Help me get into the 12's for cheap

doogievlg said

Don't let yourself get discouraged. The first time I built my motor I was thinking it would be close to 12s. Took it to the track and with street tires ran a 14.2 at 96 mph. I wanted to burn my car to the ground but instead I took a break from racing and saved up enough to build it again. Now if it's still not in the 12s I might actually burn it down!! Actually I'll probably just keep racing and be the slow guy at the track that will never break out!!

Stick with it and eventually you get faster and more poor!

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For sure, you gotta stick with it. I definitely had my share of disappointments.....I think my worst was a 70' 400 GTO I did for a friend. It went 14.30's @ 97 with 100k miles on it and blowing blue smoke.....After my rebuild with, headers, a stout hydraulic cam, Torker intake, a 750 Holley, and 4.10 gears, it went 14.00's @ 99...:violent1: :banghead:. Sadly, I never got to take it out again because it got hit so hard while parked on a street, it drove the rear housing into the back seat :sad2:. We saved the engine, and sold it, but the car was scrap.