grumpyvette Posted October 10, 2006 Share Posted October 10, 2006 NO! I don,t know whos car it is, but it sure brings back memories of my 1968 race vette....I only ran very low 10s at 135mph but it launched and sounded similar http://challengevideos.com/video2.php?video=http://www.challengevideos.com/2006/event10/009_PG01_M009_NEW.wmv&title=%3Cb%3EPro+8+Qualifying%3C/b%3E+Angelo+Valla+(1972+Targa+Blue+Coupe)+vs.Paul+Ziajski+(2002+Black+Z06)+Valla+clocks+new+personal+best+in+the+big+block+nitrous+C3+with+an+8.087+@+175.76.++The+other+driver,+Ziajski+qualifies+with+an+11+second+pass+in+Zona Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
280zwitha383 Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 That's awesome. When did your car "only" run 10's? I like how it lifts the tires up after every shift. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumpyvette Posted October 17, 2006 Author Share Posted October 17, 2006 I was seriously racing in the mid 1970s-1980s with that vette, it ran mid to- low 10s durring most of the late 1970s-80s while tried dozens of differant bbc engine combos, and several transmission types, generally the trans was an M22 and 4.56 rear gears but I tried 4.11, 4.88,5,13 rear gears, several types of slicks, and a TH400 trans also. building the car with todays available parts would be laughtably easy compared to back then when you were restricted in many areas of the built to modified stock components, decent big block heads, cranks,rods, cams, were just not available like now or were exorbanditly priced, on the plus side blocks and heads ETC. were cheap and easy to get. a complete LS7 500 hp crate engine cost $1600, but you were making $130-$200 a week back then, so the cost in weeks worked to buy an engine was similar to todays $9000-$12,000 costs for similar engines Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest REDGAR Posted November 1, 2006 Share Posted November 1, 2006 Thanks for watching the video. His name is Angelo Valla. You can read about he car winning this event at http://corvettechallenge.info/2006pro8-5.php If you are in the area, he will be back at Englishtown Saturday Nov 4th competing in the same class looking for a Championship Edgar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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