Swan Hill Drags 2018...Finally got that 10 Second pass..

Four years ago was the first time I ran the coupe down the quarter. The result of that first race, a neck snapping low 14  / high 13 second passes. I broke the diff in the process (the only thing I didn't weld on the car). I was more annoyed at the average ET's than the diff breaking.

Light car, big motor. It should have been a lot faster. It was still good to have some fun after all those years away from Drag Racing..

After getting the drag racing bug again my aim was to run a 10 second pass. I didn't care if it was a 10.99. I just wanted to see a 10 flash up on the timing boards.

Fast forward five years and after

• 3 different types of converters later (2500 that worked well with the hydraulic cam, 4000 stall that didn't work with the solid cam set up and was a struggle with idling)
• New cam (Hydraulic to solid)
• Change in diff gears (3.89 to 4.33), 
• Two different changes in dizzy's (I broke the original and the second was supposed to be set up for my engine but was just some Chinese Junk that a reputable dizzy builder had built) , 
• Two different ignition boxes (I broke the original one at Calder along with the above mentioned dizzy. The second box had severe issues when i hit the nitrous so took it back) ,
• Additional race pipes,
• Change in Nitrous set up(borrowed a different plate and solenoids)
• Change in fuel set up (Moon tank mounted at the front of the car with better breathers than my rear mounted tank),
• Change in fuel (tried PULP, Avgas and 102 race fuel)

So after all that finally jagged that 10 second pass I have been chasing in the home built hot rod. I had run close at Calder with the 11.10 pass at 125mph.

I had run 125mph a few times which was frustrating me as that mph equates to a 10 second pass.

It all happened on the 26/05/18 at the Nostalgia drags at Swan Hill Raceway. The rod didn't just dip into the 10's..It made a big dent.

10.78 @ 125.2 mph backed up by 10.65 @ 125.69 mph