The engine was a Keith Black aluminum-block hemi -- essentially a 426 Chrysler hemi with stouter main webs and replaceable sleeves. It had a crankshaft with a 1/2" longer stroke for a displacement of 484 cubic inches. The heads were probably stock 426 Chrysler. It had a supercharger based on the GMC 1071 style case but built with tight clearances and teflon scrapers. Fuel was via constant flow injectors with 8 nozzles above the supercharger and 16 in the ports. It ran on about 85% nitromethane/alcohol mix. The car weighted about 1900 pounds. I think this car's best performance was a quarter mile of around 5.8 seconds at about 260 mph. I remember that while I was trying to shoot the pic, the ground vibrated from the engine's idle. I sandbagged the tripod, but it may not have done much to dispel the vibration. I used the only lens I had for the C2 Mamiya -- an 80/2.8.
On Mar 18, 2011, at 2:59 PM, Ken Waller wrote: > Aha, so my instincts were correct. > > What motor was used in the vehicle pictured? > > > Kenneth Waller > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Stenquist" <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> > Subject: Re: The way-back machine: 25 years ago > > >> Thanks Ken. >> The Chi-Town guys were getting help from Dodge until me mid seventies. But >> when that ran dry, they briefly went to a Mustang II body. That body worked >> fairly well in terms of generating good downforce. One of the cars I >> wrenched in the mid seventies, "Chicago Patrol" was a Mustang II as well. >> The Hutstler team went back to Dodge bodies when this car was put to rest, >> probably around 1978 or so. >> Paul >> >> >> On Mar 17, 2011, at 11:56 PM, Ken Waller wrote: >> >>> Great capture Paul! >>> >>> I didn't/don't follow drag racing that closely so I was somewhat surprised >>> to see its sort of a Mustang - I thought it would be a Chrysler variant. >>> >>> >>> Kenneth Waller >>> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Stenquist" >>> <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> >>> Subject: The way-back machine: 25 years ago >>> >>> >>>> Twenty-five years ago, I had an idea. I had been shooting cars for Super >>>> Stock Magazine for a year or two. The Chi-Town Hustler crew had just built >>>> a new funny car, and I was going to shoot it for the mag. While I would >>>> shoot plenty of pics in a safe and nicely lit parking lot, I wanted to try >>>> to get one pic with the Chicago skyline in the background. And I wanted >>>> the engine running and flames coming out of the editors. Well, I talked >>>> the guys into dragging the car down to the peninsula on which the Chicago >>>> Planetarium is built, and unloaded it on the sidewalk. Unfortunately, I >>>> had forgotten about the streetlights, and had no idea what color temp they >>>> were. (Turns out they were close to fluorescent green, only greener.) I >>>> brought my two strobes and plenty of wiring. I had a fairly powerful >>>> Honeywell potato masher, and I set that up to light the side of the car. I >>>> used a small Rollei flash and mounted it closer to illuminate the front of >>>> the car. I shot Ektachrome 120 in a Mamiyaflex C2, and bracketed from f11 >>>> at 1/30th, all the way to f4 at 1/15th. (Didn't own a flash meter at the >>>> time.) Well, I pretty much overestimated the power of those flashes >>>> outside at night, and the only good exposures were at f4. But the green >>>> cast from the street lights was awful at the longer exposures, and shorter >>>> exposures were underexposed. So my best shots were almost decent exposures >>>> but lacking DOF and way too green. In those days, they couldn't be fixed. >>>> >>>> This morning I had a go at fixing one of them in PhotoShop. Unfortunately, >>>> my scanner sucks (a flatbed Epson 3200), so the shot that was probably >>>> soft to begin with is softer yet. But I did fix the color and exposure. >>>> It's now almost what I had in mind a quarter century ago. The Chi-Town >>>> guys will get a kick out of it. >>>> >>>> BTW, Pat Minick, who is sitting in the car in the pic, offered to shoot >>>> out the street lights with his sidearm that night. I declined, figuring I >>>> needed the light, even if it was green. >>>> >>>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=12827153&size=lg >>>> >>>> Paul > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
