Hot Rods How fast is your pre-49 Street Rod?

Hell most people don't even get out of the driveway

 

Go gettum boy!=Cool!

 

fast

 

According to 'Flathead Jack':

Streetrod - Ford running a Chevy with a can of wax in the trunk.

Hotrod - Ford running a flathead with a box of tools in the trunk.

But then what do I know running a 2L Pinto in my A - but it will do freeway speeds.

 

skwurl.... videos are great

 

The older I get ,the faster I was !

 

19.2 at 69mph in a dead stock 55 ford mainline 2 door
272 y block 100k on the ticker burning oil running bad 6 volt power and all a 3 on the tree i know thats not the question but at least its a real world number itll do about 95 before i think it will blow up so i back off

 

I was watching this 35 chevy run on youtube earlier and thinking I need to put a little more ass in my '50.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDok4FfIGsQ&feature=related

That little sucker gets out quick. Redlight to redlight would be a tough run.

 

mines a fast sum bitch.

Right up until the rearend let go.

Then it stopped, very quickly, with both tires locked up.

Then the axles let loose, and it sped up again.



Soooo, that must mean like what, low 6 sec ETs right?

You will never go as fast as you will right before the pistons melt

 

Here's me n Ratster gettin down

 

46 chevy 1/2 ton p-up, 350/350 = mid to low 14's

 

with a good tail wind, it's not too bad.

 

we need a rematch lol i think i won

 

In due time

 

yea everybody has a 10 sec street car hahahaa good luck with that my 13 sec regal beat alot of those so called 10sec street cars back in the day ..

 

There are a lot of 10 second cars on here....but its a b.s. thread so nobody is paying attention.
second pass....new motor. Beck beat me in the next with a 9.65 against my 10.24

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That video was bad ass!!

 

Street Rod? HMMM!

 

my roadster does high 8s, it's not that fast at all

 

On a good day my Essex will go 0-60 mph in about 2 minutes. Gotta love a stock slant 6!

 

oh yeah, thats 8th mile track

 

I think low 8's the day we raced

 

Hahaha im with you on that one

-Sam

 

Excellent post here. the Road Rockets of Indy hosted a free drag race for pre 1965 cars at the Muncie Dragway in Muncie, Indiana this past summer.
Attendance for the event was literally overwelming as there were nearly 100 cars at the track when we got there. (The owner of the track told us not to arrive before 9:30am).

We cussed and discussed the idea of whether or not to post E.T.s on the track board and announce the times over the PA system.
We elected to go with a flag girl start and not post times on the boards. the driver could still get their timeslip at the shack at the end of the return road.
Nearly everyone we talked to was surprised at how slow their car really was. In most cases, their 10 second hot rod was actually a mid 13 second car.
Everyone still had a great time and at the end of the day I don't think anyone really cared how fast their car was.