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What path to choose ?
Flint78:
Ahhh good to know. Not sure what the final construction will be - I'm leaning toward Bantam body. Something like this.
Will it be fully covered - no idea. I still need to incorporate some kind of engine radiator into the build since I will be running on 93 octane for a while. I might angle it a bit, don't want to put a huge block strait for esthetic reasons ( might be forced to - not sure).
What I am sure that I need a lot more downforce than you guys in order to have a decent 60ft.
Our tracks are not prepped, just cleaned. I had huge problems with not spinning the tires in 3400 lbs camaro. With manual Lenco I had to do launches at around 3500-3600 RPM. If I did more I was spinning for like 1/8th like crazy.
rooman:
Flint,
you can lay the radiator down flat between the frame rails and use a fan to move air through it.
Roo
LZ:
Hi Flint:
Say always cool to see whats going on in other countries. Post some photos when you get a chance.
Was looking at that GAZAS.LT site did not see any coverage of drag racing.
Just for grins, a car that may be of interest to you if you are a FB member...
https://www.facebook.com/groups/633939733326334/
Nice group. Good luck with your project
Luke
Flint78:
Drag racing scene in Poland is very small. We are just starting to see some shy attempts from sponsors. All of the top 10 cars in Poland are AWD. Best time in Poland is 7.796 @ 178 MPH, and it is by 1600 HP Vette with GMC Typhoon AWD. We don't have such deep rules as you do. And we have some crazy projects because of that. For example there is a car that has 2 engines - one for each axle. It's sort of a wild west out here compared to your rules and regulations ;) But its starting to be more and more professional. Teams are traveling all over Europe to compete. Things are going in a good direction. I would love to see a real pro drag track in Poland, that is prepped as it should be.
If you are interested you can see the top100 of polish teams here - http://www.dragracelist.pl/topofthetops/absolute-top100/
Flint78:
But its not like it's totally deserted on dragracing scene. We got some good places quite close
Like http://www.nitrolympx.de/
or Santa Pod in GB http://www.santapod.co.uk/
Those are 2 places for serious racing
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