Re: [Chrysler300] Mopar vs Bowtie.....Group Effort

["Ryan Hill" <ryan_hillc300@xxxx>]

Just a couple more tips to add to the rest of these fine ideas.

The tire size response was a good one to increase the gear ratio and tire 
pressure can also be important especially if your trying to hook-up with 
stock pizza-cutter tires. There are a few other things that have been known 
to sqeeze out a tenth or so.

-Lighten the front end as much as possible but be carefull about reducing 
weight over the rear wheels.

-Disconnecting the front shocks or replacing them with an old worn-out pair 
can help weight transfer.

-Unclamping the leaf springs on the rear side will allow the spring to coil 
up more and increase your traction as well as transferring weight much 
better.

-A fresh bag of ice or dry ice under an intake always helps by cooling the 
air and condensing it as it travels through the runners. Maybe you can find 
a way to wrap the long runners on your car with ice?

-A cool can can be fashioned from a jug and some hard line. Make a coil with 
fuel line (steel or aluminum) inside a coffee can or something suitable and 
connect it in-line with your fuel line as close to the carbs as possible. 
Before your race, add dry ice or ice water to the can and it will super-cool 
the fuel boosting your horsepower. You can buy these too.

-Keep your belts tight, you don't want them spinning off at high RPM in the 
middle of the race but disconnect the alternator/generator so it is 
free-wheeling (no load) It's like when your A/C is turned off, the 
compressor just spins freely and robs little HP.
-You could run dryer duct or PVC pipe to your carbs from behind the grille 
for Ram Air.

-Make sure you practice on a Dragstip if that is where this match is to take 
place. If you think you have a traction problem on the street with street 
tires......wait till you try and launch it on a bed of rubber! Don't heat 
the tires much if any unless you are using slicks, don't go through the 
water box, and get used to looking at the car without hubcaps for the day 
because they don't usually let you run them on the strip.

-As someone else mentioned, a little belt dressing or VHT will help a bit.

-As for the timing, advance it until it pings and then back it off a degree 
for optimum performance.

Good Luck. You shouldn't have too much trouble beating him with that 
handicap. I ran my mildly modified '65 300 383 2 barrel car for fun once and 
it ran 14.60's on a cool day.





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