Mutambo wekumhanya weDRAG unozivikanwa zvikuru muAustralia. Vamwe vanofarira kumhanya nemota dzavo asi vazhinji vedu tinofara kungoona vari padivi.

Zvinosuwisa kuti, mitambo yekumhanyisana muAustralia ine matambudziko maviri: Melbourne neAdelaide. Calder Park yeMelbourne inongoitisa misangano yemumigwagwa chete uye AIR yeAdelaide yakavhara magedhi ayo zvachose.

Unogona kutaura kuti sei uye sei kusvika husiku asi zvakakwana kutaura kuti vakwikwidzi vemadrag racers vari kumaodzanyemba kweAustralia vari kuita basa rakaoma pari zvino. Izvi zvinoreva kuti vakwikwidzi vemadrag racers vakaita saSimon Lazarevski vanofanira kufamba zviuru zvemakiromita kuti vaedze.

Simon anoda mota dzake dzeMopar uye anoda kumhanya saka zvinongoitika kuti asanganise zvinhu zviviri izvi kuita muchina weMopar wakagadzirwa zvakanaka. Asi uyu hausi wekutanga mota yake yeheavy metal; aimbofamba neVJ Hardtop isingawanzoitiki asi izvozvo zvakatanga kukurumidza tichifunga kuti yakanga isina 'cage'. Mazuva ano VJ Hardtop inzvimbo yemhuri inokosheswa — “Ndinoyeuka ndichienda naBaba kunoitora pandaiva nemakore mana,” anodaro Simon — saka akanga asingadi kuita zvakadaro.

Zvisinei, aiziva kwaive nepfuti yePacer Hardtop yekare isina mota kana 'bhokisi' saka akaitora. Zvino, tisati tazara netsamba dzeruvengo kubva kuvatendi vekuMopar vachigadzirira kuuraya Simon nekuda kwekucheka Pacer chaiye, ungangoda kumunzwa achitaura.

“Mota yacho yakanga isina kurongeka pandakaiwana. Yaiva munzira kuenda kubhini uye ndingada kufunga kuti ndakaichengeta,” anotsanangura kudaro. Zviri nani kuzvarwa patsva semujaho wemota wozodzokororwa kuita marara.

"Ndinoda chitarisiko chePro Street uye ndaifunga kuti chimwe chezvizvi chingataridzika zvakanaka chakavakwa nenzira iyoyo. Vane chitarisiko chekuAmerica asi vachiri vekuAustralia uye vanhu vanogona kunzwisisana nazvo."

Pakutanga raive jena rine mutsetse mutsvuku, ganda rePacer rakadhonzwa mushedhi raSimon kuti riiswe simbi yakakura, iyo yakatanga nekucheka machubhu evhiri nekubvisa suspension yekumashure yengoro nespring.

Simon, achibatsirwa neshamwari yake yakanaka Marino Prodan, akaita zvese pamotokari yaiva mushedhi kunze kwependi ne rollcage. Izvi zvaisanganisira kusonera mumabhavhu evhiri akakura zvakakwana kuti akwanise kutsvedza 30×12, kuwedzera kumucheto kwepamberi pemaburi evhiri rekumashure uye kuisa spension ye ladder-bar pamwe chete neStrange/AVO coil-overs.

Zvisungo zvemafuremu zvakaiswawo uye ganda racho rakatumirwa kuZagari Engineering kuti riiswe keji yesimbi ine mapoinzi gumi inoibatanidza. Kubva ipapo Hardtop yakaenda kuJohn Walker Crash Repairs kuti igadzirise pendi. Varume vaivapo vakafukidza mapaneru marefu emakona neProtec Chrysler Mercury Silver.

“Vakanditarisira zvikuru,” anodaro Simon nezveJohn Walker neProtec Paints. “Tinotenda zvikuru kwavari.” Varume ivavo vakagadzirisawo nzvimbo yeinjini ndokubatanidza maburi asina basa, zvichireva kuti hapana chinokukanganisa kubva pachinhu chikuru chine macube 470.

Simon ndiye akazvigadzira engine. Anogadzira mainjini akawanda (zvikurukuru zvinhu zveGM) nekambani kadiki kepadivi kaanoti Hippo Race Engineering (0412 440 472). Zita rekuti Hippo rakabva paVJ Hardtop yekare uye ikozvino yaramba.

Nechinangwa chekushanda muchikwata cheANDRA cheSuper Stock, pasi peModified Sedan sub-class, Simon akagadzira injini mukati memiganhu yakamanikana yebhuku remitemo. Izvi zvaireva cam yakatsetseka yetappet, factory block neheads, uye kabhoritari imwe chete isina nitrous, blower kana turbo.

Makubhiti mazana mana nemakumi manomwe emhando yepamusoro yeMopar — usanyengerwa nemakavha erocker eIndy Cylinder Heads; Simon anoashandisa nekuti haadonhedze mvura

“Varume veFord vane maSVO blocks; vakomana veChevy vane Bowties; ini ndine 1967 Mopar,” Simon anoseka. “Zvichaita kuti kukunda kuve kunonaka zvikuru.”

Chivharo ichocho che'67 440 chinoshandisa crank yesimbi yefekitori yakakuyiwa uye tsvimbo dzeEagle kuti zviburitse ma cubes mazana mana nemakumi manomwe. Simon ndiye ainyanya kugadzira machining ake kumba - chinhu chega chaaisagona kuita kwaive kuboora bhuroko nekukuya crank asi akacheka mapiston eRoss nendege ndokuisa misoro yeMopar Stage-VI mugaraji rake repamba nechitoro chemichina. Kuva nemuchina wekugadzira, muchina wekugaya nezvimwe zvinhu zvakawanda zvinobatsira, handiti?

Mota yeMSD 7AL2 yakabva kumotokari yePro Stock Dodge Daytona yaScott Geoffrion mushure mekunge Simon abatsira muridzi wemota iyi, Matt Sawyer. "Ndine zvinhu zvemazuva manomwe mumota iyi," anodaro Simon. "Ndiri kupfura Mars asi kana ndikangosvika kumwedzi chete ndichafara."

Misoro iyoyo yakazara nezvinhu zvakanaka: mavharuvhu etitanium, maSprings eManley uye ma retainer etitanium 10-degree uye makiyi, neCrane neIndy rocker gear zvinoshanda zvese. Yakagadzirwa kuti ikwikwidzane, zviri pachena kuti Simon's haazopa zvinodiwa necam asi tinogona kukuudza kuti iyuniti yakakura yakasimba uye injini inoshanda neSunoco race fuel. Zvese zviri kuitika, inogadzira 720hp pacrank. Kufema kunogadziriswa neMopar M1 intake uye HP-series 1050 Dominator carb inosveta scoop hombe yakaiswa pabonnet, nepo kudya mhuka kune mapombi maviri eHolley blue akagadziriswa kuti abate bhatiri re16v Turbostart mubhutsu. Kunewo bhatiri re12v rekufambisa zvishandiso.

Vanhu vazhinji vanofunga kuti Simon akatsamwa nekushandisa pombi mbiri dzisingadhuri asi anofunga kuti vagara vagadzirira basa kusvika pari zvino. Zvisinei, ane pombi yeProduct Engineering yakakura iri pasherufu, yakangomirira kupinda. Asi zvinoshamisa kuti Simon haafungi kuti injini yacho inopenya zvakadaro.

“Injini iyi kwandiri ingori injini yakanaka kwazvo,” anodaro. Pane imwe injini hombe ine simba diki, iyo inoshandisa misoro iri nani nesimbi dzealuminium uye inofanira kushanda nesimba kuti iwane simba rakawanda. Chimwe chakanakira dhongi diki ndechekuti ichakwanisa kudhonza 120lb yemota yaanofanira kumhanya nayo pari zvino kuti ibvise huremu (7.5lb/ci) nedhongi hombe ine simba re470ci.

Saka mubvunzo wauri kuda kubvunza ndewekuti inomhanya sei. 9.82@137mph inokubata sei? Hazvina kuipa kune injini isingade kudhonzwa ma rocker covers ayo mushure mekumhanya kwega kwega uye ichiita simba rayo rakanakisisa pa 6400rpm chete. Uye ndiko kutanga ne footbrake!

Muchina wekuchinja zvinhu unonakidza, handiti? Turbo Action SCS Cheetah yaiwanikwa kubva kuMopar Performance catalog uye Simon anozvida. "Ndanga ndichishandisa ma "shifter" aya kubvira muna '94; akanaka kwazvo. Kana ukatenga imwe, ichave ndiyo yekupedzisira yauchazombotenga."

Hardtop hombe ine mota ye727 Torqueflite ine manual yakazara ine transbrake asi ine ma laps mashoma pasi pematai, converter ichiri kuda kugadziriswa - launch inofambiswa nemabhatani iri kushamisa matai zvakanyanya. Tichifunga kuti atove ari kushanda pasi pe class index iripo (A/MSA index i9.84sec) Simon ari kutsvaga kubvisa zvimwe gumi zvekuwedzera. Kana angogadzirisa converter uye mavhiri emota akavharwa, achakwanisa kutanga kuburitsa mamwe manhamba chaiwo.

GRUNTEngine: Chrysler big-block 470ciCarb: 1050 HP DominatorManifold: Mopar M1Heads: Mopar Stage VI portedPistons: Ross 12.9:1 forgedCrank: 4340 steel factory, offset ground, 3.88in strokeTsvimbo: Eagle 7.1inCam: Secret SquirrelIgnition: 7AL2, HVC coil, 8.8mm leadsExhaust: Four-to-one headers, two-inch primary

SHIFTKutapurirana: Torqueflite727, yakazara nemaoko, patani yekudzokera shure. Chinoshandura: TCI masendimita masere. Kusiyana: masendimita mapfumbamwe, magiya 4.11, maaxle e35-spline, yakazara spool.

BENEATHMabhureki: Madhisiki eValiant & caliper (f), madhisiki eCommodore & caliper (r)Masipiresi: Standard (f), Strange (r)Shocks: 90/10 (f), AVO inogadziriswa (r)Kumiswa: Standard (f), ladder bar (r)

Marongero eRolling: Mutsetse wepakati Convo Pro, 15×4(f), 15×10(r)Rabha: Moroso 175 (f), Goodyear 30×12 slicks (r)

INTERIORTiller: WoodgrainZvigaro: Jaz race, vinyl coversZviyero: Auto Meter UltralightStereo: Pioneer, maspika e-inch fourRollcage: 10-point mild steelShifter: Turbo Action SCS Cheetah

Marino Prodan; Gunna; Zagari Enginering (08 8369 1888); John Walker Crash Repairs (08 8344 9299); Protec Paints; uye mudzimai wangu wandinoda, Mimi

Mardi Knight akatenga mota yake yeVG Valiant makore gumi nerimwe apfuura uye zvino zvayava ne265 itsva yakavakwa gore rapfuura, ari kutarisira kudzoka mujaho munguva pfupi iri kutevera.