I stopped watching the big money guys. Stick with the do it with what we got guys in the garage. No doubt they are good and give good helpful info that nobody can afford. Keep ot simple and humble
As an individual who doesn't have many dragstrips near them here in Ontario Canada, I love seeing all the tracks across the USA via RUclips. I wouldn't be able to see the tracks in real life. Thank you to all the RUclipsrs!
Roots blower, fed by a turbo, fed by a centrifical supercharger fed by a nitrous fogger and meth injection and dont forget lots of chrome and racing stickers cause everyone knows stickers add power.
Australian racing legend. Larry Perkins used a plate as in the 90s on his fuel injection V8 touring car. He used ball bearings under a plate to slide it from side to side. To allow the air through under individual throttle body intake. He was and is a mechanical genius. I posted a link to his video showing it off many years later. Aussie racing royalty
Larry's biggest issue, was other people not innovating as much, so they kept changing the rules on him, like forcing him to swap to the US engine over the Aussie V8, and that sweeeeet sounding equal length headers set up. The TBI setup shown here would be great for speed of throttle opening, but beyond mid opening, the area getting opened gets smaller and smaller, so they'd need a cam shaped actuation to make it balance-able with the right foot. Be real nice for Drags, not so nice for road racing, and out on the street, no real value.
Ok, hold up. Full stop. Engine Masters needs to be revived immediately just to see that bad ass flat slide fuel injection system in action. Call everybody, Freiburger, Brule, Dulcich. I need to see this STAT!
I'm thinking it would max out the dyno before it hit it's redline seen Kammer & Kammer test a nitro hemi and it was maxing the dyno 24 years ago it was awesome to see though shook two blocks of Huber heights and set off everyone in that two blocks car alarms 😁
@@MX304- I don’t see how it could overcome additional pressure on the blades from boost. They had to build in a vacuum system to make it work without the blades sticking NA.
@@danmyers9372 I was thinking they could use boost pressure instead of vacuum to operate that system. Or set it up as draw through and keep the vacuum assist.
Shane and Kye both had me dying. When kye said "justin swanstrom posts what hes gonna do and then he sucks" i about died. Dude is a wheelman and a comedian.
"Stevie's gonna come over to Sesame Street and I'm gonna teach him how to do peel outs" is absolutely the funniest shit I've heard in a LONG time 😂😂😂 1:03:57 1:03:57
10:10 Finnegan I can only speak for myself but I don't watch your channel for "adventure". I watch because I grew watching your shows with my old man when we weren't wrenching together. Racing isn't really a personal hobby or priority for me but I still love keeping up with the culture, even though I'm not participating myself. Thanks for the PRI coverage, Merry Christmas!
I randomly stumbled apon this entire side for RUclips through a video snippet of yours about a year ago. I live in South Africa and had never heard for Motortrend or ANYTHING related. Thank you
Regarding air bottle location - check out where Ford Focus WRC cars stored compressed air (before it was outlawed) to address turbo lag. It was in the back bumper.
@@nikonordman7624 The WRC had a minimum length, so they used USDM bumpers because they increased the length of the vehicle to meet the regulations. It's the same as the Peugeot 206cc having those massive bumpers.
I’m 18 and I just made my first pass down the drag strip right before Thanksgiving. In my 81 short bed c10. It’s all steel, all glass, full interior, stock gas tank, and original suspension. It went 8.22 at 84mph beating a c6 corvette. It’s an all motor homebuilt 388 cubic inch small block. I drive it all the time to school and work. I’m going to change the a few things and try to run 7.7x’s.
What was never mentioned during the Compressed Air chat, was that the temperature of the air plummets as it expands in the manifold, so using numbers made for explaining only, while everyone else is pushing say 10psi and 100kilograms per second at 80degC, they're pushing 10psi but at 200kilograms per second at Zero degC, so the boost may sound like it's low, but the volume of air that motor has access to pump is significantly greater. The setup is dang genius for racing, but impractical on the road. But on a Drag n Drive, their motor is going to run like factory stock on the long hauls.
@@FinnegansGarage You said that you always want to try something new. Well, I've got an idea that I'd like for you to try. That being a 'plasma' ignition' system. I have a demonstration video here: ruclips.net/video/BdakEn92CaQ/видео.html But why would you want to try this? High boost engines suppress the spark, & slow the initial flame front. This is an exponentially more powerful spark, that will maintain a much hotter spark. It will also help running less timing, which in turn makes the engine more efficient. If you are interested, I can help design & modify your current CDI ignition system.
Another movie? Yes please. The 4 hour drag week video was amazing. No pay per view. All the highlights. And the pain of watching my boys Tony and Mike have to drop out at the end. Best show I have seen all year.
Any carburetored motorcycle I’ve owned I installed a flat slide. More power and crispy throttle response every time. Always picked up more top end rpm.
I am an older person that loves your shows!! I started watching you on roadkill!!! My first episode of roadkill was harry hauler!!! I lived in Glenwood springs e few years prior to y’all being there and was hooked from then on!! I live only a couple of miles from a drag strip and sit on my back porch listening to them weekly!!! I did at one time have cars that I run at the strip!!! I don’t any longer but I am looking for something!!!
I spent a lot of time in the 1988 Caprice wagon my Grandmother had when I was a kid. The rear seat faced backwards and it was awesome! I think that is why I love wagons so much.
Some of my favorite childhood memories were from a 1975 Vega GT wagon we had, complete with luggage rack. Dad swapped a 283 into it with a 4 speed. And even though he had a 70 Nova that he actually drag raced, surprising people on the street with that Vega was hilarious.
As a guy from Luxembourg, we don’t have many drag strips here, i love seeing youtubers like you who post stuff like this. I’m into drag racing because of you, Freiburger, etc. So thank you!
I live 2.5 hours away from a drag strip and i go every year about 3 times and have race my 2004 srt4 and my kids love it as well and we love watching u and also when u did roadkill. Also watching u and david Freiburg make me keep working on my car with my kids and teaching the about cars
I build cars and do track days! I don’t build cars to the levels you do, but still built in my own garage. I watch your channel to learn about racing and building as I am always hungry to learn more. Plus, your channel is entertaining.
I remember reading (I believe a Hot Rod article) years ago about compressed air induction and it's potential benefits, it's neat to see someone actually doing it
Being forward mobilized for the Army right now, I look forward to two things in the week. A facetime call with my wife and Finnegan dropping a new video. Both happened today... and I'm not mad!
And you can play with the amount of oxygen in the air. It’s pretty easy to run double or even more the amount of oxygen. That’s like doubling the boost without any boost.
@@autobootpiloot They basically have a cold-air supercharger with that setup. It's still forced induction but without the rotors compressing the air, and subsequently heating it up in the process, it stays cold all the way into the chamber. If they ran that compressed air setup and methanol there's no telling how much power they could make as long as all the parts held together.
@@Drummin003 one benefit of methanol is that it contains its own oxygen. It’s all about air and fuel, but the air is about the oxygen. When the air comes from a bottle why not increase the oxygen level in the air. The power potential is next to unlimited. And that oxygen rich air is just as cold as the mix they use now. Another benefit is that you can use way less air and therefore lower the weight penalties of the large bottles. I see great potential here.
for maybe 12 seconds, to get only 15lbs of boost tops with 3 40Lbs bottles... this is going to be a dragster only tech or a power adder for drag racing.
@@comethiburs2326 I'm imagining an OEM integration, and it doesn't seem far fetched. Every car with an engine technically has an air compressor, and cylinder deactivation is already a thing, so you have 4 good pistons doing nothing most of the time, why not leverage them? When you're just cruising, use a cylinder bank as an air compressor to keep a boost tank topped off, then feed it back to the engine on demand for an occasional boosted launch. I mean, really, that's how most forced induction cars are treated on the street anyway, you rarely ever get to go 10/10ths, so most of the time all that supercharger or turbo is doing for you is adding weight and complexity.
Sad day seeing the c10 burn. Hopefully it wasn't completely destroyed. After seeing all the trouble you had building it I hope it's not going to need another frame up resto. I say build it as a cruiser whatever that looks like whether it's straight axle or irs just as long as it encourages you to drive it more. The all power adders idea sounds cool and if you do it you should dyno it between each add on to see if it makes a difference.
The PRI show was great this year (when is it ever really bad though). My wife and I saw you and Joe walking through the show. I wanted to stop you guys and say hello, but you guys were mid conversation with some other folks and I wasn’t going to be the guy that interrupted. It was great to see you guys though.
just yesterday I watched a short video about compressed air dragsters back in '61 and'62 completely different set ups. and then today you have these racers using compressed air instead of turbos or super chargers. I wonder how much of what they learned back then is being used today .Way cool stuff. thanks
The second huge advantage of the change rearend is the rotation weight. Especially with light weight gears. Can't wait to see what you come up with for next year after your PRI trip.
I had a 1968 Pontiac Safari wagon. It had the "tow" package. Which meant they dropped a 428 HO Pontiac in it from the factory. I paid $500 for in the 80s. That thing did burnouts until you let your foot off the gas. More fun and memories in that car! That was way before station wagons were cool.
@nikonordman7624 ugh, tell me about it... I remember the day I went and looked at that car, popped the hood and saw the Chrome factory valve covers and the Chrome air cleaner lid! I couldn't get to the bank fast enough.
That setup at 19:30 is like Ford used to do with their horns in the pre-airbag days. I remember there were a couple of spring loaded leads and what looked like motor brushes that rode in a channel to make contact. Pretty cool that they got rid of that clock spring ribbon cable.
Been to Atlanta drag way and made a few passes down in in my 1995 z28 Camaro,383 stroker,6 speed. Best was 12.80 on street tires. All motor no spray,then drove it home.
Alpina was doing slide throttles on their A4 BMW setups in the 1970s. Of course that was mechanical fuel injection, but the theory is the same. Cool product!
Back in I think 2017, Jeremy Wagler's shop truck at UCC in Indy did the every power adder thing. Screw, 2 turbos, and nitrous on diesel. Farm Truck even drove it in the drag race part of the competition. It maybe didn't do all the things well, but that he even tried to was the coolest thing ever.
+1 for a viewer that does race and has race in the past. Allbeit, my cars and trucks were never considered, "fast" by any means. The 2005 magnum rt i own now is the quickest car ive ever owned. Its about to be quicker with an entire tear end swap, lightweight parts here and there and some lightweight trick front end suspension parts too. And the engine (5.7 hemi), hasnt even been opened up yet. Has run a 13.29 @103. Shooting for 12.60s this year.
RUclips is not a bad thing! I'm disappointed that TV is going away from it, but I love relaxing later in the evening to a relaxing video after a busy day. My passion is building Jeeps, and as a retiree, I turm wrenches and fabricate during the day. When my grandson gets here, I close up the shop and spend time with him. Once he's gone to bed, I take a little "ME TIME" and relax to a cool video, and maybe learn something cool I can use in a future build!
It may be because I’m a big Street Outlaws fan but this and the video where you went to the NPK race have probably been my favorite videos you’ve done, I thoroughly enjoyed it!
Been down a drag strip a few times. On a couple different strips. Not fast mind you, but it was still amazing. If you can make it to a test and tune night even in your old shit box corolla, it’s a blast and you should do it.
I live in Southern California in the IE and with in the last 4 years my 2 local racetracks have closed and Plan to start traveling to Bakersfield to race. I enjoy watching your videos on Sunday morning with my daughters and working on the car.
Mike, love the content in your videos. I’m 10 minutes from a small track (Lancaster dragway )outside of Buffalo NY and 40 minutes from Empire dragway. Saw Eddie Hill, Shirley Muldowny at the Empire nationals in the 90s. Got a big block 67 camaro. that I take to Lancaster. Enjoy watching the drag and drives, would love to do it someday.
As a teen I wondered about running on a compressed air system instead of using other power adders. That was back in the 80s and my dad and his hot rodding buddies said it would never work......ANNNNND here it is LOL. Tons of love to the Pearce's and you too Finnegan.
Great video! I couldn’t agree more about the ProMods. They would be a million times cooler if they looked like real cars. I don’t get how Wes Buck says ProMod is the future of drag racing. Kye being there was the reason I had any desire to watch it. I’d totally like to see the all power added build, I’d also like to see you get the Cadillac finished.
I moved here to be close to the drag strip. In less than 4 years they tore it down and built a shopping center. The next closest drag strip was closed and demolished to build warehouses. My neighborhood association won't let me keep a car trailer in the driveway.
as a 20 year old male who loves drag racing i can say living 20 miles from beech bend raceway is sweet and i just wanna say Finnegan you and fryburger got me started on working stuff so thanks and hope to meet you guys isn person one day!
Was going to comment the same thing. I know I’ve seen the pro drift guys using IRS quick changes and they’re running 1000hp. Maybe someone like Vaugh Gitten Jr and RTR could help him.
@joshuanye1630 he had mentioned bad wheel hop with the IRS, but little adjustments with the mounting points and articulation will control that. The irs arms are similar to a 4 link set up to each wheel. I can see that glorious looking quick change hanging out and poked through the open floor just inviting glorious design and performance.
That trailer tool rack - make it split in the middle with over centre latches, half goes under the counter, half on top (clipped for travel) then you don't lose the counter when you're at the track and you have more roll-out that doesn't impinge on trailer space...
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We live vicariously through you and other youtubers cause we poor and can't afford racecar...
No doubt !!! pay meee ??? lmao.
Get off your ass!!
Agreed
You and me both
I stopped watching the big money guys. Stick with the do it with what we got guys in the garage. No doubt they are good and give good helpful info that nobody can afford. Keep ot simple and humble
As an individual who doesn't have many dragstrips near them here in Ontario Canada, I love seeing all the tracks across the USA via RUclips. I wouldn't be able to see the tracks in real life. Thank you to all the RUclipsrs!
Thanks for watching!
Roots blower, fed by a turbo, fed by a centrifical supercharger fed by a nitrous fogger and meth injection and dont forget lots of chrome and racing stickers cause everyone knows stickers add power.
we have a couple. not sure where you are located. Grand Bend and Cayuga are worth checking out.
@@fiit_outdoors7849 There's also TMP. Definitely a few options in the southern half of the province
@@timothycarey3883common myth, it’s only the chrome stickers that add hp
Australian racing legend. Larry Perkins used a plate as in the 90s on his fuel injection V8 touring car. He used ball bearings under a plate to slide it from side to side. To allow the air through under individual throttle body intake. He was and is a mechanical genius. I posted a link to his video showing it off many years later. Aussie racing royalty
ruclips.net/video/w5Uz3wGlAaI/видео.htmlsi=clXQNqxUUD-3f3pj
Larry's biggest issue, was other people not innovating as much, so they kept changing the rules on him, like forcing him to swap to the US engine over the Aussie V8, and that sweeeeet sounding equal length headers set up.
The TBI setup shown here would be great for speed of throttle opening, but beyond mid opening, the area getting opened gets smaller and smaller, so they'd need a cam shaped actuation to make it balance-able with the right foot. Be real nice for Drags, not so nice for road racing, and out on the street, no real value.
Ok, hold up. Full stop. Engine Masters needs to be revived immediately just to see that bad ass flat slide fuel injection system in action. Call everybody, Freiburger, Brule, Dulcich. I need to see this STAT!
I'm thinking it would max out the dyno before it hit it's redline seen Kammer & Kammer test a nitro hemi and it was maxing the dyno 24 years ago it was awesome to see though shook two blocks of Huber heights and set off everyone in that two blocks car alarms 😁
We also need to know if it will work with a blow through turbo setup.
@@MX304- I don’t see how it could overcome additional pressure on the blades from boost. They had to build in a vacuum system to make it work without the blades sticking NA.
@@danmyers9372 I was thinking they could use boost pressure instead of vacuum to operate that system. Or set it up as draw through and keep the vacuum assist.
like the germans did on the MG42 to get those ridiculous cyclic rates - bearings on the slides :)@danmyers9372
Shane and Kye both had me dying. When kye said "justin swanstrom posts what hes gonna do and then he sucks" i about died. Dude is a wheelman and a comedian.
"Stevie's gonna come over to Sesame Street and I'm gonna teach him how to do peel outs" is absolutely the funniest shit I've heard in a LONG time 😂😂😂 1:03:57 1:03:57
He is rebuilding his uncles square body for drag and drive, perfect if puts a tow hook on it, and pulls his wrecked big tire car with him.
Absolutely! Kye Kelly's is the best interview I've heard/seen in a long long time! No politically correct concerns...lol 😂
10:10 Finnegan I can only speak for myself but I don't watch your channel for "adventure". I watch because I grew watching your shows with my old man when we weren't wrenching together. Racing isn't really a personal hobby or priority for me but I still love keeping up with the culture, even though I'm not participating myself. Thanks for the PRI coverage, Merry Christmas!
I randomly stumbled apon this entire side for RUclips through a video snippet of yours about a year ago. I live in South Africa and had never heard for Motortrend or ANYTHING related. Thank you
Regarding air bottle location - check out where Ford Focus WRC cars stored compressed air (before it was outlawed) to address turbo lag. It was in the back bumper.
I believe that's why they used the USDM bumper since it's larger
I kinda hope they called that "the Pinto configuration" internally.
@@nikonordman7624 The WRC had a minimum length, so they used USDM bumpers because they increased the length of the vehicle to meet the regulations.
It's the same as the Peugeot 206cc having those massive bumpers.
Watching RUclipsrs like your self is what motivates me to fix my junk to go racing
Watching Kye Kelley win Snowbirds was one of the coolest things I've seen in over two decades of Drag Racing. It was truly amazing.
That 3.59 was amazing. And now murder nova got handed a promod. He won npk but don't have the balls to run the nova like kye
agreed. that was a badass performance by Kye and his crew.
@FinnegansGarage It truly was astonishing
watching him leave lizzy just before she died was sure a thing to see as well ...
what a loser !!!
@user-bv5ng5jm5r it's none of our business but I had thought she gave him the boot. Still breaks my heart that she passed
Neon, brodozers, and exhaust tips 🤣🤣🤣 truer words have never been spoken. Love it!!!
Dang , this was the best PRI vid i have seen , great shoot Fin !
I second that!
Thanks for watching!
I’m 18 and I just made my first pass down the drag strip right before Thanksgiving. In my 81 short bed c10. It’s all steel, all glass, full interior, stock gas tank, and original suspension. It went 8.22 at 84mph beating a c6 corvette. It’s an all motor homebuilt 388 cubic inch small block. I drive it all the time to school and work. I’m going to change the a few things and try to run 7.7x’s.
Nice build. Enjoy it and keep wrenching.
What was never mentioned during the Compressed Air chat, was that the temperature of the air plummets as it expands in the manifold, so using numbers made for explaining only, while everyone else is pushing say 10psi and 100kilograms per second at 80degC, they're pushing 10psi but at 200kilograms per second at Zero degC, so the boost may sound like it's low, but the volume of air that motor has access to pump is significantly greater. The setup is dang genius for racing, but impractical on the road. But on a Drag n Drive, their motor is going to run like factory stock on the long hauls.
That compressed air engine setup is amazing
SCuBA for engines...LOL Submarines did this in WWII.
I want to try that bad.
@@FinnegansGarage You said that you always want to try something new.
Well, I've got an idea that I'd like for you to try. That being a 'plasma' ignition' system.
I have a demonstration video here: ruclips.net/video/BdakEn92CaQ/видео.html
But why would you want to try this? High boost engines suppress the spark, & slow the initial flame front. This is an exponentially more powerful spark, that will maintain a much hotter spark. It will also help running less timing, which in turn makes the engine more efficient.
If you are interested, I can help design & modify your current CDI ignition system.
For about 8 years I've been wishing that someone would do this, there's a company called compressed air superchargeing. @@FinnegansGarage
I think the compressed air engine was tried in some form in a drag car, back in the 60s.
You absolutely asked the greatest people your questions
ha ha. I do enjoy talking to the people.
Family that races together, is a very cool thing
Another movie? Yes please. The 4 hour drag week video was amazing. No pay per view. All the highlights. And the pain of watching my boys Tony and Mike have to drop out at the end. Best show I have seen all year.
we'll be at sick week next month and will film another big movie. I'm stoked for it!
@FinnegansGarage thanks my brother. You are doing what discovery has already killed. Keep it alive
Any carburetored motorcycle I’ve owned I installed a flat slide. More power and crispy throttle response every time. Always picked up more top end rpm.
Much more consistent
Merry Christmas Fin and Joe ! Keep doing what your doing , we love it !
18:20 Loved the pause when they both imagined the collab project
I am an older person that loves your shows!! I started watching you on roadkill!!! My first episode of roadkill was harry hauler!!! I lived in Glenwood springs e few years prior to y’all being there and was hooked from then on!! I live only a couple of miles from a drag strip and sit on my back porch listening to them weekly!!! I did at one time have cars that I run at the strip!!! I don’t any longer but I am looking for something!!!
I am not ashamed to say I am not a drag racer but I will watch Finnegan's garage any day
I spent a lot of time in the 1988 Caprice wagon my Grandmother had when I was a kid. The rear seat faced backwards and it was awesome! I think that is why I love wagons so much.
Some of my favorite childhood memories were from a 1975 Vega GT wagon we had, complete with luggage rack. Dad swapped a 283 into it with a 4 speed. And even though he had a 70 Nova that he actually drag raced, surprising people on the street with that Vega was hilarious.
As a guy from Luxembourg, we don’t have many drag strips here, i love seeing youtubers like you who post stuff like this. I’m into drag racing because of you, Freiburger, etc. So thank you!
Thanks for taking us along Finnegan!
I live 2.5 hours away from a drag strip and i go every year about 3 times and have race my 2004 srt4 and my kids love it as well and we love watching u and also when u did roadkill. Also watching u and david Freiburg make me keep working on my car with my kids and teaching the about cars
Good to see you as always.
The best thing about this video is learning that there will be another video from sick week. 🎥
I’m glad you guys are coming to RUclips. I hope the best for all of y’all!
I build cars and do track days! I don’t build cars to the levels you do, but still built in my own garage. I watch your channel to learn about racing and building as I am always hungry to learn more. Plus, your channel is entertaining.
Love the Pierce crew super nice people Love the new set up in the truck
Thank you!
I remember reading (I believe a Hot Rod article) years ago about compressed air induction and it's potential benefits, it's neat to see someone actually doing it
Being forward mobilized for the Army right now, I look forward to two things in the week. A facetime call with my wife and Finnegan dropping a new video. Both happened today... and I'm not mad!
HighRevNation Yeah but which one did you do first.?
@@lilorbielilorbie2496 My wife can see these comments which is not related in any way to my response.
This video.
@@HighRevNation OK. I understand. lol.
Your interview with Kye was the absolute best, I literally LMFAO 🤣😅😂
I have a 23TALTERED with a quick change in it. Best rear end we've ever had. I run low 9s @140. Get it!
The copressed air would be super cold from the pressure drop. Its basically a refridgerator system in the intake
And you can play with the amount of oxygen in the air. It’s pretty easy to run double or even more the amount of oxygen. That’s like doubling the boost without any boost.
@@autobootpiloot They basically have a cold-air supercharger with that setup. It's still forced induction but without the rotors compressing the air, and subsequently heating it up in the process, it stays cold all the way into the chamber. If they ran that compressed air setup and methanol there's no telling how much power they could make as long as all the parts held together.
@@Drummin003 one benefit of methanol is that it contains its own oxygen. It’s all about air and fuel, but the air is about the oxygen. When the air comes from a bottle why not increase the oxygen level in the air. The power potential is next to unlimited. And that oxygen rich air is just as cold as the mix they use now.
Another benefit is that you can use way less air and therefore lower the weight penalties of the large bottles. I see great potential here.
for maybe 12 seconds, to get only 15lbs of boost tops with 3 40Lbs bottles... this is going to be a dragster only tech or a power adder for drag racing.
@@comethiburs2326 I'm imagining an OEM integration, and it doesn't seem far fetched. Every car with an engine technically has an air compressor, and cylinder deactivation is already a thing, so you have 4 good pistons doing nothing most of the time, why not leverage them? When you're just cruising, use a cylinder bank as an air compressor to keep a boost tank topped off, then feed it back to the engine on demand for an occasional boosted launch. I mean, really, that's how most forced induction cars are treated on the street anyway, you rarely ever get to go 10/10ths, so most of the time all that supercharger or turbo is doing for you is adding weight and complexity.
14:35 pretty cool it's almost like varial Venturi carburetor like ford used in the 80s but it's shinier and hopefully works better
I used to go to PRI when it was in Columbus, Ohio. Got to shake hands with Smokey Yunick and Zora Arkus-Duntov.
And now they're dead. It's all your fault! 🤣🤣
Sad day seeing the c10 burn. Hopefully it wasn't completely destroyed. After seeing all the trouble you had building it I hope it's not going to need another frame up resto. I say build it as a cruiser whatever that looks like whether it's straight axle or irs just as long as it encourages you to drive it more. The all power adders idea sounds cool and if you do it you should dyno it between each add on to see if it makes a difference.
Great to see Shauns custom Alloy from Australia there. I remember getting stuff made by him from his home shed back in the day
The PRI show was great this year (when is it ever really bad though). My wife and I saw you and Joe walking through the show. I wanted to stop you guys and say hello, but you guys were mid conversation with some other folks and I wasn’t going to be the guy that interrupted. It was great to see you guys though.
You can always say hi!
Thanks Mike for the great video. Blown Flat Ron
just yesterday I watched a short video about compressed air dragsters back in '61 and'62 completely different set ups. and then today you have these racers using compressed air instead of turbos or super chargers. I wonder how much of what they learned back then is being used today .Way cool stuff. thanks
The second huge advantage of the change rearend is the rotation weight. Especially with light weight gears. Can't wait to see what you come up with for next year after your PRI trip.
As an Oklahoma local, I’ve been going to the pierces auto shop for years. They are great people. It was cool seeing them on here.
Hey Finn Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year too you n Family 👍👍👍👍
Great video Merry Christmas Mike and your family have a great holiday
5mins down the road from a speedway dirt track, family sport, full contact bumper cars!! Much peace’s from NZ
The best of PRi. Thank yoU!
I had a 1968 Pontiac Safari wagon. It had the "tow" package. Which meant they dropped a 428 HO Pontiac in it from the factory. I paid $500 for in the 80s. That thing did burnouts until you let your foot off the gas. More fun and memories in that car! That was way before station wagons were cool.
That engine is worth like 3 times the whole car these days😂😂
@nikonordman7624 ugh, tell me about it... I remember the day I went and looked at that car, popped the hood and saw the Chrome factory valve covers and the Chrome air cleaner lid! I couldn't get to the bank fast enough.
Big fan Mike, I race and have since I have had my license at 16 years old
Thanks for watching!
That setup at 19:30 is like Ford used to do with their horns in the pre-airbag days. I remember there were a couple of spring loaded leads and what looked like motor brushes that rode in a channel to make contact. Pretty cool that they got rid of that clock spring ribbon cable.
Never seen an closed-circuit compressed air boost setup like that, that's really neat!
Been to Atlanta drag way and made a few passes down in in my 1995 z28 Camaro,383 stroker,6 speed. Best was 12.80 on street tires. All motor no spray,then drove it home.
Solid video Finn. The questions and answers are fantastic. Keep it up! Merry Christmas
Awesome video. Great info on new products, and plenty of laughs.
Alpina was doing slide throttles on their A4 BMW setups in the 1970s. Of course that was mechanical fuel injection, but the theory is the same. Cool product!
Back in I think 2017, Jeremy Wagler's shop truck at UCC in Indy did the every power adder thing. Screw, 2 turbos, and nitrous on diesel. Farm Truck even drove it in the drag race part of the competition. It maybe didn't do all the things well, but that he even tried to was the coolest thing ever.
Finn's rockn' the park ! LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL !
Radial Badass!
One of My Favorite from Donald Long!
+1 for a viewer that does race and has race in the past. Allbeit, my cars and trucks were never considered, "fast" by any means. The 2005 magnum rt i own now is the quickest car ive ever owned. Its about to be quicker with an entire tear end swap, lightweight parts here and there and some lightweight trick front end suspension parts too. And the engine (5.7 hemi), hasnt even been opened up yet. Has run a 13.29 @103. Shooting for 12.60s this year.
Man my mildly built Acura integra runs 11.8 around 115 /120.
RUclips is not a bad thing! I'm disappointed that TV is going away from it, but I love relaxing later in the evening to a relaxing video after a busy day. My passion is building Jeeps, and as a retiree, I turm wrenches and fabricate during the day. When my grandson gets here, I close up the shop and spend time with him. Once he's gone to bed, I take a little "ME TIME" and relax to a cool video, and maybe learn something cool I can use in a future build!
Merry Christmas to you all, hot coffee and Finn, yeah! It's cold outside -4 right now
32 degrees Celsius here in Australia
I had a 77 Z2/8 with a 73 454. That car Rips. Loved that car
It may be because I’m a big Street Outlaws fan but this and the video where you went to the NPK race have probably been my favorite videos you’ve done, I thoroughly enjoyed it!
Surprisingly good content on a show-video, guys! Really enjoyed this and unique and fun content 👌
Been down a drag strip a few times. On a couple different strips. Not fast mind you, but it was still amazing.
If you can make it to a test and tune night even in your old shit box corolla, it’s a blast and you should do it.
Exactly.
I live in Southern California in the IE and with in the last 4 years my 2 local racetracks have closed and Plan to start traveling to Bakersfield to race. I enjoy watching your videos on Sunday morning with my daughters and working on the car.
Finn I street raced in the 80s and too the late 90s had a blast
That was great!!!😂😂 Definitely build the herse with everything.
That's good stuff. Thank you for the coverage. Yes pro mods need to look like every day cars.
I met Tina and her husband at Drag Week 2015 at National Trails. Super nice people!
outstanding coverage....
Mike, love the content in your videos. I’m 10 minutes from a small track (Lancaster dragway )outside of Buffalo NY and 40 minutes from Empire dragway. Saw Eddie Hill, Shirley Muldowny at the Empire nationals in the 90s. Got a big block 67 camaro. that I take to Lancaster. Enjoy watching the drag and drives, would love to do it someday.
Lots of innovative ideas!!!
Thanks for another but different look at PRI. Interviews were fun .
Very cool stuff. Thanks for sharing.
As a teen I wondered about running on a compressed air system instead of using other power adders. That was back in the 80s and my dad and his hot rodding buddies said it would never work......ANNNNND here it is LOL. Tons of love to the Pearce's and you too Finnegan.
Great video! I couldn’t agree more about the ProMods. They would be a million times cooler if they looked like real cars. I don’t get how Wes Buck says ProMod is the future of drag racing. Kye being there was the reason I had any desire to watch it. I’d totally like to see the all power added build, I’d also like to see you get the Cadillac finished.
Love Tom’s answers
Dude!! Fun video!! Merry Christmas!!✌️
Merry Christmas and happy New Year’s to you and yours
1:03:41 loved it thank you
Thanks Mike!!
I moved here to be close to the drag strip. In less than 4 years they tore it down and built a shopping center. The next closest drag strip was closed and demolished to build warehouses. My neighborhood association won't let me keep a car trailer in the driveway.
One of your best videos ever ❤
I’m a drag racer. All it took was one pass and I was hooked.
Bro this was awsome the q&a were magnificent an I just bought one your shirts and the quality is amazing
thanks for the support.
Excellent video Mike! Keep up the amazing work
Thank you Merry Christmas
Great vid best PRI vid I've seen!
as a 20 year old male who loves drag racing i can say living 20 miles from beech bend raceway is sweet and i just wanna say Finnegan you and fryburger got me started on working stuff so thanks and hope to meet you guys isn person one day!
MIKE, Quick change IRS🤯
Was going to comment the same thing. I know I’ve seen the pro drift guys using IRS quick changes and they’re running 1000hp. Maybe someone like Vaugh Gitten Jr and RTR could help him.
@joshuanye1630 he had mentioned bad wheel hop with the IRS, but little adjustments with the mounting points and articulation will control that. The irs arms are similar to a 4 link set up to each wheel. I can see that glorious looking quick change hanging out and poked through the open floor just inviting glorious design and performance.
This was fun to watch. Good stuff
My first car was a cool as ... 66' Pontiac Tempest Lemans wagon...
That trailer tool rack - make it split in the middle with over centre latches, half goes under the counter, half on top (clipped for travel) then you don't lose the counter when you're at the track and you have more roll-out that doesn't impinge on trailer space...
Freaking coolest video of PRI 2024.