Well, here we go
again. I started getting interested in racing last year (2008). I
bought a nice 1978 Firebird and ran it for the last half of the
season. Over the winter tore it apart in the interest of speed (went
from 14.2 to 10.6 in he 1/4 mile). To see that build click
HERE.
Blew up two engines in the process
Found that that was not fast enough and got hooked on Nostalgia
racing and have decided to build a Front Engine Dragster.
This build will be different then past builds as I will relay on
builders to do a lot of the work. Quite frankly at the speeds that I
will be traveling I do not trust myself to weld together my own
frame. I thought about buying a kit and bringing it here and having
it assembled. I decided to purchase the frame and have it build by
the person selling the frame.
I sold the
El Camino (it went to the
Netherlands) to fund the project. I was really surprised that the
cost of the project does not look as bad as I thought it might. On
the other hand I have already started to add "extras" to the project
so who knows how much it will end up costing.
You can buy complete dragsters of E-Bay for well under $20,000, but
my problem is I am 6' 4" and weigh 250 pounds (on a good day, I will
be going to the gym over the winter to see if I can do something
about this). My shoulders measure 25" across.
I have been told by many people that it is VERY important to feel
conformable sitting in the dragster and I was unable to find any
completed dragsters that I would be able to sit in. Building one
from scratch is far more expensive that buying one already put
together.
Here are some sites I have come across on the Web that have helped
me out in my choices;
http://frontenginedragsters.org/
Front Engine Dragster
http://www.fedaonline.com/
Front Engine Dragster of America
http://www.roadsters.com/ndr/
Nostalgia
Drag Racing (index subjects)
If you come across a good site let me know!
The current plan is to take the Pontiac engine
out of the Firebird and put it into the dragster. |
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The process starts. I did a lot of
research on the web, talked to a number of people who are in the
sport and narrowed the search to three shops, and visited two of
them. To see the visits click
HERE |
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We are getting the Firebird ready for sale
to create room for the FED To see that process click
HERE |
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Here is the PowerGlide Transmission that has
been built by Rutland Transmission Service, 4415
Spring Stuebner Rd., Spring,
TX 77389,
(281) 350-1365
lrmotorsports@aol.com for
the Front engine dragster.
To see that process click
HERE |
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More progress to report. I took a trip out to
Roo
Man's shop for my first
fitting in MY chassis. To see that and more dragster history, click
here |
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More progress to report. I took a trip out to
Roo
Man's shop for my second
fitting in MY chassis. To see that and more dragster history, click
here |
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More progress to report. I took a trip out to
Roo
Man's shop for my third
fitting in MY chassis. To see that and more dragster history, click
here |
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More progress to report. I took a trip out to
Roo
Man's shop for my fourth
fitting in MY chassis. To see that and more dragster history, click
here |
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More progress to report. I took a trip out to
Roo
Man's shop for Look see. To see that, click
here |
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More progress to report. I took a trip out to
Roo
Man's shop for Look see. To see that, click
here |
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More progress to report. I took a trip out to
Roo
Man's shop for Look see. To see that, click
here |
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More progress to report. I took a trip out to
Roo
Man's shop for Look see. To see that, click
here |
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More progress to report. I took a trip out to
Roo
Man's shop for Look see. To see that, click
here |
