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

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Just needs a solid 60 ft

9-29-2012

5.210 @ 142.36mph in the 1/8th
7.944 @ 179.89mph in the 1/4

Way to go buddy! Super pumped for you, Now just dont run out of cage today!!!!

10-2-2012

Thanks a bunch everyone, I know if I can get the car to front half harder and keep the front end down it will run some good numbers!

After all the bullshit I have went through on this thing this season it feels nice to put some numbers on the board that is for sure!!!

The car wanted to power wheelie at the 1/8 etc so I kept having to soften it up down low then pour it on hard up top. I am hoping moving some weight around and travel limiters will help that.

Here is a picture of the BIG wheelie thanks to Dean@speedzone magazine for the awesome shots!:

I thought I should also mention there is NO WAY I could be where I am without the help and support of the following people in no particular order:

Both of my Family's - For Helping me get to the races I would not normally be able to make it to and always helping put me up or keep me fed or just plain support me in my dreams and goals!

Leanne who is always there for me day or night to help me get things done and see my dreams come true.

Nolan @ CCC for the never ending help on the car and all of the bad ass fab work some of which never gets seen or appreciated but I know its there and it means a lot to me!

Flyin Ryan Bell who is the only guy crazy enough to build an engine and let me run the go pedal and the boost controller and making me KILLER AND RELIABLE power since day 1!

Steve,Jason and the rest of the HPS crew for always helping me out on and off the track.

Randy @ Pro Stock for maching my junk when it needs it and making sure Ryan gets the stuff as he wants it when he needs it.

Jim Bell for all his support this season on the car/program and always helping me get what I need to make the races.

Jordan/James for being there to bounce ideas off , share parts or even drink beer with when things go south sometimes lol.

Alamo turbos for hooking me up with a couple of bad ass hair dryers.

Stefan@ Performance Fuel Injection keeping me fueled and ready!

Ken Bruce@Enviro Air Tech - Me and Ken exchange help and it really goes a long way for my program!

Bruce @ Impact coatings - Keeping me lookin good while I am goin fast!

Cam@ ACT - Hooking me up with wheels and help to get to the races and always being my Cuzin in the other Zeph.

Dave @ Team Z motorsports - keeps me hooked up and rollin!

Randy @ Sherwood performance - The boost leash is kickin ass and taking names and proving we do not ALL need an ams 1000 to go fast!

I am sure I am forgetting some people and I appologize in advance if I forgot anyone.

Hope to see some guys in vegas for the street car supernationals!

10-3-2012

Rear shot of the biggest wheelie LOL

More pics and videos coming soon.




7.82 pass from the top end, you can see me doing some driving around 300 feet out.

10-5-2012

Well started tearing into the car last night to repair the damage from the sky shot and luckily its easy to work on...

Here is what I know I need for sure:

TRAVEL LIMITERS LOL
30-40lb weight bar
Fix K member
New Rack/steering shaft(in town locally)
Caster camber plates(on the way THANKS MIKE!)
Oil pan(hoping to just repair)
Custom header gaskets (old ones were leaking badly)

I pulled the whole front end apart so I could fix the damage, as well as do some stuff I have been putting off like painting the front clip and getting all the turbo parts ceramic coated. I am also gonna have my front struts dyno'd on a local shock dyno to make sure they are ok and see what the valving is actually like in them.

On to the pics!!!

10-18-2012

Ok guys car is still in repair mode from the massive wheelie but we WILL be in vegas for the PSCA Street Car Supernationals 8 , I know I wont be the fastest but I shouldnt be the slowest neither and I will likely be one of few REAL street cars! Shootin for a 7.5x at 190ish if it all works out.

10-25-2012

Well thanks to some good help from some GREAT people the car is coming back together.

My boy Nolan took care of the messed up K member with some of his great fab skills.. replaced the entire center of the K member/enging mount supports and got the new flaming river rack and billet borgeson shaft mounted (Thanks Simon for the rack).

Then I took it over to Bruce @ Impact Coatings and he made it nice and pretty again with "silver vein" powder coating. Then he coated my headers/turbo hot sides in a super high heat black ceramic coating and of course did the turbo compressor housings in a nice creamy powder lol.

I also took the time to re-do some wiring as well as brake lines that I was not happy with from the start. Then Leanne did a killer job making the front end all pretty by painting the front clip so its not bare metal anymore lol.

Probably safe to say I will be the only guy at SCSN with cream turbos LOL


Just Re-doing some stuff on the valve covers, waiting for C/C plates and the front end can go all back together then its a mission to see if there is any weight I can cut out before vegas... as it sits I am 200 lbs over weight for my class /set up.

I will have some more pics soon.

11-4-2012

Been busting ass hard on the car trying to get ready for Vegas.


Fire nozzles through firewall ,there is one inside by my feet as well.





Also got one of the turbo inlets finished up, can't decide if i wanna paint it more shiny silver to match the headlights better.




Next up I built an oil catch tray / belly pan. These pic soft show the final product but you get the idea.

lots more has gotten done just forget to snap pics a lot.

11-6-2012

Thanks guys we will do our best!!! Still got some work to do so tonight and tomorrow we will be going hard getting ready.

Here is a sneak preview of our new shirts, we will have some of these with us in vegas if anyone wants one:

11-27-2012

Thanks a lot guys.... I have some other things in my life that I would like to do /spend money on currently so I dont think a new cage will happen this year anyway. Plus I wanna get CD1 back out on the streets hurting feelings with my GF behind the wheel.

I am thinking I might put smaller turbos and tires on it and go into wild street, I feel confident I could run similar times on a 275 and be competetive in that class.

11-29-2012

Here is some pics we either took ourselves or other people took of the car etc:


Couple shots of the old lump leaving the line and some burnouts on various passes:

My best 1/4 mile and 1/8 mile ET:






My best Mph out the back:







This slip was first round of eliminations I power wheelied past the 60 ft mark ,set it down then power wheelied again out past the 330' then it blew and intercooler pipe off but I stood on it anyway and managed the win on 10psi lol:







How it looks under the hood after the new valve covers and some more coating from Bruce @ Impact!

Our new shirts, If anyone wants one in a T or a hoodie send me a PM.





Cruised it into vegas and cruised the strip, did a few burnouts on freemont and a few nice 25 psi highway tugs resulting in rolling 150 mph burnouts lol Here is the lump parked in the planet hollywood parkade where it set off about 500 car alarms LOL: