I know you all have seen them already
don't mind the date stamps they were from when
I took digital photos of old photos & Polaroids
Super Comp S/C 8.90, at Femont Raceway 1978-79
Comp Eliminator
A/Altered at Sacramento early 80's
AA/A IIRC it was 6.15 # per cid (blown 301cid Donavon) at the time
I was just 18 1st time I ran in AA/A (took every penny I had)
summer of 1977 Nothern Nationals
car weighed 1855#'s wet ready to run
onboard battery/starter
the puke tank under rear deck
& a 10 gal front fuel tank to help for ballast
& another 250# with me in it
(weights are different & index is different today too)
I was way overweight for the class,
min. 100+#'s over without ballast & me in it
but it needed 100+ to 150#'s ballast to run the #'s,
keep in on the ground, depending on the track prep/altitude RAD
The national index was like 7.50 (ish-IIRC)
you had to run like 7.15-7.20 to even be competitive,
car could also run in S/E 7.90 NHRA Super Eliminator too
with a mechanical throttle stop on the Enderle Bug Catcher hat
to slow it down
later had a 526cid Mastadon Hemi
about the same weight without ballast
a wing off the top of the cage over the turtle deck & dual chutes
it'd run 6.90's @ 190 at it's best, for years
a hand-full to say the least
even just 468-477 cid BBC injected/alcohol, far tamer too
Super Eliminator 7.90 early days
Iron 427cid ported rect. port, alcohol, alum rod combo etc.
or Pro-Gas 8.50 class mid 80's
A or B/Gas, Comp Elim.
even tried AA/Gas with the Mastadon out of my Altered
a real handful on/for a full suspension car of that era
best of 7.20 @ 188, it was to much gear 4.88:1 or 5.13:1
with the blower combo for 1/4 mile
nosing over at 1000' & letting off the throttle
org. built to do some match racing on 1/8 mile tracks, door slammer stuff
usually brought the car along
on long trips with my other T/S car 89 Camaro or 92 T/A
I'm sure you have seen before too
All steel 49 Ford Tudor Business Coupe
wet with me in it appr. 2650#'s, without any ballast
but it usually had 75# to 100#'s of ballast in a couple places
Sorry, most the shots I have are when it was being built in my garage
I have to get some stuff converted to digital someday
car went to Germany