Joe, it sounds like you got the same racing education I did, but mine was on a real 1/4 mile, the one paved with dirt with 4 turns! We ran 11:1 compression flathead Fords on alcohol and Hydrogen Peroxide in a 34 Ford 3-window coupe. The 270 GMC's could get close, but the Fords usually won. Dad used to modify Lincoln Zephyr 12-cylinder distrributors with the BIG coil to run on the V-8s, and he supplied most of the racers in middle Tennessee with those distributors in the early and mid-50's. We ran an 8-volt battery in the race car to be sure the spark stayed hot. It was rough on points, but the coil would jump a blue lightning bolt nearly an inch long!
Jerry
