Pro Mod Hearse........omg !

[Furyous]

You guys have seen this, right ?

http://dragracingonline.com/features/featurecar/ix...



How cool is that ?

[Benni]

Yeah, defnitely on the chilly side,
I like station wagons on the track.
What puzzles me a bit :
is there, or isn´t there a rule that says :
intake may not be higher than roofline on PMs ?
Regards,
Benni

[Taximan]

I saw this car made its debut at the WSN in Orlando.
From behind it looks like the rear of the roof is just as high as the scoop,
but it ran in Super Pro Street with pretty liberal rules.
It hit the wall on his 2nd run or so.

http://ywnv.vidiac.com/video/15cdac1d-73b2-480b-9961-99d5017c23f0.htm 

B.T.W. a Swedish girl and her team are preparing a 59 Caddy for Pro Mod

Edited by Taximan on Wednesday 26th December 11:43

[Eurodragster.com]

Benni said:

is there, or isn´t there a rule that says :
intake may not be higher than roofline on PMs ?

Certainly 1.9 of the 2008 FIA Pro Mod rules says that the injector scoop "May not be higher than the top of the roof".

[Jon C]

Eurodragster.com said:

Benni said:

is there, or isn´t there a rule that says :
intake may not be higher than roofline on PMs ?

Certainly 1.9 of the 2008 FIA Pro Mod rules says that the injector scoop "May not be higher than the top of the roof".

The Hearse runs primarily in Top Sportsman. Looking at this vid, the roofline at the back of the car seems a lot higher than in that feature picture anyway, so it may be OK for PM.

http://ywnv.vidiac.com/video/15cdac1d-73b2-480b-99...

However 7.1 states 'original OEM body or replica shell', and I am not sure that there are too many manufacturers who have actually built Herses as 'OEM', rather they tended to be coachbuilt conversions, so that may be a question of interpretation.

But hey, he's got a great looking race car, he's not in FIA and in T/S he will get a lot of publicity, so good luck to him! :-)

A 'shooting break' will always be a good package for P/M because the roof gives such a vast flat area which applies downforce whilst not being a conventional 'wing'. Tami Branders Mondeo estate and Lars Inge Johansson,s car were both good examples.

[feritsbum]

A little 'stiff' competition here now -
http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?title=107895069...

[Time Machine]

I think he has gone over the top on the Hearse - he should have kept it black and sedate rather than feeling he has to go for the bold graphics which appear to be de rigueur in US Pro Mod and not go for the cartoon effect. But hey, that is just my view.

This would make a good Pro Mod:



:-)

[MotorPsycho]

too cool

about injector scoops above the roofline.....what about Danny Cockerill, Graham Ellis' new Daytona and more I'm sure, doesn't seem to be a highly enforced rule

[Jon C]

MotorPsycho said:

too cool

about injector scoops above the roofline.....what about Danny Cockerill, Graham Ellis' new Daytona and more I'm sure, doesn't seem to be a highly enforced rule

http://www.topendtales.com/images/wallpaper/2005/rwyb2205/danny_cockerill_800.jpg
(Photo not hotlinked for obvious reasons)

Injector / roof line looks ok in this pic.

Grahams car is, of course, unfinished.

Edited by Jon C on Thursday 27th December 12:22

[Tet]

I'm not sure I've seen anyone in Europe[1] with an injector higher than the roofline, but some of them (Gordon Appleton, Micke Lindahl, Urban Johansson to name a few) cut it very fine...

[1] I'm sure I've seen some in Oz, though. That yellow Countach springs to mind, although I can't find a picture of it right now.

[Eurodragster.com]

I always assumed there was something about that rule I didn't understand.

[hodgy587]

Time Machine said:

I think he has gone over the top on the Hearse - he should have kept it black and sedate rather than feeling he has to go for the bold graphics which appear to be de rigueur in US Pro Mod and not go for the cartoon effect. But hey, that is just my view.

This would make a good Pro Mod:



:-)

you would'nt believe how many times Ive said to people how good a ghostbusters pro mod would be.