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    Estimated 1/4 mile - 71 Roadrunner 340 4 speed

    I recommend starting with your 700hp capable street extreme clutch, which needs to be tamed for your application. Fix that, you will be able to hook the car consistently without breaking parts or bogging the engine. That will also give you the ability to launch on drag radials consistently, no...
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    The Elephant In The Room: unloading the load from a B-body.

    I fab'd a lighter 3pc steel bellhousing for the car, bare bell is 16.3 lbs. Bell with steel block plate, steel mid plate and bolts is 26.2lbs. Made it 3pc so I could pull either the engine or transmission without need for any added support. For comparison, McLeod aluminum bell with titanium...
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    The Elephant In The Room: unloading the load from a B-body.

    My point for this thread is that for a stick shift car, a clutch hit controller can allow you to use lighter drivetrain components than would otherwise be possible. Grant
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    The Elephant In The Room: unloading the load from a B-body.

    Here's a link to the page that the above copy/paste came from... ClutchTamer.com
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    The Elephant In The Room: unloading the load from a B-body.

    2525lbs with me in it, but a clutch hit controller can flip conventional wisdom. Here's a copy/paste explanation from one of my webpages... Is a Heavy Drag Car Really More Likely To Break a Transmission?- Most stick shift drag racers subscribe to the conventional wisdom that says the heavier a...
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    The Elephant In The Room: unloading the load from a B-body.

    For those with manual transmissions, a clutch hit control device can make it possible to get away with lighter, less robust driveline parts. My personal street/strip car has been 5.73 w/ 1.30 60' on 28spl axles, 2-1/2"od x .065" wall driveshaft, 1310 u-joints. A clutch hit control device also...
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    The Elephant In The Room: unloading the load from a B-body.

    Fuel pump boss is shaved off the other side, you can see an aluminum plug that was Loctited into the fuel pump pushrod hole... Grant
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    The Elephant In The Room: unloading the load from a B-body.

    To eliminate the dipstick as a source of crankcase vacuum leaks, I install a sight tube in the pan. Also allows you to see how much oil is in the sump with the engine running.. Grant
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    Hand Held Tach?

    Never tried it on a Mopar tach, but here's a link to my page about re-caling a Mazda tach for a V8. The deadly accurate 1800rpm signal source I use is just an old battery charger. Here's a copy/paste from the webpage. PREFERRED SIGNAL SOURCE...an inexpensive 12v battery charger can be used as a...
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    Road course/auto cross tires on 15" rim

    I used to build/race Dirt Latemodels, so please forgive me if anyone thinks this is just plain wrong... I just bought a set of these for one of my cars (15x12 w/ 5"bs), 275/60-15 M/T drag radials... I also bought a set of wide 5 adapters to adapt them to a 5 on 4.5" pattern. Anybody here try...
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    Check the balance of your flywheels

    Here's a simple balance checking fixture I made a few years ago, wanted something to verify flywheel and PP balance at home. My first pass at this was just proof of concept using materials I had on the rack, basically angle iron and some cold rolled shafting. The arbor in the pic below is single...
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    Any Dirt Track Mopars?

    Here's a link to the car's website... https://grannys.tripod.com/20102.html Grant
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    Any Dirt Track Mopars?

    Thanks for the comments guys. Here's where weedburner comes from... I've been told it looks real cool with the front end up in the air at nite, almost like one of those cartoon t-shirts with flames shooting out. Sometimes i'll put a little extra retard in the box just to get good flames :)...
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    Any Dirt Track Mopars?

    Back in the early '80's I decided to build a dirt latemodel car for our local dirt track. The class had an engine setback rule, basically the #1 spark plug could be a maximum of 10.5" behind the upper balljoint centerline. The iron 440 out of my '70 Challenger was going to make the car pretty...
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    Mike Finnegan, BlaspHemi, G-Force, and a grenaded tailshaft. Solution? Bangshift Billy (like HitMaster)

    Here's a link to a page that explains how my clutch control devices can make an adjustable slipper clutch work even better... Stick Shift Adjustable Clutch Setup- Counterweight or No Counterweight??? Grant
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    Mike Finnegan, BlaspHemi, G-Force, and a grenaded tailshaft. Solution? Bangshift Billy (like HitMaster)

    I've got a customer that uses the 'tamer to control the hit of an adjustable Black Magic slipper clutch, used it to win A/S at NHRA's US Nationals on radials. Grant
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    Mike Finnegan, BlaspHemi, G-Force, and a grenaded tailshaft. Solution? Bangshift Billy (like HitMaster)

    The Bangshift Billy and the Hitmaster do not function the same, although the end result can be similar. The main difference is the Bangshift Billy pulses a solenoid to control where the throw-out bearing lands during launch (timed fluid flow), while the Hitmaster uses the travel distance of a...
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    Edelbrock carburetors and aftermarket air filters

    My Carter/Weber/Edelbrock carb's air cleaner was already close to the hood, but I wanted to upgrade from a 1/2" thick single stage nitrous plate to a much thicker 2-stage crossbar plate... I can't remember who originally made this drop base, might have come from an '80s Moroso air cleaner. I...
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    The Elephant In The Room: unloading the load from a B-body.

    With all the attention to ounces, what's up with the excessively long bolts? Grant
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    Aluminum 833 build

    With a proper clutch, it will live @ 600hp even with slicks. Grant
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