About how much does...

[Chris Williams]

Originally Posted by Ken Haase

a typical 225" to 235" hardtail dragster weigh when equipped for S/C? BBC/Powerglide combo. Also, how big of a radiator does it take to do the job? Does it come down to personal preference on upswept vs. downswept headers, or is there a performance factor?

One more question. Will a dragster of that length fit reasonably well in a 24' trailer that has cabinets across the front? Sorry about all the ?'s, but I'm thinking that I could slip into a digger easier than I can my door car. Not to mention how much easier it would be to work on!

Thanks for any advice. Ken

Our 225" hardtail weighs 1805 with a 130lb driver. A radiator is included with most rollers, our has a 13" fan, to give you an idea of size. We run upswept because of looks alone. There are those who will tell you that you lose an mph or two because of the wind resistance of the upswepts, but that's debatable.

We put ours in a 28' trailer, with plenty of room behind for a quad (sideways), so you could get it into a 24' if you (as others noted) left out the center front cabinet -- like our trailer is outfitted.

Make sure you can get in/out of the car, lots of folks find dragsters harder to get in and out of. Very much a personal preference thing. I think working on a dragster is quite easy, I love the open access. But there certainly is far less place to "stash" things, both in the engine area and the driver's compartment. Want to have a place for your air gauge? Might be tricky to find a spot in a dragster vs. a door car. And so on...

HTH,
Chris