importwarrior Posted June 2, 2014 Report Share Posted June 2, 2014 (edited) http://www.hotrod.co...fore_were_cool/ News flash! As hot as turbos are today, they’re far from new. Guys have been screwing around with turbos at the drags since the early '60s with varying levels of success—though the most common level was zero. For that reason, many of the early experiments have been lost to history. Here, in no particular order, we present 10 of the coolest examples of successful turbo drag cars you probably never knew existed. Jerry and Gary Mallicoat’s '40 Willys Twin turbos drawing through twin Carter carbs and feeding a 327ci small-block Chevy made 720 hp and allowed the twin brothers to win the AA/GS class at the ’65 Winternationals and go on a national tour. At the end of 1965, the guys pulled the motor and turbos out of the car and gave them back to Ed Iskenderian. They went back to college, Jerry started writing for Car Craft, and they came back with a Barracuda flip-top Gasser that ran twin turbos, running tenths quicker than others of the era. It appeared on the Oct. ’71 cover of HOT ROD. In recent years, the Mallicoat brothers have run a Barracuda in AA/Gas Supercharged nostalgia-drags competition, and recently converted the car’s Hemi to twin turbos for Pro Street racing. http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af3/matthewbridges/1965%20Hot%20Rod%20Showcase/HRYR1965048.jpg Edited June 2, 2014 by importwarrior Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidjc Posted June 2, 2014 Report Share Posted June 2, 2014 (edited) Not "Absolutely" positive... but pretty sure I recall these guys running this, especially the Cuda. (was @ the 72' Spring Nationals in Ohio/may still have some old pics) Edited June 2, 2014 by kidjc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creakyjoints Posted June 2, 2014 Report Share Posted June 2, 2014 Well turbos were banned. Trying to protect the status quo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelby Posted June 3, 2014 Report Share Posted June 3, 2014 dare say that brought back a lot of old memories Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edde Posted June 3, 2014 Report Share Posted June 3, 2014 19lbs must have been huge. No wonder folks were scared. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
importwarrior Posted June 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2014 dare say that brought back a lot of old memories Thought you would chime in. I love that car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelby Posted June 4, 2014 Report Share Posted June 4, 2014 Thought you would chime in. I love that car. some of us are spoiled thinking all you had to was ask for help ,back in those days forget it was every man for himself another thing hilborm mechanical fuel injection was just about the only option for non carb'd set ups this would have super easy if they had done one simple thing ,added a pressure gauge and a fine tuneable adjusting regulator valve to the pressure regulate system , the old pill system made it one of the hardest systems you could find to adjust fuel mixtures at the track those simple changes would have made a huge change to drag raceing history Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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