This is his 49th year shifting this car lol

That cam is so wild the engine can barely idle

New motor this year. Made 883 hp 672 lbs of torque. Ran 8.591 @155.42 best

@robertmetzger1753

3 жыл бұрын

I always liked the Lenco ! What can compare to it Nowadays ?

@chrisauten2039

2 жыл бұрын

Small block mopar? What block/heads combo?

@wepner

2 жыл бұрын

@@chrisauten2039 Ritter 48 degree steel block w8 Arrington heads

@wepner

2 жыл бұрын

@@chrisauten2039 tall deck

Thank you so much for allowing us to enjoy this with you. I would love to see more!

thanks for posting; always cool to see the old lencos in action

I ENJOYED THANKS!!

Nothing like a bad ass lenco

thanks for the great trip back in time, miss driving with my Linco.

Yes sir another Plymouth…👍

He acctually went from 1st to 4th in the burnout. A jerico and a lenco trans are very different, a lenco had a separate case for each gear, it does have planetary gears. A jerico (which he had before this lenco) all the gears are in a single case and not a planetary gear design.

Great vid, Grump approved.

No clutch needed during a run, it's faster without it. Made to b used like that

There is a lot of awesome going on here. Lenco, Cross Over Delay Box, etc. I love it.

@nhragold1922

6 жыл бұрын

FNTony 496 this guy went .002 on me on the tree with this set up lol.

Hell yeah, brother!!

u guys are amazing!

The fuel is leaded, my dad runs just enough oil to oil the motor, the pan is literally dry so the motor spins easier. He did Ia big wheelstand to oil pan crushing run one time and not a drop of oil came out till he stopped at the end of the track.

very cool videos. That malibu (2:10) looks fast until the duster launches.

Total beast!!!

Awesome!

That was cool thank you

Love it!

Very nice!!

The car does have a delay box, there is an air piston on the clutch fork , the delay box controls the air piston

This made me get out and wear down some tires.. Hahaha.. Love it!

hell yeah!! badass!!!

Very cool

I love it...there should be more classes in dragracing that require the driver to shit...rather than electronics ...this is BADASS!!!!!!!!

@slavonic7907

7 жыл бұрын

Frank Mc3. Why would you be required to shit if your trying to drag race? Don't make sense that's like saying everyone that punches into work at Walmart has to take a pee to make sure they're human or some shit what kind of logic is that all race car drivers have to shit before they go down the track to make sure they're not robots or to make sure they're light as possible to make it more faster to get more fans take off point 00001 seconds if the driver weight is half a pound lighter from taking a shit before they go. Your a big idiot is that to keep robots out of racing or what? I don't get it

@HelloKittyFanMan.

6 жыл бұрын

Haha, Slavonic, I see what you did there! Good one! But it wouldn't be about making sure you're human; there are immortal humans (people who don't need to eat) too. :-D

@rayota260

4 жыл бұрын

YEAH, IF YOU AINT SHITTIN YOU'RE ONE OF THEM MILLENIAL HIPSTARS

@briananderson3801

4 жыл бұрын

Shit?????

@davelowets

3 күн бұрын

There are MANY classes that require NO electronics. Even this car has electronics in it. It has a delay box that all you do is let go of a button at the first sight of a yellow light, and it let's out the clutch for you. All you have to do is pull the levers when the shift light comes on. Simple. No different than any automatic with a manual valve body.

Yes sir, this is the duster, and that was him, he is the original owner. He did race several times at pennfield Canada and winterport before they shortened it to 1/8 mile. And yes it still is a smallblock. Thanks for watching

ive watched this car make hundreds of passes and it always put on a show. And im pretty sure steve bought the car new

New setup making 807.5 hp ran 8.98 @148 first time out

@jrozay3788

6 жыл бұрын

chad clukey Mopar forever!!! Had me a 72 Duster 340 Wedge in high school. Nothing like what you have but it was still fun!

@CallofDoobie585

6 жыл бұрын

chad clukey so when you burn out, you have to do so in 4th gear?

@josephsloppy6750

6 жыл бұрын

chad clukey I'm a mopar guy. That is one sweet Mopar you have there

Finally someone showing the correct way to do a burnout. 1st to 4th!

@wepner

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah the guys at Lenco told dad you have to do it like that or it can hurt the transmission

@davelowets

3 күн бұрын

Just start the burnout in high gear, and don't shift at all.... that's what I do. Easiest on equipment that way.

Habit, he used to have a very fragile superstock engine, sooo the less time running the better. He also checks a spark plug every once in a while to see if it's rich or lean

Ran 9.000, 8.99 and then an 8.95 for bests 2 years ago

He shuts the car off because of habit, he used to run a super stock motor that was very fragile, so the less time it was running the better, the car does have a radiator and stays retry cool with the water pump on

Haven't checked this in a while, launch is 7 to 7200

Even bone-stock 340s kick butt. The baby hemi! This setup is faster than old rail dragsters back in the day! Mopar for mo power!

@davelowets

3 күн бұрын

The 340 is a wedge design. Nothing like a hemi....

Aaah, LENCO !

@aaaaariiiiielllll Its an all out drag car, they are only meant to run a few seconds, and most dont run a radiator so it could over heat.

They guy that just pops up outta nowhere at the beginning.

The car does have a radiator, the reason he shuts it off is just habit, he used to run a super brittle super stock motor and didn't want it running any longer than necessary.

@dthellland9738

7 жыл бұрын

he might be checkn the plugs after the run to read the tune. that's might be y he shuts it off right away

duh, sorry, wasnt thinking there... he used to be in superstock and the motor was very fragile. so he would turn the engine off so he could check the spark plugs at the end of the track to see if it was lean or rich. and the less the motor was running the better. it was a preventative maintanence.

love how the stuff behind the seat disappears and then goes right back to where it was after the run. 1/8th mile?

That is one bad ass mopar

Mccleod adjustable with cintered iron disk (it's my dad not sure what other specifics ur looking for)

Last run of the year was an 8.906

that,s cool

@J2OLDS Also keep in mind lots of still currently available racing gasoline such as VP C12 is still leaded.

First hemi transmissions then jerichos

これぞニトロゼロヨンレースだ!!

I likee!

He would get another one if this one would ever wear out :) he used to use hemi transmissions

Bad ass

when he is doing the burnout the back of the car turns some and when he lets off the gas and gets traction it goes straight. idk why they cut the motor off.

where do you run at? my boss man has one of those in his Calais Olds

the lenco/jerico transmission are very simple design but sorta complicated also they are a planetary manual transmission. it did look like he went from 3rd to 4th on the burnout.

@davelowets

3 күн бұрын

1st to 4th

ゼロヨン帰ってキターーー!

high volume oil pump sucking the pan dry is my guess

Back in the '70s I always wanted a Linco 5 speed but held off back then they were five grand and before that I was always thought why don't they make a stick with an automatic then found out they did the Linco I was running my 56 Chevy Gasser some might have heard of it Helter Skelter Southern California

What clutch flywheel combo? Single or dual? Aluminum or steel flywheel?

what clutch you are using

Small lever is first and reverse

I thought shutting off the engine right away was a hold over from the leaded fuel days, when you would shut the engine off right away so that you could get an accurate fuel mixture read from the sparkplugs. Driving the car back to the pits would screw up the read because the idle would be so rich from driving back. Leaded fuel would leave different deposits than the "clean" fuels of today. Just wondering.

@davelowets

3 күн бұрын

Yep. Same deal here. It's called a "plug chop". You kill the ignition to the motor during full throttle after the pass, and read exactly what the plugs are telling you during full throttle, full power, that way. You are correct, idling back to the pits ruins the "read" on the plugs at full throttle. Edit: This practice isn't just for leaded fuel either. It's also done for unleaded. Same thing. All plugs will display a "read" on them, no matter the fuel. Except with Top Fuel Nitro engines anyway.... the plugs are completely consumed during a single pass, and the engine is dieseling by half track, and will NOT restart without new plugs installed. The pit crew goes through the entire engine after each pass anyway. So it's not an issue.

this cars awesome! if ive got it right each lever is a new gear and you just knock it back to go up a gear?

@wepner

3 жыл бұрын

Yes each shifter is another gear

He runs 9.20s most of the time, but has run 9.08 a couple times

Whats your 1/4 mile time. And for those that don't know, this is 1/8 mile.

its still a habit to turn the new motor off at the end too

I wonder why he shuts off the engine after the finish line?? And why he is so hysterical with the steering wheel before takeoff..

It's not a Jericho. Read the video title people!!

So I read in lower comments that a single-stick transmission supposedly can't handle the power that you need for this. So are these sticks set up as one per "lane" of the transmission (I don't really know of a technical term for that)? And if so, then what would happen if you shifted them out of order, like started with the middle or right stick?

@wepner

6 жыл бұрын

It does have a shifter for each gear. U can shift them out of order but nothing will happen till u shift the next one in order... so if u try to go from 1 to 3rd nothing will happen till u pull the 2nd shifter back

@the101dad

Жыл бұрын

Lenco used to be a planetary gear system for water pumps but learned how to modify them to be used in a vehicle.

@HelloKittyFanMan.

Жыл бұрын

@@wepner: Interesting, thanks!

@HelloKittyFanMan.

Жыл бұрын

@@the101dad: Interesting, thank you too!

NICE👍👍👍

So do you step off the clutch to launch or is there a button you release, or what? Im new to this type of setup but am very curious about it.

@j.e.d.8065

7 жыл бұрын

Ira Michaud clutch in this car. when your talking about buttons thats for a tranbrake equipped automatic . hope that helps.

@gearbanger57

7 жыл бұрын

Not sure what setup he's using to release the pedal, there's several ways. I used an electro magnet to hold the pedal down with a delay box. He is using the button to launch the car, his foot is off the pedal & the delay box triggers the release of the clutch pedal. In this video he is running slower cars and releasing the button off their top bulb, delay box does the rest

@j.e.d.8065

7 жыл бұрын

gearbanger57. I didn't know that was possible. but I race a no electronics class all shifts made with the clutch.

@wepner

7 жыл бұрын

There is an air piston on the clutch fork hooked to the delay box

I love watching this car run when I'm up at New England Dragway. A couple of questions about the lenco. Would they survive well in street use, especially in traffic. Also since they use separate cases for each gear, could one in theory add an additional case backwards to use as a 5 speed overdrive?

@wepner

Жыл бұрын

The transmission is actually an ST1200 which is a STREET/ strip transmission. I’d say it would be great. the way the transmission works is for each case is a gear so yes you can just add a case and a shifter up to 6 speeds. They can help you with gear ratios at lenco.

@davelowets

3 күн бұрын

You wouldn't have to use any one case or section "backwards". You can get each section with whatever gear ratio that you want. Want something less than 1:1? Just get the last one geared like that

I ran you in 1st round at the valley few years back. Car is beautiful going down the track!!!

@wepner

6 жыл бұрын

Keith Lauzier this is my dads car. This engine blew up last year and he just finished building a new one like a week ago. I have a dyno video of it on here. Check it out. Steve clukey dyno 2018. Look that up

@nhragold1922

6 жыл бұрын

chad clukey I saw the car last week at the track next to the trailer warming up. Sounded good! I run super so didn't have much time to watch. Will check it out

fuck ya!

Is that shifter street legal? Always liked them. Thought you couldn't down shift with that shifter. Looks like the Lenco could be down shifted? I have a vertical Hurst 4 speed, with separate shifter for reverse, M-22, in my 61 vette. Heard it's illegal, because of not being on one shifter. Had it on for 45 years. Never any problem.

@davelowets

3 күн бұрын

No, it's not "illegal"

I'm going to put a Lenco in my '71 Demon. What bellhousing is your dad using?

I think he means why did he turn the engine off.

ah I geddit, with all the levers unengaged it's in first gear. so if you have the clutch released in this position with car will stall like a normal manual car yea?

@wepner

10 жыл бұрын

With all the levers forward accept for the little one it's in first and yes it would stall letting out the clutch, at the beginning he pulls the 4th and 3rd gear shifters back. Doing this does nothing till 2nd's shifter is pulled, then it goes into 4th

What kind of trans is that im not understanding how is works its a manual but u dont need the clutch to shift?

@davelowets

3 күн бұрын

It's actually a "stack" of seperate 2 speed automatic transmissions, all stacked together. The more gears you want, the more sections you stack together. Yes, it has a conventional clutch to get going, but once you are going you just pull the lever for each section to shift it. It would be VERY similar to putting a clutch on a regular automatic transmission. You'd need to use the clutch to start and stop, but it would shift gears just like any other automatic would, without using the clutch

Badddddddd asss

Really cool, not retry cool

they also turn em off because of high volume oil pumps sucking the pan dry!

fuckin ay man!

It's an st1200 lenco

Thats a Jerico? are they any better than lenco and cheaper?

Sooooo, if I understand i understand the levers correctly.... When they are all back, it's in fourth, right? So you did your first staging burnout in 3rd to fourth???? I know I sound like a dumb ass, but i've been scratching head over this thing for hours!

@midnyte_ryder

Жыл бұрын

10 years later…. No he is going 1st to 4th. The farthest right lever forward is 1st. All of them back is 4th. All forward is first but the way it works is in sequence so you can’t “jump” a gear. Rip lever 1 back for 2 second lever back is 3 third lever back is 4 but if all are back except the first one as soon as he pulls that back to be second gear it is already engaged to 4th because the second and third are back. Just watch it a few times you’ll catch it 😊

@Kevin_Knox

Жыл бұрын

@@midnyte_ryder thanks for the prompt response! 😂

sorry i cant help it... VLC PLAYER!

U gapped that chevy! Lol

Jerico trans

Did i hear a delay box ?

why he shut down the engine

Which is that small lever?

@SmashMat

Жыл бұрын

Reverse

Why the turning off of the motor after finish line with car rolling the car should still be dumping fuel in motor unless he shut off fuel at end of run at speed would this be a problem if he ran into issues where motor was needed to get him out of trouble other than that car and driver are great love the wheel stands

@wepner

6 жыл бұрын

kevin fay he used to have a super brittle super stock motor. He was very nervous and didn’t want it running any more than it had to be. Just a habit

Does he turn off the car once he passed the finish line? And why?

@jacktumbleweed

7 жыл бұрын

He used to run Super Stock with a pretty high-strung motor which needed immediate shutdown to keep the engine safe. Force of habit just carried over to this car. Might be checking the plugs after each run too so that would necessitate that as well.

It's a lenco st1200

Jerichos

Only thing better is to run 1/4mile.

Real men shift gears they don't let computers and electronics do it for them!!

@jaygill5582

4 жыл бұрын

Real men drive whatever they want Without worrying about what other People think.

@robinpatty3025

4 жыл бұрын

Only pussys drive automatic computer controlled cars!!!

it's just the turn off to the return road comming back to the pits

she did wat she had to do so he shut her down