VULGAR DISPLAY of POWER 62 Bubbletop

big Erik · Joined: 20 Jul 2007 Posts: 588 Location: Geneseo IL

well guys been here for awhile now and never did this so here it is......most of ya know my 62 by now.....so far this season is over for us as it is gettin COLD plus i took a head gasket out of it the last time out....nothin major pulled the threads on a head stud lost torque and pushed the gasket out......anyway this season wasn't my best....first T/S race at rt66 I broke the crank, block, front cover and bent a bunch of valves plus I fireballed it out the scoop at halftrack (they tell me it was spectacular!! i thought i was gonna burn it tothe ground the whole windshield was a fireball for a second LOL!!) soooo the only salvageable parts of my trusty 572 were the heads, since dad had a 588 shortblock that needed pistons we decided tof reshen it up make it a 598, and run another set of heads i just got that were "better" than my old ones.......two months later i got her goin again......the car ran a tenth off of the best time the 572 ran which was a 7.71 it was consistant as hell though it ran between 7.82-7.86 the rest of the season no matter what or where i was!! I went a few rounds and even made the final in the last race at 66!!......I also ran the Q16 at Cordova a few times didn;t fare as well there.......lost in 2nd round all three times i qualified and broke a rocker arm on etime and took the head gasket out the last time.though i still made the show..........anyway plans for the winter are to freshen the shortblock and I just bought a set of NEW(not just new to me) dart pro 2 heads for the car.i wanna try and step it up and try and run 7.60's if i can........also dad and i are gearing up to get back to work on our 53 stude we are redoing the car he has run for 12 years with a new double rail chassis that we are building ourselves.....so far this has been a learning expirience for me dad has built alot of cars from the ground up but though i have finished all of mine i never built a chassis from pipe on the rack before!!..it has been fun so far!! dad doesn;t yell at me too much LOL!!........well there ya have it...........I'll try and post updates etc when we get racin again ERIK
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big Erik · Joined: 20 Jul 2007 Posts: 588 Location: Geneseo IL

here's a pic for those who might not "know" me.......I am the one and so far only winner of the WALLY BELL low qualifier award for the eddyville Q16 at I think the DLN2.....so far one fo the big highlights of my racing career! Very Happy

ERIK

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Billy Mac · Joined: 24 Feb 2006 Posts: 1726 Location: Cairo, GA

Sounds like you have things headed in the right direction, Eric Cool

And from the look of that pic...."Big" is and understatement Shocked

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big Erik · Joined: 20 Jul 2007 Posts: 588 Location: Geneseo IL

well in my defense the car is LOW LOL!! but i am still pretty fat too!!.......at the last race iw as sittin in the car in the lanes and I heard one guy ask another "why do they call him "big Erik".the other guy says "wait til he folds himself outa the car!" LOL! Very Happy

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WildcatOne · Joined: 26 Feb 2006 Posts: 4727 Location: Houston, Texas

GREAT car, Erik...thanks for the update and the COOL pic! Good luck with the new combo and the '53 Stude project! Cheers, WC1
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big Erik · Joined: 20 Jul 2007 Posts: 588 Location: Geneseo IL

forgot to mention thats an IOWA AL pic!! ERIK
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wheelzman · Joined: 30 Sep 2006 Posts: 2015

Cool car Eric. Do you have any pics of the Stude?? Very Happy

Eric David Bru · Joined: 07 Sep 2006 Posts: 484 Location: The Skunk Works

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Zappy · Joined: 13 Jul 2006 Posts: 1053

BIG E Great season report. When you get yer 2010 plans set, please post dates + places, here. I just gotta see that thing run. next year Cool

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Iowa Al · Joined: 16 Jul 2006 Posts: 623 Location: Carlisle, Iowa

I want to see it run again. I've not been at the right place at the right time since that shot was taken at DL 2.
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