Going racing.

[383man]

I plan to go racing tonight and put a few passes on my new eng. It is cheaper to go on a weeknite then on the weekend and it has cooled off here in Md so I will drive the 90 mile round trip and see if I can make a few passes. Wish me luck ! Thanks , Ron

 

[black64]

Good luck Ron. Interested to see how that stroker does verses the old engine.

 

[deathcrew]

What drag strip do you go to Ron?

 

[Dodge 330]

Crank out a few 10's for the rest of us that are sidelined!

 

[alleyoopmgv]

Sweet, good luck!

 

[383man]

Yes I drove to the track tonight and put 2 passes on my 63. I had some problems and found out it was way lean.
First pass it just would not rev good and felt real flat......11.27 @ 113 !

Yuk but my brother was watching and he said it looked good as it pulled about 6 inches under the front wheels but I said it felt real bad. I had just stuck the 850 DP on that was on my old 440 and I knew it needed more carb but I used what I had. Well we pulled the 80 primary jets and put 86's in. Car started fine and idled fine. Next and final pass for the night.........11.04 @ 121.42. Ok we made a drastic jet change to find out we are going in the right direction. We were going to pull the secondary bowl but I decided to call it a night as my back was hurting alot and my left knee was giving me alot of pain and I was not up to any more work. So I called it a night telling myself that 11.04 @ 121 is not to bad for the second ever pass on my pump gas full exh 3700 lb street car that I drove the 90 mile round trip. I will pull the carb and work it over this week. I wish I had a Dominator or a nice 950 to try but I will use what I have. I honestly think it has easy 10.80's or better and I hope to find out soon. I know I could have jetted the secondary side and came home with a 10.9 something pass but I was just not up to it. I had fun and hope to get back to the track in a month or so. Ron

 

[crossram 426]

I think you'll get there.............well done!

 

[HitIt]

That's fast! Nice job on the new engine.

 

[MikeBarn]

Great start!!

 

[wedgie]

Hey Ron, great times, especially for a heavy small tire car. What gear are you running? Shift and trap rpm? I have a similar stroker setup but with Koffel prepped 906 heads and hydraulic flat tappet cam.

 

[65-440]

nice job Ron !!

 

[383man]

Thanks for all the kind replies. I went to Cecil County dragway. As for shift RPM I really did not pay close attention as I shifted by feel since it was still not pulling good even on the 11.04 run. I jetted the secondaries from 87's to 92's yesterday and plan to go back to the track in a month or so. I feel very sure it could run 10.80's before I rejetted yesterday in just cooler air so once I get it pulling good I think 10.70's can be had. I was very pleased it ran that good when it just did not feel lik it was pulling good at all. And that was capped up thru the full exh. And I am running 4.30's with 30 x 9 tires. I may be able to gear it down some with this eng as time will tell. Ron