{"id":2466,"date":"2009-07-12T16:12:44","date_gmt":"2009-07-12T23:12:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/?p=2466"},"modified":"2011-12-07T23:09:17","modified_gmt":"2011-12-08T06:09:17","slug":"vintage-front-engine-dragster-with-a-six","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/vintage-front-engine-dragster-with-a-six\/","title":{"rendered":"Vintage Front Engine Dragster with a Six!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fvintage-front-engine-dragster-with-a-six%2F&amp;media=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2009%2F07%2Fnostalgia_drags-1221.jpg&amp;description=Vintage+Front+Engine+Dragster+with+a+Six%21\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\" rel=\"lightbox[2466]\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/vintage-front-engine-dragster-with-a-six\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/vintage-front-engine-dragster-with-a-six\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"Vintage Front Engine Dragster with a Six!\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/vintage-front-engine-dragster-with-a-six\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Vintage Front Engine Dragster with a Six!&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/vintage-front-engine-dragster-with-a-six\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/vintage-front-engine-dragster-with-a-six\/\" data-text=\"Vintage Front Engine Dragster with a Six!\" data-desc=\"Leaving hard at Speedworld's Nostalgia Drags, this inline 6 powered Nostalgia Dragster's different but so right! I bumped into Wayne and this cool front engine dragster at the Nostalgia Drags here in AZ at Speedworld. Always on the lookout for something different, I couldn't help but notice the the\" data-image=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/nostalgia_drags-1221.jpg\" data-button=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/images\/social_share_button.png\" alt=\"Share\" class=\"linksalpha_image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/scripts\/loader_iconbox.js?v=2.4\"><\/script><\/span><\/div><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/nostalgia_drags-1221.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2466]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4521  aligncenter\" style=\"margin-top: 4px; margin-bottom: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"Front Engine Dragster powered by inline 6 Ford\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/nostalgia_drags-1221.jpg\" alt=\"Nostalgia Drags: Front Engine Dragster powered by inline 6 Ford\" width=\"575\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/nostalgia_drags-1221.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/nostalgia_drags-1221-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/nostalgia_drags-1221-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/nostalgia_drags-1221-400x266.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/a><span class=\"highslide\">Leaving hard at Speedworld&#8217;s Nostalgia Drags, this inline 6 powered Nostalgia Dragster&#8217;s different but so right!<\/span><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/nostalgia_drags-1221.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2466]\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I bumped into Wayne and this cool front engine dragster at the Nostalgia Drags here in AZ at Speedworld. Always on the lookout for something different, I couldn&#8217;t help but notice the the six cylinder, a not-so-obvious choice for an engine, let alone in a vintage dragster.<\/p>\n<p>Travelling into Arizona from Alamogordo, NM for the drags, here&#8217;s some info about Wayne&#8217;s digger:<\/p>\n<p>I decided to build an inline car because I raced my Flathead car with the Denver Flathead Inline guys and saw there weren&#8217;t many &#8220;Late inline&#8221; dragsters and when there were, they all ran Chevys&#8230; so I thought about the best engineered inline and came up with the Ford. (12 port head and very Strong bottom end).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chassis: 1968 Race Car Engineering (Woody Gilmore) 182&#8243; wheelbase.<\/li>\n<li>Engine: 1975 Ford 300 cu in, bored .030 with Weisco flat top forged pistons with zero deck clearance.<\/li>\n<li>Crankshaft: is out of an F-650 which is steel.<\/li>\n<li>Rods: Crower H- beam.<\/li>\n<li>Cam and lifters: Crower (flat tappet)<\/li>\n<li>Head: From a 240 cu in Ford (much smaller chamber than a 300) that I ported and put in Chev. 1.94 and 1.60 stainless valves and added some BBChev. Crower roller rockers.<\/li>\n<li>Injection: Hilborn which came off a 351 Winsdor. Modified, by me to work on the six.<\/li>\n<li>Exhust: zoomies I made and are 1 3\/4 X 18&#8243; long.<\/li>\n<li>Ignition: Vertex Magneto with rare earth magnets<\/li>\n<li>Transmission: Powerglide with 1.82 ratio gears and 3000 stall converter and trans brake.<\/li>\n<li>Rear: Chrysler 8 3\/4 with 3.91 gears with 11 1\/2 X 31&#8243; tires.<\/li>\n<li>Weight: 1190 lb. without fuel and driver.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/nostalgia_drags-132.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2466]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4522 alignright\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"300 Cu. inch Ford Inline 6 FED at Nostalgia Drags\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/nostalgia_drags-132-400x267.jpg\" alt=\"Front Engine Dragster: 300 Cu. inch Ford Inline 6 FED at Nostalgia Drags\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/nostalgia_drags-132-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/nostalgia_drags-132-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/nostalgia_drags-132-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/nostalgia_drags-132.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cars best time was 9.34 @ 134.<\/p>\n<p>I couldn&#8217;t run under 10 sec. this weekend at Speedworld because the Chassis certification had expired in Nov. 08.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, I did a dumb thing&#8230; when I built the car, I never took any pics, not until it was done. Looking back, I bought the chassis out of New Brunswick Canada in 2004 and had to replace the right top rail as they had bashed it out to fit a Big Block Chevy. After that, I ended up rebuilding everything on the chassis.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t have any history on the car but through other Std. 1320 members we have pinned it down to a 1968 or 69. I found evidence of old Chrysler mounts and I&#8217;m sure it was high gear only with a double disc clutch. That Chrysler rear axle appears to be original.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m strictly into nostalgia cars and don&#8217;t like the looks of a RED.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for the info Wayne! The six looks great and a 9.34 ain&#8217;t slow! Good luck with future races&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Got a front engine dragster? 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I bumped into Wayne and this cool front engine dragster at the Nostalgia Drags here in AZ at Speedworld. Always on the lookout for something different, I couldn't help but notice the the\" data-image=\"\" data-button=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/images\/social_share_button.png\" alt=\"Share\" class=\"linksalpha_image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/scripts\/loader_iconbox.js?v=2.4\"><\/script><\/span><\/div><p>Email Leaving hard at Speedworld&#8217;s Nostalgia Drags, this inline 6 powered Nostalgia Dragster&#8217;s different but so right! I bumped into Wayne and this cool front engine dragster at the Nostalgia Drags here in AZ at Speedworld. 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