As some of you already know, I bought a dragster yesterday. Hopefully I can answer most of the questions here. First some pics:
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Specs:
167" wheelbase
Built by a professional race shop
Chrome Moly tubing chassis
Raced in several different ET classes in North
Race weight is ~1000lbs
Engine is a 2.0L turbo running 22psi.
Transmission: Doug Nash 5 speed, air shifted
Rear End: Shortened Ford 9"
Engine specs:
10.5:1 compression
Aluminum Rods
Draw-thru carb
Runs on race gas (130 octane), not alky.
Professionally Ported Head/Oversize SS valves/Comp Cam...supposedly the exact same head porting, cam, etc. as Buddy Engersol ran in his 2.0 turbo motors...this guy acted like he knew Buddy pretty well.
His spare engine and all spare parts are included with the car.
The dragster ran the 1/4 mile in the high 9 second range at 140+mph. It has not been raced for 4 years.
Using the horsepower calculators, it seems it only takes about 200hp to go high 9's at 1000lbs. That means it either weighs more than a grand, they ran it real easy, or the engines don't run as they should.
I plan to pull the carbed 2.0 out and replace it with a 2.3 EFI turbo motor for various reasons. Mainly because I'm familiar with them, I have tons of parts for them, they are dirt cheap to replace, run on pump gas, and I know much more about EFI than carbs. The other bonus is at the power levels required to haul ass in this thing, the EFI motors are dead reliable.
I plan to intercool it once the 2.3 goes in, otherwise it will be a simple bolt-on 2.3 engine for now. Ported head, big cam, etc. will follow depending on performance of the bolt-on engine.
The first things I'll need to do once I get it home is to buy new safety equipement (belts, etc.) and then see what it takes to get it re-certified. Once the car is certified, I'll have to take a physical and then make some shakedown runs before I can get licensed to drive it. I also plan to weigh it as soon as I can so I can figure out how much power I actually need to make to run the speeds I'd like to run.
I won't be able to pick it up until I return from my West Coast vacation on August 7th. Then there will be some updates...
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Specs:
167" wheelbase
Built by a professional race shop
Chrome Moly tubing chassis
Raced in several different ET classes in North
Race weight is ~1000lbs
Engine is a 2.0L turbo running 22psi.
Transmission: Doug Nash 5 speed, air shifted
Rear End: Shortened Ford 9"
Engine specs:
10.5:1 compression
Aluminum Rods
Draw-thru carb
Runs on race gas (130 octane), not alky.
Professionally Ported Head/Oversize SS valves/Comp Cam...supposedly the exact same head porting, cam, etc. as Buddy Engersol ran in his 2.0 turbo motors...this guy acted like he knew Buddy pretty well.
His spare engine and all spare parts are included with the car.
The dragster ran the 1/4 mile in the high 9 second range at 140+mph. It has not been raced for 4 years.
Using the horsepower calculators, it seems it only takes about 200hp to go high 9's at 1000lbs. That means it either weighs more than a grand, they ran it real easy, or the engines don't run as they should.
I plan to pull the carbed 2.0 out and replace it with a 2.3 EFI turbo motor for various reasons. Mainly because I'm familiar with them, I have tons of parts for them, they are dirt cheap to replace, run on pump gas, and I know much more about EFI than carbs. The other bonus is at the power levels required to haul ass in this thing, the EFI motors are dead reliable.
I plan to intercool it once the 2.3 goes in, otherwise it will be a simple bolt-on 2.3 engine for now. Ported head, big cam, etc. will follow depending on performance of the bolt-on engine.
The first things I'll need to do once I get it home is to buy new safety equipement (belts, etc.) and then see what it takes to get it re-certified. Once the car is certified, I'll have to take a physical and then make some shakedown runs before I can get licensed to drive it. I also plan to weigh it as soon as I can so I can figure out how much power I actually need to make to run the speeds I'd like to run.
I won't be able to pick it up until I return from my West Coast vacation on August 7th. Then there will be some updates...