1969 Mustang race car that I have owned since 1970

rusty428cj · Dec 7, 2019

Today I moved cars around in the shop so I had room to jack up the Mustang and replace the old wheels and tires. The wheels are Race Star 15 x 3.75 in the front and 15 x 10 in the rear with 5.5 backspace and 9 x 30 radial slicks.

texasking · Dec 7, 2019

That is one cool looking retro race car!

rusty428cj · Jul 21, 2020

I had a lot of fun and bruises on my arms yesterday installing these old Hooker headers. It didn't seem that hard 27 years ago.

rusty428cj · Jul 28, 2020

I forgot to show you my 4 gal fuel cell. Brian cut the top out of a stainless steel tank.

'68 Coronet R/T · Jul 28, 2020

So that holds 4 gallons? Looks too small in the pictures to hold that much.

rusty428cj · Jul 29, 2020

'68 Coronet R/T said:
So that holds 4 gallons? Looks too small in the pictures to hold that much.

That's what the ad said but someone else said his would hold 3 gallons. I only use about a gallon a run.

'68 Coronet R/T · Jul 29, 2020

rusty428cj said:
That's what the ad said but someone else said his would hold 3 gallons. I only use about a gallon a run.

Thanks. I have never raced so find all of this quite interesting. Great work as always.

mhinch · Jul 29, 2020

Looking at the picture of the collector exhaust diameter I can't help but think how much COOLER yours is than these kids and their diesel "stacks". I bet you that yours would make their ears BLEED! Love the car, love the nostalgia surrounding it.

rusty428cj · Mar 23, 2021

The last time I raced was 2009 and I went to a NMRA race two weeks ago in Bradenton but had transmission problems. First gear worked.

I had a spare transmission and went over the week end to the NMCA race in Bradenton. This time everything worked but not as fast as I wanted but it was consistent and I can still drive!!

During practice I ran:
11.12 et 118.77 mph
11.08 et 119.03 mph
11.12 et 118.48 mph

Race Day:
11.11 et 111.78 mph shut off early WIN reaction time was .005 .000 is perfect
11.10 et 118.72 mph lost reaction time was .038. My dial in was an 11.07

crashtech · Mar 23, 2021

Amazing consistency, wish I could drive anywhere near good as that!

rusty428cj · Mar 23, 2021

crashtech said:
Amazing consistency, wish I could drive anywhere near good as that!

Thanks, I was surprised how consistent it was considering the front end is out of alignment and I was fighting that plus it's been almost 12 years since I ran it last. That .005 reacton time made my day.

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