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Postby spencerforhire » Wed Sep 29, 2010 6:44 am

Thought I might share some pics of the H-bodies that showed up at the local tracks in Nova Scotia this year; these are the guys that keep me excited about my own project even when there's not a lot of progress.
BTW these are all 9-sec. small block powered cars-

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72 Vega HB Drag Car -383/'Glide/9"(9.35@146.19)(5.94@117.28 1/8th)
77 Vega Estate wagon- project(someday)will have TPI305/T-5, S-10 spindles/axles
76 Vega GT- 400/4spd/9" retired from active duty(rusty)
06 Silverado 2WD ex.cab daily
03 Silverado 2WD ex.cab (retired)
06 Haulin' 20ft enclosed car transporter
06 GMC Canyon Shop truck
07 Colorado project( 5.3 4L60e swap)
99 Saturn SL1- wife's car
01 Saturn SC2- son's project
07 Saturn Ion Redline project
and 4 more Saturn "parts cars"
Note- the very act of listing all of these has made me realize I have some kind of problem.....

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Re: local drag cars

Postby spencerforhire » Wed Sep 29, 2010 6:48 am

a couple more..
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The "fleet"-
72 Vega HB Drag Car -383/'Glide/9"(9.35@146.19)(5.94@117.28 1/8th)
77 Vega Estate wagon- project(someday)will have TPI305/T-5, S-10 spindles/axles
76 Vega GT- 400/4spd/9" retired from active duty(rusty)
06 Silverado 2WD ex.cab daily
03 Silverado 2WD ex.cab (retired)
06 Haulin' 20ft enclosed car transporter
06 GMC Canyon Shop truck
07 Colorado project( 5.3 4L60e swap)
99 Saturn SL1- wife's car
01 Saturn SC2- son's project
07 Saturn Ion Redline project
and 4 more Saturn "parts cars"
Note- the very act of listing all of these has made me realize I have some kind of problem.....

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Re: local drag cars

Postby BadBowtie » Wed Sep 29, 2010 10:25 am

You can see their dial in on their windows except the green wagon, its been a while since i went to the track but these cars were fast. They all run at Napierville, Quebec. There is also an elusive white street legal one which i have yet to see.
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Re: local drag cars

Postby HI WINDING MONZA » Wed Sep 29, 2010 3:52 pm

Whats up with the Vega ( in the last pic ) with the 15" fwd Dodge Daytona wheels? I didnt know they fit....................... :?: http://www.car-part.com/images/interchange/W1416.gif

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Re: local drag cars

Postby 80 MONZTA » Wed Sep 29, 2010 4:34 pm

HI WINDING MONZA wrote:Whats up with the Vega ( in the last pic ) with the 15" fwd Dodge Daytona wheels? I didnt know they fit....................... :?: http://www.car-part.com/images/interchange/W1416.gif

Doug in Az 8)

Just to confuse things more, it looks like the front ones are 4 lug? :?
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Re: local drag cars

Postby spencerforhire » Wed Sep 29, 2010 5:36 pm

Those Dodge wheels were available in both 4 on 100mm(Omni GLH) and 5 on 100mm(Daytona); I give the guy points for finding matching wheels front and rear for different #'s of studs.
The "fleet"-
72 Vega HB Drag Car -383/'Glide/9"(9.35@146.19)(5.94@117.28 1/8th)
77 Vega Estate wagon- project(someday)will have TPI305/T-5, S-10 spindles/axles
76 Vega GT- 400/4spd/9" retired from active duty(rusty)
06 Silverado 2WD ex.cab daily
03 Silverado 2WD ex.cab (retired)
06 Haulin' 20ft enclosed car transporter
06 GMC Canyon Shop truck
07 Colorado project( 5.3 4L60e swap)
99 Saturn SL1- wife's car
01 Saturn SC2- son's project
07 Saturn Ion Redline project
and 4 more Saturn "parts cars"
Note- the very act of listing all of these has made me realize I have some kind of problem.....

Visit http://www.spencerforhire.ca
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Re: local drag cars

Postby HI WINDING MONZA » Thu Sep 30, 2010 12:13 am

spencerforhire wrote:Those Dodge wheels were available in both 4 on 100mm(Omni GLH) and 5 on 100mm(Daytona); I give the guy points for finding matching wheels front and rear for different #'s of studs.



Do they fit that good to be racing on them? I dont know about that............................. :rolleyes:

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Re: local drag cars

Postby chevy art » Thu Sep 30, 2010 1:42 am

dam spence must be something wrong with the air up there. what a sight to see(all those wheelies) are you going to be in that wheelie club. art
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Re: local drag cars

Postby chevy art » Thu Sep 30, 2010 1:43 am

PS i like that grey primered monza the best art
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Re: local drag cars

Postby spencerforhire » Thu Sep 30, 2010 6:59 am

Doug is concerned with the difference between 4" and and 100mm bolt patterns; it's really not a large amount- approximately .063" That means the each stud must deflect by half of that amount- .032". This argument has been raised on this forum before; some people claim it's dangerous, others say it doesn't really matter.
What I have seen personally is cars driving on both the street and strip with metric wheels on inch bolt pattern cars and vice versa. Besides examples like the black Vega in question, there's lots of "tuner" Honda drag cars running old school 13" slicks or wide road race rubber mounted on H-body(!!!) 13" wheels; the extra offset of the RWD rim lets the wide tires clear the struts.
Speaking of the black Vega with the 4/5 bolt mix, I suspect the rear end in it is out of an early A-body Mopar; they had 5 on 4" bolt pattern axles that the 5 on 100mm Daytona wheels will fit(sort of) and a total width of 55.6", only a bit wider than stock H-body.

Art noticed the good traction at our Nova Scotia drag strips; considering these facilities are not even permanent setups but actually the "back-up" runways at a couple of airports, and add to that the fact that they're run by volunteer organizations, the quality of the track prep is truly amazing. Both tracks are set up from scratch on Friday and torn back down on Sunday night; cables have to be run for the "Port-a-Tree" timing systems and P.A. systems, as well as all the other infrastructure necessary to run an event has to be installed and removed for every race. I know we're getting off topic here, but it is MY thread :wink: , so I have to include a pic of the Cape Breton Dragway timing tower- it's actually built out of an old school bus and is towed off the strip and stored elsewhere between races!
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72 Vega HB Drag Car -383/'Glide/9"(9.35@146.19)(5.94@117.28 1/8th)
77 Vega Estate wagon- project(someday)will have TPI305/T-5, S-10 spindles/axles
76 Vega GT- 400/4spd/9" retired from active duty(rusty)
06 Silverado 2WD ex.cab daily
03 Silverado 2WD ex.cab (retired)
06 Haulin' 20ft enclosed car transporter
06 GMC Canyon Shop truck
07 Colorado project( 5.3 4L60e swap)
99 Saturn SL1- wife's car
01 Saturn SC2- son's project
07 Saturn Ion Redline project
and 4 more Saturn "parts cars"
Note- the very act of listing all of these has made me realize I have some kind of problem.....

Visit http://www.spencerforhire.ca
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Re: local drag cars

Postby chevy art » Thu Sep 30, 2010 10:56 am

sure is nice to see there is so much cooperation between everyone up there to keep the drag racing going at the high level that you do up there. wish it was that good around here. nobody wants racetracks anymore. keep up the good work art
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Re: local drag cars

Postby GodSpeed2U » Mon Oct 04, 2010 11:13 pm

nice wheels up action pics. :th:
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