1979 Fairmont Drag radial/x275 project - "The Cream Dream V2.0" by tirefryin_s10 & bmxarmy

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Alright... Here is my late SCSN report.

Vegas is a 24 hour drive each direction for us so after WEEKS of very little sleep and tonnes of work, we got after it and arrived in vegas late Monday night, found some dinner and a comfortable bed. Tuesday we got in to the track parked and began the process of UN-winterizing the car and getting it ready for Wednesday testing.

Wednesday rolled around and we got the car all ready to roll..... well the ignition miss was still there so we did some looking and traced it to RF interference . after we got that sorted we struggled to get the car to hook up and get down, On the first full pass under power it went 5.0 but right before the stripe it broke the cable for the fuel pump drive.

So all day Thursday the hunt was on we asked all over the pits, posted online, tried all the local speed shops etc etc Our saviour came in the way of Steve Matukas  as he happened to have a cable and offered to overnight air shipped it to me ... HUGE THANKS to Steve for the help.

We scrambled like hell and thanks to my awesome crew, help from a few racers like Darce Laws and a few others we got it all together and rocking and went up to make some qualifying passes.... first full pass under power was messy but it went [email protected]

We continued to work away on the car and try to get the short numbers to be better.... one of the next passes we went 1.17 to the 60' and I had to lift 1.05 seconds into the run as the car was heading into a big power wheelie. So we worked on the car , added some weight up front etc then we were rewarded with some front suspension parts failures which I will not comment on until I have a chance to talk to the manufacturer but lets just say I am VERY lucky the car spun the tires on the hit on the pass when it broke. So we got it all fixed up thanks to Jim Bell and Mark Campbell  went out and ran a series of new bests including a 1.16 60 foot and 3.12 to the 330' Then we needed a few hard to find bolts and Doug Paddock Let me steal them out of one of his bad ass spare engines after lending me Justin Kill to drive around and try to fix other items lol

The converter needs to come out and be tightened as we saw as much as 18% slip but this was out best pass overall, and as you can see it was HEAVY at 3460 lbs:










Overall for about 5-6 passes on a brand new set up I think we are very happy with how it is going so far. I have a few very important people I need to thank for helping me make my dreams come true:

My Beautiful understanding and loving wife
My family
My Hps Crew ( Jordy Lazic,Mullet Mike davis,Max and Hailey, Steve tuff,Ren Verbeem, Matt Kuehn etc etc)
Nolan Tews
Charlie Eden and AMS Engines
Alamo Turbo
Performance Fuel Injection
Impact Coatings
Jb's Power Center
Recovery Labs
Enviro Air Tech

My Crew: Jordan Lazic , James Hatfield, Colin Richter, Steve Cotrell, Vanessa Richards, Charlie Eden, Steve tuff

I really appreciate all the kind words, love and encouragement everyone gave us this past weekend as well.

I am sure I am forgetting some people and I am truly sorry if I missed you.


With a few updates and more testing this bad bitch WILL go 4.50s!!

5-19-2016

Well its been a while since I updated this thread but figured I would keep those interested up to date. Ever since vegas we have been chasing a misfire issue and even the first time out this year it was there so we ended up changing a bunch of stuff and finally got it dealt with. One of the other things we did in the process is tighten the converter up some and swap to the Holley Smart Coils.

Anyway here is a few pics of our first weekend out with the car this year, we were chasing issues but still went #1 qualifier and won the event in Outlaw 10.5 on little 275s lol:









We then took the car back to the shop and did a bunch of re-wiring and diagnostic to try and sort out the misfire.... Well we got it sorted. This was a super soft front half tune up as you can see by the 60 foot/330 foot times but then it COMES ON!! I pulled the chute about 1000 foot and this is what I was rewarded with on only 27 psi

6-21-2016

Went to a 275 shootout a couple weekends ago in Seattle and although we were #2 qualifier with a 4.78@160 @ 3440 lbs unfortunately though we struggled in eliminations and ended up blowing the tires off and going down to a friend of ours.

Anyway heres a few pics I thought were kinda cool.

7-14-2016

Took the slow street car out to a local 100' shootout and for some street action this past weekend. Even left the cargo rack and beer cooler on the back lol

11-29-2016

It has been a long time since I have updated this thread but here is the latest from our last outing:

Another Street Car Supernationals Las Vegas is in the books and I am very proud of how WE did from our best ET ever to going some rounds and fighting through issues that unfortunately we ultimately caused us a loss due to a turbo failure. I say WE because not one tiny bit of this would be possible without a lot of very good people. I also have no doubt in my mind that if the turbo would have hung in there the next 1-2 passes we would have been in the deep .60s to possibly even a high .50.

My beautiful wife Leanne who was missed very much and unfortunately wasn't able to be with us in Vegas but certainly sent me plenty of love and support from work.

All of my family and friends, whether it's moral support ,financial ...help ,taking care of things while we are gone giving us a place to stay etc it's all very important to me and makes a huge difference.

The entire Team Cream/HPS gang that was either with us helping this weekend or have in the past it is truly a team sport that wouldn't be possible without you and the more we do this the better we get as a team and the smoother things go.

All of my sponsors, this event is one that is VERY expensive for us to attend but they all support and help us go race with the best in the world and hopefully we do them proud, If you like the car or watching it etc I ask you to please support the people who support us or even just tell them thanks:

Horsepower Solutions
JB's power center
AMS Engines
Alamo Turbo
Performance Fuel Injection
Impact Coatings
Capital city customs
Dig Dug Excavating
Stealth graphics
Rm2 Racing
Enviro Air tech
The Tint Factory
Iroc custom auto
Holley EFI
Comp Cams

And last but not least the racing family we have met and got to hang out with over the years, sometimes the time off the track is where the best memories are made.


So far the best numbers the car have run are as follows:

60 - 1.16
330 -3.15
1/8 - 4.70
Mph - 162

All of this at a weight of 3425-3490 lbs with Twin 72mm T4 Turbos.