Spencerforhire's NEW drag car project

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Re: Spencerforhire's NEW drag car project

Postby spencerforhire » Sun Oct 21, 2012 12:58 pm

I shouldn't have to worry too much about the Armstrongs; John only runs in the Super/Stock series and Alan hasn't made a pass in Atlantic Canada for 15 years. Thinking about taking my engine to them in the spring for some dyno time after I make some improvements.
Here's a couple of pics of the racers whom I do have worry about, and one of them is even an H-body! These 2 guys are the ones you have to beat if you want to go rounds; the Monza was locally built 20+ years ago by it's present owner's late father as a C/EA car and has a small block and a 'Glide. Capable of mid 9's, it spends most of it's time throttle stopped down to 10.90 for heads-up racing. The T-Bird was also locally built a few years ago by it's owner; it's super light with a full tube chassis, Pro Stock 'glass body panels and an old-school 480+ cube FE Ford motor- 427 block with 428 crank. It's deadly consistent and runs low 9's.
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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.....

Visit http://www.spencerforhire.ca
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Re: Spencerforhire's NEW drag car project

Postby spencerforhire » Mon Nov 19, 2012 7:53 pm

Another pic has surfaced from the last race I attended back in August; this is probably the nicest one yet.
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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.....

Visit http://www.spencerforhire.ca
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Re: Spencerforhire's NEW drag car project

Postby spencerforhire » Sun Mar 10, 2013 9:02 pm

My brother was fooling around with some new photo editing software and found an effect called "metallic"; the name kind of describes it. Interesting way to make a flat black car look shiny.
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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.....

Visit http://www.spencerforhire.ca
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