Team Info:
Driver - Jim Overly
Driver Bio - After a 18 year lay off, it's time to go nitro racing again! A veteran of
the California Nostalgia Nitro Top Fuel wars, I had to quit racing in 1991, when someone broke into my shop and stole everything;
cars, parts, engines, tools...everything. I've been racing, off and on since 1966, in everything from a 1950 Austin altered;
64 Corvette; a blown, injected '55 Chevy to a front motored, 392" Hemi-powered Nitro Top Fuel Dragster on a
Jim Davis chassis. And much of this was done throughout a 20-year career in the US Navy.
Hometown
- Pasadena, Texas
Crew Chief - Jamie McConnell
Tuning Advisor- Doyle Smith
Team Support Specialist- Susie McCue
Crew - Paul Gordon, Ernie Goy, Keith Fisher, Donna McConnell, Randy
Owens, Mac Fosmire, looking for a few more! We simply could not do this without these dedicated people!
Tuner- Jerry Newman. This thing would not run as good as it does or without hurting itself without the kind assistance
of Jerry Newman! Jerry has been tuning Nitro cars forever-or something close. He is the master and keeps the aluminum gods
at bay. My heartfelt thanks to a guy that offered his expertise solely based on my needing it. I have yet to meet him but
that fine day is approaching!
Car Name - Fuelish Habit
Bodies
As a Blown Fuel Altered - 1923 Ford Bucket T
As a Classic Ntro Funny Car - 1971 Mustang Mach 1
Chassis -
S&W Chrome Moly Funny Car
Engine - Forged billet 526 Cubic Inch TFX-2000
Hemi (4.375" X 4.375") with
Alan Johnson Performance Engineering dual plug fuel heads with down nozzles.
Horsepower - 3500- 4500 +/- @ 85-90% nitro depending on the weather and tune up
Blower - Mooneyham 14-71 standard helix, big discharge
@
25% overdrive
Fuel System - Enderle Birdcatcher
25 injection
nozzles fed by a Hillborn 30 GPM PG-250 (#5) pump
Internals - Arias
hard anodize coated Nitro pistons and Bill Miller Rods, The crankshaft is a Crower unit. The cam is an Engle grind and I'm
not telling the specs on it. Thanks Bobby Marriot!
Transmission - 31% Lenco, CO2
shifted 2 speed w/ reverser
Rear End - Fabricated
Ford 9" with
Richmond Pro Gears
Clutch- 3 Disk Titanium Crowerglide. Centrifigal
unit. Touch the throttle and you're gone!
Data- RPM Data Logger
monitoring all 8 egt's, fuel flow to the hat, fuel pressures (2), oil pressure, engine speed, drive shaft speed, acceleration(G's)
and blower manifold pressure and temperature.
Electronics- Prototype
ETC Rev Limiter made especially for this car on Nitro- Thanks Hank!
Magneto-
SuperMag 5 hopped up by Spud Miller at Fuel Injection Enterprises. Spud also does our pump testing.
I told you! This is old school!
