Scouring the NHRA classification guides for a particular car

[Mark Yacavone]

Originally Posted by 6130

Yes, you are correct. My question was specifically about Stock Eliminator station wagons that were quick in terms of low(ish) ETs, regardless of index.

Work with us a little bit here.
Brand preference, size of wallet, etc.
You can run a 66 Fairlane SW, 427 /410 in C/SA
Max Wedge wagons run those classes too.
Sound good?

[6130]

Originally Posted by Mark Yacavone

Work with us a little bit here.
Brand preference, size of wallet, etc.
You can run a 66 Fairlane SW, 427 /410 in C/SA
Max Wedge wagons run those classes too.
Sound good?

Bingo. Thank you, Mark. I gotta go look up that '66 Fairlane wagon 427/410.

Not willing to spend as much as it would take to set a record in any particular class, but it would be silly to buy or build something that wouldn't at least run under index.

I don't really have much brand preference. I like oddball cars. Heck, I'd be interested in an SS/VX car, if I thought they were capable of going rounds...

[FireSale]

One of the previously mentioned Max Wedge wagons that runs in C/SA:
[url=https://flic.kr/p/21Xsw4U]
Chris Barnes

Note: I had a 77 Rotary pick up with a 13B. Awesome motor.

[impstocker]

There was also Jimi Vignogna's Behemoth 62 Dodge wagon which ran C or D/SA with a 413/ 395 ? Still being raced by Carl Roberts in the midwest. I have seen that car go 10's

If you want to run a Chevy a combination I stumbled on in building my 1965 Impala 396/325 car, there was also a one year 396/425 option , factored back to 395 HP , 405 with aluminum heads. In a wagon it would be a E/S car.

Will Lampecht
1965 Impala 396/325 I/SA

[6130]

Originally Posted by FireSale

Note: I had a 77 Rotary pick up with a 13B. Awesome motor.

Yes they were.

My car was pretty crude and didn't cost a lot of money, but I raced it twice a week for 10 years, and had a lot of fun along the way. Incredibly reliable, required almost no maintenance, and only burned about a gallon of pump 87 unleaded a week. It started out as my work commuter, and then one thing led to another. I built the 12A engine on a kitchen chair in my house. I kept it down to 9,000 rpms, because the entire rotating assembly was stock. 6.17 gears and 25.5" slicks. It ran high 11s with a little 4776 Holley carb and an open header with a megaphone, at full weight. It was the only car in my class that was not an American V8. Hiked the tires in the first three gears, fantastically loud, and shot flames 20 feet behind the car when I let off at the top end. I probably won more races due to how distracting the car was, rather than any actual skill that I may or may not have had, and I was in the money regularly.

[Phillip marvetz]

I would consider selling my V/SA Aspen wagon. It will need a little work to get going again but nothing to hard or expensive. 6k with all Slant 6 parts I have or 9k with a good legal and fast 360 combo.

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[6130]

Originally Posted by Phillip marvetz

I would consider selling my V/SA Aspen wagon. It will need a little work to get going again but nothing to hard or expensive. 6k with all Slant 6 parts I have or 9k with a good legal and fast 360 combo.

http://www.autoimagery.com/gallery/v...00497.jpg.html

What class does the legal and fast 360 combo run, and how far under does it run?

[Mark Yacavone]

Originally Posted by 6130

What class does the legal and fast 360 combo run, and how far under does it run?

You said you like oddball stuff? Buy it and make it into a LeBaron woodie . Lower rating..Runs N/SA

[Alan Nyhus]

Originally Posted by 6130

Not willing to spend as much as it would take to set a record in any particular class, but it would be silly to buy or build something that wouldn't at least run under index.

I don't really have much brand preference. I like oddball cars.

Take a look at the '63 Biscayne wagon with either the 409-400 (365) or the 425 (385). The 425 horse can run D and the 400 goes E at virtually the same weight. One of those with a well done 3 spd. auto would be fun. Denny Ford runs a '62 409/409 sedan.

And 409 parts are more plentiful and a bunch cheaper than the Max Wedge or big Ford stuff.

[Dave Crysler]

If you want fast for index, Downings wagon ran 1.13 under Thursday, 15000. buys it. They are in Michigan, someone else is interested, I have messaged Charlie 3 times about it and even made an offer that he refused.