Who would you NOT race on this board?
 

Just wondering if any of you guys would back down from any of the member's cars on this site...and if so who would it be? Me..hmm. I'd have to say Kevin Price's :)

A few of em (skymans, exgmguys, and many others)

And of course yours lol. Youd probably be done with a 1/4 before i got done with 1/8 lol :D

Later,
Nick

I would not back down from any fast car on the board. If they blow my doors off, it will still be awesome just to see them go! I would, and do pass on races with stock/stockish cars. It's not worth the possible ticket, or breaking something while showing off to a car you can easily blow intot he weeds.

i would say 90% of them members here would smoke me, thats why!:cool: Jusy too many to list....

I second that one! In accordance to my car of course :D

I'd have to say 99 or more percent of the cars on this board could beat me.

Unless you think you've got it worse than me.. Sluggish 2.3L with a clutch that slips into second while Im accelerating hard, unless I dump it hard..

But Just wait. Tomorrow Im phoning a guy about a 88 mustang with a 302. The car's body was beat up, but I hope to get engine/tranny/rearend as well as the wheels and tires.

You mean besides you?? :p :D I'd say exgmguy, kevin price and if he ever get it to the track MAYBE Dan's car!! :rolleyes: :D

I'll tell you what, if I put the same size tires across the back, I'd race you heads up in the sprint car in the 1/8 mile. I'd be kinda screwed in the 1/4 because the sprint is direct drive (no trans), but if I swapped in our 5.94's in place of our 6.86's, I think it would give you a run for your money. Hell, both engines are N/A, right? I'd even let you use nitrous. What's your compression? We're only running 14:1, but I swear there's no way to fit a bigger piston in there! LOL!! (See what I mean in the attached pic).

Take care,
~Chris

I'll probably get shot for posting these, but you need to see them to appreciate what I'm talking about.

last one...

Ohhh..have I been challenged?? :D Bring it on Chris...i love sprint cars for a snack lol My motor is 16:1 thank you!!! :)

That would be wild! I'm not sure how I'd set up the suspension, though! Maybe put 0/6 shocks on the front, and some 11's across the back. I dunno. Unfortunately, though, it'll never happen unless you're willing to go from a rolling start (no tranny means that when the rear axle stops, so does the engine). Actually, that reminds me of a story you'd appreciate. Local Sprint car driver Kenny Brown got bounced into the wall one night last year, and the right rear tire came down right where the clay meets the wall, and wedged. This forced the engine, which was at the time revving around 8000 rpms, to stop instantly. The following pics were the result:

http://homepage.mac.com/pkrwud/.Pict...ine1small.jpeg

http://homepage.mac.com/pkrwud/.Pict...ods1small.jpeg

The pistons literally took out the crank journal and both sides of the block.

Cool, huh!

There are more pics of this on the "Ouch!!!" page on my website.

:)

Take care,
~Chris

Those are some killer pics!! It really tore that block up..wow!

Most people would whoop my *** too, but I don't think I'd really back down... it's all in fun! :)

Shear pin?
 

PEKRWUD, you need to put a shear pin in those things, like there used to be in outboard motors. That way, if you hit a stump with the prop, all it did was shear a brass pin and didn't ruin the motor. Seems like something on that order would have saved the engine in that sprint car.

Rev

That's an interesting idea, and I'm not sure why it isn't done. I will say, what happened to Kenny Brown is very unusual. In fact, it's the only time I've seen that kind of damage from the engine being forced off. Then again, the power those engines puts out usually overwhelms anything that tries to stop it, via the tires (ie: the car normally would have climbed the wall before it froze). Still, I'll toss your idea around amongst those in the know, and see what kind of feedback I get. I'm not really sure where we could put one, but it's still an interesting idea.

Thanks!

Take care,
~Chris

Dan might be a good run, he's supposed to be putting his clutch together so maybe he'll be up and running soon.

I would have to say Eric though, I would race but not expect to win. It would be fun to see a Ford's tailights in that respect, almost as good as seeing all of those Chevy's in my rear view mirror. :D

The only way I think I might have a chance is to secretly refill his Nitrous bottles with helium and then "spring a leak" somewhere in the cockpit. I'd like to interview him afterwards. :) (Just kiddin' Eric!).

haha i laughed my *** off when you said that Kevin. Revenge is sweeter remember that :) We need to get together and meet somewhere and go racing..what do ya say?

I agree most everyone would kick my arse.....for now......But I love everyone here and it would all be in good faith and fun and hey at least I am racing a mustang and not some punk a** rice kid!:cool:

Kevin and Eric for sure....... no way JOSE!


But i think with a little more tuning ExGMguy would be a good run!:D

Sounds good Eric, we'll have to get together and see what kind of trouble we can get into. Had some trouble this weekend, car started slowing down and a couple of cylinders appeared to be running lean. On top of that it appears that I have an over abundance of material in my oil filter and my oil pressure is about 10psi lower than normal.

Looks like I have some work to do this week. :(

That sucks Kevin..I took mine to the track friday night..and i had alot of nitrous pops through the carbs...I could never get it out of waterbox without quitting. It finally ran good there for a few minutes did my burnout staged, purged fine, and then when i let go of the transbrake it just quit. Took forever to get it started. Guy at the track asked me if i wanted to go again..i said nah, and had some of my friends help me push it back to the pits. So now i gotta look at that..and see what the dealie is..always somethin.

Maybe the better question would have been, "Who would you LIKE to race on this board?" :D

Kevin? Wanna line them up! ahahahaha

No one. I'll race anyone at the track I don't care.

Bill

I think it'd be cool for Dan, Kevin, and Eric to line 'em up. Like a best of the best of MW. I'd race anyone, you learn from your losses and get confidence from your wins (winning's always better, don't get me wrong, but you can't always win). It's just a race after all. As long as you're having fun, that's all that really counts. :D

Mustang92, that is one sweet looking ride you've got there!

My car is Yellow so I don't even know what the performance rating on that is but I'll smoke everyone here. j/k. I would race anyone that is around me but I'm new to this whole racing thing. I think I need to start a thread and have people give me tips on techniques on racing and such. But I would love to have track times of my car. I think I'm going to use that G-tec and see what that gives me for a 1/4 time. Do you know how accurate those things are? What time do you think my car would run, 351 pretty much stock, Holly 600 4bbl Carb, 3.55 gears, 4 spd and on street tires.

I plan on putting a new intake this fall, carb in going to be rebuilt and ported alittle on Wednesday. Hope to put 245's on the back and 205's or 195's on the front appose to the 205's I got all around right now. And go with 15inch rims appose to 14's. Probably going to polish the heads myself in the winter, and new cam. It's just a matter of money I don't have.

§am.

Sure thing Dan, now get busy and get your car going!

Hmmm, I just thought of something. 3 of the fastest cars on this site aren't running right. :confused:

Actually Kevin, my Mustang is running. And, for that matter is running great. It's problem is the clutch set-up I still have not fixed correctly in two years (serious lack of time and admitedly motivation at times). You lay into the power and it just gives away because it will not fully disengage. What a pisser.

I'll get it done though... And, this year. :) Must have some track time this year. It's finally getting to me! :p

I think Dan's scared to let go of that big boy Kev..what do ya think?? :)

Thanks!

Bill

Yes, Eric, Dan is a bit scared of it I do believe...hahaha.:D Dan does have a hell of a nice car. Unlike yours and mine, it would be a bit of a booger to work on too.

Good while he's working on it, we can sit back and relax.lol

Kevin, all I wanna know is when are you going to lay some spray to that thing?! :D

He's waitin to see how fast you are gonna go first Dan :)

I would race anyone. It would give me an opprotunity to see in person the cars I only see in pictures and videos. Not that my car will put up much of a fight.

Now if I could only get that Deuce away from my buddies dad. Hmm, I wonder what it would run with the M/T's he has? I guess it would depend on the gears we drop in that Halibrand quick change rear end. :D