quarter mile video of the 54 belair

pay no attention to the SRT-4, he had an upgraded turbo, nitrous, slicks(aired way too low), and i believe it was his first time at the track so he rolled back and forth through the lights a couple times trying to stage. with some practice he's going to have a quick ass little car, his trap speeds were high for what he was running and he was very inconsistent.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oS4Wf1cM_eM

anyway i pushed the brick to 13.9@99.58 on 245/45/17 sumitomo HTR-Z's and a 2.73 open diff. if i felt like going with more gear and a posi i'd be better off but i usually only run once a year and i like going around corners more than going in a straight line.

proof that it doesnt just sit there and look pretty and pose for pics - but the car told me it still loves that it's picture was in GRM.

13.99 is VERY impressive for a car of that size/vintage. Nice work.

As for the SRT--noting lamer than someone w/ a full-blown drag setup who has no clue about any facet of drag racing. That's why street racers suck.

It's sad that the first time I get to see that car move is on the internet.

last night carli said "paul needs to come up here"

i'll even let you drive it. and the cop car, since you've already driven the vette.

My '54 Belair is very jealous of yours right now. It couldn't go 99 MPH down hill with a tail wind and a rocket strapped to the roof.

patgizz wrote: last night carli said "paul needs to come up here" i'll even let you drive it. and the cop car, since you've already driven the vette.

And that's why Carli is so smart. I want to get out there, but you guys will have snow soon.

hrdlydangerous wrote: My '54 Belair is very jealous of yours right now. It couldn't go 99 MPH down hill with a tail wind and a rocket strapped to the roof.

hah! mine was like that at first, i drove it for 2 years(1996 and 1997) with the rebuilt original 235 and powerglide. it was painfully slow, one time i got it up to 75mph going downhill on the interstate but it felt like it was going to shake apart.

son, you where beat by a 54 chevy, you do know that you will have to go back to school to learn to drive that dodge right?

cool vid and nice ride.

i always tell people start off with a slow car and learn the fundamentals then start stepping up and going fast.

my girlfriend thought i was going to let her run the vette - dont think so.

i told her how i started off learning the basics in my old 18 second lumina.

I used to frequent Dragway 42 when I was working in Akron (lived in Canton), I saw that blue SRT4 a couple times, he always had trouble, there was someone else w/a red SRT4 that used to run high 11s, low 12s all the time. Tell me something does the guy w/the Chevy Trailblazer SS still run? He used to throw down high 12s low 13s which was histerical to watch...

the kid musta been BS'ing someone then saying it was his first time out.

there was a silver TBSS running

Nice! That's one badass Belair. Impressive time, too.