Learning curve,new combination's......

[Abodybomber]

In the y2k era: A buddy,had a 72 Dart Swinger. Mild combinations + mild N20 hits,got him to the low 12's(j y. stuff). He picked up ,an aggressive 340 solid roller engine. A new world ,for this guy. Always came in,with a loose rocker. After losing on the street,(more than a few times!). He started listening. He ended up,in the low 10's ,with a shitload of spray.

 

[moper]

My "first car" was a Pontiac station wagon. My Dad showed me how to jamb a scredriver into the choke to make it run when it flooded - which it did fairly regularly due to a bad primary choke pull off.
My 2nd car was a '71 Barracuda with a 318 2bbl. I added a 4bbl (stock intake, adaptor, and 750 Holley), and a Sonic Turbo muffler (to the single factory exh with manifolds). The intake leaked so bad I made a shield to keep the oil off the Y pipe - it was smoking a lot... No need for a kickdown - the aftermarket floor shifter made it shift when I wanted it to.
My 3rd car was a '74 Barracuda 318 3sp stick. I swapped the 3sp to a 4sp when it stuck in 2nd gear (missed a shift). I swapped the 318 for a 340 when the opportunity presented itself. I added N2O to it after a year or two. By the end that car would go high 12s.
The length of time between those three cars was 2 years. there was no internet & my Dad is a retired nuclear engineer who hated working on cars. So I learned it all by doing - and screwing up. And getting laughed at, and breaking things, and losing....lol.

 

[RustyRatRod]

I don't know anything about anything so it's all a learning curve for me. More like a learning circle.

 

[Baxter61]

I don't know anything about anything so it's all a learning curve for me. More like a learning circle.

You got me beat, at least in a circle you end up back where you started, Im beginning to think im in a vortex!

 

[JoeDust451]

Im beginning to think im in a vortex!

I'll 2nd. that!!!

 

[txstang84]

i don't know anything about anything so it's all a learning curve for me. More like a learning circle.

:d

 

[67Dart273]

I don't know anything about anything so it's all a learning curve for me. More like a learning circle.

When ya get to be as damn old as I am, you keep forgetting what you learned so every day is a new one!!!

 

[bad440]

With me its a vicous circle.....it never ends....