What is an "H" Dragster???? (1 Viewer)
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Professor Dave
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I'd say that H/D is a fast car and Alan said he had some tire shake on the run.
HEMI6point1
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Hopefully his throttle doesn't get stuck.
LOL. I saw that in the qualifying list and being old school I thought to myself. Well that cant possibly be right, H/dragster? 6:22? Then I did a little google-vestigating. And found a pix which revealed,. Turbos!! Turbos?? On a lower class gas dragster? A little more investigation found out it was six cyl Toyota powered. Then found a link to an import discussion forum. Aparently cars like these were built for NOPI events? With NOPI gone are now absorbed into comp eliminator? I think this is all pretty neat. One of the last eliminator categories where a racer can truly innovate. This H/D might get into the fives before Jirka Kaplan does.
That thing might just knock down a 5 before the weekend is out. I saw the run today and it was a little ugly. Once it got out about 500 feet, it looked like the Enterprise going into warp.
Mark
Thing is...why are Turbo's in Doorslammers referred to as AA/AT-BB/AT, etc...
Kinda confusing to call a Turbo Dragster an "H"! Why not a D/TD???
yoda
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Might be based on the HP/Weight ratio rules, similar to in SS and Stock... Light dragster, small motor,no mention regarding induction/ power adders= "H" designation... Add a couple of C.I. and maybe it goes up to "G"?
Tim5636sc
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...AT FONTANA????? GOT CHUTES????
Hey Mike, you doin sportsman w/ Reinhart this weekend?
Tim5636sc
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BECAUSE IT'S CALLED COMPLICATED ELIMINATOR JOE!!!
Geeze.... do we have to call Asher in here to explain everything to ya CAVEMAN???
hahaha... just kiddin bro!
Oh and Toby, I agree... HAUL A$$ DRAGSTER. I believe he ran that car up here on the 'hill' a year or so ago. Had a hard time keeping it lit, but some great MPH!
Sean D, shondoo
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Harry Mannback
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I've seen this car run a number of times at LVMS, very impressive.
4g63rwd
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It gets even more interesting when you have a BB/AF (turbocharged 4 cylinder front wheel drive) and a DD/AT (turbocharged 4 cylinder rear wheel drive) and try to explain them to people..........
Professor Dave
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Shawn,
When you get to explaining indexes and CIC to your friends, do not use the word index-people don't get that-use the term handicap instead and ask them if they understand the importance of protecting the handicap-if they are familiar with bowling or golf, they get the CIC thing is about a minute, if not less.
4g63rwd
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That's really good advice! But then again, I can always count on great advice from the Professor!
4g63rwd
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Yes, the Fitzpatrick dragster has a 2JZ-GTE engine from a 1993-1998 Toyota Supra. Same engine as the ADRL Extreme 10.5 Titan Scion.
