First Time Drag Racing!

First Time Drag Racing!

Thanks all for the kind words! This was all test n tune. I was not competing or anything. The original intent of the car was to be a quick street car that I can take to the track and beat up on at test and tune and open drag nights. Wasn't intending to be a bracket car or anything but maybe something to think about. Now on to some Q&A.

flyfish said
Sounds healthy, very nice first outing! What cam do you have in it? Just curious because it would probably go a little quicker with lower shift points. Strokers don't need anywhere near the RPM as standard stroke small blocks do to make the same power. For example, I can shift my 410 anywhere between 6200 and 6500 and it will run the same number. If I shift at 6000 it looses 0.01-0.02.

The launch vid looks like you need to get the front end looser to get better weight transfer. When you get some more suspension travel that thing should knock a few more tenths off the ET. With the MPH, you should be able to get 10.7's no problem. Good luck.

The cam is a Comp roller. .645" lift, 266/272 dur @ .050. You may be right on the shift point. When I get it on the dyno in the spring I'll probably be better able to tell where to go on that.

I honestly don't see how I can get the front end any looser than it is. Running /6 torsion bars with 90/10 Comp Eng shocks. I'm open ears if you have a suggestion on that. In one of the runs at about the 1:20 mark, you can see that the car pulled the front wheels just a bit and right when they lifted, the car lost traction and spun. Well I could see it on the big screen TV in 1080P anyhow. Not sure if it can bee seen with the reduced video. But it seems to me that if the front wheels are off the ground, I should have had enough weight transfer to get good traction but that didn't happen for whatever reason. It has been suggested to me to get double adjustable shocks for starters.

bOb shingler said
that was a great video you put together. saaaaaaaaweeet sounding motor. front end works great but the rear suspension sucks. your pulling the hotrod out on just the rear tires. it doesn't use the body to plant the tires , it just goes down in the rear. when this happens it acturally pulls the tires up. get 3-4 inches a rear body lift in it. use that remote mirro to see when the tires are smoking.

Pardon my ignorance but not understanding "pulling the hotrod out on just the rear tires" and "pulling the tires up and get 3-4 inches rear body lift". Please explain what that means. Just FYI, it isn't a leaf spring car. It has a triangulated 4 link so it shouldn't lift whatsoever in the rear. It's supposed to squat but it's not doing this very well. The shocks/springs I have in the rear are these: http://www.summitracing.com/parts/cmb-15-0058/overview/.