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Just for fun little guy FED combos
Supercat:
If by little guy you mean on a tight budget.................. ;)
Our combo is
2007 Fastech 200" full body
Started with the injected 65 401 Buick Nailhead.
Current engine is a 462" Buick iron block.
4 Port Hilborn Alky injected.
Super-mag 4.
Hosier 33x12x15
3.89 Ford 9"
P/G with brake 4400 rpm stall leave at 4000
Best run was a 1.10 60' , 4.95 @ 144 1/8th , 7.82 @176.9 (trans eating itself up on the pass)
The day we ran the pass was a balmy 49-53 degrees. We had a difficult time trying to get the engine temp up above 160.
Trans is repaired and the converter damage is yet to be determined. Hope to know soon, though....
Good thread look forward to seeing more builds.
wideopen231:
What it this budget thing you speak of. Is that where you have acertain amount of money and not just hope for cpl bucks on side so you can buy a new part? If so I got to get me one of those. Right now I got to get me torque converter , driveshaft, Heads finished and a starter mounted. Getting closer anyway.
retroboy:
Great to see some different combo's - SBC seems to dominate as the power plant of choice but that comes as no surprise. Interesting to see the Cadillac and the Buick powered cars. Speaking of the Buick - Supercat with the 3.89 gears and tall tyres what sort of finish line RPM does the car see on the 1/8th and on a full track.
dusterdave173:
I Love Retroboys Mopar! I drag raced Mopars for over 25 years--LOVE them but..when I got my FED chassis it was set up for the SBC so I did not fight it--I gave in--Have to say the "Mopar Tax" I had been paying all those years adds up--It has been such a JOY to buy quality SBC parts for a Fraction of what same Mopar part would be--I Love my Chevy but will have a Hemi in a FED before I quit ---NO doubt!
Pipe Dreams:
Mopar Tax...... tell me about it. Man, if i could only get a tax break and be able to fit a big block mopar in the frame. You chevy guy's have it made. I do get a certain satisfaction from putting a big block chevy RED on the trailer with my small block mopar though.
Got the motor out right now to freshen for next yr. Changing cams and getting the heads cnc ported. Looking to see if we can step-up and run with Glenn in the 8.0 class next yr.
Here' what she is right now.
She's a 1970 170" Woody
415 SBM 12.8/1cr with Indy 360-1 heads
Enderle two holer injected on alky
Glide w/ 8 3/4 4.30 gears
Had been running 33x12 M&H now on 31x10.5 Hoosiers.
Best so far 8.41@159
5.30 @129 1/8
1.15 sixty foot leaving at 2,200
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