Ultimate Slingshot/Digger/FED Photograph Thread

Yep. Some racers set up the car so the motor sees more ambient air than ram air. Hence the "covers" you see on lots of the cars running multiple Strombergs. I've been told by more than one carb builder that Strombergs like ambient air rather than ram or forced air.

 

OK, here are some photos of my late Grandfathers dragster which I restored and it is a regular participant in NHRR cacklefest. I believe both of these photos are from around 1961. While it was a slingshot when he retired around 1965, it was initially a rear engined bellytank. For more photos and history on the dragster see link in my signature...

 

Everyone else's hat is on backwards, that one is correct. Experimentation proved that putting the hat on with the opening in the back solved a lot of tuning issues and made the car faster and more consistent.

Apparently the car developed a wheel stand problem when the relatively light weight magnesium rear end was replaced with an Olds unit.

 

My grandparents Jim and Alison's first dragster...Bilbow built ch***is...1964..

 

A couple of my Dads old JR.fuelers

 

Don Garlits put a sheetmetal cover over the eight Strombergs in Swamp Rat I because the air rushing over the inlets siphoned gas out of the throats via the venturi effect.

At least that's what he told me.

 

True...same thing happened on early open wheel sprinters running strombergs...could make a filthy mess...

 

I'll throw a few in from my collection


the K&G frantic fuel'r (above)

bobby vodnick driving **** belfatties "Shadow" (above)


bobby vodnick driving belfatties "shadow" (#4- fred allen built car /rod stuckey copy) Above

don prudohme making shake down runs in belfatties new "shadow" #3, this was built at the same time as the famed GBP full body rail and was a sister to it. kent fuller remarks even today that belfatti is the only guy who ever paid him in full for a ch***is and didn't still owe him LOL.

garlits in swamp rat 5 at san gabrial..nice shot I must say!

**** belfatti "the shadow" (#3) preparing for a run at York 1963 (above)

another shot of the K&G frantic fueler in action (above)

**** belfatti in "the shadow" #2 seen at atco raceway 1962

thats all for now maybe more later????

paul

 

Yes please Belafatti's cars rule!

T. Hilton

 

Man.... there are so many quotes I'm sure we all could put with these photo's....

 

KOOL DUDE

 

I stumbled on this site with a few build photos - http://www.allpar.com/racing/ellis-brasher.html

 

Damn. TWO FEDs? Hell comes to HRCC, huh? Is one of these any relation to the one Lucky was talking about when I showed up for the open house last year a day early?

 

Hell was always here. You've seen Helen Wheels, right?

Maybe. I've been collecting parts for one for about a year. Just getting enough stuff to actually put it together.