Dr.Jass
Pastor of Muppets
...go bigger!
I've mentioned my friend Dave's all-steel ('cept hood) '87 Mustang notchback here a few times, including such details as the all-aluminum 420-inch Cleveland it ran and the lower-mid 8-second quarter-mile times it ran rather consistently on a true 10½"-wide tire and ladder bars.
Unfortunately, Dave crashed this past season on what he was sure would be a near 8.10 run. I heard lots of rumor and such about what happened to Dave, the car, the track, Elvis, and John F Kennedy... and the story gets more interesting every time.
Anyhow, he was able to salvage much of the car and the engine, which he sold off to pursue a new ride... now he's got himself an '05 Mustang, which he bought from Ford as a body-in-white (meaning a shell, doors, hood, fenders, and decklid only).
He's not sure what combination he's going to run yet, but it'll be an "Outlaw 10.5" car, meaning it will run on a 10.5W tire, which is actually closer to 11½" wide. Talking to him yesterday, he said it would be running at least 640 inches of aluminum big-block Ford, and a minimum of 650HP worth of nitrous oxide. He expects to make around 1200HP on the motor alone, but the final goal depends on the combo he chooses. He's considering going as high as 760 inches on a tall-deck block.
Keep in mind, he was running 8.30s with 420 inches (837HP if memory serves) and 500HP of nitrous on an inch less tire.
Though we're a bunch of Moparheads, this should be an interesting build. If anyone's interested in following it (and I know there are some racers hangin' around here), they'll be doing a buildup story in installments at Hardcore 5.0... the first installment can be seen here, which details mostly what happened to the old car and his acquisition of the body-in-white.
The car is expected to hit the strip for the first time in the middle of next summer... looking forward to watching it run. [smilie=e:
[img]http://hardcore50.com/Articles/JasonReiss/BandtRacing/DSC01246.JPG[/img]
I've mentioned my friend Dave's all-steel ('cept hood) '87 Mustang notchback here a few times, including such details as the all-aluminum 420-inch Cleveland it ran and the lower-mid 8-second quarter-mile times it ran rather consistently on a true 10½"-wide tire and ladder bars.
Unfortunately, Dave crashed this past season on what he was sure would be a near 8.10 run. I heard lots of rumor and such about what happened to Dave, the car, the track, Elvis, and John F Kennedy... and the story gets more interesting every time.
Anyhow, he was able to salvage much of the car and the engine, which he sold off to pursue a new ride... now he's got himself an '05 Mustang, which he bought from Ford as a body-in-white (meaning a shell, doors, hood, fenders, and decklid only).
He's not sure what combination he's going to run yet, but it'll be an "Outlaw 10.5" car, meaning it will run on a 10.5W tire, which is actually closer to 11½" wide. Talking to him yesterday, he said it would be running at least 640 inches of aluminum big-block Ford, and a minimum of 650HP worth of nitrous oxide. He expects to make around 1200HP on the motor alone, but the final goal depends on the combo he chooses. He's considering going as high as 760 inches on a tall-deck block.
Keep in mind, he was running 8.30s with 420 inches (837HP if memory serves) and 500HP of nitrous on an inch less tire.
Though we're a bunch of Moparheads, this should be an interesting build. If anyone's interested in following it (and I know there are some racers hangin' around here), they'll be doing a buildup story in installments at Hardcore 5.0... the first installment can be seen here, which details mostly what happened to the old car and his acquisition of the body-in-white.
The car is expected to hit the strip for the first time in the middle of next summer... looking forward to watching it run. [smilie=e:
[img]http://hardcore50.com/Articles/JasonReiss/BandtRacing/DSC01246.JPG[/img]
