215 on a DRAG RADIAL!!!
 

On a mutha fucking DR!!!

It appears as testing has went well for Dwayne and crew today. With a Job Spetter tune Gutridge ran a insane 215.72 mph. The other incrementals were not too shabby either. The one area that will need to be improved upon is the sixty foot time which came in at 1.30. The power of the 390 cubic inch small block came to life at the 330 clocks running a 4.79 at nearly 160 mph. Once BD gets a better 60-foot this ride is going deep 6's for sure and that's no joke.

http://www.streetlegaltv.com/forum/b....html#post4256

on 7 and a half cylinders

There are lots of cars that would have already run in the 6's if they could get the car to front half. That's alot of power to try to get to the ground without wheelie bars. Most of these big time radial guys are making 2000 or more horsepower at the end of the track.

There was a discussion on yellow bullet about this and big daddy had some doubt about the mph . But no doubt Big Daddy is back in the game and running some killer ET's .

he is definately badass but also one of the most arrogant people in drag racing.....pretty annoying if you ask me.....hope to get me some big daddy this year.

David Hance went 219 or some crazy shit like that today.

Them boys are MOOOOVIN! Wes, you gonna be in that ballpark?

with the 114mm and the 315 radial i am suppose to be. time will tell i guess.

they are reaching some pretty unsafe speeds at this point though. the drag radial cars are heavy. can you imagine a crash in one of these heavy ass cars at those speeds? your on the edge on a radial to begin with. I hate to say it, but i predict someone getting hurt real bad or killed this year in a 1/4 mile radial race. they need to keep that shit to 1/8th mile.

Thats a very good point. Never really thought about the weight of the cars. Whats the "weight rules" this year? Isnt it something like nitrous cars can be 200 lbs lighter or somethin like that anyway?

yes- nitrous cars can be lighter this year but in the 1/4 mile it won't matter anyway. a nitrous car will never be able to make the power of a turbo or blower car and still get it to all work on a drag radial with no wheelie bars. maybe someone will prove me wrong, who knows.

the weight of the cars+ the speeds that they are running is just simple physics. alot of people have the same opinion i do, but there are also some die hard 1/4 mile guys that don't agree.

i hope that it doesn't take someone getting killed for it to be looked at very hard.

everyone thought this new chassis cert was going to be the problem solver but i can tell you that it is nothing but a couple extra bars in the back of the car. i don't see it doing too much in a 200mph crash.

i will go ahead and tell you now too- i have rarely found times when i was nervous enough to lift in the 1/8th mile (new car might change that) but i will be damned if i am going to do some of the stupid shit i have done in the past and take a chance of wadding my shit up at 200+mph.

I hear ya man

Wes, what is eta on your car?

Me, Daryl, & Jeff talked to him back in '04 at Bristol. He seemed pretty cool especially considering what he had to do that day......I think someone protesting his motor combo, and they were making him pull his heads to tech his car. He seemed alright then, but I guess people can change.

ETA I hate to guess at anymore. I can tell you that the building part is just about done and it's being disassembled now with just the odds and ends being finished. I think i am suppose to go get it next week and take it to the painter to paint the cage, inside the car, engine bay, under car, and all that. I need to call and check on it actually. Realistically i say mid march i should be testing. After the painter it has to be reassembled, wired, plumbed and wrapped. My rear wheels won't even be here until Mid February. I got the fronts in one week but the backs are double beadlock and take 8-10 weeks.

He might be a great guy- I am judging him with little info which i probably shouldn't do.

Update-
David Hance just went 223mph.

Where are these guys doing this at?

Nice MPH's by all although I can see the safety hazards.

They are in Bradenton. Testing for US Street Nationals this weekend.

I talked to ProLine today (incase you didn't know, he has proline power) and they said he had to pedal the car and still went a 7.04 at 223-224mph.

Crazy stuff.

I dont know you (personally) but I like you because your not arrogant about how fast you were or are or how fast you are going to be or how fast you plan to go. All I can say is somebody is going to die and I hope its not you.

Good luck and god speed.

I try not to be a cocky bastard because i hate those people. I do however catch myself being an asshole sometimes in the grudge world and have to get myself back in check. That's part of the reason i am trying to get away from the grudge game.

it won't be me thats killed because i will draw a line when it needs to be drawn. I have a wife and 2 boys and that is most important. My interest has always been 1/8th mile anyway, so i might sit out the 1/4 mile stuff.

Another update- Hance went 4.70 at 180mph in the 1/8th on his last pass. That is craizier to me then his 1/4 mile MPH. I also saw where he posted that the car is on edge on the big end of the 1/4 mile and he was a little nervous to get back in the car. That says a whole lot right there, the man also drives a damn ProMod.

That says a whole lot right there, the man also drives a damn ProMod.

yep, thats fu*ked up

when you start testing your car, do you need to go to a track near proline and they will help sort it out? i'm so interested in this, i would love to see and hear the thought process involved in sorting out these types of cars

part of my deal with ProLine is that they are going to tune the car. Specifically, Steve Petty will tune the car. That's a pretty big deal to me because from what i understand he charges $1000 a day to tune. He is argueably the best turbo tuner in the world, and i get him for free. (well, i guess i paid dearly for him, but he doesn't show up on an invoice)

As far as the chassis- Sheppard will tune on it. They will come to every race with me, and that doesn't cost me anything either. They have also helped me with the build- I hesitate to use the word "sponsor", but i guess that's what they are. They have given me about $10,000 in labor at this point and gotten me about $5000 in free parts.

It's really not all that complicated. It's getting close to a very involved program, but it's not quite on that level. I cannot afford to race a class that you actually have to have a full time crew, etc. If i had no help from anyone, i could pull it off by myself, and that's what i wanted.

Tim Lynch, Brad Brand, Jeff Paulk, Todd Berry and those guys do track rentals at Commerce pretty regular and i have been invited to join them, so i guess that is where i will go. What a wealth of info that will be.

ALOT of big names lol, wes cant wait to see the car run! i was just looking at the videos on prolines main page and those are some of the baddest rides ive EVER seen

It's really not all that complicated. It's getting close to a very involved program, but it's not quite on that level.

i have been to the US STREET NATIONALS couple years ago and it was overwhelming to me. there were rigs there that top fuel teams wished they could afford. more pit crew guys than i could count

the black mustang (kevin fiscus) and the Dark Shadow Grey Mustang right there at the top of their homepage both have the exact same motor as me. They built 3 of them and i am the only one that isn't out yet.

I would love to have a big crazy rig but i spent too much on the car. I will be rolling poor boy style by their standards with the F350 and 28' enclosed. The rig doesn't make you any faster, just makes it a little more comfortable. Maybe next year if work turns around.

i have a CDL and could pack a chute when you go pro

thats ROLLING! so did tim lynch himself build the motor for you?

Tim Lynch and Doug Patton built mine i believe, Steve Petty came up with the combo. Doug is a partner at ProLine and the main engine man. Tim is an engine assembler. They are all very good at what they do.

well you got two good skills, now just come up with $150k and we will have a rig.

very nice, i was jw cause on their website it states that tim lynch builds assembles 75% of their motors, do you know a rough estimate when this bad boy is gonna be out?

hope to be testing mid march. plan on my first race being the ORSCA race in April at Orangeburg.

i cant afford the centerlines i have been waiting 4 weeks for now and they only cost $400.

then i guess we are shit out of luck. i will be rolling poor boy style- BUT IT WILL BE CLEAN BIYATCH!!

Can I come and check tire pressure? I just have to borrow Jeff's gauge.....
:hysterical:
Anywho, ill definitely be at that first race.

sure- but i require a one time team membership enrollment fee of $2500.00

Do you take check? Free room and board? Cover cost of time away from normal job? Cover the cost of travel expenses? Crew apparel covered? Massages paid for after every big win?

That is just some of the gray areas that I am sure many are wondering :D

Im sure Dupree will hook you up with my fee and his.

no, no, no.
you need to read again- i said ENROLLMENT fee. We can talk about the monthly fee after you fill out your application and go through the approval process.
I will need your account info for automatic draft.

I understand that Wes. Having to see what services will be offered before the small little pocket change enrollment fee.

When we enrolled our daughter in Daycare we knew what we were getting before hand. It wasn't a big surprise. :D