Anybody know if Don Garlits is bringing the Challenger to Bradenton, FL this weekend? - Page 7

Bart Kilraine · 03-02-2009, 01:34 PM

Your right Dave,but Eds' car had to use the steel intake [so far ]....Lets just call them Shelby crate engines,and assign different H.P.for different heads.LOL

bill dedman · 03-02-2009, 01:45 PM

Ken,

Thanks for the rundown on the "Hawkster" cam. I knew that at one time, no cam with specs like that was legal in a '68 C.J., the first year (as you know) for the Cobra Jet cars. If I live to be a thousand years old, I'll never understand how that sort of overt change in specs gets approved by NHRA Tech, when they go ballsitic when somebody like Evan Smith shows up with valves that are the wrong size by mere thousandths of an inch. I realize that there has to be a limit on mechanical "plus-or-minus" specs, but to be THAT demanding on the one hand, and to hand out cams with greatly improved specs (and, yours isn't the only one) seems downright schizoid to me.

But, that's surely not your fault.

I appreciate all the good information!!!

Bill

Chris Kilraine · 03-02-2009, 07:05 PM

Dave,
Actually, if i am not mistaken, Bill does run different heads depending on the motor he has in.

bigshow2966 · 03-02-2009, 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by treessavoy

You, Sir, should have better manners than to slander Don, without him and others like him there would be NO professional drag racing....you would be sitting at home watching your Ford rust in the back yard.....we all would.

Whatever car you race you should have the class to give the founders of our sport their due.

Jim Rountree

You are certainly entitled to your opinion of Garlits. I do not share it.

I drive Mopars, not Fords.

Just sick of Ma Mopar putting the hose to racers, and Mopar racers whining that they are getting screwed by the NHRA.

I was at Vegas 2 years ago when the "SS Package Car" was unveiled. It was a turd then and is still nowhere to be seen.

Ford told us what they were going to do and then did it, in less than a year. Maybe if the Challenger was actually on the track the Fords would have something to worry about.

HEMIDARTDAVE · 03-02-2009, 08:33 PM

Have any other Challenger Drag Pack cars been built or promised to people yet? There were supposed to be 10 or so built per month. I know the Ontario plant was closed for a while, plus the finances of Chrysler are weak, but I wonder if the program will go forward.

bsa633 · 03-02-2009, 10:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by David Ley

Bart ,
All 4 Shelby's in D1 are different . Horensky's 68 uses the Canadian "J " head. Kenny's 67 uses the Dove F5 head . Hawk's 67 uses the Edelbrock small valve head and Adkin's 67 Stick car uses the standard Ford head.

one other 67 combo up for grabs if you ruin these 3 then..Why didn't the Hemi guys think of having this option?

DonatoEng · 03-07-2009, 10:26 PM

The second Challenger package car will be delivered early next week. There were more being built when I was there.

Troy Henderson · 07-06-2010, 09:10 AM

What happened to "Big"? Not racing the car now?

Kenny Wigington · 07-06-2010, 09:14 PM

I dont know if he's raced it since the Gator's, but he was next to me in the lanes, for rd.1.

hemidup · 07-06-2010, 09:28 PM

His header choice sucked. Who's the idiot that wanted 2 1/4" primaries with a 1.60" exhaust valve?

03-02-2009, 01:34 PM	#61
Bart Kilraine Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Carrolltown,PA Posts: 118 Likes: 0 Liked 11 Times in 6 Posts	Re: Anybody know if Don Garlits is bringing the Challenger to Bradenton, FL this week Your right Dave,but Eds' car had to use the steel intake [so far ]....Lets just call them Shelby crate engines,and assign different H.P.for different heads.LOL

03-02-2009, 01:45 PM	#62
bill dedman VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Conway, AR Posts: 1,739 Likes: 0 Liked 6 Times in 4 Posts	Re: Anybody know if Don Garlits is bringing the Challenger to Bradenton, FL this week Ken, Thanks for the rundown on the "Hawkster" cam. I knew that at one time, no cam with specs like that was legal in a '68 C.J., the first year (as you know) for the Cobra Jet cars. If I live to be a thousand years old, I'll never understand how that sort of overt change in specs gets approved by NHRA Tech, when they go ballsitic when somebody like Evan Smith shows up with valves that are the wrong size by mere thousandths of an inch. I realize that there has to be a limit on mechanical "plus-or-minus" specs, but to be THAT demanding on the one hand, and to hand out cams with greatly improved specs (and, yours isn't the only one) seems downright schizoid to me. But, that's surely not your fault. I appreciate all the good information!!! Bill __________________ Bill

03-02-2009, 07:05 PM	#63
Chris Kilraine Junior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Carrolltown, PA Posts: 94 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Anybody know if Don Garlits is bringing the Challenger to Bradenton, FL this week Dave, Actually, if i am not mistaken, Bill does run different heads depending on the motor he has in.

03-02-2009, 08:33 PM	#65
HEMIDARTDAVE Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 260 Likes: 5 Liked 4 Times in 3 Posts	Re: Anybody know if Don Garlits is bringing the Challenger to Bradenton, FL this week Have any other Challenger Drag Pack cars been built or promised to people yet? There were supposed to be 10 or so built per month. I know the Ontario plant was closed for a while, plus the finances of Chrysler are weak, but I wonder if the program will go forward.

03-07-2009, 10:26 PM	#67
DonatoEng Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Milford, MI Posts: 146 Likes: 11 Liked 8 Times in 5 Posts	Re: Anybody know if Don Garlits is bringing the Challenger to Bradenton, FL this week The second Challenger package car will be delivered early next week. There were more being built when I was there.

07-06-2010, 09:10 AM	#68
Troy Henderson Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Kansas City Posts: 397 Likes: 104 Liked 106 Times in 33 Posts	Re: Anybody know if Don Garlits is bringing the Challenger to Bradenton, FL this week What happened to "Big"? Not racing the car now? __________________ Troy Henderson Henderson Race Shop LLC 816-520-5389 www.hendersonraceshop.com

07-06-2010, 09:14 PM	#69
Kenny Wigington Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Cumming,Ga. USA Posts: 967 Likes: 36 Liked 60 Times in 12 Posts	Re: Anybody know if Don Garlits is bringing the Challenger to Bradenton, FL this week I dont know if he's raced it since the Gator's, but he was next to me in the lanes, for rd.1. __________________ 2894 STK

07-06-2010, 09:28 PM	#70
hemidup Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Minnesota Posts: 409 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Anybody know if Don Garlits is bringing the Challenger to Bradenton, FL this week His header choice sucked. Who's the idiot that wanted 2 1/4" primaries with a 1.60" exhaust valve? __________________ Jerry Williams NSS/A, E/S, PRO E.T. And the "Grandaddy" of Gen III Hemi Performance...The fire inside me still burn's.