Reply With QuoteI was thinking Hills dragster was a tandom twin engine. And the engines were Pontiac???
Eddie Hill's car had a unique chassis. The front of the chassis bolted to the front of the engines and the back half bolted to the rear of the engines. The engines were part of the chassis.
I was thinking Hills dragster was a tandom twin engine. And the engines were Pontiac???
They were indeed Pontiacs. mounted side by side at about a 45 deg angle to each other. I don't remember if this was the same car that had 4 slicks mounted similar to a tandem mount truck tires. You ask "How else would they be mounted?" Someone ran a car that ran 4 slicks on two rear axles about the same time Eddie ran his twin. Some strange shit back then.
Tommy Ivo was probably one of the pioneers of the multi-engine stuff. Evidently this car would come off the line and when it unloaded the front end it would go up in smoke, go figure http://free.***boat.net/ubb/biggrin.gif www.nhra.com/museum/features/feature2.html (http://www.nhra.com/museum/features/feature2.html)
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