drag racing induction sys

hemifish69 said
No insulation under hood, and I've got an edelbrock foam air cleaner that looks a lot less restrictive.

Timing was too far advanced, and I'm going to check my valve adjustment today.

One thing though. I just got done reading the thread here where a member blew up his 727 and "only" broke several bones in his foot.

I have the bolted sprag, but no other concessions to safety.

I'm seriously considering not putting this car on the track until I have some shielding on the car.

What do you all think?

Like Flyfish said there's nothing wrong with being safe but 727's don't generally just go boom for no reason. Their very tough transmissions and yours having a bolt in Sprague is a plus. Generally the reason they blow up is a driveline failure (tossed a driveshaft under a load, broke the rearend under a load, etc) and if that happens you should always tear down the trans. and inspect/replace the rear Sprague. A billet front drum is a real nice item cause they won't explode anywhere close to as easy as a stock drum. Whether you need it or not depends on the power level, & valve body selection (should always have one if your running a manual valve body with no low band apply). Right now the way yours is running you shouldn't have to worry about it. If you get it worked out and running like it should (easy mid 11's) upgrading the trans is a consideration.

I also agree with flyfish on trashing that junk air breather.

Did you make it to the track tonight? Mine developed a coolant leak Saturday and I had tons of stuff come up around home so I didn't get it fixed so I could go. I see their having test and tune every sat. in Nov. Hopefully the weather holds out and don't get too cold, or worse. Shooting for making it the 2nd