View attachment 299054View attachment 299055View attachment 299056View attachment 299057View attachment 299058View attachment 299059When I was 21 years old I bought a brand new 13.5-1 Max Wedge Aluminum front end car. All anyone had back then that you could buy for the car was premium leaded gasoline, which I did.
I drove the car on the street on occasion (just to show off)...kinda impractical because it had no heater, no defroster, no windshield wipers....but...when I went to the drag races I just used pump gas premium. We would try to find a Sunoco Station because it was perceived to be better...but I raced the car for 3 full seasons using pump gas leaded premium...then in 1966 I altered the wheelbase, installed a tube front axle, set the engine back 26", Installed a Crane Roller Cam, Vertex Mag AND HILBORN FUEL INJECTION AND RAN 80% NITROMETHANE AND 20% ALCOHOL....ALL WITH 13.5-1 PISTONS..raced it all during 1966-67-68 and never lost a motor.
i ran almost 14:1 on the street (13.9) with a large roller cam and very loose 8" converter. It's not the compression that makes something "un-streetable", it's the cost of the race gas. The converter, gear and valve springs (life) that have far more effect on "streetability" than compression imo.
What ever became of your 1963 Aluminum nose Plymouth ,?How long did you race it ?
I ran almost 14:1 on the street (13.9) with a large roller cam and very loose 8" converter. It's not the compression that makes something "un-streetable", it's the cost of the race gas. The converter, gear and valve springs (life) that have far more effect on "streetability" than compression IMO.
I believe mine are .125 dome, but I have eddy Victor heads.Does anyone know the compression height of the 13.5:1 pistons
Well, I don't know. All I know is that I sold it to Arlen to put on his 1963 Max Wedge at the time.
Car ran hi 9's on 70% Nitro/Methanol mix. That was fast back then, but the Hemi Funny Cars were running mid 9's so I could NEVER beat a Hemi car that was similar to mine.I like that center shifter Mike!!
How fast was the AWB on nitro??
Ski,that looks FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!