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Re: FAST - Ed Cook goes 10.26 @ 131.70
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What a nice - and killer - piece that car is. Incredible on so little tire.
I'm surprised the scoop doesn't help, but I'm assuming air cleaners would have lids off & air horns foam-sealed to the hood. Good point, I forgot they have to run with air cleaners in place. But that thing is still getting with the program. Amazing 60 foots.
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Re: FAST - Ed Cook goes 10.26 @ 131.70
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Thanks Guys!
I have not run the car a lot in the past two years because of one thing or another and was almost loosing interest.
The car is running good. But I still have a lot more work to do and I think it will go faster. The car weighs 3352 and I weigh 350? no super lightweight package. Maybe next year I can get my son to drive.
(Trans man) you are correct the hood should not be on the car and believe it or not it has no advantage at all for this car except looks. Flat hood will be back on in the spring.
Dwayne the sixty foot on this pass was 1.54 which is it's best on the small tire. At the Yellow Bullet this year on slicks the car went 10.12@136 with 1.49 sixty
Since you are certainly in the know on this class - do the cars go through weigh-in as part of tech? How about weight distribution check ? Just wondering as I have been thinking of running something and when I read the rules I don’t be see any mention of weight. Thanks. And congrats on that performance.
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Re: FAST - Ed Cook goes 10.26 @ 131.70
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No Weight rules.
Make it as light as you can!.
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Re: FAST - Ed Cook goes 10.26 @ 131.70
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Can I be nosy and ask how much ballast and where/how it's located?
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Pump gas, n/a, through the mufflers on street tires with 3.54's. 3,600 lbs.
9.92 @ 135mph with a 350 shot of nitrous and 93 octane pump. 1.43 60 ft. 3,750 lbs.
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Re: FAST - Ed Cook goes 10.26 @ 131.70
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No Weight rules.
Make it as light as you can!. Where do you think FMJ gets all his weight reduction ideas from? 
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Re: FAST - Ed Cook goes 10.26 @ 131.70
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Still curious how he gets to run a scoop.
I wonder as well but I think NHRA allows them on all the 63 and 64 Max Wedge and Hemi cars, plus T/A and AAR hoods on a lot of engine combos that I don't remember having them. Same thing with single four barrel hemis, I don't remember seeing any on the street or the drag strip back in the day All I can guess is that Chrysler must have given some pretty vague documentation that is being interpreted in a way favorable to Mopar brands. This is all fine with me as the other manufactures have done the same thing.
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Re: FAST - Ed Cook goes 10.26 @ 131.70
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I am guessing that the max wedge exhaust manifolds help a bunch? Still, very impressive!!! KInd of a mixed blessing, I have been told the exhaust systems weigh about two hundred pounds and I know from personal experience they throw off a lot off heat under the hood.
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Re: FAST - Ed Cook goes 10.26 @ 131.70
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Thanks Guys!
I have not run the car a lot in the past two years because of one thing or another and was almost loosing interest.
The car is running good. But I still have a lot more work to do and I think it will go faster. The car weighs 3352 and I weigh 350? no super lightweight package. Maybe next year I can get my son to drive.
(Trans man) you are correct the hood should not be on the car and believe it or not it has no advantage at all for this car except looks. Flat hood will be back on in the spring.
Dwayne the sixty foot on this pass was 1.54 which is it's best on the small tire. At the Yellow Bullet this year on slicks the car went 10.12@136 with 1.49 sixty
Wow that car is flying! And it's doing it at a higher weight than I would have guessed! Ed, is there anything about that combo you would share with us? Specifically, what has been done with that intake manifold and carbs? Everyone says that intake will cost 100hp over a good 4 barrel intake. Also, curious to which rear end you are running?
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Re: FAST - Ed Cook goes 10.26 @ 131.70
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Amazing car! Do they typically run factory carbs (i.e. AVS, AFB, Holley 4160 etc) or can you cheat and use an Edelbrock or holley hp place of the OEM carb?
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Re: FAST - Ed Cook goes 10.26 @ 131.70
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Very impressive considering everything they have to work with! I can't imagine the R&D that goes into making one of these FAST cars work like this.
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Re: FAST - Ed Cook goes 10.26 @ 131.70
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Not to take anything from Ed as his car is one of my favorites. Tom Hoover and his son built a 1964 Plymouth to run in pure stock. It also is a max wedge and runs on the same tires. With unported heads no stoker and a flat tapper 520 lift cam runs mid 11’s at 120 mph Got to love a max wedge.
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Re: FAST - Ed Cook goes 10.26 @ 131.70
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Congrats Ed! In the past some people tried to treat the tires with chemicals, but at this point I don’t think that it is done and certainly not wide spread. The tires are very worn if not bald. I can verify that. Soaking these tires is a waste of time. And money. The rubber on reproduction bias plys is already soft, and treating them makes the rubber so soft that it will almost fall off when doing a burn out. Totally worthless.
July 19th should be "Drive Like Rockford Day". R.I.P. Jimmie.
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Re: FAST - Ed Cook goes 10.26 @ 131.70
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Amazing car! Do they typically run factory carbs (i.e. AVS, AFB, Holley 4160 etc) or can you cheat and use an Edelbrock or holley hp place of the OEM carb? Everything but the block is supposed to be factory OEM parts with correct part numbers. You can do what ever possible to make your parts better as long as they keep there stock appearance. I do not treat the tires. I shave them down to the wear bars and start burning em up from there. A good set of tires are priceless!
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Re: FAST - Ed Cook goes 10.26 @ 131.70
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Amazing car! Do they typically run factory carbs (i.e. AVS, AFB, Holley 4160 etc) or can you cheat and use an Edelbrock or holley hp place of the OEM carb? Everything but the block is supposed to be factory OEM parts with correct part numbers. You can do what ever possible to make your parts better as long as they keep there stock appearance. I do not treat the tires. I shave them down to the wear bars and start burning em up from there. A good set of tires are priceless! So you are saying it’s an aftermarket block with stock pistons, cranks, rods, cams, intake manifolds, carbs, etc etc, but they can use a tire and compound that is modified. If so that’s super fast for that combo. Even for Fall type weather at an east coast track. Congratulations
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