Vehicle Owner

Member ID: brackensword

Location: Vancouver, WA

Vehicle Info

1979 Chevrolet Monza

Bragging Rights

  • 1/4 Mile10.21 sec @ 128 mph
  • 0-600sec
  • Top Speed145mph
  • HP575
  • Weight2870lbs

Major Upgrades

  • turbo
  • nitrous
  • bore increase
  • port and polish
  • supercharger
  • extrude honed
  • stroke increase
  • engine swap

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    • Currently 3.1/5 Stars.

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Last updated: Apr 24, 2005

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Darren’s Chevrolet Monza
“Monzai”

  • Currently 3.1333333333333 /5 Stars.
17 guestbook comments

The interior and exterior are pretty minimalist has most race cars are.Just a full cage and one race seat.All the safety bells and whistles required including window net and five point harness.

The front clip is glass.All the glass in the car except the teardrop windows has been replaced with lexan.

Machine work done by Richard Tabor of Tabor racing engines.Trany and rear end by Jamie Foxx and Dutchmen.Chassis work by Erics Chassis and Corey Seekins.Everything else by me and my dad who with out him and my mom none of this car would have been possible.They truly are the best I could possibly ask for.They even make the long treks with me.My supportive and forgiving fiancee Ruby deserves props for putting up with the "other woman" also known has my race car.

I have gotten much help from my friends Bryan and Casey(Mest Racing Crew) and many others!Hopefully soon you will see there cars on here.

Updates and pics to come has I put together the new bullet and come back next season for more quarter mile battles!!

This is me and my fiancee Ruby at the division six finals at Mission Raceway Park in Mission,BC 2004.

Another of me and Ruby.


Top end picture.Kinda hard to get a good one at almost 130.

I am just now getting everything together for the new motor for the coming season.It will be a stroker small block chevy 387 cubic inches.Eagle 4340 forged crank,forged Hbeam rods,14.0-1 compression pistons,custom ground cam.Hoping to run middle nines or so.

Just got the NHRA chassis certification done so now the car is all legal to run has fast has 8.50 at 150 mph.The motor is in the final stages of assembly.Cam wound up being .740 total lift and 330 duration with the 1.6 and 1.65 ratio rocker arms.Compression ratio works out to 14.2- with the cylinder heads I am running.Hopefully it will all be in the car and running in a week or so.The first race is April 6th so thats my hopefully debut date,weather permiting.More pictures and timeslips to come!!

Finally got the car out to test it on April 20th.It was eighth mile and we just wanted to get the motor broken in.With a conservsative setup and not being too hard on it the car ran 6.42 at 107.0 miles an hour.It didn't sixty foot too good 1.42 but that will come around.Now we will tweak it a bit to get it down there in the 6.20s hopefully.

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JOE3535  

Posted by: JOE3535

11/13/2006 07:54PM

Hey Joe here we have a 1979 Monza "Bone Shaker" your scoop is just the right size, is it a Harwood if so what one ?Do you have the # for it. Thanks Joe

justabird  

Posted by: justabird

11/01/2006 09:20AM

Awesome ride...This one needs to be at the top of the page! Havin fun with it, is what it's all about! 5stars from me! Check out my Sunbird and let me know whatcha think...

75monza  

Posted by: 75monza

07/20/2005 08:29PM

nice car man. what class do you run at the nhra division races? anyway, good luck with it.

crappytunercars  

Posted by: crappytunercars

06/02/2005 08:46AM

nice

ottosperformance  

Posted by: ottosperformance

03/17/2005 08:56PM

Nice to see another Monza on the site. Good luck with your new set-up...hope you get the #'s you're looking for!!

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Member ID: brackensword

Location: Vancouver, WA