CRAMAR
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Went to Muncie Dragway the 13th of April. Ran a new personal best of 15.06 in the 1/4 mile with my 318 72 duster.60 foot times suck (226).I made it to quarter finals but just want to hit 14.99...Oh well a good day!
It's a 68 318 with stock bottom end.J heads with 1.88 intakes and 1.60 exhausts. Edelbrock 600 and performer intake.727 transmission and 3.55 suregrip. The cam is 268/272 duration and 0430/0450 lift.T/converter and cam are my mistake I think.Should be faster.Nice you got a new best first time out for the season.
What’s done to the car/what’s the combo?
what is the altitude of your track?It's a 68 318 with stock bottom end.J heads with 1.88 intakes and 1.60 exhausts. Edelbrock 600 and performer intake.727 transmission and 3.55 suregrip. The cam is 268/272 duration and 0430/0450 lift.T/converter and cam are my mistake I think.Should be faster.
935 feet ...what is the altitude of your track?
oh man... I wish..935 feet ...
I agree, should be low 14's. Headers? Keep tuning. Couple of quick questions.935 feet ...
Exactly why I asked for the mph. Tells the power the motor is making. RPM shift points too. Seen a lot of folks leave them in drive, and if the kickdown linkage isn't set properly, it may shift out at 3400 rpms instead of the 5400 rpms needed.Just my 2 cents... Always tell the MPH! It will be a better gauge of whether the ET is close or not.
The whole timeslip is better yet.
92.86 MPHJust my 2 cents... Always tell the MPH! It will be a better gauge of whether the ET is close or not.
The whole timeslip is better yet.
Probably ran about 88-90 mph is my guess. With a 15.06, you are missing about .15 from the 60', should be in the 2.10 range. Get that sorted out and it will be running 14.70-80's.
90 with a strong 60' (2.05ish) is in the 14.70's
I would love to hear some options.I don't want to use NO2I say continue tuning. 2.26 is plenty of 60 ft to get into the 14's. That's what I cut with my 318 Duster and it runs 14's.
My advice is always the same, don't throw parts to compensate a problem. tune the problem out of the vehicle
well, for a measuring stick, my 318 Duster has 2.76 gears, stock exhaust manifolds, stock converter, summit cam and I home ported the stock 318 smog heads. I have a 770 holley on top. Short block was never apart and it's a '76 motor. It runs 14's at 94 mph, with a 2.2 60 ft. Pretty similar build as yours, except you have better gears, and if you have headers, that's another plus for you. In other words, you should beat me every day of the week and twice on Sundays. That is why I suggested "tuning what you have" before throwing parts at it.I would love to hear some options.I don't want to use NO2
Seen your car at Muncie real nice car, the car in my avatar I have raced at Muncie but has been repainted its original red maybe you seen it.My car had 3.21's and a 360 in it and a 3000 stahl converter and would 60 high 1.80's run 13.40's 13.50's in heat you do some tuning like everybody said car easily should get you in 14's.Hopefully we can meet up sometime.Went to Muncie Dragway the 13th of April. Ran a new personal best of 15.06 in the 1/4 mile with my 318 72 duster.60 foot times suck (226).I made it to quarter finals but just want to hit 14.99...Oh well a good day!
No headers 340 manifoldswell, for a measuring stick, my 318 Duster has 2.76 gears, stock exhaust manifolds, stock converter, summit cam and I home ported the stock 318 smog heads. I have a 770 holley on top. Short block was never apart and it's a '76 motor. It runs 14's at 94 mph, with a 2.2 60 ft. Pretty similar build as yours, except you have better gears, and if you have headers, that's another plus for you. In other words, you should beat me every day of the week and twice on Sundays. That is why I suggested "tuning what you have" before throwing parts at it.
That would cool dragfishSeen your car at Muncie real nice car, the car in my avatar I have raced at Muncie but has been repainted its original red maybe you seen it.My car had 3.21's and a 360 in it and a 3000 stahl converter and would 60 high 1.80's run 13.40's 13.50's in heat you do some tuning like everybody said car easily should get you in 14's.Hopefully we can meet up sometime.