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Old 09-15-2011, 06:45 PM   #1
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From Fuel Altered to Funny Car

Here's what keeps me from finishing my C-10. I ran the car as an altered (no body) for several years, and now finally going to run it as a funny car. Blown Pontiac, of course.

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Very nice!
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Old 10-20-2011, 03:07 PM   #3
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Thanks! This past weekend, I took it to a fundraiser show for the local Boy Scout troop.



They wanted loud, but it was a little louder than they expected.


Here's a short video: http://youtu.be/UzZg1d36JJU
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Old 10-20-2011, 03:15 PM   #4
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Re: From Fuel Altered to Funny Car

Haha... love that last pic.
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Old 10-20-2011, 03:17 PM   #5
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Re: From Fuel Altered to Funny Car

when you get around to painting it (unless it is already) and need someone to airbrush headlights/taillights or lettering (whether hand painted or vinyl), i'm in Ontario not far from you. I've met you before at the So Cal Nova BBQ's.
Are u going to the Hot Rod Reunion?

Car looks *****en, good luck with it
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Old 10-20-2011, 03:28 PM   #6
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when you get around to painting it (unless it is already) and need someone to airbrush headlights/taillights or lettering (whether hand painted or vinyl), i'm in Ontario not far from you. I've met you before at the So Cal Nova BBQ's.
Are u going to the Hot Rod Reunion?

Car looks *****en, good luck with it
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Haha... love that last pic.
Thanks...part of the reason I'm not running it in the CHRR this year - the body is an early 90's model, so I can't run it in the nostalgia events. We were thinking of painting the front to replicate a '78 Firebird, but it would be a stretch.
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Old 10-20-2011, 03:59 PM   #7
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is the cut off 78? That is what a mid 90's Firebird? Are you running alcohol?
Too many questions lol...
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Old 10-20-2011, 04:13 PM   #8
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Hey Tim. Basically, pre-1980 body style is the general rule. It is actually a one of the last '93-'96 Candies & Hughes' Ford Probe GT Motorcraft bodies that Mark Oswald drove. The body was given to us, so the price was right. We ran it on about 10% nitro as a fuel altered, but will now run 30% nitro with the body on it.

I'll keep you posted on when my '63 C-10 gets to the point for paint...I have some custom lettering, pinstriping, etc. planned.
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Hey Tim. Basically, pre-1980 body style is the general rule. It is actually a one of the last '93-'96 Candies & Hughes' Ford Probe GT Motorcraft bodies that Mark Oswald drove. The body was given to us, so the price was right. We ran it on about 10% nitro as a fuel altered, but will now run 30% nitro with the body on it.

I'll keep you posted on when my '63 C-10 gets to the point for paint...I have some custom lettering, pinstriping, etc. planned.
yeah you had me really scratching my head on the body...i totally forgot about the Probe bodies! I guess you need a late 70's Smokey and the Bandit Trans Am body to keep true to the Pontiac marquee. Did you sell the Nova?


Here is a basic car i lettered for a buddy running the Heritage series. Scroll to the bottom you can see the car lettering better along with the OCIR sign i hand lettered for my buddy. He is a OCIR fanatic.
http://www.precisioncustomengines.com/2010Season.html
Anyway, good luck with yours, looks like big fun (and $$$).
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Old 10-20-2011, 04:53 PM   #10
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Re: From Fuel Altered to Funny Car

I still have my Chevy II...

Yep, I raced with Hans in ANRA for many years...Hans on the NE side and me on the Gasser side.
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Old 10-20-2011, 05:07 PM   #11
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the racing world isn't that big, i guess, Hans is a real cool guy and a great customer. As i said, an absolute OCIR fanatic, very dedicated to Orange County nostalgia. Always was a fan of your Nova. 62-63's are my favorite, they look killer as race cars.
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Re: From Fuel Altered to Funny Car

A couple of weekends ago in Phoenix...

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vin63,
are those high ports?
I have a question about your truck. Do you have a detailed pic of front motor plate?
I have 69 c10 with mild 400 and 6x heads but will be installing 461 with E-heads soon. Hopefully tri tube headers will clear. I might go with motor plate this time around. Please post some pics of your set up. Thanks
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Old 12-04-2011, 02:45 PM   #14
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are those high ports?
I have a question about your truck. Do you have a detailed pic of front motor plate?
I have 69 c10 with mild 400 and 6x heads but will be installing 461 with E-heads soon. Hopefully tri tube headers will clear. I might go with motor plate this time around. Please post some pics of your set up. Thanks
Yes, I'm running the KRE High Port cylinder heads on the funny car. I don't like running the tri-tube headers (these are the ones with the single tube for the exhaust ports 3-5 and 4-6 cylinders?), since it tends to burn away the material between the ports - even more so on the aluminum heads.

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vin63,
thanks for the pics. Very clean install.
I'm getting close, need to find someone to do ceramic coating. Seems like nobody does ceramic coating locally. Thanks again.
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You're running tri-Ys...those are nice. I run lots of batches through a local coater - Young Gun Performance Coatings. I'm actually about to drop off a pretty large batch. let me know if you want to include your headers (the last set they charged me $200 for the metallic ceramic sterling (polished) coating (inside and out) for a set of headers).
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Ran the funny car at Speedworld in Arizona a couple weekends ago...we were really soft on the clutch, so it only ran a 7.20 et.

http://youtu.be/ap5r8Cm6EnM?t=7m30s
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I believe I heard a little wimper from my mock up Pontiac 400 block today...starting on building a new 14-71 blower intake for the Poncho.

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Nice!.....how much power do you think it makes on 30%??

You know you could easily pass that body off as an 80s Trans Am
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Nice!.....how much power do you think it makes on 30%??

You know you could easily pass that body off as an 80s Trans Am
Thanks. In doing the math on our 6.9 et 200 mph pass with a 2800+ chassis, we were making right around 1800 horsepower.
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Re: From Fuel Altered to Funny Car

...and back to fuel altered. Only this time, we are going Outlaw Fuel Altered:

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Best possible name ever " Outlaw Fuel Altered"!
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Best possible name ever " Outlaw Fuel Altered"!
Seems kinda redundant...making it doubly awesome.



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Vin63, that is a sweet ride! I love the 1471 on there. Holly molly!
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Thanks, guys! It's a 6.0 ET class, so we wanted something where we didn't have to spin the blower so hard, like we did with my old 8-71 (we were spinning that one 30+ over to make 40 lbs of boost) to push that full body through the air. With the 14-71, we'll be at 17 over and a lot less surface area/drag.
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