Just ran my best times so far…

RT…………No Comment
60’………. 2.096
330’………5.829
1/8……….8.867 @ 81.70
1000........11.459
1/4…...…13.659 @ 101.32
Air temp = mid-fifties
Humidity = Around 65%

I will eventually install bigger gears and a higher stall converter, but until then, any thoughts on how to squeeze every remaining 1/100th from this car in it’s current form?

My best MPH is 101.8.

Thanks.

Finn

 

weight reduction is where its at. and its free.

 

Actually, your times look about right and they reasonably match your mph. I agree with weight reduction. Probably you have another tenth in the sixty foot that you may be able to pick up on a sticky track in good air. Shallow staging may be godd for a couple of hundredths depending on how you launched to get those times. As always, good plugs and wires, clean air filter, warm oil and a cool motor, synthetic if you are not already using it. Try detaching or removing the front sway bar (it may help your short times).

I agree that a higher stall and gears would help. Also you will want a set of drag radials to take advantage of those two items so maybe do those first or you will end up just spinning more.

 

I agree that your time looks pretty dead on for what you have done. With almost the exact same mods I was running 13.6 pretty consitantly at around 101-102 mph. Weight is the key for getting some more time cheaply....rear seats, front swaybar, spare tire/jack. You can try doing some free mods like the tb bypass, and you can very cheaply put in a little ram air type thing under the air filter (not sure if it will gain you much, but I did it) Another thing you can try is icing the intake and getting the motor as cool as possible before your run.

 

Weight, Gears, stall.

 

with a Yank 3600 and 3.73's cutout

i went the times in the sig.

before minus converter and gear 2.0X 8.878@80 13.808@99.41

I love telling people i run 8.34@81mph

 

I love telling people one of the cars I help on runs 8.20s@82 with 3000 Vig, TH350, 4.10s, !muffler, 52mmTB on BFG DRs.

Then I like to see my car run 7.56 w/bolt ons!

 

Thanks.

I'm pretty happy with how it's runnin' and I don't want to make any changes (gears / converter) until I'm sure there's nothing left in the current config. And it sounds like I'm close -- gotta try that front sway bar thing tho. Already had the seats, jack and spare out.

At any rate, it's away for the winter now

I can't wait until April!

Have a great winter!

Finn.