'68 Camaro, all steel body, 3,140 lbs. "dry"
412 CID small block (Dart Sportsman block), Eagle kit, Dart Pro-1s, Victor, AED 950HOM, Comp .660 roller
PowerGlide (TCI) 4,500 converter (made for nitrous, very "tight", TCI)
Chevy 12-bolt 4.56 gears
15x12x31 M/T slicks
All Deadenbear electronics
Horsepower (N/A) estimated at 710.
6.48/10.07 (110/131) on "motor"
5.71/8.96 (119/149.28) 300 "hit"
short times on motor in the 1.40 range, on bottle, 1.31 (best)
That's with a 240 lb. man driving!
The local crowd was so impressed, a man offered to buy the car (rolling). So, it's gone. But... Next week we begin the process on a '97 Corvette IHRA A/FC chassis. That small block will easily get the car in the 7s (1,800 lbs. "wet" with a small block). We have some blown/alcohol plans, too... 6s here we come! (and I DON'T mean 1/8 mile...)
We're also looking at a big block for match racing, and a Pontiac (surprise...) for the "Pontiac" races. And I don't mean Pontiac valve covers, either. A true "traditional" Pontiac V8. We'll have to do something about the Chevy body for that one...
How about a customer's car? They legal for this thread?
Rick Holladay, Virginia Beach
'65 GTO convertible
434 CID Pontiac, Edelbrock heads (9:1, 93 octane only), UltraDyne flat tappet hydraulic, TriPower (yes, really)
3,740 lbs. "dry" (weighed this past August at Norwalk)
Muncie "wide ratio" 4-speed, 3.73 12-bolt (Moser), ladder-bar suspension
M/T Streets, 15x9.5x26
11.95 @ 117
The car has no adders.
I know, there are plenty of faster cars out there. But this thing draws a crowd everywhere he races. He's won three bracket meets in North Carolina in the last two years (who says you can't bracket race a manual?)