ziggy89

holy crap the car is way different now on the launch. lets just say dead hooking on the street is a no. we did do some minor prep on one of our local "test tracks" which helped quite a bit. lets just say it launches like a drag car now and really sets you back.

ziggy89

well I managed to pull it off. car came out of the whole hard on a nice prepped track. im very happy with it.

TTOP350

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Now begins the quest for 10.99

ziggy89

well...... I might have a dart block 400 sbc build with nitrous planned. I just cant believe I put this motor in the 11's. I was talking to my dad after the third 11.80's pass neither one of use ever thought it would do it.

357 Camaro

Congrats car is running well.

TTOP350

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Its easier to do than people think. I did it with a NA TPI 350 back in the early to mid 90s.
Great feeling isn't it? Congrats on reaching your goal, I bet you can get more out it ;-)

mw66nova

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awesome! glad it did it finally

KWIK84

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Congrats!! Looking to try and get my PB this coming friday.

ziggy89

Kwik you still running at cordova?

KWIK84

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Haven't got the boat ready yet...LOL...

Looking to try and make it up there a few times this year, but heading to Havana the next 2 weekends.

Depending on how the car is running thinking Aug 14-16 we will be up there.

Fastbird

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nice pass!

ziggy89

Car made a new record pass this weekend. Converter is working good and hard.

skinny z

Just picked up on your thread as I'm interested in an 11 second time slip myself.
Congratulations.

It may be a little more difficult with my 355 as opposed to your 383 but the prospect of a converter upgrade to a Yank (as was done in our 81 Monte with great results) and new heads might put me over the top on a day with good air. That said, I have a PB of 1.7 flat 60' with my TCI 10" converter but it doesn't behave nearly the same way as the Yank does.

Where do you race? I'm interested in the density altitude. Up here in Alberta, summer days have a DA over 3500'. That takes a lot out of the engine's performance. Call it 3/10ths and a couple miles an hour compared to my seal level passes.

Congrats again on your personal best(s).

mw66nova

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awesome! always good to end the season on a good note. if you have no roll bar yet, you are teetering on needing one! good job dude

ziggy89

skinny I race at cordova international raceway in Illinois. elevation is about 625 or so. the yank made a big difference. never had a high end converter before so its a lil odd to me I can only brake stall it to about 1700 rpms but it flashes straight to 3600 at wot. my buddys 4th gen is the same way.
and nova yeah im pretty much right on the line for a bar. its in the plans for this winter.

skinny z

That's interesting. My 10" TCI behaves much the same way. At the track, foot-brake is about 2000-2200 max before it starts to creep through the beams. On the dyno, steady state to 3000 rpm and then mashing the throttle sees a jump to nearly 4k. Same at the track but I can't tell if that's wheel spin (probably is ) as the car is loaded differently between the track and the dyno. Like I said, I've had a PB 1.7 60' but it doesn't behave the same as the Yank on the shifts. Our Monte never drops below 4500-5000 despite what the gear ratios would call for. I think that's the main difference. Not sure how much a new converter would help my ET whereas new slicks probably would. My 60' has slipped some over the last few seasons and I attribute that to tires.
Again, well done on your 11's.

ziggy89

Mine doesn't even kreep just starts to tpin the back tires.