looks killer.-pdang

 

Yeah...that car is sick. It was built before his fwd car. Must be nice to have cars just hanging in the sidelines for when the classes arise.

 

Damn, must be nice, Thats Rados car, right? and what motor is going to power that badboy? Im guessing a classic Jza80

 

That has a celica nose on it

 

Because its a celica right?

 

Right...

 

yes i belive it matches the celica sides and the celica rear. im pretty sure thats not a pro rwd car its for modified/outlaw class with a supra motor. nice car.

heres more about it:
http://world-racing.com/rides/celicarwd_index.htm
you can also see more of his VAST arsenal on the site too....must be nice.
-Roger


[Modified by E-Town4229, 10:33 PM 1/25/2003]

 

ya dang that guy rado.. that celica is chump change.. i mean check it out.. the guy just lost a 20K phone. oh well huh?

 

chris rado is the next team venom

 

You really can't bag on Rado, even though he has money, he is a pioneer in the import drag racing sport (first unibody FWD in the 8's).

Besides he is the first one to use 28" slicks and Penske shocks on a unibody FWD Honda!


[Modified by turbohonda, 1:26 AM 1/26/2003]


[Modified by turbohonda, 1:32 AM 1/26/2003]

 

although he was the first FWD unibody in the 8's, i wouldn't call him a "pioneer."




[Modified by boostedeg6, 1:40 AM 1/26/2003]

 

Why, because he has money? Believe it or not he was the first one to figure out the right combination of parts and horse power to put him in the 8's with "almost" a FWD unibody chassis. Whether the back of his car was tubed or not!!!


[Modified by turbohonda, 1:47 AM 1/26/2003]

 

he was the first to use those parts cause he had the money too though. The coolest thing he ever did was have his wheeliebars on hydraulics. That was sick. He was on of the first guys to make meth. work as well.


[Modified by ninesecrx, 10:04 AM 1/26/2003]

 

He did have a bad *** idea and use hydraulic wheelie bars, however they were banned soon after they came out. I don't think he ever used methanol, he was one of the first to use ethanol though, if I remember right.

 

hmmm...you might be right on the fuel, I dont know. But yeah, those bars were outlawed the next day from what I heard. I just remember being in the stands and watching the back up pop up...it was sick.

 

Damn man, you saw the bars in person!!! I only saw them in a magazine and a tech clip on ESPN2. They were kind of dangerous though, and it is probably a good idea that the NHRA banned them.

 

**** THE RAIDERS...that car is ****** sick...I WANT 99% DAMN IT

 

cool guy^ but yeah, those bars were awesome. He went to the burnout box and bang...the car poped up. The crowd thought it was awesome. That was before anyone really knew who he was. I remember thinking how it must have sucked to spend all that money on the bars and have them outlawed. Now we all know it was a drop in the bucket to him.

 

money isn't the issue here. what I consider a pioneer in this sport are the racers that have paved the way to make this sport what it is today. racers from the early 90's during the battle of the import days.

 

The guys that "paved" the way for Import drag racing at the Battle of the Imports in the 90's did help and create the sport, but they didn't have the technology and RandD to make them as fast as they are today. The person who R and Ded and pioneered alot of the parts in FWD drag racing was Rado, the parts he discovered are still being used today in most the 8 sec Hondas (Penske shocks, long *** wheelie bars, alcohol injection, 28" slicks, etc). IMO

 

Chris told me they tested those bars on corner scales and that when they were down that it put 350 more lbs on the front wheels!! That combined with no drag from half track on, Imagine the possibilities....

 

It would have been nice if the rules makers wouldnt have just banned them(hydraulics) - one idea could have been to make a fixed,downward limiter for the bars to prevent pre-load. Thus still enabling the bars to be lifted down the track for safety. But to be honest, the setup wasnt as quick as Kenny and Lisa so that could be a reason why. (that was their first race with that setup so thats probably the *best* reason) I really think that the bars are working more than the first 1/8 mile. And being racers, I doubt that anyone would set their cars up to lose races by lifting the bars at 1/2 track. As a racer myself, my car seems like it has homocidal tendencies sometimes, but that doesnt affect my throttle position any.


[Modified by lugnuts, 11:13 PM 1/26/2003]