Posted by TParker (IP: 208.252.153.157) on April 28, 1999 at 12:30:36:
In Reply to: Re: 460 Big Block!! posted by Martin on April 28, 1999 at 10:31:02:
I said HIGH 6's, his very best run was at Pamona which is alomst sea level standard and he ran 6.96 Quarter mile, every where else he runs in the mid 7's. His car only weigh's 1400lbs. And the 460 is really a 600, and most of the 20 grand was spent on parts for the engine. Like I said he did ALL of the work him self. The car still wear's primer, and the interior is completely gone. The body shell is the only thing that is still a Maverick on this car, and that's been reinforced with roll cage and subframes. He not a pro and only runs a few races a year. It can be done it just takes a lot of work!
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: I sure hope you're talking eigth mile and not regular quarter mile drag racing !!! If you are talking quarter mile, you cannot get a back halfed car in the sixes, and no 460 is gonna run sixes either. Bob Glidden had a hard time getting in the sixes (if he even did) with a 500 c.i. Hemi Ford that's all aluminum ! The IHRA Pro Stock Ford's barely run sixes with their mountian motor Pro Stocks with like 800 Cubic inches !! Running sixes runs a lot more that 20 grand.
: : If you are serious about making this a full time drag car( not on the street) you can save a lot of weight by tubing the rear end and putting on a complete rear end section, there are a lot of pre fab units out there with the differential in it. Also you can get a Fiberglass deck lid. Since you are going with the 460 you mine as well redo the entire front end with a tubular chassy and tilt one piece fiberglass front end. with this done even with the 460 in it you car should only weigh around 2000lbs. and if you build the 460 right you could get aruond 1000hp without nitrous. this combination will be very very fast! Trust me I have a friend with this same combination and he runs in the high 6 second range. But the cost is high for this package, I think he paid around $20,000.00 total to complete the car and he did almost all of the work himself including the engine work. Part are expensive these day's. Good luck and have fun with your project.