Taken from the facebook passion for drag racing group
Taken from the facebook passion for drag racing group
I like how they've mounted the engine so that it sits straight when the car is in mid-wheelie. Class.
And that is why FED's are so berkeleying awesome!
I'll see your OMG and raise you two WTF:
Shawn
Buicks make torque.Lots. Buicks have soft springs. Soooooofffft.
FED pilots are supermen. Once you get passed the nitro fueled grenade in front of you, you realize your nads are pressed right up on the rear end housing that's looking for any way to let go and castrate you.
yea... that part about the rear end housing being part of the seat always scared me
I bet the crank pulley is a quater inch off the track when the front wheels are actually on the ground.
I've seen that Tempest before. An absolute beast.
What does wanting the Buick say about me?
SillyImportRacer wrote: What does wanting the Buick say about me?
You need to change your name. 
Is that a COP setup on the Pontiac?
skruffy wrote:
right click > set as background. Thanks dude.
This is a badass thread.
Pic in the OP is epic. I actually think I've seen it before somewhere, but whatever--it's awesome.
and they said it wasnt true, couldnt be done!
The tempest has a Chevy 454 in it, it's really, really stealth, stupid 1/4 mile times too.
It was built from junkyard parts and eBay.
Video:
Sometimes it's easy to get caught up in all the CAD-inspired, CNC-machined wonderment of contemporary automotive technology and lose track of what hot rodding is really about: having fun with cars, exercising your own skills and creativity, and leaving long black marks all over everything. Cars like Rob Freyvogel's '63 Tempest bring it back home for us again. Using parts he scrounged from eBay and swap meets, Rob made huge power from a big-block Chevy running E98 ethanol fuel. The key pieces are a pair of remote-mounted turbos borrowed from a Cummins diesel application and a trunk-mounted charge cooler. But while the approach is low-buck, it is by no means low-tech-Rob also cooked up a home-brewed EFI system. The best result at the track so far is 9.86 at 149 mph. Just to have a little fun, Rob cloaked all this homebuilt tricknology in an oxidized red paint job and a set of ashtray hubcaps-and to complete the scam, the engine is painted Pontiac blue and wears a 326 air cleaner. So as far as you know, this is just another derelict '63 Tempest shambling down the street . . . that is, until Rob stands on the throttle and lays down some big, black stripes. -Bill McGuire
As for the Olds, forget the torque and soft springs. Think how much traction it needs to do that!
Shawn
right click > set as background. Thanks dude.
Damn. You guys have some tiny, low-res monitors.
OK, not as manly, but admit it: if you built a gasser Studebaker that pulled wheelies at will, you wouldn't spend every waking moment popping them. I wonder what the people in the strip mall think of all this? First "pass"
Skocking video you weren't supposed to see
If you're not impressed, they do the same thing...in an FED. Irresponsible? Sure. But its cool. Zorba's Ghost
And just so you don't think it takes balls... MoKan Do-nut
I don't know why, but when watching the donut video I was thinking that something was about to go horribly wrong. Not quite what I thought was going to happen, but still would have left a stain in the old racing suit.
Appleseed wrote: And just so you don't think it takes balls... MoKan Do-nut
Hey, I recognize that music!!
yea, I would not want to do a donut in something with so little track.... seemed like a rollover was almost inevitable.. kudos to the driver for holding it together
Must Build FED. 
Here's how: http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=452462&highlight=king+chassis
Shawn
You'll need to log in to post.
