This past weekend I went down to the Immokolee track (1/8th mile) in South Florida to check out my brother (Ed) breaking in his brand new engine for his 67 drag strip mustang (BULLITT) and his buddy Tony running his 2006 body Mustang drag car. It was a great day and my brother's new engine performed right on target.


Ed's new engine is at its core a 351 that has been worked to a 438







Bullitt















Tony's 2006 Mustang

 

more pics












dash panel removed




down the scoop




the cockpit




authentic S197 headlight buckets






and tail lights




look at that workmanship







Bullitt ready for the ride home

 

Some video action of the fun

Buckling in for first run

http://media.putfile.com/Buckling-in-


setting up for first run

http://media.putfile.com/1st-run---drive-in


burn out

http://media.putfile.com/1st-pass-burn-out


first run

http://media.putfile.com/1st-pass---run



Tony's 1st run burnout

http://media.putfile.com/Tony-1st-pass-burnout


Tony's first run

http://media.putfile.com/Tony-1st-pass---run



[more vids coming]

 

That is awesome!!!!!! Wish we could have been there for that! Thanx for sharing.............can't wait to see more vids

 

wow love the dragsters, look so badas$

 

Sweet looking cars!!! Does the 06 also have a 438 in it??

 

(expletive) sweet! and they look so nice and clean (not festooned with sponsor or contingency stickers)!

 

What kind of times were they running?? VERY NICE CARS!!!

 

Thanks for sharing, nice pair there. Who won? LOL

 

Hey Burke, is that the same 06 that we saw wearing only primer in Orlando a few months back? It sure looks sweet! Now for my drag racing ignorance question: Why do they cover the rear wheels in some of the photos?

 

Yep that's the same car.

 

Actually, that is a good question. The reason it is done is to keep both tires the same temperature. Drag racers put a cover over the tire that is in the sunlight to keep the sun off the tire. That keeps the tire from heating up and the air pressure from rising in the tire. When you are dealing with those type of slick tires, both must be as close to the same pressure as possible.

Most drag cars with slicks of that size will run somewhere between 5-9psi in the tires. Even a 1/2 lb difference between tires can make a difference, and can cause the car to launch a little left or right, depending on which tire gets better traction. The last thing a driver wants to be worried about is steering the car all over the track when he is being pushed back into the seat by 2 or 3 g's.

A few years ago when I still had my 8 second Mustang, on a good run I could pretty much launch and go to around the 1/8 mile with almost no steering input. If I wanted to steer my racecar, I would have built a circle track or road course car.

 

These look sooooo fine... *I love the Bullitt...

 

Those are cool pictures of two bad-*** cars bro ... You must have had a great time at the track that day ...

 

That is one of the sexiest series of pictures I have ever seen.

 

Thanks folks


Yeah Steve hit the tire cover question - thanks man

Yeah Phil, like Dave said, same one we saw in Orlando - BUT it had the old engine in it at that time....

both engines built by the same builder out of Naples florida

They are both 438s and similar in set-ups

Differences:

Tony's '06 runs a sheetmetal intake manifold with 2 4-barrels
and a Liberty 5 speed transmission


Bullitt weighs about 200lbs less and as for the engine -

Aftermarket- DART 4 bolt main block w/enhanced oil passages

Edelbrock - 77219 aluminum cylinder heads

Custom made "one off" camshaft...


Example time for Bullitt with the brand new engine was

5.73 ET at 123.39 mph in the 1/8th mile

[by the way - are the vids playing alright for everyone??....]

 

So basically 0-120 in the same time it takes me to go from 0-60..