Author Topic: what is the quickest recorded 1/4 mile time with a fe engine (Read 8563 times)

fryedaddy · « **on:** March 24, 2016, 12:10:00 PM »

i was just wondering what the quickest fe car recorded is.i have no idea,8s,7s.

machoneman · « **Reply #1 on:** March 24, 2016, 12:16:55 PM »

Car (doorslammer? ) Dragster? Funny car?

fryedaddy · « **Reply #2 on:** March 24, 2016, 01:17:42 PM »

all classes,dragster,full body car,all

turbohunter · « **Reply #3 on:** March 24, 2016, 01:34:54 PM »

IIRC the digger cammers went mid 6s.

thatdarncat · « **Reply #4 on:** March 24, 2016, 01:56:47 PM »

Larry Gould's Cammer powered Bach & Gould dragster has been at least mid 6's, not sure what their best is.

fekbmax · « **Reply #5 on:** March 24, 2016, 01:58:18 PM »

Hi rise heads or less, no tunnel port or sohc, sorry Jay lol. No billet heads. N/A , nothing more than race gas.

fryedaddy · « **Reply #6 on:** March 24, 2016, 02:05:01 PM »

i guess i should have given more details.what about a full body car running on gas,carb or injection

turbohunter · « **Reply #7 on:** March 24, 2016, 02:57:11 PM »

We've seen full bodied Fairlanes and Mustangs do 8s pretty regularly (qualified).
Seems like that's the number to shoot for.
Anybody know any that do 7s?

machoneman · « **Reply #8 on:** March 24, 2016, 03:59:40 PM »

Check here: http://www.422motorsports.com/

fekbmax · « **Reply #9 on:** March 24, 2016, 04:33:40 PM »

I can't understand why no one will stick one of those bad ass super stock engines or pro nostalgia engines in a light weight tube chassis race car and let it eat. A strong FE and a race transmission in a 2400 lb race car would surely reach the hi to mid 7 sec range.. ..
I'm gonna, one day... Maybe in my dreams but I know it can happen.
If a 800hp FE can push a 3550 lb car with just bolt on suspension upgrades to 8.80,s then it's just gotta be...

fryedaddy · « **Reply #10 on:** March 24, 2016, 05:12:36 PM »

Quote from: fekbmax on March 24, 2016, 04:33:40 PM

I can't understand why no one will stick one of those bad ass super stock engines or pro nostalgia engines in a light weight tube chassis race car and let it eat. A strong FE and a race transmission in a 2400 lb race car would surely reach the hi to mid 7 sec range.. ..
I'm gonna, one day... Maybe in my dreams but I know it can happen.
If a 800hp FE can push a 3550 lb car with just bolt on suspension upgrades to 8.80,s then it's just gotta be...

thats what i want to see 2000 pound car run low 5s or 4s in the 1/8

machoneman · « **Reply #11 on:** March 24, 2016, 06:36:14 PM »

Quote from: fekbmax on March 24, 2016, 04:33:40 PM

I can't understand why no one will stick one of those bad ass super stock engines or pro nostalgia engines in a light weight tube chassis race car and let it eat. A strong FE and a race transmission in a 2400 lb race car would surely reach the hi to mid 7 sec range.. ..
I'm gonna, one day... Maybe in my dreams but I know it can happen.
If a 800hp FE can push a 3550 lb car with just bolt on suspension upgrades to 8.80,s then it's just gotta be...

I agree but.....for less or even equal money, a Ford guy could plug in an easy 1,000 hp 429-460 series engine stroked and poked to 555 CID or so and run in the high 7's....which a few SuperComp dragsters can easily do when off the timers. And this without wild rpms and extremely pricey parts!

http://awesomeengines.biz/598-ci-1000-hp-bbf-bullet-race-engine/

fryedaddy · « **Reply #12 on:** March 24, 2016, 06:39:02 PM »

yea but who wants a 429-460,not me. are there any fe powered cars that could run with the street outlaws top 5

Rory428 · « **Reply #13 on:** March 28, 2016, 12:44:42 AM »

Quote from: fekbmax on March 24, 2016, 04:33:40 PM

I can't understand why no one will stick one of those bad ass super stock engines or pro nostalgia engines in a light weight tube chassis race car and let it eat. A strong FE and a race transmission in a 2400 lb race car would surely reach the hi to mid 7 sec range.. ..
I'm gonna, one day... Maybe in my dreams but I know it can happen.
If a 800hp FE can push a 3550 lb car with just bolt on suspension upgrades to 8.80,s then it's just gotta be...

If you are refering to a Super Stock 427 Hi Riser 64 Fairlane running 8.80s, I`m afraid that there is more that "just bolt on suspension upgrades" at play!

fekbmax · « **Reply #14 on:** March 28, 2016, 07:36:33 AM »

Not slighting the super stock's at all, those things are amazing. Just saying useing the power of a super stock in something that didn't have the rules restrictions and limitations.

machoneman · « **Reply #15 on:** March 28, 2016, 09:22:32 AM »

Quote from: fryedaddy on March 24, 2016, 01:17:42 PM

all classes,dragster,full body car,all

Bach and Gould's Trojan Horse Mustang SOHC funny car holds the record at 6.52/236 mph. Their dragster holds the all time SOHC record for ANY drag race Ford at 6.23/no speed given.

I don't think anyone has eclipsed these e.t.'s even though both cars are long retired and hey, face it, unless a 2015-2016 car is blown and on nitro, it would be hard to beat these times.

http://www.nhra.com/blog/dragster-insider/2009/07/07/your-turn/
http://www.dragracingonline.com/special/bachgould_1.html

jgkurz · « **Reply #16 on:** March 28, 2016, 09:45:38 AM »

For a non-SOHC FE, I have not heard of a faster time then Ray Paquet's SS/A record pass at 8.55 @ 154. This was Indy in 2013 if I remember correctly. I would think there have been faster passes outside of competition but they seem to be rare.

jgkurz · « **Reply #17 on:** March 28, 2016, 09:49:08 AM »

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cjshaker · « **Reply #18 on:** March 28, 2016, 05:29:00 PM »

While not as fast as Ray, Randy Spohn has been in the 8's in his '58 Ford.

fekbmax · « **Reply #19 on:** March 28, 2016, 06:08:38 PM »

TheBooze Bothers were running in the 8.80's with Kuntz power and a 3200 lb car back in the early to mid 2000's. I cold be wrong but I think the red car got into the 70's .

BH107 · « **Reply #20 on:** March 28, 2016, 08:43:29 PM »

Most guys I know running an FE do it for nostalgia purposes even when it's built to the max. When you put it in a tube chassis car you lose that feel, and spend a bunch of money to go slower than comparable cars.

Blair might know some faster times if there are any...

fekbmax · « **Reply #21 on:** March 28, 2016, 09:44:28 PM »

Not to much nostalgia to modernized full tilt FE. $5,000.00 cylinder heads, $3,000.00 crankshafts, $6,000.00 cylinder blocks, ect. Sure, they may still never run with the full tilt big blocks or even some of the killer buzz bomb small blocks but there still FE's and I'd still love to see just what a killer FE could do. Jmo.

fryedaddy · « **Reply #22 on:** March 29, 2016, 04:40:59 PM »

Dove claims to be able to out power and out last the fastest chevys in the world,big block or small block,i guess he means on the round track,not the dragstrip. what i would give to see a fe with gobs of nitrous or twin turbos in a 2000 pound car smoking everything!

CaptCobrajet · « **Reply #23 on:** March 30, 2016, 06:04:29 PM »

Really no way to compare Ray's car to the no-rules stuff. It's like a Rolex versus a pretty good Timex. Ray's car weighs 3100 or more, depending on class, has OEM carbs, and 439 cubes, as well as many more constraints per the rules. The other stuff is respectable, just not comparable. JMO.

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