Re: [FWDLK] Just How Fast Were The Cars Back Then?

[William Huff <whuff@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I know we went through a prolonged discussion a year or two ago about 
this sort of thing, I'm not trying to restart that.  However, based 
on what I see for the rules of this association, the cars are much 
like the stock class in NHRA.  They are supposed to be original 
weight, battery location, original carburetor type, etc.  If you ever 
look at the times and speeds the NHRA cars turn, no possible way an 
as delivered factory stock car could match.  I think all these cars, 
the Mercury as well, are totally blue printed and balanced and have 
all sorts of little tricks applied to them.  It seems to me that 
everything done to these cars today was available to racers in the 
50s and 60s. So with the exception of modern tire compounds,  our 
cars might well have been into the 14s or even 13s when raced in 
"almost" stock configuration.  It is pretty interesting to consider 
what really went on that was never documented.

A Merry Christmas to all, be safe this holiday.

Bill Huff



At 12/24/200902:21 PM, Eastern Sierra Adjustment Svc wrote:
> 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.xls
> >
> >
> > http://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%29 
> >
> >
> > Bill Huff
> >
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