Im going to see about some recent pics

Arm drop dosent really intrest me

Limited traction

1/4 mile speeds are way too high for me , approching 160 mph , no thanks ,

I run 1/8 mile only , should be 125 ??

It is still a street car , but its not going on the road this year

 

 

Nope

Cool.

My first car ever (never plated/on the road) was a '72 Vega that was close to that same colour. Kept it in the parking lot of our local Canadian Tire and drove it around the parking lot on Sundays (back when everything was closed on Sundays) until they towed it out of the parking lot and dropped it at the side of the closest road. Had my Mom attempt to rope-tow me home but we ran over the rope and it broke so I fired it up and drove it the rest of the way. Had a hard time keeping oil in it as it burned oil almost as fast as it burned gas. I paid $50 for the car.

Speaking of Vegas, I saw a Cosworth Vega on the road the other day, we both pulled into the same parking lot so we shot the breeze for a bit ... kinda cool as I'd never seen one before.

First pass this year and with blower

100 km winds - may 4 

Running with 4 inch flowmasters and street exhaust I made up 

I need to figure out how to edit video

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Heres one more from may 18 fri night

 

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Awesome. That looks like a ton of fun Enjoy your ride. Had a cousin that lived on a cattle farm in Manitoba that built a blown 350 72 Vega. After it sat near finished for several years we made a deal and shipped it out by train. We finished the car ,slapped a paint job on it and ran it around town and at the track a few times. Best we got out of it was a high 10's. There is nothing like sitting behind a blower cruising down the road. Could not find any pics of it but came across some of " Longshot" "The Worlds Slowest Dragster"  front engine we used to run. Seeing your vids and finding these old pics brought back some great memories of an amazing time. Enjoy

 

 

 

So why is it the worlds slowest dragster ?

Ooh , haw haw 

at least it looked cool 

And must have still went quick enough to be fun

 Heres a nicer pic from may 

I hadent changed the front springs yet , blowers are heavy 

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Ive pretty much settled at 13 , for now

Thanks man !  

Dont tell nobody but it got quite a few blisters and stuff while it was parked 

But yeah , it still looks good at race car distances and pics , which is good enough for now , heh, heh 

Ive always been , make it faster , then worry about looking nice 

I was hoping for more pics and video from this weekend 

I usually have lots of people hanging around , 

but I told eveyone I was only doing fri nights this year 

Thats the first time I ever was at the drags all alone , I kinda liked it except nobody to tell me what they see my car doing off the start line 

That was my original purpose for posting on here , 

so people can just check in on here to see what Im doing 

of course it will take a while for word to get around though

 

 

OK , might be a little late , but Im going

whats 5.92 at 166 convert to 1/4 mile times

Nice Pass thanks for posting

Found the mystery suspention problem last week 

couldent see it with the street exhaust in the way 

thats from the front of the right ladder bar

Yes it got a better rod end

Ladder bars should ( and do ) have safety loops around the front rod ends , to catch in case of breakage

A bent one like this , just causes handling problems

actually , the pic is the right way up , the bar lifts the rear the car on acceleration

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