irocbirdbuilder

will be up there wednesday night if the weather looks like its gonna hold when i leave the house....going into work early so i can get out at 1330......i am curious as to what its gonna do with these gears...and without tuning...just for the hell of it really, and i got a craving to go racing..... pray to the weather gods for me folks.....will have results thursday

BADNBLK

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What are you hoping for with it the current set up? One way or another it will no doubt be the fastest TBI third gen! Good luck, don't break that rear end you still need to get Russes !

five7kid

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Forecast is for the usual "isolated thunderstorms" this afternoon & evening. About a 50-50 chance that Bandimere will get some of it. Last couple of nights it's been to the south.

Of course, there is Club Clash this Friday as well. . .

V8Rumble

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You guys will have to let me know how it went - I would have joined you, but my wife "kidnapped" me, & dragged me to Elitch's... (Oh, the suffering!!! )

Hope you guys are having a KICK-@SS time right now!

HaloNick

Well we had ours up there as well, and had a blast. Didn't improve too much but only did two runs. The first run was the best, and I got a 15.298 @ 90.01mph. I finally broke 90mph!!!!!! Anyway, the second run had me spinning through first gear and ended up with a 16 something. The good news is that I weighed it before the race and only gained 30lbs. with more fuel and lighter hood. Oh and I broke the tach . It has been iffy recently and on the 2-3 shift on the second run, it gave up and still isn't working. Will take a look this weekend or next to see if a cable is loose or something. And irocbirdbuilder didn't do too bad with the 2.73 rear end. When we had the 305 with a 3.45, the best we could get was a 17.4 and I think irocbirdbuilder got a 17.6 or something like that.

five7kid

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I drove by about 6:30 and 8:45, at least the rain stayed away. Looks like you had a healthy headwind all evening.

I'll be out there tomorrow evening with the '57 for sure, and if I can get someone to drive the Camaro out there, I'll run both. A co-worker (the one who went out to Pomona with me in 2004) was saying he might be able to go with me.

BADNBLK

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Where is our full report?? We gotta know how the mods worked out!

xlwhellraiser

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Paul needs to tune his car. She will haul ***, but he's gotta tune it.

Yeah, post the mods that were done so we can compare and LEARN .

HaloNick

His mods or mine? I am so confused. Anyway, he at least needs a bigger rear end.

five7kid

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A 17.6 isn't a rear end problem. I'm running 2.93's. Back when it had a 305 I ran 15.8's @ 90 with no 2-3 shift.

Theres's some major tuning needed there.

irocbirdbuilder

major tuning and the rear end, had problems all night car just wouldnt pull until about half track....first run i got caught next to the 307 chevelle that wouldnt start under the tower...then at the line..mine started loading up, lights went she bogged real bad so i got on the brake to blow it out and i succeded but broke rear end loose....and thats about all it did all night...it was disappointing but i took alot out of it....tuning, rear end and cowl isolation is in the works and it will be getting boost this winter....mark my words i will make a 12 second pass on a tbi motor...its gonna take time and money and i dont know how much but i will, the motor has the potential...jsut need to get it out of it....and my reactions were ridiculous....3 years away from the track definately toook its toll....looking through some old slips i was making better starts when i was 16......543 was my best all night best et was 17.4 and best 60 foot was a pathetic like 2.7

xlwhellraiser

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Marking in the book .

Kidding aside, I am 100% behind you. There is nothing better then 305 runing 12's. Don't give into the 350 nay sayers.


NOS it!

BADNBLK

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What kind of trap speed did you have? It appears traction is a big problem for both You and me from you 60' numbers. I am really disappointed with numbers you put up, but I know you have much more in ya! If you ever want help with some thing let me know!

Drag Russes rear end up to my shop on a Saturday and we can swap that real fast for ya!!

xlwhellraiser

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Heck I swaped a rear end in my car in two hours, by myself ah thank you!
So, you just get that rear end and make sure you get the hoses for the brakes off of that rear end too or you will be making some late night runs to NAPA (cuz no one else carries those lines anymore).
You wanna know how I did it??? I spent the night at Holiday Inn

twobirds

Wow. My 92 vert 305 tbi stock went 17.6. You need some tuning.

Conrad

irocbirdbuilder

finally got ahold of russ getting the rear when i get time, rearend is no biggie for me......the highest i trapped at was 80 i averaged right around 79 all night...as i said plans are in the work the rear, tuning and boost we'll get it down...spent a few hours talking to a guy fri night about cowl isolation for the tbi he's running a chevy II that does low 8's on spray and is full of info on nit picky stuff like air ind temps...as he said his car on a MPFI setup when your at 5800 ft elevation those 150+ intake temps with the density factor in to the car breathing at give or take a 12k+ ft elevation......i'm starting to get real technical into it and dealing with this guy adn bouncing ideas off of him....i'll get it its just a matter of time

five7kid

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Cool air does wonders. My last 2 runs Saturday were .05-sec off, I realized during the last run that I had forgotten to close off the vent that becomes half of my cool air induction when closed. Good thing those runs were a red-light and broke in the other lane, respectively. . .