A few weeks ago, I had just finished tweaking the carb using the wideband and took the car out for a cruise to make sure all was well. I stopped at a red light, and just before it turned green for me a new Dodge Challenger made a right and got out on the highway in front of me. I figured it might be interesting(plus I wanted to check out the car), so I gently accelerated and followed him. About a mile up, the traffic light turned red so I pulled into the center lane (he was in the left lane, 3 lanes each direction). He had a vanity plate that started with "Hemi" and 3 digits afterwards. I shot him a rev, thinking he might be interested, he replied the same so it was on. I saw the light turning yellow for the cross road, and no traffic in sight. I brought the car to about 3k RPM on the converter and waited. Light went down, I treed him and dead hooked (ET Street Radials ). I jumped out by about 3 cars, he was reeling me in but we both got out of it around 90 MPH with me still a car ahead. The guy threw a wave and a thumbs up, and I returned the same. I was smiling from ear to ear, it's not often my little 350 has enough to kill anything Just another example that anything can happen on the street, and a car that can 60' the same on the street as the track can do ok in the stoplight grand prix. If he hooked I think I would have been toast, I'm guessing he had traction control on or missed the launch a little bit. Unfortunately, it was too close of a run for me, so I'll be stepping up in the horsepower department soon:grin:
Even if he had hooked at the light I think you would have given him a real run for his money. The new challengers will only run mid-high 13's in the quarter, which I see from your signature is where you are. But anyway, great kill! Make the hemi guys scared of buick small blocks too!
SWEET kill man! theres only a few challengers in town here, and leaving the track one day I was trying to get a orange and black one to bite, even though I woulda lost I woulda been proud to lose to him, like the GN.
Hi Artie, Nice street skirmish! Love to hear of the non-455 c.i.d.- powered kill. A few weeks back, when I was driving the '86 GN in Maple Ridge, drivers of a Dodge Challenger SRT8, and new Daytona, barely glanced over while we were accelerating from an intersection. No takers. Keep us posted on the build-up. You've got a healthy power plant, as is. Nando.
Nothing crazy, just a 10" TCI Super Street Fighter. I tried a few different converters the last few weeks, it's a little loose for my combo but was just right for my driving style. I like my converters to have a certain "feel" while launching, I can't describe it but I can cut .00x lights off the footbrake when I get it right. This TC is right where it needs to be as my worst light last weekend at a points race at my local track was .035. Car leaves well and routinely 60's in the 1.7x range. I will probably try a set of 3.42s next to see if I can wrangle a little more ET out of it.
A couple weeks ago after I ran the Challenger I installed a Comp 260H that I had laying around. It now runs the same numbers on a 90 degree day that it used to run when it was 30 degrees. There's more in it, I think it wants a little more gear with this cam. The 3.23s were a perfect match for the stock cam as I go through the traps at 4800 RPM with them. I'd like another few hundred RPM so I'll try the 3.42s. Should help the 60' and get a little more up top as it will stay in the powerband for more of the track.
Good kill!!!! I'm surprised your car is as fast as it is with so little done to it! Those SRT8 challengers will run low 13s off the show room floor. The regular RT 5.7 hemis will probably ne .5-1 second slower.
I would venture a guess that Artie prolly has a couple thousand races under his belt. His hand behind the wheel on the street or track as well as his hand behind the wrenches is the great equalizer ... Plus the ability and skill to change the setup around and around until the winning combo is found ... Nice kill
