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SRD Chassis 001

 

Paul Misuriello #38 (SRD c/n 001) B&M Racing

IMSA Camel GT - Lime Rock Park 100 mi

Lakeville, CT - May 31, 1976

(Photo by Pete Watson)

Paul Misuriello #38 (SRD c/n 001) B&M Racing

IMSA Camel GT - Lime Rock Park 100 mi

Lakeville, CT - May 31, 1976

(Photo by Pete Watson)

Paul Misuriello #38 (SRD c/n 001) B&M Racing

IMSA Camel GT - Lime Rock Park 100 mi

Lakeville, CT - May 31, 1976

(Photo by Pete Watson)

 

 

 

Paul Misuriello #38 (SRD c/n 001) B&M Racing

IMSA Camel GT - Lime Rock Park 100 mi

Lakeville, CT - May 31, 1976

(Photo by Pete Watson)

Paul Misuriello #38 (SRD c/n 001) B&M Racing

IMSA Camel GT - Lime Rock Park 100 mi

Lakeville, CT - May 31, 1976

(Photo by Pete Watson)

 

 

 

Paul Misuriello #38 (SRD c/n 001) B&M Racing

SCCA Club Race - Bridgehampton Race Circuit

Sag Harbor, Long Island, NY - 1978

Bridgehampton's start/finish line with Paul Newman's Datsun at SCCA.

A larger front spoiler and rear wing were added to Monza. 

(Photo by Pete Watson)

SRD Race Cars' decal in door scoop of

B&M Racing's #38 red/orange Monza

Paul Misuriello #38 (SRD c/n 001) B&M Racing

shortly after completion by SRD

West Chester, PA - late 1975

(Black and white photo colorized by Stacy Scharch)

 

 

 

 

 

Bridgehampton Race Circuit was a 2.85 mile long 13-turn race track located near Sag Harbor, NY on Long Island. The track opened in 1957, following a series of road races held from 1949 until 1953. It was one of the first permanent road racing courses in the United States.

 

In its early years, Bridgehampton was host to major international series, including the World Sportscar Championship, Can-Am, and NASCAR. By the early 1970s, the track was used mostly for amateur racing, and closed permanently in 1998. It is now an 18-hole golf course.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bruce Waller

 

 

Second owner

 

Bruce Waller #77 (SRD 001) Chevrolet Monza

Hudson Historics in Warwick, NY - abt. May 18, 2012

Photo by Ben Hutchison

Bruce Waller #77 (SRD 001) Chevrolet Monza

Hudson Historics in Warwick, NY - abt. May 18, 2012

Photo by Ben Hutchison

Bruce Waller #77 (SRD 001) Chevrolet Monza

Hudson Historics in Warwick, NY - abt. May 18, 2012

Photo by Ben Hutchison

Bruce Waller Trans-Am SCCA 1979

1.

Mosport Park Trans-Am

Aug. 19, 1979

DNA

2.

Trois-Rivières Trans-Am

Sep. 05, 1979

12th

 

 

 

 

Results for Chevrolet Monza (SRD 001)

Date

Race

No.

Car

Drivers

Entrant

Start

Finish

Aug 24, 1975

IMSA Mid-Ohio 6 hr

38

Monza

Paul Misuriello

B&M Racing

DNS

-

Apr 11, 1976

IMSA Road Atlanta (2) 40-lap

0

Monza

Paul Misuriello

B&M Racing

10th

33rd

 ??? ??, 1978

SCCA CR Bridgehampton

38

Monza1

Paul Misuriello

B&M Racing

-

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aug 19, 1979

Trans-Am Mosport

77

Monza

Bruce Waller

-

DNA

 

Sep 01, 1979

Trans-Am Trois-Rivieres

77

Monza

Bruce Waller

Ultrex

5th

12th

 
 

How the SRD Monza was built

     

 

SRD Race Cars was a well respected builder of drag race cars in the 1970s, and built this Monza race chassis for B&M Racing Team located in West Chester, Pennsylvania.

 

The "B" of B&M was Stan Bystrek, the chief mechanic. The "M" is Paul "Spaghetti" Misuriello, driver and moneyman. They commissioned SRD to build the car for their IMSA effort. B&M had the car from 1975 to at least 1978 or later. Subsequent ownership is unknown.

 

It was Speed Research & Development's first venture outside of straight-line drag racing, into full-blooded multi-corner professional road racing. It took SRD one year to build and required twice the tubing and four times the effort as one of their Pro Stock cars. SRD's Dick Whitman was the one most responsible for the Monza's suspension, and said the space frame design chassis was built  with 1 5/8-inch steel tubing using 4130 aircraft quality steel. Some of their design and fabrication ideas came from building drag cars. The "Hammerhead" Monza was completed in August 1975, and testing was done at the Transportation Research Center in East Liberty, Ohio.

 

In 1984, S&W Race Cars purchased SRD Race Cars. SRD was known for their excellence in the construction of full bodied race cars. The acquisition enabled S&W, already one of the country's top drag car builders, to become a premier "door-slammer" chassis manufacturer, which was an SRD specialty. Acquiring SRD's patterns, jigs fixture and machinery also allowed S&W to expand its product line and become a major force in the mail-order chassis component business.

 
 

pages 28, 29

pages 30, 31

pages 97, 98

     

 
The Parts List
 

CHASSIS

1975 Chevrolet Monza (HR-07) tub over 1-5/8 inch space frame tubing, 4130 aircraft quality steel

 

 

SUSPENSION

 

Front:

Unequal-length upper / lower control arms, highly tuned

Steering

Ford Mustang II rack and pinion

Front spindles:

fabricated by SRD

Shocks:

Koni coil-over (400 psi) mounted at angle

Anti-rollbar:

hollow one-inch

 

 

Rear:

De Dion tube axle

Configuration:

four-link upper & lower parallel bar with bottom three-link wishbone

Shocks:

Koni coil-over

Anti-rollbar:

hollow one-inch

Differential:

Ford 9-inch ring and pinion Hotchkiss type

Differential cooler:

independent unit

Ring & pinion:

2.75, 3.00, 3.25, 3.50 or 3.70:1 ratios

Rear axles:

Summers Brothers full-floating axle shafts w/ safety hubs

 

 

BRAKES

 

Front and rear:

Hurst / Airheart NASCAR style calipers

Hydralics:

twin master cylinders

 

 

WHEELS

 

Rims:

Chassis Engineering 15x15

Tires:

Goodyear 15x25x15 racing slicks

 

 

POWER PLANT

Two different engines for tight and open race courses using the Chevrolet 350 cid V-8 LT-1 small block.

 

 

Engine A

 

Compression ratio:

lower compression

Connecting rods:

stock length

Redline:

7500 rpm

Camshaft:

Roller type with .585 intake, .612 exhaust lift w/ rev kit. Longer duration Crane cam for Daytona.

Cylinder heads:

enlarged intake ports 

 

 

Engine B

 

Bore:

.030 in. over

Crankshaft:

forged, straightened, Magnafluxed, indexed, Zygloed and overbalanced

Connecting rods:

Carillo

Compression ratio:

11.5 to 1

Pistons:

Sealed Power head land ring pistons, dome-finished

Machine shop:

K&G Speed in Havertown, PA

Cylinder heads:

LT-1 contoured castings by Larry Woodward's Brandywine Cylinder Heads - Westchester, PA

 

Combustion chambers maintained 64cc

Valve size:

2.02 intake, 1.60 exhaust with 480 pounds open and 160-170 pounds seat pressure.

Valve pressure:

480 lbs. open, 160-170 lbs. seated

Rocker arms:

1.5:1 ratio Crane low friction

Intake manifold:

Edelbrock Scorpion or Tarantula

Carburetion:

Holley 850-cfm w/ select nozzle size, power valves and accelerator pump systems.

 

 

Sump oil pump:

The Weaver Brothers three-stage dry sump oil pump w/ two scavenging pumps and one pressure pump

Oil reservoir:

2-quart holding tank designed by Ron Butler.

Oil filter:

standard automotive (pressure type),  coarse-screen aircraft scavenge unit

Oil cooling:

independent cooler

Water cooling:

Corvette unit

 

 

Ignition:

Chevrolet magnetic-impulse w/ dual coils and amplifiers

 

 

Fuel safety cell:

Aero Tec Labs 22-gallon w/ integral dry break inlets and dual fuel pumps

 

 

POWER TRANSFER

 

Flywheel:

Hurst/Schiefer nine-pound aluminum flywheel,

Clutch:

10.5-inch clutch disc and diaphragm pressure plate

Bell housing:

Lakewood (steel) housing

Transmission:

M-22 Muncie 4-speed, w/ roller-bearing low gear

 

 

BODYWORK

 

Body panels:

Malion Reinforced Plastics

Panel fasteners:

Dzus

Belly pan:

full aluminum  pan fabricated by SRD's Steve Whitman

Exterior paint:

Imron, red / orange by Jack Trost of West Chester, PA.

 
 

References:

1.

Photos by Pete Watson: http://www.botchagaloop.net/pw/pw1976/pw1976/index.html

2.

Racing Sports Cars: www.racingsportscars.com

3.

S&W Race Cars: http://www.swracecars.com/sw-race-cars/about-us.aspx

4.

Ultimate Racing History www.ultimateracinghistory.com

5.

World Sports Racing Prototypes http://wsrp.ic.cz/