I put some more bottle in her. I ended up stoping because the car wasnt gaining anything with more Nitrous/fuel. I did get a new best, but not what i wanted.
60’ - 1.44
1/8 - 6.4 @ 108
1/4 - 10.0 @ 134
I blew a head gasket the 3rd qualifier. I spilled out my over flow bottle. Cooled it down before the finals, pushed the car up to the burnout box, did my thing, and ran the finals. I won in finals. That was my 10.0 run. the rest were 10.1. The car only got to 201-203* after my run and driving back to the pits. There was no coolant in the oil, i think it just lifted the head a little bit. so…
After 3 hard years (alot of miles, cheap/low budget rebuild, way to many bottles) the motor finally showed sign of weakness. this isnt a huge deal or whatever, everyone along with myself are extremely suprised how good my combo has been.
story time
I built the car 3 years ago, the day i started it about 7:30 am, that morning i put it on the road, went to work, got out of work and went to lancaster. The whole car had 12 miles on it before ripping it down the 1/8. it went 7.6 all night. motor, tranny, rear, wiring, fuel… EVERYTHING
the motto was “fuck it, i built it to run, lets run it”
this was a very simple and practical car. still had 16" wheels all around with 255 front and 275 rear tires, mech fan, power steering, … everything.
at the end of the year i put a 100 shot and went 11.0 four outta five times ar NYI. i was very happy with what it ran. for what it was. again stock internal 351 from 1974 CAST PISTIONS, stock rods, stock crank, good heads, off the shelf cam (mech flat tappet), vic jr, 750 dd holley. this was in a completly stock suspension car (no springs, no k member, no struts, no control arms…NOTHING)
that winter i pulled the power steering, put skinnies on, ele fan, bigger better tire out back. anti sway bar, went up to a 150 shot. car went 10.5 all day poping the fronts up. that summer it was killer on the street cause i could leave on the bottle from a light and just scream down the road.
then went with the 2 stage, less weight ( 3000 lb w/out me), full suspension front and back. and ended up with a 10.0.
I havent touched the motor, but check lash, since i built it 3 years ago. i beat the shit outta it and she held her own. The car ran a best of 7.2 last year in the 1/8. this year it only did a 7.4 and lost 4 mph. the motor was getting tired and didnt perform like it used to.
So its comming out, everything is ready to pull, i need to get my cherrypicker and stand back, prolly tues itll be outta the car. im not sure if i wanna go to the bank and build a real motor (400+ cubes, big heads, big intake, bigger carb, glide). or just do the simple re build ( pistion rings, bearings, re clutch tranny, prolly spool out back ).
I ended up winning every final race in the moms events. I was in 1st place since the begining, but my good buddy BIG HANDS out quailfies me because he has a faster car every event and that was enough points to pull the lead. kinda sucks.
i got a trophy for fastest dot car.
Good year, i kept my license, didnt get hurt, didnt crash…
till next year 
