Nostalgia Drag Racing

Everything you ever wanted to know about "Bad Manners".....

Best run to date: 7.64 @ 179.76 mph

The car:

1948 Fiat Topolino Coupe (steel body)

96" Wheelbase tube chassis

    Built by Reid Mattingly

Transverse leaf front suspension w/ straight axle

Solid mounted '57 Olds rearend w/ Strange spool and axles

Strange rear disc brakes

American Racing 12 spoke spindle mount magnesium front wheels

    Powder coated by Powder Works

The drivetrain:

357 cubic inch small block Chevrolet

    Eagle steel crank

    GRP aluminum connecting rods

    JE pistons

    Air Flow Research "227" cylinder heads

    Iskenderian roller cam and lifters

    T+D shaft mount rocker arms

    World Products "Motown" block

Heads and block O-ringed by Wright Automotive Machine

BDS 6-71 supercharger

Enderle Bug Catcher injection

Enderle 110-600 fuel pump

MSD 12LT magneto

Powerglide transmission

    Built with lots of help from Scott Mason

Misc:

Zoomie style exhaust

    Custom built by Boyd Abercrombie and Scott Stanger

    Coated with HPC coating

Racepak V300 data acquisition

Turbo Start 16 volt battery

1850 lbs (with driver)