Lightest drag hydro?

[d&smach]

From my street racing days I have always been obsessed with weight, such as an insanely small radiator that plagued me terribly. Now I have what could be a contender for lightest drag hydro. 564 lbs ready to run, motor, (2.5 mercury drag) battery and fuel tank. Incidently, it doesn't float unless there is a driver at the wheel and then it is less than one inch from taking on water. I warm it up on the trailer, then have a couple of friends slide it off and point it out in the river. When I return I have them catch the hydro as shut it down close to the trailer. As a winter project I am considering several places where weight could be removed to achieve my ultimate goal of 499 lbs. BTW, my street car was a 427 hilborn injected side oiler ford in a 76 honda civic.

[mach351]

Ummmmmm…..where have you been???? That is incredibly cool. Going to need tons more pics of all this stuff. 427 Civic….I fricken love it! Need the backstory on this hydro. C’mon man spill the beans

[d&smach]

Stick around, even though I have always been known for taking everything I do to extremes, I have a project in the works that will be my ultimate. I am deep into it and have pics and video. I am afraid I may have surpassed my "courage" level with this project and may possibly be looking for a younger man with steel nerves to be the pilot after I am confident that it won't be a death trap. I can simulate a drivers weight and test it via radio control before even considering a live person. After several test runs at a certain power level go smoothly I would back the power down somewhat and consider a live driver for a run under perfect conditions.
Before I post it I'll post a few other "extremes" in projects before I lay the "ultimate" one on you.

[LakeFever]

As im sure most if us here will admit we are all extreme performance junkies who frequently get called crazy or obsessed or whatever people say about us speed freaks its part of the deal. Then when i see this level of commitment it makes me feel like im only mildly afflicted

you d&smach build some seriously radical stuff. I hope you keep updating us this is gonna be fun to watch

[Capt.Insane-o]

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[25ss]

Glad to see your still at it have been wondering about you.
I remember when you tryed to get me to run that thing and thank god i could not fit in it
Cause i didnt want to drive it.
Keep up the good work
I have been having alot of fun with the 1250 super BP you sold me thanks.
Dale