(didn't mean to put this in the Lounge)
"Congratulations to #3 qualifier Jim Plimpton of Franksville, Wisconsin. Despite stratospheric engine temps on the driving portion of the 5th annual HOT ROD Pump Gas Drags, Plimpton took the win with a 8.536-second e.t. at 163.06 mph in his ProCharger supercharged, 572ci Ford-powered '89 Thunderbird."
1989 Thunderbird :punchballs: I think the article in the magazine states it ran in the mid-170s, not 163.
http://www.hotrod.com/eventcoverage/hrdp_0805w_2008_pump_gas_drag_coverage/index.html
(http://imgs1.images.hotrod.com/eventcoverage/hrdp_0805w_02z_2008_pump_gas+thunderbird_launch.jpg)
(http://imgs2.images.hotrod.com/eventcoverage/hrdp_0805w_03z_2008_pump_gas+thunderbird_engine.jpg)
(http://imgs5.images.hotrod.com/eventcoverage/hrdp_0805w_05z_2008_pump_gas+thunderbird_burnout.jpg)
Yah, there's no way an 89 would run 8.5 without being gutted and backhalved. :giggle: