So Don and I finally made it to the track with my car.

From the beginning I asked Don to build me a 10.50 car. Unfortunately he didn't do that

First pass off the trailor 2500 rpm foot brake

R/T .031
60' 1.424
330 4.238
1/8 6.618
mph 103.10
1000 8.685
1/4 10.440
mph 129.85

Mind you I hit the 7000rpm rev limiter right before the line and I let off. I get my slip and I am ******* pumped. I honestly did not expect the car to run that good with the converter.

Next pass I did a 3000 rpm foot brake


R/T .127
60' 1.367 Holy **** (Radials and stock shocks and springs)
330 4.099
1/8 6.434
mph 104.46
1000 8.482
1/4 10.24 <<<<<
mph 126.99




So imagine I get back and I am ******* pumped more than ever. We decide to try a transbrake launch for ***** and giggles and that didn't go so well

next pass we decided to go back to foot braking alittle higher -3500rpms


R/T -.007 I got alittle excited
60' 1.416 had alittle wheel hop
330 4.190
1/8 6.542
mph 103.79
1000 8.604
1/4 10.36
mph 126.85

Car did not like the higher stall and we lowered our air pressure too much.
Don wanted to call it quits but we all know how stubborn I am

Next pass we decided to goto our 10.24 settings 3000 rpm launch and set the tires back to 20psi.



R/T .063 God I am getting good at this reaction time stuff
60' 1.353 Did I meantion this is on radials and stock shocks and springs
330 4.624
1/8 7.366
mph 93.07
1000 9.598
1/4 11.456
mph 121.88



So your probably wondering why I had such a great 60ft and a shitty *** 1/4 mile time. Well my tranny must of been pissed off at me and decided not to let me use 2nd gear so I had to just use 1 and 3


Needless to say Don has built me a badass car. I cannot thank him enough for all the time and effort he has put into this car.

We will be getting a "real" converter and show what this car can really do

Thank you Don

Marco

 

Simply Badass Marco.. Congrats!

 

 

What are the specs on the car? Congrats

 

Thanks

Dude the track was hooking hard and the air was perfect.

Wish you could of been there

 

wish i coulda made it, aw2some times from a simple setup marco. great job!!!!

 

Cool pictures! You and Don have a lot of time into this car, you guys deserve it running like it did!!!

Wish I could have been there too, it just wasn't happening this time around! Shooting for Sunday the 21st and/or Saturday the 27th! I need some seat time before a GTO Quick 8 event at Cecil County in October!


BTW- where's the air cleaner??

 

Wish you could of been there buddy. I appreciate all the help you gave with this car.

 

408 n/a
TFS 235s Brian Tooley special
slowhawk cam
3200 raceweight
th-400

and the best mod...slowhawk tuned

 

See if you can find it

 

Don't forget it was probly still running 2 month old 93 octain

I love the way the rear lifts on launch.We got that suspension spot on first try.

 

Good job man, glad to see it finally coming together ! Did you get it on the scale while you were there?

 

thanks!

the scale was closed so i'm going by what it weighed at e-town

 

Low 10s, very nice.

 

What else did you end up finding other then the elbow? Did you end up changing the converter, or was the elbow the problem?

 

same converter...only change was the elbow

 

Congrats on the great times. What suspension mods and gears ?

 

BMR anti roll bar
BMR double adjustable panhard bar
BMR subframe connectors
BMR Double adjustable control arms
stock shocks
stock springs
4:10 gears

 

Not bad, not bad at all.

 

Not bad at all!! Don is the man