[Jack Gifford]

In this day and age, how do I obtain trumpet-shaped zoomie pipes? Must I dust off my metal-spinning skills (?) and roll-my-own? If anybody spots any for sale, give me a shout. Thanks.

[Drag Star Le Mans]

I'm heading back to the Salt Flats for Speedweek 2011. Going to watch the Rapid Fire Blown Tempest make a run for 200-MPH. I'll let you know how things went next week.

[jusjay]

Do you guy know that Mickey ran stock looking 62 Tempest 4 door sedan with a GMC supercharger around So. Cal. for fun in the 62 and 63! Mickey even sold one (a 2-door coupe), don't know what happen to the car. Last time I saw it was at Oscar's DriveInn on Garden Grove Blvd in late 64 trying to find someone to race him. No takers. I think I have the old "car life" rosd test somewhere.

[GUILTY,HO]

Gee, after looking at all those 4 bangers and the power there making I'am thinking of maybe junking the LS2 out of my 63 and putting the 4 back in it. NOT!

[Rusty4cyl]

I would NEVER put a junky chevy motor in a Pontiac to start with. Your right, you should junk it. LOL Thanks Rusty

[Drag Star Le Mans]

The best run was 192-mph, with a cast iron 96 R/A II head. Tuned for next run and burned a valve as a result of one loose nozzle on injector. Swapped to E-head and went 191-mph. Six runs were made total I believe, with slowest being 187? Sorry for the shabbie info but my brain is fried from the salty sun. This is the only picture I have of the Rapid Fire. If you have never been to Bonneville, you better go!

[ahnuld]

way to go and very cool thread going here, keep the updates coming. Dan
"racing means breaking".

[67 ProTouring Catalina]

wow, that is too cool, ole' M/T was not afraid

[Jack Gifford]

Fantastic! Only 192 MPH with such a "slippery" body style?
What SCTA category/class does it fall into?

[misterp266]

Originally Posted by pontiac jack

Fantastic! Only 192 MPH with such a "slippery" body style?
What SCTA category/class does it fall into?

I would think with a bit more body covering some of that thing it'd be over 200 MPH. Must be lots of drag at speed. It is very cool though! Interesting that it ran slower with the e-head. Do you know how big the motor is?

[Drag Star Le Mans]

Roger is running for time only because the class he falls into has a record of 300+mph.
I think either open wheel roadster, or open wheel streemliner class. Its .060 over which puts at 200ci. It may need more work aerodynamically, but its not my car to modify. Remember this started life as a full bodied Jeep running sand drags, evolved into a 9 second drag car, and part time salt flat racer.

[Drag Star Le Mans]

First I need to correct a few mistakes from my previous post. The record for the car is 260mph, in open wheel streamliner. Which Rogers car is not by any means a streamliner.
The engine is .060 over and the crank is off set ground. So I don't know the total cubes. He invested seveal thousands dollars in the car over this last winter. New Hampton blower, old weiand unit was not wear near 100%, yes power loss! There were issues with the magneto so that got freshened. He rear was hard mounted in the car before, its now 4-linked with ajustable coil overs. He ran the catr at Mission Raceway in the spring to keep his comp. licsense. it ran 9.16 and back that up with a 9.06. Best mph to date I can't rememeber 145? Any way he said he had to peddle the car on both passes, not used to the 4-link set up. He is sure it will go 200mph this year at Bonneville this year. One of the crew member bought a go-pro camera so there should be some video coming soon. I can't go due to job change. Stay posted!

[Jack Gifford]

Originally Posted by Drag Star Le Mans

... The record for the car is 260mph, in open wheel streamliner...

I guess you mean record for the class. I'll also venture a guess that the car runs as a "lakester" in F/BFL (since that record is two-sixty-something; I think 262). Lakesters (open wheel) and streamliners comprise the Special-Construction division of landspeed racing- vehicles not derived from any manufactured car, truck, etc. Class 'F' engines are up to 184 c.i., so I assume that the offset grinding of crank throws was to reduce the stroke to something less than 3.75".
These numbers are all familiar to me, since I'll be building a blown-alky 'F' engine for my lakester (4-cyl. DOHC aluminum hemi Pontiac).

[Drag Star Le Mans]

Jack I should put a ? mark after most of my comments. Roger runs thru the info so fast I have a hard time retaining all of it. I do know he running for time only because the record for the class he would fit is out of reach, maybe? He is over 200 inches now!
I will get all the hard facts on his combo when they get back from Bonneville and update then. Until then I will do my best to keep everybody posted on his speeds.

[Drag Star Le Mans]

Marlene sent me a short e-mail. Roger ran 195 first time out, then had
blower belt problems. Was never able to make another go at 200. I got
these photos off the HAMB. Plan to talk with Roger this weekend for a
full update, and hope to get some video.

[marks73ta]

Would love to hear that thing at full chat! Mark L

[mechanickeith]

Hope there is video with sound!!! can see in the pictures looks like a camera is being mounted by his right shoulder by the roll cage. Cant wait!!

[Drag Star Le Mans]

Just a pit warm up? Video is slow getting to me.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mkqEnCVLyI&feature=plcp

[blueghoast]

Dang it; I want that for my wagon.

GT.

[Drag Star Le Mans]

Roger closed up the engine on his car. Looks real good, should get thru the air better at speed. Pictures aren't the best took them with my phone.