Originally Posted by Streetwize
. And the majority of guys we see building these strokers won't blink at dropping 5K into the top end .... but they still expect to run around with the same factory 8 3/4 rear the car had with 1/2 or less horsepower.




Big power wedges are easier than ever to build but guys don't realize the rest of the drivetrain is wholly inadequate at those levels! Even tire choice has to be re-thought as a hard street radial is like driving on ice.

As you mentioned, nitrous makes it easy to have a tractable, easy to drive engine at 600-700 hp and then add a 200-ish shot to wake it up.


'63 Dodge 330
11.19 @ 121 mph
Pump gas, n/a, through the mufflers on street tires with 3.54's. 3,600 lbs.
10.01 @ 133mph with a 250 shot of nitrous an a splash of race gas. 1.36 60 ft. 3,700 lbs.