Season opener with my new slick. I ran a personal best of 8.0 with consistent 8.1's. My best on street tire was an 8.3 with more consistent times of 8.5. What a difference once it hooks up it'll snap your head back. I played around with different rpm launches but my best times came from launching off the rev limiter:yikes:. It was the only way to keep the rpms up enough in the 60 foot with out bogging it down. For those that raced with a slick, what were you launching at?
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Bob Denman
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That almost looks like too much fun in too little time... :thumbup:
The last time i ran the 1/8 mile was back in 68, I had a 68 Charger [440 456 rear's] set up for the 1/8,
High 4's, Your right no time to think, Hit the traps then before you can think stand on the brakes.:yikes:
There wasn't very much space to stop at Islip L.I., Especially with drum brakes.
Bob Denman
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:shocked: How on earth did we survive our youth??? :shocked:
hrbeta
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It's a good thing I'm loosing my memory. Used to loose my sleep when I remembered the crazy sh** I did when young
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I didn't, I just got old real quick'.:roflblack:
When i ran the quarter i had to switch to 411 rears, Ran low 12's Those 440 ci's ran out of steam in the quarter [valve float]
Lamonster
SpyderLovers Founder
High 4's in the 1/8th? That's putting it down. My buddy Gary ran a 5.97 @ 131mph in the 1/8th on his V8chopper. How fast were you running to get the high 4's?
Some where in the 100/102, MPH, Speed is nice but its the ET's That are better.
With 456 rear's it was completely spent out at the traps in the 1/8, But with a set of ripple walls, There was no loss of traction off the line, That set up was perfect for the 1/8.
Bob Denman
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:agree: You can brag about tope-end numbers at the bar later while the guy with the lower E.T. is kissing the girls and polishing the trophy...
I'm surprised that you could get a Big Block to hook up off the line with 4.56 cogs... :thumbup:
High stall speed torque converter [3.5K] Ripple walls, And a heavy dose of clorox.
With a host of other tricks. Mose of them irrelevant in this day and age.
Bob Denman
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My Dad had a '68 Sport Fury with a 440 under the hood...
Great car; Bone-stock, but it'd boil the tires leaving just about any stop sign that you didn't actually just idle away from... :gaah: He never had the hair to try and get the valves to float though...
And then he went and sold it just before I got my license... :yikes: :shocked:
Great car; Bone-stock, but it'd boil the tires leaving just about any stop sign that you didn't actually just idle away from... :gaah: He never had the hair to try and get the valves to float though...
And then he went and sold it just before I got my license... :yikes: :shocked:
NancysToy
Motorbike Professor
:roflblack: Story of my life!
Bob Denman
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:agree: I think it applies to most of us...eventually! :roflblack:
bcoulter19
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Back when Richard petty was running the Dodge super bird with the big wing and nascar outlawed them my dad had an oppurtunity to buy one from him and my mom wouldn't let him becasue I turned 16 in a month. :sour:
