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together on the bottom end are
Federal Mogul bearings and Speed
Pro rings. The billet cylinder
heads are of their own manufacture
and feature 2.250” intake valves
and 1.750” exhaust valves with
149cc chambers. Extra beefy,
they have no water jackets and use
the Ram Air V valve layout. The
two exhaust ports are separated
which solves the overheating issue
associated with siamesed exhaust
ports. A Sig Erson Roller cam
(.840 lift), Crower lifters, Manton
pushrods and Jesel rocker arms
complete the valve train.
Up top is a 14:71 blower sitting
on a Hogan manifold. A 26 gpm
Eric Larson at the 2018 “Night of Fire” race at Kil Kare Dragway, Xenia, Ohio signing
hero cards for fans. Waterman fuel pump and Enderle
iron block that they patterned quietly making more and selling to jets handle the alky/80% nitro
off the Pontiac factory ‘funny car other folks.” Those “other” folks mixture where it is fired by a MSD
blocks’ but in recent years we notably include “Big Chief” from Pro Mag 44, with MSD wires and
talked them into casting a solid the Street Outlaws television series. Champion plugs. The nitro flames
aluminum, non-water-jacketed, at their crowd-pleasing nighttime
block. They’re made in small runs The Boss Bird sports 482 cu. in. runs exit through 2-1/2” Hedman
by the foundry that casts Donovan with a Crower billet crank and Bill Hedders. A Crower 4-disc titanium
blocks. Since we showed that this Miller forged rods and 6:1 pistons. clutch and Lenco 2-speed send the
block will stand up to nitro, they are Helping to keep everything estimated 3,000+ horsepower back
to the Strange 9.5” rear with 4.10
gears and Strange axles connected
to 16” beadlocks mounting big
17x36 Hoosier meats.
Eric and Mike, along with their
long-time assistant crew chief, Tim
Fields, Jerry Newman (tuner), Dave
Worthington (clutch specialist)
and Michael Worthington (general
crew duties), all work hard together
to put some solid and impressive
numbers up on track scoreboards
when they race. These include
a 6.017 at 243.37 mph during the
Holley Hot Rod Reunion at Beech
Bend Raceway in June of 2018.
Their best 1/8th-mile clocking is
3.882 at 192.58 in October of 2017
Pontiac lovers stare and drool: Eric and Mike’s very trick, custom billet wedge heads,
one of the reasons for their car’s outstanding performance. Continued on page 11
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