plumwagon
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No it's not! Even without the scoop you can hear me coming from down the block! I've got nothing to hide!
No it's not! Even without the scoop you can hear me coming from down the block! I've got nothing to hide!
1966 Belvedere II, California registered and insured. Ran 10.70 through the mufflers last year prior to taking out the motor. Just got new motor back last week, times should be better (We will see).View attachment 293334View attachment 293335View attachment 293336View attachment 293337
Hello Mike! Coil overs in the rear with Alston ladder bars, Dana 60, Moser with 456 spool, 31X14.50, 727, 5500 converter, New motor is strictly pump gas the old motor was killing the pocket book with race fuel at $9 a gallon. Received new motor last week after dyno session. It's a 500" 440, 10:1 Ross diamond Pistons, scat crank, fully ported Indy SR heads flowed 370, full roller solid with T&D rockers, TTI 2 1/8 headers, Indy intake, 1050 dominator, Made 670hp and 610 TQ on pump gas!
Hello Mike! Coil overs in the rear with Alston ladder bars, Dana 60, Moser with 456 spool, 31X14.50, 727, 5500 converter, New motor is strictly pump gas the old motor was killing the pocket book with race fuel at $9 a gallon. Received new motor last week after dyno session. It's a 500" 440, 10:1 Ross diamond Pistons, scat crank, fully ported Indy SR heads flowed 370, full roller solid with T&D rockers, TTI 2 1/8 headers, Indy intake, 1050 dominator, Made 670hp and 610 TQ on pump gas!
If I remember right, this thread is titled 'How fast is your tagged and street driven car??' :grin:
I have no problem with bars in street cars. That response in post 61 was because of another member saying that street cars do not have bars in them. I plan on sticking in at least a 6 point (or more) into my street car.....if I ever get it going againCranky,
No reason a street car (like mine) that has current California Plates and Insured with Hagerty cannot have a roll bar and M/T ET Street Drag Slicks....
"The Chicken" went 11.62 @ 115.54 at a track rental at Maple Grove last spring. Went a 1.52 60'. The combo is a 440 Source 496" wedge with CNC'd Stealth Heads. it has a mild, solid-roller cam and 4.30 gears. I drive it 1500-2000 miles per year.
When I returned from the track rental, i realized I only had 30 degrees of total timing in it. When i set the timing correctly, it picked up about 1000 rpm's at idle. It's a totally different car now. Can't wait to get it back to the track to see if it will beat the best ever of 11.21 @ 121.5mph. That was a different, high compression engine.
Don't know where you are in Texas but I've had several fast and reliable cars and I guess you can call me an old timer being I'm quickly headed toward that 65 mark. Heck, never was afraid to take a long trip in any car of the 60's so why would it be different now? Fuel mileage was another story lol but had a mild 71 340 Cuda that got 17 in town.....Street car has a wide interpretation, I chuckle at all the old timers that tell me my car can't be fast, reliable, and get good mileage. I'm hoping for 25mpg with the ac running in my 1500 horsepower street car. It's not cheap, but now days it isn't IF it can be done it's how much you're willing to spend to do it.
Street car has a wide interpretation, I chuckle at all the old timers that tell me my car can't be fast, reliable, and get good mileage. I'm hoping for 25mpg with the ac running in my 1500 horsepower street car. It's not cheap, but now days it isn't IF it can be done it's how much you're willing to spend to do it.
I try not to hang around those kind. I take a look at things and try to figure out a different/better way of doing it that isn't copying someone else. Usually when I toss out an idea, someone will laugh and tell me how crazy I am but then when they see it in action, they'll just say "that ain't gonna work for long" type of crap instead of just accepting the fact that there's always more than one way to do something. Yeah, some things have to done a certain way but not everything is that way....Yah, I totally agree with you Cranky. I was talking to some pretty closed minded, only know one way to do things kind of guys.