Dirty Bird in HPP!
MrPbody
08-24-2009, 03:12 PM
We are very proud to announce, the November 2009 issue of High Performance Pontiac Magazine has a 6-page article about Dirty Bird. Many here already know, but for those that don't, Dirty Bird is a Pontiac-powered Top Alcohol Funny Car. It's pretty much the only one of its "kind" in the world. It's also the quickest/fastest Pontiac-powered car in the history of the world...(:-
As of now, we've had the car to several "races". Unfortunately, only once has there been a "worthy" opponent, at the Little Guy Nationals at VMP last May. There, the car set the current "record" of 6.52 @ 213*. Round 1, Pontiac "1", Hemi "0". It was a Brad Anderson Hemi, too Round 2 was different. Those guys were really embarrassed to get beat by an "upstart Pontiac"... They made a bunch of changes, and DID manage to beat Dave across the line this time, only to "bellow" a bunch of blue smoke right as the chute cam out. So, DB has earned his "wings"!
You can see much more of the car if you're interested, at:
www.centralvirginiamachine.com and click on "Dirty Bird".
Jim
* The word "record" applies ONLY to Pontiac V8s, as we're still not "competitive" at the highest level, YET..
As of now, we've had the car to several "races". Unfortunately, only once has there been a "worthy" opponent, at the Little Guy Nationals at VMP last May. There, the car set the current "record" of 6.52 @ 213*. Round 1, Pontiac "1", Hemi "0". It was a Brad Anderson Hemi, too Round 2 was different. Those guys were really embarrassed to get beat by an "upstart Pontiac"... They made a bunch of changes, and DID manage to beat Dave across the line this time, only to "bellow" a bunch of blue smoke right as the chute cam out. So, DB has earned his "wings"!
You can see much more of the car if you're interested, at:
www.centralvirginiamachine.com and click on "Dirty Bird".
Jim
* The word "record" applies ONLY to Pontiac V8s, as we're still not "competitive" at the highest level, YET..
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