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Originally posted by Dave Severson
Horsepower to weight is simple physics. Hi horsepower to very light weight is wicked, wicked FUN !!!!! Granted, this was a couple decades back, but our last sprinter was 1,560 lbs and 682 (dyno'd) horsepower. It was a blast!! To have that same horsepower to weight ratio on the street is almost obscene!!!! (But then a lot of the things I like are either obscene or illegal)

if i had the choice of weight or HP id take the weight. you can put it where you need it.

Originally posted by Dave Severson
Horsepower to weight is simple physics. Hi horsepower to very light weight is wicked, wicked FUN !!!!! Granted, this was a couple decades back, but our last sprinter was 1,560 lbs and 682 (dyno'd) horsepower. It was a blast!! To have that same horsepower to weight ratio on the street is almost obscene!!!! (But then a lot of the things I like are either obscene or illegal)

But I'm willin' to give it a go......HEHEHE

Those sprint cars must have been a handfull with the short wheelbase slidin' around the corners.

Originally posted by pro70z28
But I'm willin' to give it a go......HEHEHE

Those sprint cars must have been a handfull with the short wheelbase slidin' around the corners.

i did ok on dirt with a stock car, but never tried the sprint cars. never knew anybody that had one.

pro i hope im around when you make your first run.

Me too, ....... Think Positive Mike.

Originally posted by pro70z28
Me too, ....... Think Positive Mike.

wouldnt miss it for nothing.

Time for me to hit the snoooze room. Night all.
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...............

Well now you know somebody that did, Mike. Back before the days of wings, too. We quit in '78. "Bicycling" the car was the wildest of rides, if you hooked a rut wrong, or slid up to the cushion with no side bite the car had a tendency to get up on 2 wheels on one side, not a good ride and usually followed by flips, cartwheels, wall encounters, and other things not necessarily conducive to the health and well being of a sprint car and it's occupant!!!!!

Originally posted by Dave Severson
Well now you know somebody that did, Mike. Back before the days of wings, too. We quit in '78. "Bicycling" the car was the wildest of rides, if you hooked a rut wrong, or slid up to the cushion with no side bite the car had a tendency to get up on 2 wheels on one side, not a good ride and usually followed by flips, cartwheels, wall encounters, and other things not necessarily conducive to the health and well being of a sprint car and it's occupant!!!!!

watch them all the time, it looks rough. never turned one over. 1978 thats when i stopped dirt tracking. i lived in VA BEACH and was racing in RALEIGH NC one sat. night, out front and gone the accl. hung wide open going into turn 3 and i hit the wall so hard head-no it moved the motor back about a ft., but it didnt hurt me, but i was having to go so far to race i just told everybody that was it. good a time as any to get out of it. then built that modified in 94. why did i do that?

Originally posted by lt1s10
watch them all the time, it looks rough. never turned one over. 1978 thats when i stopped dirt tracking. i lived in VA BEACH and was racing in RALEIGH NC one sat. night, out front and gone the accl. hung wide open going into turn 3 and i hit the wall so hard head-no it moved the motor back about a ft., but it didnt hurt me, but i was having to go so far to race i just told everybody that was it. good a time as any to get out of it. then built that modified in 94. why did i do that?

i just had a idea dave. why dont you build you another one and let me drive it to see if i like it.

Sure thing, Mike. I'll get on it right away !!! Trust me, you'd love it!!!! Now the weight is down around 1400 lbs and the horsepower is aroung 750!!! Probably the most fun you can have with your clothes on....

Originally posted by Dave Severson
Sure thing, Mike. I'll get on it right away !!! Trust me, you'd love it!!!! Now the weight is down around 1400 lbs and the horsepower is aroung 750!!! Probably the most fun you can have with your clothes on....

o i know i would.

How can it fail! It's the perfect formula, 0ne part hotrod iron (tube frame and T front nose?), one part adrinaline(750 hp), and one part stimulation(30 cars on a 1/2 mile track). How can anyone not enjoy that!!!

Originally posted by brickman
How can it fail! It's the perfect formula, 0ne part hotrod iron (tube frame and T front nose?), one part adrinaline(750 hp), and one part stimulation(30 cars on a 1/2 mile track). How can anyone not enjoy that!!!

try 30 cars on a 1/4 mi. dirt track.

I found your site today, It looks awesome. Spent most of the day reading different threads. Alot of helpful information. I am currently working on an 81 chev pick up. I put a 91 sub front end on it after my neighbor smashed into it. Had it parked there after the timing chain went out. So i pulled it into the garage and went to town on it. Got it all togther last weekend and while adjusting the timing it threw a rod. So I have a 350 I will be putting in it. I will put new seals in the tranny while i have that out also. I know this truck isnt as old as some might want it to be here. but i have to get this running and looking sharp so i can bring my new project car that was given to me home. Once I get the truck where i want it i will start on a 1938 Desoto 2 door sedan. I will need alot of advice on that one when i start it. Hopefully i will be able to turn to you guys.

Got some of those "put the torque to the ground" type bars tacked in place today.