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A lesson in torque

Started by 98SVT - was 06GT, October 24, 2022, 10:31:07 PM

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98SVT - was 06GT

Previous owner 6S843 - GT350H & 68 GT500 Convert #135.
Mine: GT1 Mustang, 1998 SVT 32V, 1929 Model A Coupe, Wife's: 2004 Tbird
Member since 1975 - priceless

deathsled

That looks visible to me. And rather intense.
"Low she sits on five spoke wheels
Small block eight so live she feels
There she's parked beside the curb
Engine revving to disturb
She's the princess from his past
Red paint gold stripes damned she's fast"

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#3
Excellent photos.  Should be on the cover of an engine build-up book "Torque 101."

Wonder what vehicle those parts were on, and how much twisting power it took to produce the results.   

In the mid '80s, when Top Fuel and Funny Cars were making leaps in power and elapsed times, I interviewed Larry Minor, the owner/driver of the McDonald's Top Fueler. We got to talking about the recent increases in power, and how to get it across to the reader in a way that is most understandable, other than just quoting trap speeds.

He laughed and said "here's one for ya."  He told me that they'd been using their previous-season Top Fuel dragster race engines in his flat bottom drag boats for years, and they're crazy fast, if you can hang onto them. 

But, just a few weeks previous, they bolted-in the previous season's championship-winning Top Fuel engine in the same boat. At Lake Havasu, the instant Larry flat-footed the throttle, it twisted the driveshaft in half.  That's what I put in the article.

TORQUE:  My most favorite mechanical thing.
Current:
2006 FGT, Tungsten. Whipple, HRE 20s, Ohlin coil-overs. Top Speed Certified 210.7 mph.

Kirkham Cobra 427.  482-inch aluminum side-oiler. Tremec 5-spd.

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