Time to hit the Track.

[65hemi]

Malex, Sorry I missed you when you were in town. Maybe next time.

 

[dvw]

Looking good as always. Now you see why mine runs the front shocks full tight.
Doug

 

[malex]

Malex, Sorry I missed you when you were in town. Maybe next time.

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No worries 65. It was lots of fun. The guys were great, gave me a prime pit stall up in the reserved area. One things for sure, everyone there loved the old Plymouth hanging them high. Nice town too!

 

[malex]

Looking good as always. Now you see why mine runs the front shocks full tight.
Doug

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No kidding. I was set on 10 of 18. On the rebound. And my hockey puck bump stops sure came through again, no pan contact.

 

[dvw]

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No kidding. I was set on 10 of 18. On the rebound. And my hockey puck bump stops sure came through again, no pan contact.

28 out of 28 clicks. Sending them in to get tightened this winter.
Doug

 

[Tex013]

Well our track has reopened after 3 months and swapped sanction back to ANDRA , lucky i have 2 sanction lic and tech . So time to get aiming for the rest of year . My transbrake trans isnt quite ready after some issues , got my A1 vert rebuilt as well hadnew mechanical diode fitted etc , so stick with foot brake . Will be T&T on 5th Nov and club 1/8 mile day 4th Dec . Then a long weekend road trip 2nd weekend of Dec .Racing the Summit Super Series Sportsman round in Portland Victoria . Never raced this track but several mates say its really well prepped and i should enjoy it . This will be a 13/14 hr highway trip , only the next state . Fuel prices are on the up here at the moment $1.90 L for 98 . And its spring time , so its getting warmer .

Tex

 

[33 IMP]

Tex, have you tested your car a to b, transbrake versus foot brake? Is it quicker 60 ft or full track, or about the same?

 

[Tex013]

Tex, have you tested your car a to b, transbrake versus foot brake? Is it quicker 60 ft or full track, or about the same?

.Tbrake launch is 4000-4500 foot brake currently is 1500 but needs to go to about 1800 . It will sixty a bit better off the brake 1.42 best with Pro bracket radials . Foot with PBR is mid/high 1.40s , Hoosier Radial slick foot is 146/1.47s . But in saying that i think the Tbrake vert was going away and A1 changing from normal type sprag to mech diode agrees with that . The "service" cost almost as much as when i bought it new .
Now the footbrake vert is about 5000 stall , Tbrake was close enough to 6000.
If you look at ET my footbrake PB is similar to Tbrake , see signature BUT remember the difference in launch rpm. My last 2 times out i can compare the PBR to Hoosier and the Hoosier was faster and quicker . Though the track seemed extra nice on last event . 2nd last event with PBR it was mid high 10.30s , Hoosier mid 10.20s to i think a 10.32 .
PBR is 29.9" Hoosier is 29.5" tall both 10.5 . PBR on a 10" rim Hoosier on 8"

Tex

 

[33 IMP]

Thanks Tex! I like to try to get a to b info when I can.
Mine was very similar. 5000 rpm plus off the brake, maybe 2000 footbraking. The sixty was always .05 quicker, the driver (me) was much better off the brake..... but the car always ran the same 1/8th, brake or foot, which I still haven't figured out.
By the way, your sixties are very good for a small tire, in my opinion.

 

[Tex013]

Thanks Tex! I like to try to get a to b info when I can.
Mine was very similar. 5000 rpm plus off the brake, maybe 2000 footbraking. The sixty was always .05 quicker, the driver (me) was much better off the brake..... but the car always ran the same 1/8th, brake or foot, which I still haven't figured out.
By the way, your sixties are very good for a small tire, in my opinion.

thanks for the compliment .
I'll be honest i feel the sixty is a bit off/slow . I kind of expect a 1.39/42 range off the brake . Especially for the ET . the foot brake [email protected] was only a 1.468 sixty . I hope to see that sort of improvement when the tbrake goes back in .
My first 10.25 was lighter factory block 505 stroker on 28" radial . Off brake with World heavy block and the PBR was 10.27PB . Foot World block , Hoosier radial 10.25 .
So there is some gains to be had i believe .

Tex

 

[malex]

Well gang. Look what I dug out of the archives. This old thread. It’s been buried a few years too. This old thread was a FBBO joint effort in getting both me and this old Plymouth down the track, thanks again to all that had a hand in it.

So it’s time to hit the track again, the first time out of the garage this year and tomorrow I’m headed about 300 miles west. My local track isn’t up and running yet due to some delays in pre-season upgrades and the year is slipping away so here we are.
Was expecting Wookie to maybe show up this weekend but he’s out now, and Remcharger, well Rem, you coming racing?

Anyways.
The off-season changes were a different RB block due to a crack in #2 main web (it pays to freshen). I was able to lose 102 lbs in the off-season but added 20 lbs back on with a partial hard blok fill and billet steel main caps in lieu of the aluminum caps.
So lots of changes and probably some bugs to work through. We’ll see how it goes..

Starting over fresh and clean. A 16X3” air filter this year. Shorter due to a new scoop. The rest of the package remains the same.

Liking the looks of the new 3” scoop.

On with a set of lightweight Strange rear disc brakes and off with 28lbs just like that.

hoping for the best!

 

[Wookie316]

Looks great. Sadly I won’t make it south this weekend. Good luck!

 

[malex]

Looks great. Sadly I won’t make it south this weekend. Good luck!

Alright, next time.

 

[RemCharger]

I too am out. But not for lack of want! I just heard about it this morning, from the " Bad Influence" car owner. He might be going.
I guess there's wallys up for grabs

 

[khryslerkid]

Go get um! Love the look of that car, always have.

 

[malex]

I too am out. But not for lack of want! I just heard about it this morning, from the " Bad Influence" car owner. He might be going.
I guess there's wallys up for grabs

Ok we’ll see you in a few weeks. Ahh yes, Badd. I recall a memorable race against him.

 

[Tex013]

Well gang. Look what I dug out of the archives. This old thread. It’s been buried a few years too. This old thread was a FBBO joint effort in getting both me and this old Plymouth down the track, thanks again to all that had a hand in it.

So it’s time to hit the track again, the first time out of the garage this year and tomorrow I’m headed about 300 miles west. My local track isn’t up and running yet due to some delays in pre-season upgrades and the year is slipping away so here we are.
Was expecting Wookie to maybe show up this weekend but he’s out now, and Remcharger, well Rem, you coming racing?

Anyways.
The off-season changes were a different RB block due to a crack in #2 main web (it pays to freshen). I was able to lose 102 lbs in the off-season but added 20 lbs back on with a partial hard blok fill and billet steel main caps in lieu of the aluminum caps.
So lots of changes and probably some bugs to work through. We’ll see how it goes..

Starting over fresh and clean. A 16X3” air filter this year. Shorter due to a new scoop. The rest of the package remains the same.
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Liking the looks of the new 3” scoop.
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On with a set of lightweight Strange rear disc brakes and off with 28lbs just like that.
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hoping for the best!

looking good Malex . Not sure I love those paper(?) filters for racing . I use a screen , actually a kitchen sieve to clear under my scoop .
Hope you do as well as I did last weekend ! Already getting ready for another away race on 6-7-8-9 June final round of eastern conference .

Tex

 

[malex]

looking good Malex . Not sure I love those paper(?) filters for racing . I use a screen , actually a kitchen sieve to clear under my scoop .
Hope you do as well as I did last weekend ! Already getting ready for another away race on 6-7-8-9 June final round of eastern conference .

Tex

Yeah the jury is out on this filter. I can’t recall if I looked for a K&N in 16X3. Yet. And wow did you ever rock last weekend. I’m not looking for much this weekend other than getting things sorted out. The new electric shift I hope I don’t forget and pull. Thanks and good luck in your finals coming up!

 

[RemCharger]

Well gang. Look what I dug out of the archives. This old thread. It’s been buried a few years too. This old thread was a FBBO joint effort in getting both me and this old Plymouth down the track, thanks again to all that had a hand in it.

So it’s time to hit the track again, the first time out of the garage this year and tomorrow I’m headed about 300 miles west. My local track isn’t up and running yet due to some delays in pre-season upgrades and the year is slipping away so here we are.
Was expecting Wookie to maybe show up this weekend but he’s out now, and Remcharger, well Rem, you coming racing?

Anyways.
The off-season changes were a different RB block due to a crack in #2 main web (it pays to freshen). I was able to lose 102 lbs in the off-season but added 20 lbs back on with a partial hard blok fill and billet steel main caps in lieu of the aluminum caps.
So lots of changes and probably some bugs to work through. We’ll see how it goes..

Starting over fresh and clean. A 16X3” air filter this year. Shorter due to a new scoop. The rest of the package remains the same.
View attachment 1667619


Liking the looks of the new 3” scoop.
View attachment 1667621

On with a set of lightweight Strange rear disc brakes and off with 28lbs just like that.
View attachment 1667620


View attachment 1667670

hoping for the best!

Any updates?

 

[RemCharger]

I hear there maybe transmission troubles..