pics very VERY nice there, carl that baby is nestled in between those fenders like it 'belongs' there. heh heh.... have you 'lit it up ' yet ? I'll bet it will sound great...and move even better... great pics, thanks... Jim
Lit Up? Jim. So far it's only been run on the dyno. I'm planning to fire it in the car around Friday and do shake down runs on Sunday. :grin:
well I guess I am in the club just need to get a strong motor. I bought my 78 skylark for $150 still got the V6 but cruise it everywhere. What size wheels are you able to get under these cars.
wheel size? Well Phil, the X-bodies don't have the greatest wheel and tire clearances. I'm shooting for a 28 X 10 X 15 slick on a 8 inch Weld Draglite with 4.5 inch backspace. There are other discussions about tire sizes earlier in this thread. Hope this helps. Good luck with your 78!
Fired up! Fired that puppy this week end! Houston we have a race car now! Wouldn't ya know. Trans leak between the UltraBell and the trans case. Fixed that then temp gauge went out.....burned up because we forgot to put a ground strap on the engine and it used the gauge for the ground. This is hotrodding.:grin:
sounds good Carl, must be the process of 'elimination' to go fast , eh ? man, its always the little stuff to slow a guy down... glad you are on the fast trak again... Jim
good job Carl, I'm looking forward to the stories of the first 'full on' pass. but , I'm also glad you do such a good job getting things tied down and doing all the details...I was noticeing your battery in the trunk pic... unlike the young man across the street from a friend of mine...who didn't tie the battery down,,,and worse, its in the trunk next to the fuel cell...this last weekend he got the nova running and went to a long cruise...on the way home the engine seems to run badly, lights are flackey, etc. opens trunk WHEN HE GETS HOME and finds the battery tipped against the fender and HOLES from where the bolts arced against the body...he's so VERY lucky it didn't ignite some fumes from fuel cell,,,( and glad he vented it with a tube out side the trunk, now we know why nhra mandates such things)...guess he got in a hurry and didn't finish the details when he got the new motor dropped in ...some details were lacking in that area too, it now seems...low oil pressure is causing him to pull the motor out again and do another tear down... some opinions that he reused the old oil pump , after a major engine dropped valve incident, was not a wise thing to do... ah, life's lessons about the hurridier I go, the behinder I get. tc Jim
What a horror story. He was really lucky. The shop that built my car has paid great attention to detail and I am glad for it. Any one around South Haven Michigan that need a chassis/fab shop, let me know. These guys are some of the best and less expensive than most.
Finally got to the track 11.31 at 115 mph with the carb not opening all the way. Ran straight and true and lifted the left front skinny about 4 inches on every pass!:TU:
awesome Carl, pretty good time for the first pass and geting things sorted out ...a big rear sway bar or something else and you'll have both those skinnies hangin' what rpm did you go thru the traps at ?? Jim
Jim, thanks for the compliment. I think adjustment to the caltrac bars will even things up some. Don't know what the finish line rpms were.............too scared to look!:shock:
Carl what rear gears are you running. Sounds like a fun car. My buddy here put down a 10.51 at 121mph (yup the numbers don't match) he got out of the gas at the starting line, Got back in it on the top end he let off do to an oil pan leak onto the headers about 15 ft out. There are a lot of potential in these cars and if set up right they will be big performers.
Phil, running 3.42's with a 28 inch Mickey Thompson ET Drag. What is your buddys' combo? Thanks, Dan been a long time coming, I talked to my engine builder earlier today and he gave me some tips to get it into the 10's on pump gas!!:grin:
If I remember correctly. it is a stage2 aluminum head, aluminum grp connecting rods about 13 to 1 compression, solid lifter cam can't remmember which one. 950 hp holley. 342 gear set.
