Did not see that coming....

 

Better not screw with that guy at a red light!!!

 

I give the guy props, after watching it start wiggling at about the 330' mark and knowing what the rear suspension was like on those old chebbies, I ain't man enough ( or insane enough ) to drive that one.

And I've driven some really stupid stuff down the track.....

Way cool video though.

 

Wow! I would have bet against that thing making it to 60 in under 10 seconds.

 

I thought John P's Red Rocket was "The Sleeper" ..........

 

Here's another video to replace the OP which was taken down......Ben

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when it's named "the Red Rocket" it loses claim to anything "sleeper"

I would have to give it to Ron Allen's old white beat up looking first gen with the rattle can finish. Although I'm not sure what configuration (motor) he has it in now but was running mid/low 11's before his 6.7 quest.

 

A naturally aspirated Big Block Chevy on Nitrous



And lots of traction.



Jim

 

Umm.... Mine is still there....






You gotta admit, this thing is just bad to the bone.

 

That was awesome, I still have tears in my eyes from laughing so hard.

Blake yours did not work for me either.

 

I would like to see what he did to his transmission to handle so much torque, sure doesn't look like has traction problems, wonder what he uses for ballast?

Jim

 

Dear God that is a cool truck. I truly appreciate a good sleeper.

 

Likely a TH400 with a brake. They can be made to take HUGE torque. I have set at the light for 6-7 seconds before with right at 1400 Lb/Ft of supercharged BBC against the brake at 4300.

Makes for an interesting launch, mine is much straighter than his though......

He probably doesn't have as much ballast as you think, those years had the trailing arm suspension, basically think a ladder bar almost all the way up to the trans. There is a company, hotrods from hell that use those chebby truck trailing arms to make really cool car suspensions.

 

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