Hey Gang, After seeing the post by Danie that Rod had gone 7.59 @ 181, I started to do some thinking. Do the "Power Adder" cars get the respect they deserve? Rod's 7.59 pass using an automatic trans is probably a 7.29 pass with a Lenco. Does anyone out there know different?? I know of some guys running BIG Chevy engines that are not going much faster. So what do you guys (and ladies) out there like to see? Naturally aspirated, Nitrous, Turbo or a Blower car?? For me... there are two classes of racing that I am hooked on. NHRA Pro Stock and IHRA Pro Mod. Later
As much as I like Love my Stage motor with nitrous, I can't wait to build a turbo BBB. I built a 427 Smallblock Chevy twin turbo for my lil bro's Camaro and it sounds absolutely wicked at 29psi. Don't run halfbad either. hehe, for a Chevy. lol
I'm a fan of N/A motors that churn out big numbers. However, that doesn't mean I don't like seen a blown one clipping off a 7.5 pass.
I voted for NA. I would actually love to see all of them go down a track, but the Buicks had plently of power stock too! :Brow: :3gears: :beer
I like all power adders.I'll tell you what a big hp nitrous car set on kill leaving the line is evil sounds like an explossion.It would be nice to see a complete field of power adder buicks at bowling green or what ever buick event in the year.
I voted naturally aspirated. It takes real design to make something like that fast on limited cubes. Anyone can slap a blower on a big block and make it go fast. ________ Amc Concord Specifications
Nothing looks better than a pair of Blown Injected Promods going down the track side by side. On the other hand its great to watch how close the Prostock field always is. They are my two favorite classes also. I use the bathroom when the bikes are up. Although the Harley's have caught my eye alittle. Jeff
Different things for different applications. For a power adder on a street car, nitrous is my favorite. For something different, I love to hear turbos on a V8. For racing, a blower would be my choice. Even better- use nitrous as a form of intercooling on a turbo V8. Yeah. -Bob C.
The whine of a blower is a wicked sound!! I do thing that a really fast N/A motor is cool, it takes alot of know how , even more to keep it together. Not that adding a power adder is a piece of cake, it takes a lot to get them to work right and hold together. The faster you go the harder it is with anything. Then add in the fact of running an odd ball motor..... if it's really fast it's awesome no matter if it's N/A or has a power adder on it.
:laugh: well yeah,, thats how we got it to hold together. A little JB weld here and there and your good to go! We got that all fixed now, she's good to go, but there is a fresh pack of JB Weld in the trailer just in case.
NA for bracket racing. Nitrous is the best of both worlds, spray it for heads up or fast passes then turn it off and go bracket racing. Blowers and turbos are cool but not the best idea for a bracket car, takes a real driver and tuner to make it work with any real success. I am not a fan of a car that takes too much work between rounds.
that still cracks me up every time I think about it. I just couldn't believe it. ________ Hot penny stocks
I like people looking for...............Then asking............"Where's the Bottle?" And I say "ALL MOTOR....." But the violence of Nitrous is right up there too.
We didn't have any problems bracketing the Hawk... won a few races we took part in. We don't have much seat time in this new car but in BG we were getting pretty good bracket times.... we just happen to be running in the heads up class so it didn't matter. Now a turbo or Nitrous car I think would be hard to bracket. You either have to build your boost or have the same nitrous pressure or it won't run the same time.. where the blower the boost is there as soon as you floor it. Unless you change the pulleys your boost will be the same. Any of them though take skill to be consistent and fast. Not just anyone can slap one of them on and keep things together. As far as time between rounds.... Rod and I can have the car ready in about 15 mins.... but we need more time for the car to cool down.
Being more of a road racer I'm always a fan of turbos. Something about that big kick when the turbo spools up and the whistle it makes is just too cool!
That's a fact, no doubt about it. But they should be easier on the bottom half of the motor than a naturally aspirated motor of the same power level because of more even crank pressure over a longer duration, compared to the short and intense firing pulses of a high compression n/a motor. ________ Toyota Racing Development History
