Google hot rod big bang theroy

Everyone's seen hot rod big bang theory, what id suggest you look at is any of sloppy mechanic's videos, specifically the one about the aftermath of blowing his motor on the strip thanks to a wastegate failure. he clearly shows that the rod absolutely shattered thanks to 30 psi of boost, but the rod bolts (which he had re used in three different motors) held up perfectly fine after dozens of 7000 rpm runs

If you read the article it says they did close to 60 pulls on the dyno at or over 1000.

piston skirts, rod bolts, wrist pins, and rods are issues that high up.. crankshaft however is a true survivor.

Rizo check out sloppy mechanics colorado getting close to 1000 rwhp in a stock 6 liter. That motors been beat on and beat on.

That launch was straight as an arrow. Just a little drift when she sat down but other than that, beautiful.

it was a beautiful launch, put down so gently!

In the old days..we would weld chains on the frame and the shock tower..this would help keep the travel of the car down...you lose Alot of momentum going up then trying to steer the car...if you go into the other lane you lose the race and your time doesn't count either...**ONE#1**

Or those baller front runners

Compared to a lot of these cars it's a budget build. The car itself is nothing special. It's all drivetrain.

@@Reggie-The-Dog at least one of these guys got there head on straight

joedanero I see what you did there. Cake?...

But at least he's not all alone in his time of need....

prepping my 80 firebird for a ls 5.7 at the moment. same bodytype

+ZoniacHD not when you understeer into a tree

+ZoniacHD I do you are implying that this car is only good in a straight line but I'm saying you'll understeer into a tree and he'll oversteer into the crowd if you were to try to race at a track

+ZoniacHD lol

+Magic Illusionist 180k GTR wtf r u talking about? GTRs are not that expensive

This is a dumb comparison, one is a purpose build drag car that cost money rather than make it and the other is build to perform in general, be easy to drive, be comfortable for daily use, and above all make Nissan money. Its been a well know fact that you can buy and build a car that is fast down a drag strip for super cheap if you know what your doing and where to get the parts you need cheaply, even if you pay someone to do the install/fab work.

Thank you for keeping track of us and all the encouragement

+62Deuce I have followed Crusty from the start, glad to see it's a family thing now... lol

Lol I thought u typed shake and bake lol

yep; if they started slipstreaming the car they could get those times down even more

my first thought was,turbo isnt a budget build lol

Aaron Kiss you can do this shit for less than 5 thousand dolllars guys. the biggest thing needed is an imagination....

Ted Dow not gunna argue there. Imagination is what makes the whole build enjoyable to me

+Ted Dow For a single person that works a 9-5 job raising a family, putting food on the table and paying bills, $5,000 is not a budget.

RizoProduction time to make more $. Again, imagination... I did it......

Roger Beard pump E85

don't let what they claim fool you, this car is well put together. I don't see it being thrown together. just my opinion

Imo it looks thrown together. Decent parts but there's no detail work. Like something put together in a weekend.

infamousnova Yeah just noticed that, pretty cool for a drag car application

It's an 88 mm Borg Warner turbo.......... I learned this from watching the video above.

Ya the only thing budget is the motor setup . It’s honestly still a simple / light front end setup that knows how to hook and book . This setup would do amazing in the street

criswellwj the transmission is just a stock th400 with a hipster brake.

+Andrew McClelland Stock, lol.

No there a lot sketchier. George Ray's off the top of my head. Check out Ozark Raceway Parks Facebook page. Yesterday they excavated the first 300' of both lanes for fresh concrete, last week they completely reworked the runoff area of the track. I've hooked harder at this track than I have at any of the big Midwest NHRA tracks

Very nice car man I do have a question what transmission are you running

It's quarter but the back half is short and rough

Actually, this car in particular in this stage of it was still around 7 or 8k, most expensive parts being the th400($3500 w/ converter), intercooler, turbo and lots of other parts were used so lots saved there and another $700 on a holley system when they were on sale years back, some chin-lee head studs, 2x walbro pumps, I wanna say stock e85 gm injectors but not 100% there, internals are just about completely stock, just cleaned and clearenced in house(literally) we fabricated just about everything on there so no labor cost to us

@@sk8erman2298 yeah and for a 8.90 thats really good! but them chin-lee head studs musta been related to bruce-lee to make it through a 8.90 pass lol can't go wrong with a Ls but yeah not cheaping out on trannys is always a must in my opinion or you end up spending more in the end lmao

Those cars are surprisingly light for what they are. This was built post-OPEC, so it was light. Also, the lack of crumple zones, etc, means it's much lighter than a modern car of similar size.

Internet has it at 3400#, stock. For reference, a modern Mini Cooper S weighsin at 3,000.