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Title: [FWDLK] The Testies......
Go Neil !
In case you want some numbers to try
in the software for a practice case...
If I remember anywhere near correctly, my
old 1969 Road Runner was full interior
car with 4 speed, and 4.56:1 gears to run
12.2 at Quaker City Dragstrip in Ohio.
With 3.90 gears it ran 12.6's all day.
There is a gear change comparison for you.
Altitude probably around 1200 feet.
The car had a 383 with stock pistons, mildly
worked stock casting heads, a Crower
Monarch cam, lifter, and valve spring kit. It
had Hooker Competition headers, open for
that run, an Edelbrock aluminum
intake with a 1050 cfm Holley, and an
aluminum flywheel with a Rev-Lock clutch
and pressure plate designed for an aluminum
flywheel. The distributor was tweaked.
It used a Holley electric fuel pump feeding
to the stock fuel pump.
The car had 9" slicks on it at that time. I
"recall" it was a little over 400 horsepower.
I wanted to lighten the car, but my partner
didn't. Removing around 100 pounds
was probably possible, and would have
reduced ET by around a tenth. We were
carrying the stock exhaust, mufflers and
all, even though uncorked. The interior was
also stock, with rear seat in place.
It was to appear as stock as possible.
This car was never beaten by any Ford. We
raced a Boss 429 Mustang twice.
A 442 was trailered in from Akron and we
blew it away.
We were only beaten by a big block 69
Chevelle running two-fours, a big block
Camaro (factory race-car), and a small
block 1956 Chevy that rev'd like a monster.
We used the 383 and not a 440 because of
our ability to rev high and quickly.
But.
Today, it is another ball game. I attended
the Hot Rod Magazine drags as a crew
person for my buddy's 528 Hemi 1969
Barracuda. Three years ago, he finished tenth.
This year, a bad run (it got squirrely and
almost hit the wall) stopped us from qualifying,
after the tech inspection ruled we had to
find new, smaller, slicks. We could get little grip.
Our car, and the others, street cars,
are now running in the 9's !!!
How ? Blowers and / or nitrous
are usually found on these babies.
Race transmissions. Cages and Sub-frames
for rigidity. No where near stock set-ups.
The 528 Hemi in the Barracuda is
putting out over 800 horsepower with a little spray.
Tom S
southern Ohio
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