I bought the thinnest radiator on eBay that still bolts into my core support. I used to run a four core radiator when I ran race gas. With the thinnest lightest duty radiator I still have to run my engine in the staging lanes to put heat into my engine. Any less than 160 as I enter the burnout box, and I’m flirting with disaster, because if it’s not 170+ on the line it will stumble. I’m usually 180 when I launch. When I’m in the late rounds I’ll tell my opponent to NOT start his engine until I give him a thumbs up. Just because I start my engine doesn’t mean it’s up to 170, and it takes a minute or two to get that heat I need, unlike the gas burners, they like there engines as cool as possible.
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1969 Firebird, Tx3-455/468 machined by CVMS
E-heads by Dave Wilcox/Comp Cams 300B-6 flat solid
850DP on E-85 by Eric Niefert/T2 1" plastic spacer
T-400/PTC 4000/390's/30x9 Hoosier radial slicks,#3400
1.38 60' 6.32 @ 108 MPH at Northeast Dragway NC 5/23/15 (9th pass on new engine)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ePCu2v...ature=youtu.be
1.37 60' 6.26 @ 109 half track, 9.86 @ 136 1/4 mile, #3350 11/26/16 at Richmond Dragway (125th pass on new engine)
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