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Discussion in 'Track Talk' started by SRT-Tom, Mar 19, 2023.

  1. SRT-Tom

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    What this reminds me of is when Uncle Tony of Uncle Tony's Garage on Youtube raced the guy with the new 429 shotgun Hemi-style heads for the 351 block, and Uncle Tony had a 318-powered old Mopar four-door Coronet. Forget "land yacht." This thing is more like Land Barge.
    Tony had a good .569 reaction time in the real world. That's only 69/1000ths of a second after the green light.

    This car made me wonder about running JUST such a junke- uh, vintage car on the street.
     
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    Was that an 1/8 mile drag race? If it would have been a 1/4 mile, the 429 would have drove around the 318 at the top end.
     
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    Yup, 1/8th.
    Tony knew exactly what he was doing in that race.
    What I LIKE about nitrous, however, is that with not a whole lot of ingenuity, you can put as many stages of nitrous on a car as you like. You only engage as many stages as will give you the win in that situations. Not claiming that that is what Tony did.

    Just saying that this video got me REALLY interested in Nitrous oxide. (in a properly-prepared motor, of course.) Imagine multiple stages. 100 shot, 200 shot, 300 shot and a complete under-manifold spider of another 500hp with fogger nozzles.

    If I put my mind to it, I could add another 2000hp to a car without altering its stock appearance. Constant-flow injection depending on bottle pressure and raw, unaltered fuel pressure is not the only way to add nitrous oxide to a car's engine.

    As a Hot Rod editor said about Bob Glidden and accusations he used nitrous to win: "If someone at that level was using nitrous to cheat, you would have to saw the block in half to find it."

    With enough traction and setup, you would have trouble losing ANY race.

    And to the hordes of internet detractors whining about Tony's win whom he addressed on his channel, I say this:

    If it would have been a 1/4 mile race, Tony would have done what is necessary to win THAT one, too.

    "Never win by more than is necessary." -Uncle Tony.

    People drastically underestimate the prowess Uncle Tony has when it comes to racing, and most especially heads-up racing.

    The most common fiction in grudge/match/heads up/street racing is "Oh, I barely won because I got lucky/you lost traction/got him on a good tree/happy clox/whatever."

    With no tech inspection, there are just so many ways to win a race.

    That kind of racing is the Pool Hall Hustle taken to the streets. The only truth is the win light. All else is impossible to verify.
     
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