Billy Glidden plans to experiment on Saturday at the ADRL Dragstock event in Rockingham, N.C. The defending Extreme 10.5 champion has bolted an experimental engine between the fenders of his Mickey Thompson Tires & Wheels-sponsored Pontiac GTO.

“We’ve spent a lot of time on the engine we are working with,” Glidden said Saturday morning as he made adjustments to the 440-inch power plant. “We are trying everything we possibly can to keep up with the cars that are really running fast.

Billy Glidden plans to experiment on Saturday at the ADRL Dragstock event in Rockingham, N.C. The defending Extreme 10.5 champion has bolted an experimental engine between the fenders of his Mickey Thompson Tires & Wheels-sponsored Pontiac GTO.

“We’ve spent a lot of time on the engine we are working with,” Glidden said Saturday morning as he made adjustments to the 440-inch power plant. “We are trying everything we possibly can to keep up with the cars that are really running fast.

“This is an experimental piece from Jim Kuntz. It’s a lot different.”

Glidden is also running the Glidden/Victor II cylinder heads on the experimental engine. The intake is a sheet metal intake by John Beck.

“It’s a totally different design,” Glidden added. “The dyno didn’t give us the naturally-aspirated results I’d like to see. But we are running nitrous oxide and it’s his [Kuntz] belief that it will run different. We figured this weekend would be a good time to figure that out.”
 
Glidden has the luxury of testing for the future this weekend since he’s clinched the top seed in the Battle for the Belts competition next month in Dallas, Texas.

“We have nothing to gain points wise from this event,” Glidden concluded.

 

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