455 Powered Dragster?

Discussion in 'Race 400/430/455' started by mltdwn12, Mar 28, 2007.

  1. exhaust plus

    exhaust plus Well-Known Member

    Nice. I'm building a couple 470's for our dragsters, hoping to get my son's in the 7's. Scott
     
  2. gsjohnny1

    gsjohnny1 Well-Known Member

    are you building a front engine or a 'sissy' rear engine?:laugh: how long?
     
  3. exhaust plus

    exhaust plus Well-Known Member

    They are "sissy" cars I guess. 235" worthy and a 230" undercover. We've gone 8 teens with stock rods, no girdles, but time to build something more reliable. Scott
     
  4. Michael Evans

    Michael Evans a new project

    "Exhaust Plus" not sure where "sissy dragster" came from, but yours is very good looking. I had pictures of it somewhere.

    If you were closer, I would let you borrow my Tomahawk to run. I'm sure it would put your son in the deep 7's.
     
  5. exhaust plus

    exhaust plus Well-Known Member

    The one I like is "motor on a stick". I've got 8 race cars, I just wanted to do something different. The dragsters are easy to work on and don't take alot of power to go fast. I went 8.16 @ 168 with a wiesco pistons and a 510 hyd. with stock rods. We're bracket racers and the dragsters just run the number all the time. I'm talking thousands. We like to be competitive on a low dollar deal. Maybe some day we'll step up to a roller cam! Scott
     
  6. gsjohnny1

    gsjohnny1 Well-Known Member

    a lot of guys get paranoid when seeing where you sit in a fed. they get scared about the rear breaking. that's why i refer the red's as 'sissy cars'. :grin:
     
  7. mltdwn12

    mltdwn12 Founders Club Member

    Hey Scott, do you have any pictures of the two cars you can post?
     
  8. exhaust plus

    exhaust plus Well-Known Member

    Here's some pics of my '67 I just finished. It's an all tube chassis car. It's the 3rd car I've ever painted. I'm learning. I'll try to find some pictures of the dragsters. Scott
     

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  9. gsjohnny1

    gsjohnny1 Well-Known Member

    nice job
     
  10. Michael Evans

    Michael Evans a new project

    :beers2:

    I like it.
     
  11. mltdwn12

    mltdwn12 Founders Club Member

    Looks nice :grin:
     
  12. ronbz455

    ronbz455 Big Butz Racing

    Keep building them! 1 lotto hit and look out!
     
  13. exhaust plus

    exhaust plus Well-Known Member

    Sounds good. Sometimes I think about selling off a few cars here and there. My kids will have alot of cars to sell when I'm gone. Scott
     
  14. Machinefarmer

    Machinefarmer Platinum Level Contributor

    Scott, when the day comes that you will sell my old 66 Special (Man-O-War), please be sure to call me. I'd like a chance at getting that car back! Jim P, Cold Spring, MN
     
  15. exhaust plus

    exhaust plus Well-Known Member

    Hey Jim. That's the car I took to Memphis. It's working pretty good. Went 11.40's out there. I think I'm going to race it one more year, then retire it. It's won alot for me. Come down sometime and take it for a pass. Scott
     
  16. JESUPERCAT

    JESUPERCAT No Slow Boat

    Scott any updates on your dragsters?
    We will have some updates shortly on our new engines in ours.
     
  17. gs66

    gs66 Silver Level contributor

    Nice job on that ‘67! Maybe I’ll get to see it at Thunder Valley!
     

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