Texas Whale

Texas Whale 2012

Texas Whale and its sister Big Red Ram

Intro

The Texas Whale is a 1960 Plymouth Suburban 2-door station wagon that is currently raced by Dave Schultz in the Nostalgia Super Stock Class of NMCA and other NSS events. Depending on the corrected altitude, the car currently bounces between B/FX (9.50-second 1/4 mile), C/FX (9.75-second 1/4 Mile), and A/NSS (10-second 1/4 mile).

The car is primarily crewed by Dave's son Dallas Schultz, who races a matching (in paint scheme) 65 Dodge Coronet NSS car by the name of Big Red Ram.

Both cars are owned by the MoparStyle Racing division of DDS Enterprises.

Technical Specifics

Motor

• Builder Diamondback Engines
• CI / est. HP 580ci / 900hp
• Block Indy Cylinder Heads Aluminum Wedge Wet Block
• Heads Indy Cylinder Heads 572-13 385 CNC
• Crank Callies Billet
• Rods Manly 3D steel
• Pistons Weisco Flat Top

Transmission

The 727 transmission with build by Dallas Schultz, the Whale's Crew Chief. I has a billet steel drum, Griner manual-reverse pattern low band apply foot-brake valve body, Super Sprag bolt-in sprag, Red Racing Clutches, and other high performance parts.

The torque converter is an 8" ATI Tree Master and the flex plate is from B&M.

Chassis

The [[front suspension] is completely stock as prescribed by the rules. The rear suspension is a coil over 4-link with a Ford 9" rear end and Richmond Gear 4.68:1 ring & pinion gear. The car is tied together by the cage and sub-frame connectors. The rear shocks are currently QA1 single adjustable.

The cage was custom built using Chrome Moly tubing by Mark Artis at Texas Thunder Performance in Frisco, Texas. Mark also did the initial back-half of the car, with Mat Wright of BRC Racecraft in Newburgh, Indiana performing some modifications and fine tuning.

Relevant Links

• NSS Racing
• NSS Forums
• MoparStyle Drag Racing Mopars
• Old Hippie's Drag Racing Forum
• Wall Calendar 1 featuring Texas Whale
• Wall Calendar 1 featuring Texas Whale
• Texas Whale Memorabilia

References

• Texas Whale Build Link
• Texas Whale Racing
• Dave Schultz
• User:BK
• DDS Enterprises
• MoparStyle Racing