
Showing posts with label drag racing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label drag racing. Show all posts
2.06.2011
1.17.2011
1.09.2011
interesting photos from Rods and Sods

Labels:
Dean Moon,
drag racing,
dragsters,
Funny car,
innovative,
Jeep,
Moon eyes,
Roth,
slingshot dragster,
stone woods and cook,
Superbird,
tool,
tractor
1.06.2011
1.05.2011
Bang Shift finds really cool drag racing, here's a trio of awesome



For lots of dragracing photos and videos, go see the tremendous coverage at Bang Shift http://www.bangshift.com/blog/
Labels:
drag racing,
dragsters,
EJ Potter,
Funny car,
Icon,
Mustang,
Rebel,
turbonique
1.01.2011
12.31.2010
Zaniest thing I've seen in a while, the Jade Warrior from 1985

Skip the first 30 seconds
Learned about it from http://zelastchancegaragedu78.blogspot.com/ information from http://www.dragzine.com/news/the-jade-warrior-a-truly-insane-and-one-of-a-kind-ride/
The creation of British motorcycle racer Angus MacPhail, who built it himself in his garage, it's called the “Jade Warrior,” did the quarter mile in under 8 seconds a quarter century ago without the use of nitromethane. That's riding on the tip of a bullet.
It was powered by an inline 4-cylinder that blended MacPhail’s own engineering with that of a Ford Cosworth and sported a Roots supercharger producing somewhere between 400 and 500 horsepower.
The frame was, obviously, a completely one-off piece that was built monocoque-style – with a main center section made of alloy and put together with Araldite adhesive and Monel rivets. A well-designed body with ground effects incorporated helped keep it stable and hooked up at close to 200 MPH. Angus claimed it was actually very easy to navigate down the track.
Labels:
drag racing,
dragsters,
unique,
unusual
12.30.2010
12.29.2010
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)