"According to page 66 of NHRA's Official Guidelines for Drag Racing, Buddy's Pinto must carry 18.5 pounds for each cubic inch of displacement, use only one of the officially listed turbochargers and fun without the aid of fluid injection to combat detonation."
"1. The Tijuana Taxi (1975). The strangest Pro Stocker ever built, I think, is the Gapp & Roush Tijuana Taxi Maverick with four doors. This was the only Pro Stocker ever built in the United States with four doors, though in Australia it is not unusual. Back in the seventies the great minds at NHRA had different weight breaks for each setup. A short wheelbase car with a small block raced at a different weight than a long wheelbase car with a big block. With these rules in place and Pintos doing too good according to NHRA, they kept adding weight to them. It got to the point where many racers noticed you could save over 100 pounds if you had a long wheelbase car with a small block. There was not a long wheelbase two door Ford being made in 1975. Most racers who took advantage of the rule built 70 model Mustangs like Dyno Don and Bob Glidden. Wayne Gapp & Jack Roush built the wildest car yet . a four door Ford Maverick. Gapp.s driving and Roush.s tuning won several times in 1975. NHRA quickly wised up and leveled the rules and the long wheelbase advantage was gone. The Gapp & Roush team went on racing their unique car throughout the year after others had gone back to the small block Pintos and Mustang IIs. The car was sold in 1976 and was later totaled in a pit area crash."
OMFG Ford recalling 3.8 million vehicles 2465On Sun, 11 Sep 2005 16:57:58 GMT, laura bush - VEHICULAR HOMICIDE Windows down in my car drops my MPG several miles per gallon. Don't know anything about physics, huh? Perhaps you...
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