what is the quickest recorded 1/4 mile time with a fe engine

[machoneman]

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]

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]

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[cjshaker]

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

[fekbmax]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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.