ok just got back ,1st pass 7.66@ 87 mph,with a 1.58 60ft and 14 psi in the slicks hacked on the line alittle,2nd pass i added a jet size to all 4 corners still 14 psi in slicks ,lanched hard 1.56 60 ft,got loose on big eng got out of it at the 330 ft so didnt get any good info went 7.77 @ 81 mph ,1st round of racing got a 76 nova ,i dialed 7.62 and added air to tires went to 15 psi got a nova dialed 7.75 ,treed him he pulled a .650 light i went .512 caught him at 330 ft eased out of throttle ,coasted to a win 7.76 @79 mph ,ok now for the bad part went to go up for 2nd round dialed a 7.64 the car broke a starter bolt off in the block must have come loose ,so couldnt answer the call , but i have to say it pulled the wheels 1 ft in the air ,i will have pics next week to show you ,the guy at the track took them ,he mails them to us later in the week......it has some left the conv. is to loose for the hyd. cam was stalling 4600 to 4800 rpm we need 3800 to 4000 for the cam we have ,i also feel i had a little to much timing in it i was at 34deg. total @3000 rpm im going to back it off to 30 deg. @ 3000 for the next try ..........any sug. for some racers ....on e85 was i to high on the timing?
Good deal! Sounds like its close. My car always worked best at around 12psi in the tires. As far as the timing goes well, they say on raceone85.com that theres no difference from gas to e85.
thanks for help ,im running sportsman class ,with exhaust and will have dot tires soon ,we ran it on worn out 25.5/ 8.5 / 15 slicks tonight ,going to try to run 275/ 60 /15 if they will fit good under the lips
Sounds like you and I need to swap converters. Mine is a 10 inch that stalls 3,800 in my car, you surely have more torque than me so maybe it would go about 4,000 or so in your car. I need one that will stall around 4,500 in mine.
Do you happen to recall what your water temperature was after your burnout or launch? then after your pass.
This was at Milan dragway,Milan Michigan. This was quite a few years ago, the tech guy read me the riot act about not having door panels in my car and wouldn't let me run. It was just a 13 second car and I was just running bracket classes...must just have been this tracks rule.
pulled in the burnout at 145 deg. pulled to line at 160 deg. ,finsh was 175 deg. ,coming up return it lowered down to 160 deg. ,oh and what brand is your 10 inch conv., what motor do you have and rear gear ,and tire ,what do you think on my maverick i figure it will run between 11.70s and 11 90s 1/4 mile ,maybe alittle more with some tuning,with the short tires ,and 4.10 gear im thinking its to low for the c4 1st gear ,the motor is all tourqe ,i think ill need at least a 28 tall tire ,id like to put a glide in it to be honest ,anyone know what it cost to buy the full adapter kit for a glide
My Car has a 9.2 to 1 compression 308 with victor jr. heads and X-303 Ford cam. I run 4.11 gears with 26x8.5 slicks. It will run 7.70`s at 90 mph with a 1.77 best 60ft. (It REALLY needs more converter!) just for the record it runs 12.20 @ 112.3 mph. in the quarter. My trans is a c-4 with a reverse manual valve body and it and the converter are from Godley`s transmissions in Moultry Georgia. http://www.godleytrans.com/ And YES I think your car will run into the elevens with some more tweaking.
Every car is different, but I would say 11.90's would be a good guess. If you go with the glide keep the 26" tall tire. The powerglide will probably slow it down to be honest. If you go with the 28" M/T it only measures 27" tall so not a huge change in gear. Maybe try the 28's first then some converter tweaking.
