Yes, the car has a roll bar, radio, A/C still there too. He is in Florida and it is a street car. I talk to him on a regular basis and he drives the car to the 1/8th mile track near him at least twice a month, sometimes more. Plenty of blasts on that car. 8 head studs, girdle on the block and he assembled it. Transmission also which is an overdrive without the bullet drum. Any lightweight parts you see can be offset by something else and Gabby himself is over 230lbs easy. Also this is a first gen billet 71 Gtq. Not the new cea 71 hpq you see the TSM cars using. Brian" phone guy" is correct. It's the tuning skill, not just the combination of parts. Most of us have better or more expensive builds than him and are still slower. I am included in that bunch, however I have picked up a whole second taking his advice and will gain more this spring from some more tips, testing, and tuning.He reads the board but won't post because he does not want to deal with the negagativity displayed on the board at times. For example, the myths on e-85, the frowning on builds with a stock crank, the mentality that "chip" cars aren't safe/fast. He was going 5.9x on ported irons and race fuel years ago. Gabby says he's feels the car has more left in it. I believe it does so stay tuned...
Sorry for the long winded reply, but I rubs me the wrong way when people make assumptions than lean towards implicating someone is taking the "easy way out".
