos / Soquel.
i'm sure. i got a synopsys from the neighbor shop that did the interior which had to be truncated
i see you current high bidder....Well shit....might work as a part time commuter, but thinking hopes will be dashed on seller's reserve.
350-Powered 1953 Pontiac Chieftain
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I really want to like it, but those colors just don't work for me.
With the VAG parts bin climate and infotainment
I raced this tube chassis '70 R/T up and down the west coast for 20 years (it was a Real cut up R/T still with it's VIN!), sold it in 2023 miss it but with all the dragstrips closing down on the west coast and a bit burned out racing I sent it back east. Great memories. I still have my 10 second Road Runner I am turning into a street /strip car. Last time it was streetable it ran 10.60's through the mufflers so should do that again soon.
Thank you guys, most of it is luck and yes physics and trusting the car as with the weight set up it will go straight provided air in the tires is equal and nothing under one tire (oil/etc.). In that picture it was about the 10th pass on a new Aluminum block 572" wedge that I had just installed so quite a bit more torque then the previous 505" high compression race gas motor and about 100 lbs less weight than I had previosly ran. It was almost on the rear valance when I left and started coming down at a controlled rate but when it hit 2nd gear it came back up again and ran about 300' out before coming back down. It was an elimination round so I road it out, you don't want to lift unless not going straight as you risk hurting the chassis. After that run which I lost I went home and installed wheelie bars and also a MSD Grid ignition system. That Grid ignition is amazing in that you can tune the car with a laptop and take ignition timing out of it to soften the hit. I take about 12* degrees of timing out and ramp it back in in about 1.5 seconds so it really is effectice traction control and keeps the 60' times consistent. I added it to our road runner as well as it's running on 9" drag radials. Basiclly it takes about 3/10's out of the performance (9.33 instead of 9.03) but what you gain on consistency is huge. So the wheelie's are just part of the chassis set up and typically consistent given equal track prep.That launch photo is ridiculous! The motorcycle guys on BARF think wheelies are cool until a Mopar starts doing them.
When the front end is in the air like that, are you still steering or just hanging on and letting physics sort it out?
Serious respect for anyone who can wheelie a car.
That Road Runner is badass. The "WILE B8" plate is perfect.Most of us would be happy just running 10s.
You're out there running 10s through the mufflers while carrying the front wheels like it's part of the setup.
Looking at that picture, I'm starting to think the wheelie is built into the dial-in.Honest question: at what point does carrying the front end become normal operating procedure?
Super Pro is one of the most difficult classes in Drag Racing…..
Respect.
PaulR
FIXED. (Some people don't know the difference between a coupe and a sedan.)
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You are right.. I do know the difference, but I am transfixed on a coup since....
