[Cobra20646]

Sizzler,

Where did you copy this thread from? I'd like to read the entire discussion.

As for:

"In an earlier posting I talked about a guy who is running an under 300 inch flathead dragster at 7.7 sec and 175 mph; maybe faster now. I doubt that he is making 500-550 hp even on nitro, so the only thing I can think of is the natural advantage of the offset crank + the incredibly long stroke and rods of the flatheads. You would probably have to make 2-300 more horsepower on an overhead to get times like that. "

I would think that all other things being equal, the only difference being engine choice, the above theory is all wet. Unless someone else can convince me that horsepower is not the bottom line when it comes to moving like objects down a quarter mile strip.

- Jim -