Screw bicycles...............

[maddmaxx]

This is my new screen saver.

[BR46]

A car like that doesn't get very good gas mileage 

[Zephyr]

Or do well with speed bumps

[maddmaxx]

You guys should see it in snew.  

 

It is beautiful though.  The Pro Modified class reminds me more of the old days with a sort of run what you brung mentality.  Doorslammers forever.

Yes, the is the 1/1 image my newest RC drag car will be based on.

[Longjohn]

5 minutes ago, BR46 said:

A car like that doesn't get very good gas mileage 

It doesn’t burn any gas on the screen saver. 

[Further]

Bet it's a pain in the ass in a parking lot

[Kzoo]

How about those left hand turns?

[MickinMD]

1 hour ago, BR46 said:

A car like that doesn't get very good gas mileage 

And you'd tear up the body if you drove up on a low curb or ran over a turtle.

[Rattlecan]

3 hours ago, BR46 said:

A car like that doesn't get very good gas mileage 

That would be GPM, not MPG.

[jsharr]

That is not stock.

[BR46]

5 minutes ago, jsharr said:

That is not stock.

It's for when you have to get to Home Depot really really fast 

[maddmaxx]

2 hours ago, Rattlecan said:

That would be GPM, not MPG.

Actually it doesn't use gasoline.  The class has different fuel sources.  The Supercharged and turbocharged cars use methanol while only the nitrous cars use racing gasoline.  Indications are that this might be a supercharged car.  

[maddmaxx]

For the techs, this type car uses a screw type supercharger.

[Longjohn]

I decided I’m too old for anything with too much power. My son had me drive his car to the grocery store and I had him drive it on the way back home. I would have loved it when I was twenty, or thirty, or forty. For what it’s worth I was driving unfamiliar roads in Louisiana and a lot of crazy traffic.

[maddmaxx]

20 minutes ago, Longjohn said:

I decided I’m too old for anything with too much power. My son had me drive his car to the grocery store and I had him drive it on the way back home. I would have loved it when I was twenty, or thirty, or forty. For what it’s worth I was driving unfamiliar roads in Louisiana and a lot of crazy traffic.

Sad but almost true.  Some of my former cars would probably stop my heart today.

[BR46]

8 hours ago, Longjohn said:

I decided I’m too old for anything with too much power

There's a reason why 4 of my motorcycles are for racing  (track use only) and my street bike is a 43 year old Harley. 

[donkpow]

https://www.dragzine.com/news/xtreme-pro-mod-standout-jason-hamstra-fired-up-for-norwalk-event/

[Rattlecan]

9 hours ago, maddmaxx said:

For the techs, this type car uses a screw type supercharger.

The Roots type is what was used as a scavenging blower on two stroke Detroit Diesels. The blower from the 6-71 Detroit became a popular choice on the drag circuit.

One of the downsides for the diesel application was that if the oil seal let go on the drive unit, the engine would feed on it's own oil, and run away un-governed until it self destructed. 

That's why there was an emergency shut down to close off the air intake in case of such an event.

[maddmaxx]

2 hours ago, donkpow said:

https://www.dragzine.com/news/xtreme-pro-mod-standout-jason-hamstra-fired-up-for-norwalk-event/

Thanks for the pic and article.  I'm in lust with this car.

[jsharr]

11 hours ago, maddmaxx said:

Actually it doesn't use gasoline.  The class has different fuel sources.  The Supercharged and turbocharged cars use methanol while only the nitrous cars use racing gasoline.  Indications are that this might be a supercharged car.  

Blowers and nitrous do not play well together.

[maddmaxx]

14 minutes ago, jsharr said:

Blowers and nitrous do not play well together.

It would seem redundant as either or provide just about as much oxygen as you can use.