What If Build Ideas...for Land Speed Racing

pittsburghracer said

My 440-1 headed 572 like I said hit 160 in the 1/4 with a 4.30 gear and 16-32 slicks. I had less than 15 runs on it and was struggling what I found to be a bad fuel pump the day I wrecked it when an oil line broke. So it had more in it. Be interesting to see how close that combo came if it was switched to alcohol for cooling reasons there was a lot left in those heads which I found after. Hmmmmm

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I wonder on most drag racing engines that make great power, how do they withstand long runs of WOT? I would like a very capable car would have dry sump and be more endurance engine built.

I am very intrigued in all of this. Cars are on opposite ends of most spectrums so, in lets say a 6000lb 1969 C500 or Daytona (weight ballast added for stability to avoid flat spin and stay shiny side up), 2.50:1 gear ratio. How would it do? How fast could it go?????

Or a Duster? What is the frontal area and drag coefficient of a Duster? How well does the fast back work? Is there lift caused anywhere?
Edit: I see it posted at it is 0.42 which is just a tad worse than the C500 which is 0.411