Estimated 1/4 mile - 71 Roadrunner 340 4 speed

[oldbee]

Well, I mean only having the drivers side be solid

If you have a pair put them both in and be done with the broken problem.

 

[71Beeper]

You could always run a torque strap like I did on my small block that went into the same car body as yours.

 

[RemCharger]

If you have a pair put them both in and be done with the broken problem.

I had rubber mounts and a chain in my 11 sec bracket car for years and decided to go drivers side solid- my buddy laughed. One trip out ( new motor 10.50s) with the hood off and couldn't believe how much it still moved around.
Went back home and did the passenger side.

 

[340runner]

You could always run a torque strap like I did on my small block that went into the same car body as yours.
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Well, I already have the solid mounts, and then would need to get a torque strap on top of a new mount

 

[dadsbee]

You don't need a torque strap running solids !

 

[kiwigtx]

4 speeds are fun to drive but tricky to get good times.

Unless he drives like an animal and forgets using the clutch....like a few guys I know.

Low 14.0 sec passes are nothing to be sneezed at for a stock full bodied car.

 

[33 IMP]

Well, I already have the solid mounts, and then would need to get a torque strap on top of a new mount

You've got both solid mounts. Put em in. But if the vibration is too much, change the pass side out for rubber.
But like I said, my hotrods are all solid mount too. Vibration in mine is not bad at all.

 

[340runner]

Unless he drives like an animal and forgets using the clutch....like a few guys I know.

Low 14.0 sec passes are nothing to be sneezed at for a stock full bodied car

Those people you know have any modifications to slam them in easier? I don't know how much anything like faceplate gears or anything short of a true crashbox would help

 

[kiwigtx]

Those people you know have any modifications to slam them in easier? I don't know how much anything like faceplate gears or anything short of a true crashbox would help

I have been told it's all about how you pedal the gears.

Listen to Dandy Dick Landy on a few of his 1/4 passes....



Hand-eye-feet co-ordination

 

[340runner]

I have been told it's all about how you pedal the gears.

Listen to Dandy Dick Landy on a few of his 1/4 passes....



Hand-eye-feet co-ordination

I got more of that down, helps dailying a stick that you can beat on more and it just takes it, I was referring more to the forgetting the clutch part

 

[padam]

I got more of that down, helps dailying a stick that you can beat on more and it just takes it, I was referring more to the forgetting the clutch part

Don’t forget the clutch, hard on the transmission.

 

[kiwigtx]

I got more of that down, helps dailying a stick that you can beat on more and it just takes it, I was referring more to the forgetting the clutch part

There was someone here explaining how to shift clutchless not long ago.

That's not how I roll....but others do.

 

[RemCharger]

No reason to wreck the trans/ clutch/ rear-end over an extra half tenth.

 

[dadsbee]

There was someone here explaining how to shift clutchless not long ago.

Only time I touch the clutch in my Bee is at a stop sign. Been doing it for 48 years. Certainly can't drag race it that way... well bracket racing you could and be really consistent !

 

[padam]

Only time I touch the clutch in my Bee is at a stop sign. Been doing it for 48 years. Certainly can't drag race it that way... well bracket racing you could and be really consistent !

Ehhh, flat shifting a factory 833 without the clutch? I’d have to see that to believe it.

 

[kiwigtx]

Ehhh, flat shifting a factory 833 without the clutch? I’d have to see that to believe it.

I believe Wayne....I just couldn't bring myself to do it.

 

[dadsbee]

Ehhh, flat shifting a factory 833 without the clutch? I’d have to see that to believe it.

I drove a milk truck when I was 15..... here's your pudding !

 

[padam]

Ok, that’s pretty good, but wouldn’t be much use for bracket racing.
Maybe I misunderstood your post.

 

[padam]

I drove a milk truck when I was 15..... here's your pudding !

I used to have a Ford pickup I shifted like that.
Before too long it wouldn’t stay in gear and I had to rebuild the trans.
But then again, it was a ford.

 

[dadsbee]

I used to have a Ford pickup I shifted like that.
Before too long it wouldn’t stay in gear and I had to rebuild the trans.
But then again, it was a ford.

That #'s 833 has 158,000 miles on it, never been taken apart.