Zoo Pictures???? (2 Viewers)

[DrRocket]

Why are the injector scoops pointing backwards on the dual motored rail?

The primary reason I can think of is to avoid ingesting "foreign objects."

 

[Todd]

Maybe the engines came off a Top-Fuel Hydro

 

[The Swegian]

Maybe the engines came off a Top-Fuel Hydro

Todd, you're not far off. Being an old Minnesota Dragways punk myself, the GSTA car was a regular there. GSTA stands for Gopher State Timing Association, a local car club. Anyhoo, the story goes that a few of the guys that developed the car saw it on a drag boat (to help prevent water getting sucked into the blower) and they thought it looked cool so they tried on the dragster. They found it didn't really hamper the performance and since it was unique, stuck with it. Most of the cars they ran over the years had this characteristic.

 

[Todd]

Todd, you're not far off. Being an old Minnesota Dragways punk myself, the GSTA car was a regular there. GSTA stands for Gopher State Timing Association, a local car club. Anyhoo, the story goes that a few of the guys that developed the car saw it on a drag boat (to help prevent water getting sucked into the blower) and they thought it looked cool so they tried on the dragster. They found it didn't really hamper the performance and since it was unique, stuck with it. Most of the cars they ran over the years had this characteristic.

Interesting tid-bit of history.

Thanks,

 

[Bad Rat]

Interesting tid-bit of history.

Thanks,

Here is a good read on the GSTA and all of their cars:

http://www.gstarod-custom.com/data/GSTA50thMagWeb.pdf

I believe my my Wife's Mother's Cousin Marlyn Englert drove that car once or twice. I know he was on the crew...those boys played hard back then and some of them still play hard today.