My car

Well I have a pic of my ride below and as in the past always looking for some advice and giving a little too. Looking forward to this forum.

Russ

Awesome Russ....

What kind of times are you turning? Any info on the power plant, trans, etc..?

One little thing I would tell you to do is this.... I see a catch can of some sort in the inner fenderwell on the pass side. I always make sure my customers do one of two things when putting catch cans on a car. Put the catch can in the middle of the car, or run a line all the way to the rear behind the slicks... just a safety thing.

Looks good.... Give us some info on it!

Awesome Russ....

What kind of times are you turning? Any info on the power plant, trans, etc..?

One little thing I would tell you to do is this.... I see a catch can of some sort in the inner fenderwell on the pass side. I always make sure my customers do one of two things when putting catch cans on a car. Put the catch can in the middle of the car, or run a line all the way to the rear behind the slicks... just a safety thing.

Looks good.... Give us some info on it!


That is a oil accum that you see. I do run a catch can line to the back of the car behind the slicks.

I would say if it has a valve in the bottom... to move it. If not... no biggy....

Mr car has run a best of 5.801 et and 120.89 mph. Full tube chassis, 4 link, dove headed 514, 1.76 glide, 8" converter, and 4.88 gear. on racing gas. car weighs 2340 and I am 220. I am going to replace the 8" converter with a 9".

Mr car has run a best of 5.801 et and 120.89 mph. Full tube chassis, 4 link, dove headed 514, 1.76 glide, 8" converter, and 4.88 gear. on racing gas. car weighs 2340 and I am 220. I am going to replace the 8" converter with a 9".

SWEET..... Beautiful car definetly looks like a lot of fun...

Gary

SWEET..... Beautiful car definetly looks like a lot of fun...

Gary

Thanks Gary, A lot of work and love put into it.

I know what you mean..... I am still putting a lot of both in my '94. One day it will be finished. Taking my time and doing it right.

Gary

That`s a sweeet ride nice times to :)

Nice Car Russ.

I was always partial to the Mustang II body style, dating back to being a kid and liking Dyno Don's. I have one that my family put together in the early 90's.

We raced it for a little while, then put it on hold after my father passed away, and then I went through a divorce, so it sat on the back burner while I raised my kids.

Finally put it back together last year and made two check-out passes before stuffing it in the wall up at the old South Mountain Dragway in PA.

Relocated to South Florida last month and so my racing is still on hold a little longer, but I still have the car. Looking to do something with it next year.

DJ

LOOKS GOOD....i'm kinda partial to black cars anyway...

Nice Car Russ.

I was always partial to the Mustang II body style, dating back to being a kid and liking Dyno Don's. I have one that my family put together in the early 90's.

We raced it for a little while, then put it on hold after my father passed away, and then I went through a divorce, so it sat on the back burner while I raised my kids.

Finally put it back together last year and made two check-out passes before stuffing it in the wall up at the old South Mountain Dragway in PA.

Relocated to South Florida last month and so my racing is still on hold a little longer, but I still have the car. Looking to do something with it next year.

DJ

Good looking car DJ. Is that twin toilets on that engine? What cubes is it and what et/mph does it run. Hope you get it back together soon.

Russ

Yeah, it has two 4" toilets on a worked over Weiand tunnelram.

The motor I put in for the checkout passes is just a basic 466; flattops, truck rods, .600" flat tappet cam...real basic. The easy passes on that motor were 9.60's @ 142 MPH.

The motor I built for it is a P-51 headed 557. It made well over 800 HP and 740 Ft/lb torque on gasoline and carberated on the break-in dyno passes at my brother's shop in Maryland. With the methanol fuel injection set-up on it I was looking to run some mid 8's in the car. The car is real light (2138 lbs without me in it), so mid 8's is definatley doable. It's a old Alston Pro Gas chassis car with ladder bars.

So I have the 557 in my Mustang convertible now looking to run some of the DOT Drag radial classes. RAM Racing had a naturally aspirated racing series in the Mid-Atlantic region and I was thinking of running their 9.50 class with the convertible. They also have a local 9.50 class up in MD for steet cars so I was looking to run there as well.

I ran the RAM Racing series a couple years with my other Mustang fastback in their 10.50 class. It has a basic 466 in it too, and with steel CJ heads ran a best of 10.48 @ 128 MPH.

There's some picture of that car below.

Thanks for the interest Russ.

DJ

Nice ride , You got some serious meats underneath it .

Yeah, that is what I liked about his car.

I had to seriously narrow the rear on mine to get the 15 x 33 M&H's up under it. The Mustnag II's are narrow cars to start with.

So what size tires are under your car Russ?

DJ

Yeah, that is what I liked about his car.

I had to seriously narrow the rear on mine to get the 15 x 33 M&H's up under it. The Mustnag II's are narrow cars to start with.

So what size tires are under your car Russ?

DJ

16 X 32.5's.