"Nick- Professional Car Destroyer" (93aerojunk)
09/15/2018 at 06:35 • Filed to: None
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"Nick- Professional Car Destroyer" (93aerojunk)
09/15/2018 at 06:35 • Filed to: None | 7
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What could possibly be better than a 1957 Air shifted top alcohol powered monster that manages 6.9 @ 207MPH in the quarter mile?
Excuse the wall of images, apparently Kinja has acted up and I can’t upload the images and had to link them and apparently can not type between them to offer more information. But whatever.
So this was built by Jonnie Lindberg and Ritchie Crampton who are Top fuel and funny car racers, the car was built a day or so before they left to attend the events, basically winging it to make it.
The Engine is a 521 Brad Anderson (Hemi?) making 3,000HP, with a noonan block because water jackets. The engine was actually pulled from Jonnie Lindberg’s Top Alcohol funny car which was raced the weekend before at the US nationals.
So those that know what drag week is realize that the car has to be driven from event to event, and driving a top alcohol powered car that makes some ridiculous amount of power isn’t really feasible, so here is how they manage. They remove the plate off the front of the intake manifold under the blower, remove the blower belt and use a contraption involving what looks to be a breaker bar and some more brackets to hold the blower pulley. Then when they run it on the street they use E85, and a Holley EFI system to power the car and make it from one event to another. (Picture 2 and 7 sort of show what they did to power the car for the street)
This thing is amazing, I’m absolutely amazed that someone was insane enough to look at this and go “This is a good idea, let’s do it”
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Link with more pictures and a short article.
arl
> Nick- Professional Car Destroyer
09/15/2018 at 07:20 |
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One does not simply drive into drive week.
I love it. What a kickass car. Thanks for posting.
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Nick- Professional Car Destroyer
> arl
09/15/2018 at 07:39 |
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No worries, I figure if I appreciated it, someone else would haha
vondon302
> Nick- Professional Car Destroyer
09/15/2018 at 07:49 |
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Nothing like a Top Alcohol dragster motor running on the street. Kinda bummed that their running in the exhibition class but I hope they come back next year. Crazy to think that the blower and a bunch of other stuff was running at the US national just a few weeks ago.
I was reading about this yesterday and was gonna post it but ran out of time. These guys are heros.
The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock
> Nick- Professional Car Destroyer
09/15/2018 at 07:52 |
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Mike Finnegan getting so close to 8 seconds, it has gave him so many issues. It finally seems to be running right.
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Also that it's manual too.
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Nick- Professional Car Destroyer
> The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock
09/15/2018 at 07:55 |
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Yeah his car is pretty wild too, I love the gasser look he has.
I don’t doubt with some tuning and whatever that he will be at least 8.8-8.9
His 60 foot is damn good too.
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Nick- Professional Car Destroyer
> vondon302
09/15/2018 at 08:14 |
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Not the heroes we deserve.
I’m glad I beat you to it.
And yeah shame they missed qualification but at least they are there and killing it.
If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
> Nick- Professional Car Destroyer
09/15/2018 at 08:57 |
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https://jalopnik.com/meh-car-monday-the-famous-iconic-chevrolet-bel-air-ha-1828477244
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Nick- Professional Car Destroyer
> If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
09/15/2018 at 09:01 |
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Far from Meh here though.
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vondon302
> Nick- Professional Car Destroyer
09/15/2018 at 09:15 |
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Actually I’m glad too. Good post
Better than my ramblings.
:)
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Nick- Professional Car Destroyer
> vondon302
09/15/2018 at 09:26 |
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I’m sure your ramblings would have been equally decent.
MM54
> Nick- Professional Car Destroyer
09/15/2018 at 09:31 |
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This is fantastic
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If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
> Nick- Professional Car Destroyer
09/15/2018 at 10:23 |
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They're like the Toyota Camry of the drag strip.
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Nick- Professional Car Destroyer
> If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
09/15/2018 at 10:24 |
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Maybe your run of the mill one with a turbo slapped on a SBC or something. This goes a little further than that.
atfsgeoff
> Nick- Professional Car Destroyer
09/15/2018 at 12:01 |
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This is abject lunacy and I love it
“street car” indeed
Tristan
> If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
09/15/2018 at 12:03 |
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Torchinsky said it in a click baity bad take, so it checks out.
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If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
> Tristan
09/15/2018 at 12:12 |
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It was a good take. 57 Chevys are boooooring. Not even 3,000hp can make me interested in one.
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Tristan
> If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
09/15/2018 at 12:24 |
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That’s your opinion and you're entitled to it!
TheTurbochargedSquirrel
> The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock
09/15/2018 at 20:32 |
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He put in an 8.970 on Friday. He then proceeded to put the party pulley on the blower and then killed the trans in an attempt to go faster.