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Magnus Finnbjornsson from Iceland sent in these absolutely stunning pictures of the Slingshot dragster he built using pictures downloaded from FrontEngineDragsters.Org for inspiration.
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Magnus built the chassis from mild steel. He used a shortened torsion bar from a Volkswagen, the steering box from a '66 Volvo, and a fuel tank made from a stainless steel accumulator. The car weighs 1760 lbs with Magnus at the wheel.
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Magnus' digger sports 406 cubes of small-block Chevy power. Inside this mighty mouse hides a set of flat top pistons, and a solid flat-tappet cam. Up top, a Holley carb proudly perches atop an Edelbrock TR1X tunnel ram. A modified HEI lights off the mixture as collector headers dump the expended hydrocarbons overboard.
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This striking Viking digger utilizes a Ford 9" with 5:43 gears to turn Mosier 33 spline axles attached to the uber-wide 32x16x15 slicks. A powerglide transmission puts the ponies to the pavement when Magnus slams the pedal to the metal.
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