Test and Tune

[bob w]

Went to the local strip for Test and Tune Saturday. Had my new high compression short block in the Crosley. Here, I'm sweet talking the track owner/inspector.

 

[bob w]

Sitting along side "Tator" in staging. Tator is a Studebaker Dictator 4 door cut down into a Bantam style coupe. Terry & Lee are good friends and known as Tator on RRR. The car has a very healthy 383 sbc with giggle gas, if needed.

 

[bob w]

Here's a video of Terry on a really good pass. This is a street driven car with a 90-something inch wheelbase. So performance like this is pretty remarkable.

 

[fuzz]

Great video of Tator. So tell us about the Crosley, did everything work OK? How fast did go?? How about a video??..[P

 

[FlatBroke]

YEAH,
What fuzz said...

 

[CR55]

cool pics Bob! And tell us about the Crosley!!...CR

 

[tator]

Under that old Crosley body of Bob's is a very trick racecar. With this drag race stuff the faster you go the more safety equipment you have to have so Bob likes to run 1/8 mile. Rules start getting real tuff at 6.50 sec, so Bob and I like to run around that number in the 1/8 wich equals about 10 seconds to 9.90 in the 1/4. Bob has always run that well. Thanks, Bob for posting pictures and the video, I am not adept to do that on the computer. Sure was fun! Tator

 

[gamracer3]

Great pictures and videos Bob and Tater thats one bad fish you have there and yeah how about some info on the Crosley lol

 

[bob w]

Here's the build thread for those that are interested.

http://ratrodsrule.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2881&highlight=crosley

Tator's post gives me far too much credit. Fact is, I don't know what the potential of the car is. I have only run 1/8 mile because I don't like going fast. Especially in something I built. My powers of visulation are too good and I can picture a weld breaking at 125 mph. Or the thing taking a hard turn into the guard rail.
The car has a trans brake I've never used. The shift light is set at 5,000 rpm and I short shift before it reaches that rpm. I can't even abuse a drag race engine!
Part of the problem is I tend to run once or twice a year. If I got out more, then probably I would become comfortable with running it harder and faster.

I must face the fact that I'm mainly a builder and not much of a hot rod driver or drag racer.

 

[gamracer3]

OK fine twist my arm just ship it to Wyoming I have all the faith in the world in your builds. I will try to flog every bit of potential out of it LOL

 

[CR55]

Bob, I think you're too hard on yourself. I'll bet everything on the Crosley is topnotch!!!..Cr

 

[timbo]

Nice. I hope to get to the track this weekend myself and get some seat time, I need it.
Tim

 

[ratdog]

Very cool cars and videos,and its all about having fun and it doesnt matter if you race it as fast as possible. Its more important to be comfortable with what your doing ,thats what I think anyways.

 

[bob w]

Finally made it out to the drag strip for another session of test and tune. After 2 runs with my Crosley I discovered water in the oil so my day was over.

Here's a pic of Al Tschida's clone of his Nationals winning C/Gas Willys. This was the second time out. I helped him a bit on the original Willys back in the mid-60's.

 

[bob w]

Terry & Lee brought Tator out. It is a shortened Stude with a healthy 383sbc with nitrous thrown in for good measure. He ran a 10.30-something at 133mph. It wheelied so violently that it split one of the wheelie bar wheels.

 

[bob w]

Here's a real rat racer 1936 Chevy with a mild small block. He was in the 13's.

 

[bob w]

Here's a Dodge truck model you don't see very often. It was nicely done, with a tilt front end and fenderwell headers on a big block Mopar wedge.

 

[bob w]

This guy was running mid 11's with his sbc-powered hot rod coupe.

 

[bob w]

A battery powered drag bike. I waited for him to run but he never took it off the trailer. So I don't know how it performs. It has a slew of Odessey batteries on it.

 

[timbo]

Well that stinks. Hopefully it's an intake gasket and not a head gasket. I had freshned up mine only to get a set of junk rings that wouldnt seal. Hone the cylinders, new totalseals and waiting on dry weather. Nice pictures too. Thanks.
Tim