J.R. Todd headers

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Anybody got a pic of the headers that were on his car for 3rd rd qualifying? I missed that part of qualifying and only heard them talk about them during Q4.

 

[Nunz]

Was yesterday's qualifying on TV last night? I only saw that Fri was repeated.

 

[TooTall999]

What was different about them?

 

[Mike]

they were longer and laid back just beyond the outer edge of the slicks

 

[Nunz]

I'd love to see a comparison between them and the normal headers they run. To me, it seems like all the TF headers are laid back, the set that JR tried out were obviously longer which pushed them toward the outer edge of the slicks, not sure if the angle was any more laid back.

 

[mick]

anyone have a pic of them?.....the gwynn/bud TF'r used to run longer/fc style pipes.

 

[DAN]

In this album:
http://competitionplus.com/drag-rac...aturday&field_coverage_session_value=top-fuel

 

[Mike]

 

[Just Paul]

Dexter Tuttle ran some on his car at the end of last year also. I'm surprised it took this long for someone else to try.

 

[DrRocket]

Looks like it gets the exhaust away from the face of the slick. I wonder if that has any effect on anything?

 

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Looks like it gets the exhaust away from the face of the slick. I wonder if that has any effect on anything?

It certainly can't hurt. Check out the pic Leah posted earlier on her FB page. I didn't realize they were still chunking tires so badly.
https://www.facebook.com/LeahPritch...984598127157/1252851568107117/?type=3&theater

 

[Nunz]

This is Lou Patane's TF car from '79. It was a Sarte car that had a lot of FC qualities, including the headers. Lou was a guy my dad built engines for in the '70s here in NY, when Lou moved to Phoenix he tried his hand at TF. Years later Lou became head of Chrysler Motorsports.