The 101 trap speed is not much-more than could be expected (maybe 92-95 mph)in a true OEM competition, but, the E.T (low 14's) is literally incredible, UNTIL its modern tires/chemical-compounding is taken into consideration, along with the hidden/ non-divulged mechanical up-grades, that every car in that competition, must have received.Ain't no WEIGH that the Merc ran on 7.50 or 8.00 Goodyear Wingfoots (and with an 'open' rear end)!Even the modern racing-fuel is probably better than the pump-gas available in the 50's, but, I don't want to debate that point, altho the road-testers certainly put straight Hi-Test 100 octane gasoline in their cars. Neil Vedder William Huff wrote: Check out the 1958 Merc. Admittedly optimized for drag racing with a 4.56:1 rear end, but I don't think it was faster than the 300s or the hot Furies or Dodges back in the day.http://www.purestockdrags.com/2007-files/results_2007.xlshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvvDibdO3cM&feature=youtube_gdata&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Pure-Stock-Drags_Videos+%28Pure+Stock+Drags%3A+Videos%29Bill Huff ************************************************************* To unsubscribe or set your subscription options, please go to http://lists.psu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=l-forwardlook&A=1 ************************************************************* To unsubscribe or set your subscription options, please go to http://lists.psu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=l-forwardlook&A=1
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