One Fast Flathead

I raced door slammers at SIR and Bremerton Washington for many years and this made me feel like I was right back in the day. Thanks ,Tim
 
Planojc said:
Would love to see a close up of that engine.
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Rick Schnell's Blown flathead burning nitro methane fuel on an engine dyno is capable of making 900 Horsepower. RPM is 7000 at the 1320 1/4 mile mark. Block is filled with aluminum then the intake and exhaust ports are modified. The heads start as a solid block of aluminum then Rick machines the combustion chambers to work in the extreme environment burning nitro. Many years of development went into the Sliders engine to produce the power needed to run near 180 MPH in the quarter mile.
Ronnieroadster
 
cmbrucew said:
Ronnie How many runs can that engine make?
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The only time I saw the car it made two runs that day. There's never really been any other competition to run against Ricks car so going rounds at an event wasn't done to my knowledge. Exhibition runs were more what the do when the car runs.
On occasion when Rick was pushing the envelope if he experienced a lean out that always would cause a damaged piston and cylinder which at times meant another block would be needed. That would not be an easy job replacing the block considering the amount of work it takes to modify the blocks.
Ronnieroadster
 
And after all that he is still leaving a LOT of power on the table.

If he were to pursue it, who would he race? He is in no man's land. Too fast for vintage and too slow for NHRA.
 
Pete said:
And after all that he is still leaving a LOT of power on the table.

If he were to pursue it, who would he race? He is in no man's land. Too fast for vintage and too slow for NHRA.
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Curious about your opening sentence. What more do you think could be done to make it go faster, Pete?
 
Tim Ayers said:
Curious about your opening sentence. What more do you think could be done to make it go faster, Pete?
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The next size up blower would help greatly.
Dry sump.
Bigger fuel.
Ports like Ron Main did.
And several other things I won't mention.
 
Pete said:
The next size up blower would help greatly.
Dry sump.
Bigger fuel.
Ports like Ron Main did.
And several other things I won't mention.
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Thanks for expanded. What does bigger fuel mean? Like a richer ratio/mix of nitro or a 100% load?
 
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