Preeny's Caddy

[Preen59]

Hey guys..

Here's a couple of my latest..

[Preen59]

Oh, Did i mention we have a Cackle Car?

We have the first restored Front Engine Dragster in Australia- Banshee AA/FD. Completely restored by my Father and myself.

Here's some of my favs from the Photoshoot on Wednesday.

Taken with my Powershot SX200is. They were much crisper before Photobucket compressed them, unfortunately.





Two fingers means "All Ok". It's an old universal drag racer's signal..








I know they aren't Caddys, but i thought you might enjoy them.

[Matt a]

Very nice!

Love the wheels on the Caddy, are they genuine Audi or reps?

[DADDY]

Class pictures dude, the 2k looks nice on the Audi shoes.

[YoungDan]

Slam it...!

[Liam]

those racers are fantastic have u any info on the engine ?

its aircooled i take it


ps as regards the caddy is it lowering springs u have in it ?

[Preen59]

I can go 40mm lower, but it hits the bump stops, rides like shit and doesn't handle that good. Where I am at now is a nice compromise.

They are genuine Audi TT wheels. Got them from a tyre shop in Victoria.


Our car is Banshee, the bare chassis green and white car.

The engine in both cars is a 392 Chysler HEMI. They are both putting out about 2500hp depending on Nitro percentage etc.

Our engine specs are, off the top of my head..

- 392 grout filled block. Bored .040" over.
- Standard 392 crank (crack tested, obviously!)
- VRE Billet Aluminium 4 bolt main caps.
- CP forged blower pistons. .012"-.014" Piston to Bore Clearance. (Yes, that's not a typo!) And aluminium piston buttons.
- Brooks forged aluminium rods.
- ~8 US quart oil pan (customised).
- 120psi Oil pressure @ idle (roughly 2500rpm).
- Modified VRE remote oil filter adapter.
- Chet Herbert "70" nitro cam. Its about 108 degree lobe centres and 320 degrees total duration, from memory.
- Milodon gear drive
- Donovan exhaust rockers.
- Herbert roller cam followers
- Littlefield teflon tipped 6/71 supercharger, 25% overdriven.
- Enderle "Three Rib" injector.
- Enderle "110" fuel pump.

This engine produces about 121DB at idle from 14 feet infront of the blower, on 90% nitro..


Umm.. If you want to know anything else, just ask.


Here's a video..
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And here's a couple of pics from the Australian Hot Rod Reunion..

[Liam]

mobile barbeque


thats mental

[Preen59]

Yeah it's good fun.

Here's another cool vid.. Turn the volume up for the full experience..

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[BIGNICK]

I'd never be late again!
Although guess you have to live with in a quarter of a mile from each job, and there's no where for my ladder..

[DADDY]

Yeah it's good fun.

Here's another cool vid.. Turn the volume up for the full experience..

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Bit of history made that night dude.
Preparation is superb dude , that looks like the chassis is polished steel . We polish the chassie on the mates F1 sidecar, makes it easyer spot fatigue and weld failure, but the day after a wet race the chassis is red with rust and its at least two nights in the garrage at the end of a polishing buff to get it right again sure its all part of the craic

[Preen59]

No they're both black. Yeah prep is key. No mucking around when you're playing with the yellow stuff. Even though we're not making passes with this car, it's still potentially very dangerous..


Most guys don't polish chrome moly. They just clean it up and hit it with CRC or WD40 to stop it rusting...

[colm1988]

found this today

[lovelydubly]

i love that!!!

[oops]

found this today

I'm in two minds about it.