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EYES ON THE SKY Once the big Mickey Thompsons hook up, the truck instantly sends the nose in the air. “There’s more weight on the front axle than the rear and there are no tricks,” Osburn said. Just plenty of power and an equal amount of bite! cal Hilborn injection system was owned and run by my longtime hero Gene Altizer,” Osburn said. The iconic 8-stack system was atop Altizer’s S&S Team Anglia when he snagged a Wally at the 1963 U.S. Nationals. “When I was 9 years old, I first saw Gene’s Anglia at
Island Dragway in Great Meadows, New Jersey, and it’s what guided my life toward gassers. And now 50 years later, we run his Hilborn and are great friends with him and his wife Margie,” he added. Ignition consists of the bare essentials in the form of an
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MSD distributor, coil, and 6AL box with no additional electronics. Continuing that less-is-more theme, a set of muffler-liberated and ear-splitting zoomie headers handle the exhaust duties. Backing the mouse motor is a Chevy Turbo 400