UDan Fletcher (Dan Fletcher) ngomnye wabantu abathathu kuphela kwimbali yomdyarho wokutsalwa.Uphumelele ngaphezulu kwe-100 yoloyiso lwe-NHRA, embeka phambi kwamabali amaninzi kwezemidlalo, kwaye ekhuphisana noJohn Force kunye noFrank Manzo (uFrank Manzo) waba yiklabhu ekhethekileyo.Ikwanguye yedwa othe watshayela iWest Swing kabini.
Ukusukela kwintshatsheli yokuqala yeSuper Stock eyaphunyelelwa eColumbus ngo-1994 ukuya kwindawo yesibini kwi-Super Stock kwi-NHRA National E-sports spark plug ngo-2020, imoto eyenza uFletcher wanempumelelo enkulu yile yomfanekiso we-1969 Chevy Z / 28 Camaro.Yeyona moto iphumeleleyo kwimbali ye-NHRA kunye neChevrolet eyona yoyisa kuzo zonke iimoto.Alikho elinye iqhina eliphumelele ukhuphiswano kulo naluphi na uhlobo lokhuphiswano.ixesha.Yintoni ekhethekileyo ngale moto ephumelele uloyiso oluninzi kukhuphiswano olunje?Ngaba yindoda?Ngaba ngumatshini okanye ngaba ngokwenene akukho kwahlukana phakathi kwezi zimbini?
Kwiimeko ezininzi, isitshixo sempumelelo kukuqala phambi komntu wonke, kwaye umnombo wokugijima weZ / 28 unokulandelwa emva komhla wokuqala.UCamaro wazalwa njengomthetho wokungenisa umoya weCrossram, i-302-litre, V-8, imoto enesantya esine.Olu hlobo lomatshini lwenzelwe ukhuphiswano, kunye nohlobo lwemoto olucinywayo kwimarike yomqokeleli namhlanje.
UFletcher wathi: “Utata wathenga imoto entsha kraca, wayigodusa, waza wachitha ubomi bakhe bonke ebaleka.”Ekuphela kwekhilomitha ayibonayo kwisitrato yayiyi-mileage ekwakufuneka idluliselwe kumthengisi.Imayile nganye icofa kwinqwelomoya erhuqwayo kwilizwe liphela.
Utata kaFletcher wayiqhuba imoto kwimveliso elungisiweyo ngeminyaka yoo-1970, emva koko wayimisa okwethutyana.Xa uFletcher wayesondela kwiminyaka yokuqhuba, wathi warhuqa uyise wambuyisela kumzila womdyarho ngeminyaka yoo-1980 wajika iCamaro yaba yimoto yokuqhuba, emva koko wayisebenzisa ekuqaleni kweminyaka yoo-1990.Ilungisiwe ukuze ithathe inxaxheba kukhuphiswano lweSuper Stock.Xa wayebuzwa ngemfihlelo yempumelelo yale moto, uFletcher uthe yayiyingxubevange engenanceba “yokusebenza nzima nokunyamezela.”Wathi ufumene kuyise indlela yokuziphatha emsebenzini.UFletcher uthe: “Ndicinga ukuba ndisebenza nzima, kodwa utata uza kundenza ndizive ndineentloni.”"Ungumntu osebenza nzima kwaye onolwazi ngeenkcukacha."Uhlobo lomntu owaziyo ngokwendalo ukuba yintoni efunekayo ukuze uphumelele uloyiso.Abantu.
Ke, zeziphi iinkcukacha ezibalulekileyo kuFletcher kunye noCamaro wakhe?Ugxininisa kumsebenzi wokwenza iimoto ngokukhawuleza nangakumbi, kungekhona iinxalenye.Le yibulldozer enamakhava amaninzi atyibilikayo kuyo.Asikwazi ukuzibamba kodwa siqaphele iindawo ezininzi zesantya ezilungelelaniswe kakuhle kwiCamaro, phantse akukho nto sinokuyichaza “njengengaqhelekanga”.
UFletcher wasixelela oku: “Ndingumdali womkhwa, yaye ndizama ukugcina yonke into ilula.”Uyavuma ukuba unabahlobo abaninzi abathengela iimoto zabo ezona zinto zintle, kodwa akanguye la mfo.Uqhube le moto ixesha elide ngokwaneleyo kangangokuba weza neendawo ezikumgangatho ophezulu, kodwa zimbalwa kakhulu iinguqulelo zexabiso eliphezulu kule moto.“Andingomphathi weveki.Andikho fashion.Ndiyi cliché,” wasixelela.
Phakathi kwezi nqaba zimisiweyo, iChevrolet ifakele injini yayo yokhuphiswano lwe-302cid Crossram dual quaternary.Ukusukela ngoko, iye yaba likhaya leenjini ezahlukeneyo nezinkulu kunye neenjini ze-SB2 NASCAR.Ngoku kukho injini ye-COPO eyi-350-cylinder exhotyiswe ngebloko ye-aluminium ye-LS7, i-LS3 intloko yesilinda kunye ne-Holley Hi Ram yokungenisa umoya.Emva kokongeza ipere yeegaskets ukwenza eyona ndlela ihamba kakuhle, le ndlu yokungena yomoya ayinakufakwa kudonga olungaphambili.Ngaphantsi kwehood yegesi.Kukho amaqhina amaninzi e-zip kunye neziqhagamshelo ze-butt kunokuba besilindele kule moto, kodwa njengoko uFletcher wasikhumbuza, "Izinto zam ziyakuhlala ziqala."
Ungaphantse ubone igazi elomileyo kumgca weAN owenziwe nguFletcher wale moto.Wachaza ukuba wayefuna kuphela ukuguqula umgca ukuze atshintshe kwi-carburetor encinci ayidingayo kwi-injini ye-LS.UFletcher wathetha nangezifundo zezakhono azifundileyo malunga noxinzelelo lwamafutha.Umlawuli akakwazanga ukulawula uxinzelelo lwamafutha ade atshintshe imoto kwi- -8 AN inlet kunye -10 AN umbhobho wokubuyisela ubungakanani.Ngokwezibalo zethu, kwiminyaka edlulileyo, ubuncinci iindlela ezintathu zofakelo ezahlukeneyo zolawulo loxinzelelo lwamafutha ziye zazanywa kwivili loqobo.
Sikugcinela ingxaki: i-odometer ifunda kuphela iikhilomitha ezingama-653.Ayilo nani lokwenyani elo.UFletcher usixelele ukuba iintambo azikaqhagamshelwanga amashumi eminyaka, kwaye inani leentambo bezifikelela kulo mgama.Ideshibhodi, ikhaphethi kunye nezinto ezinyovwayo zigugile kukhuphiswano lwelizwe lonke.Ngapha koko, le yiofisi yasekhaya kaFletcher.
Ekuqaleni kweminyaka yoo-2000, imoto yayihamba ne-396-cylinder kunye ne-speed three-speed automatic transmission, kodwa ngaphandle koko, le moto ye-Hearst isetyenziswe ezimotweni phantse iminyaka engama-30.I-lever yegiya yombane ye-Biondo Racing iphantse yahlala ijongene nokutshintsha kwegiya ye-1-2.Okwangoku, kukho i-ATI Powerglide enesantya ezibini phantsi kwetonela, kodwa uFletcher ukholelwa ukuba le moto idinga izantya ezithathu ukuze isebenzise ibhanti lamandla enjini.
Ulawulo lokutshintsha igiya nalo lukhangeleka njengenxalenye yesantya yakudala kwaye lwalusemotweni ngethuba uFletcher eqalisa ugqatso.UFletcher uthe xa ewa ngengozi kwimoto yokutyelela kwi-2003 kwaye "waphula lonke icala lam lasekunene", kwafuneka acinge indlela yokushiya umgca wemveliso ngesandla sakhe sasekhohlo kuphela.Ngoko ke, ukongeza kweli qhosha phantsi, kukho kwakhona iqhosha kwivili lokuqhuba."Ngamanye amaxesha ndisebenzisa eli qhosha, ngamanye amaxesha lelinye."
Ishiti lentsimbi emotweni yeyakudala, kwaye utata kaFletcher waqala wayenza ngesiqingatha imoto ekuqaleni kweminyaka yoo-1980.UDan wakhumbula ukuba imoto awayeyibone kwitafile yepikiniki yayiyimpahla.Le moto yenziwe ngokutsha nguGary Wisecarver waseRustburg, eVirginia.Kwiminyaka eyi-25 edlulileyo, amavili kaMickey Thompson abe yimveliso ephambili yesicwangciso, kodwa i-Weld Wheels yimveliso entsha ngo-2019.Xa ebuzwa malunga nokukwazi ukulungisa i-V-series double locks kwi-7075 aluminiyam lug nuts, wavuma ukuba babengabantwana.Ingcamango, kodwa ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, wanelisekile yiyo.
Iibhetri ezifakwe kwi-Optimo Yellow Top iibhetri zifakwe kwi-fuel cell exhotywe nge-Aeromotive-Pump kunye nebhokisi ye-counterweight eyenziwe ngokwayo, evumela uFletcher ukuba asebenze kunye ne-ballast emotweni.Xa ebuzwa ukuba ngaba kukho iibholiti ezingazange zisuswe emotweni, wathi iibholiti zangasemva eziwayo ziyakwenza ukuba imoto ibe buhlungu-oku kwenzeka ngo-2019.
I-33.0 / 14.5R15 M / T Pro Drag Radials igxininiswe emhlabeni kunye ne-Strange's 40-spline Ford 9-intshi ejikeleza i-5.38 gears, kwaye ixhotyiswe nge-spools yensimbi ukuphucula ukuqina.Xa uPenske wahlawula imali yenkxaso ye-NHRA engxamisekileyo ye-Super Stock, uPenske wothuka.
Ukujonga imoto, kuyacaca ukuba lo ngumzekeliso womqhubi-banyanisekile malunga nokungaphumeleli, kwaye isimbo sabo kunye nesenzo sabo sicingelwa emva kwenyani.Ukuphefumlelwa kwabo kuya kukwenza ukuba ucinge kwakhona ngenxalenye elandelayo oyongezayo emotweni, nokuba ayilunganga kakhulu, cima indawo osandul’ ukuyiphazamisa.Umzekelo, khangela inkqubo yamafutha.Kukho iimpompo zetanki eziphambili kakhulu kwiiseli zamafutha, kodwa awazi.Le yintambo ephothiweyo ngesandla, elungiswe nge-zipper ukutsala umdla wakho.Akukho mibhobho ye-Teflon-lined okanye i-O-ring clamshell connectors.Yinto yokuba izincedisi zemveli ezibomvu neziluhlaza ze-AN ziqinisekisiwe kwinqwelomoya phambi kokuba imoto ihambe ngaphandle kweintanethi.Nangona kunjalo, akukho nto yamandulo kuyilo, kuba umbhobho wenziwa ukunciphisa inani kunye nobukhulu bezixhobo zokubonelela nge-fuel injini kwaye uvumele umlawuli ukuba alawule ngokufanelekileyo uxinzelelo lwamafutha.“Yonke imibhobho yepetroli oyibonayo phantsi kwesivalo zizinto endiphinde ndazisebenzisa kumgangatho ongaphantsi,” utshilo uFletcher.“Kulo mbhobho wepetroli omtsha omnyama andinanto, kodwa ukuba ndineendawo esandleni nemoto sele inemingxuma (esuka kwezinye iindibaniso zokuqhuba imoto), ndizakusebenzisa le ndinayo.”
Omnye umxholo ophindaphindiweyo kaFletcher kukuphepha kwakhe ukuba "andisosityebi."Xa wayesithi “asingomntu oyinkcitho,” wayenyanisile.Ukuba unokusebenzisa oko sele enako ukuze afikelele usukelo lwakhe, uya kwenjenjalo.Nokuba usebenza kwinqwelwana yakhe eneminyaka engama-20 ubudala, okanye uqhuba i-RV yakhe eneminyaka eli-17 ubudala, okanye uleqa iinxalenye kwitoni yetoni enye awayikhuphayo kumenzi we-injini yakhe ngala mhla sasithetha naye.
Lo mntu kunye nomatshini bafunde ngempumelelo indlela yokwenza uninzi lwezinto abanazo.Akukho bullet yomlingo apha.Uyayazi indlela yokufumana amalungu amele aphendule.Wathi: “Abantu abaninzi bayalahleka xa beqala ukutshintsha izinto, yaye maxa wambi kuba nzima ukufumana indlela yokubuya.Nditsho nam.”Ubanga ukuba ixesha elininzi ezama ukwenza into entsha, okanye ukwenza into engcono, ekugqibeleni iya kumbuyisela umva.Ke ngoko, ukuvela kweemoto kucotha ngamabom kwaye kuyindlela.
Iintshatsheli zifunde kwiimpazamo kunye nempumelelo yazo, kwaye amaxesha kaFletcher ka-2019 kunye nowama-2020 e-NHRA yayiyeyona midlalo yakhe inde ngaphandle kukaWally.Ngaba sisizathu sokudityaniswa kwenjini entsha ye-LS emotweni?Mhlawumbi, kodwa uFletcher akazange akhawuleze athi ityala kuwo nawuphi na umba weenkqubo zakhe.UFletcher uthe: “Lo imele ukuba ngowona mhlaba womileyo unde endakha ndanawo.”“Kunyaka ophelileyo ibikokokuqala ndingaphumelelanga kumdlalo kwiminyaka engama-25.”Wasondela waza waqhuba kakuhle, kodwa njengoko wayesithi: “Ayikhange ibonakale.”
Ixesha lakhe lowama-2020 nalo alizange limvumele ukuba angene kwindawo yakhe.Ke ngoko, ebefunda ukuthathwa kwemoto kunye nendibaniselwano yokuguqula itorque ukuqhuba amanani afunekayo.Gcina ukhumbula ukuba ujongana neenxalenye athe wazisebenzisa ukusukela ngo-2019, kwaye wenza uhlengahlengiso kwaye unqanda izinto ezintsha eziguquguqukayo.UFletcher uthe: “Lo gama uqhubeka utshintsha, awusoze uphumelele.“Ekugqibeleni, kuya kufuneka uphande nzulu, emva koko wenze inkqubo isebenze kwaye igqibelele.Ndiqhube imoto enye iminyaka engama-40.phezulu.”
Yintoni eyamvumela ukuba agxininise kumatshini omnye kwiminyaka?Uyise.Le 69 Z / 28 ayikho kuphela imoto ye-Super Stock.Ngabantakwethu noodade wabo.Oku kukuphila kwakhe.Eli lilifa lakhe.Ulwalamano lwakhe kunye naye luxabiso kuyise, kwaye luye lwahlala lufana ubomi bakhe bonke.Uthe: “I69 iCamaro yenye yezona moto zidumileyo kwezakha zakho, kodwa kum ngokobuqu, ndikuphela komntwana.Oko utata wagoduka ngenqwelo-mafutha, ibikho phantse ubomi bakhe bonke.”“Sicinga ngonaphakade.Ngaphandle kwaloo moto, yilibale, uze uyilibale.Ngaphandle kwale moto, ngekhe ndibazi ubomi.”
Utata kaDan Fletcher akangowakwaChevy, ungowaseMopar.Ngaphambi koku, imoto yakhe yayiyi-440-powered '67 Coronet R/T, ebaleka kwi-C/Stock Automatic.I-'69 Z/28 Camaro yayilukhetho lwakhe lwesibini kuba iodolo yakhe ye-'68 Hemi Dart ayizange imfumane isantya esine-speed transmission awayeyifuna.Umyalelo warhoxiswa, kwaye umhlobo womthengisi weChevrolet wasekhaya waxhoma uyise kaDan ngenqwelo yehashi.Ke, ngaba sikufutshane ngokwenene ekudibaneni noDan Fletcher kumngeni weHemi?“Bendiyicinga ngalo lonke ixesha,” utshilo uFletcher."Ezi moto ze-Hemi ayizizo iimoto ezijikelezayo ngokupheleleyo."Ngaba uFletcher uya kuyitshintsha i-injini yokudibanisa kwaye alandele isicwangciso somdlalo ofanayo nale Super Stock Camaro?“Ngubani owaziyo,” watsho uFletcher.Ukuba utata uthenge le moto, imbali ibinokwahluka kakhulu.