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My local track had test & tune tonight in prep for a big bracket race tomorrow. The air was going to be good so I loaded my Dart up and headed out. About a month ago it ran 6.33 @ 108.42. With the good weather I was hoping to better that.

First pass it spun and ran 6.31 @ 109.74 with a 1.440 60', with just a little hesitation at the hit. The engine temp was only around 120°. The track was packed so it was about an hour before I made it to the water box again. This pass it ran 6.26 @ 110.01 with a 1.405 60', the engine was around 150°. The final pass was about forty five minutes later. It ran 6.25 @ 110.02 with a 1.397 60'. I had it to about 160° for the last pass.

I'm pleased with the way it ran and if I can find the 60' there is a little more there. My first two lights were okay but on the last pass I was snoozing. This engine just doesn't build any heat. It has a 160° thermostat in it and running in the lanes I could watch it open and the temp would fall, then slowly warm back up. I may need a 180° thermostat to help build some heat.

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That's haulin the mail. Hell yeah! But this just exhibits what I was talkin about the other day. Three passes is all you got.....and it's over in an 1/8 mile. I don't know man. I'm glad you're havin fun....and it's cool you're haulin ***. But **** man, it's just not worth loadin it up if you're takin a trailer or drivin there. We have an 1/8 mile track fairly close to us, but I cannot tell you what us local boys call it. lol The only other track is The Silver Dollar in Reynolds, Georgia. It's an NHRA sanctioned 1/4 mile track about a little more than an hour away, but same scenario. You're lucky to get three runs. Hell, I remember when I was racin hot n heavy back in the early 80s. We could go and probably make 8-10 runs a night on the weekends. Times sure have changed.
 
I probably could've got in a few more passes but I worked off (12 hrs) nights this morning so I'm beat and was ready to come home. This track is only about 20 minutes away, so it's not much of a drive.

From what I understand the winner of the race tomorrow gets a guaranteed entry into the million dollar bracket race. So there were cars there from all over.

I'd like to see what it will run in the quarter and if I can get a one day ticket to Bowling Green in two weeks I'll take it and see.
 
justinp61 said:
My local track had test & tune tonight in prep for a big bracket race tomorrow. The air was going to be good so I loaded my Dart up and headed out. About a month ago it ran 6.33 @ 108.42. With the good weather I was hoping to better that.

First pass it spun and ran 6.31 @ 109.74 with a 1.440 60', with just a little hesitation at the hit. The engine temp was only around 120°. The track was packed so it was about an hour before I made it to the water box again. This pass it ran 6.26 @ 110.01 with a 1.405 60', the engine was around 150°. The final pass was about forty five minutes later. It ran 6.25 @ 110.02 with a 1.397 60'. I had it to about 160° for the last pass.

I'm pleased with the way it ran and if I can find the 60' there is a little more there. My first two lights were okay but on the last pass I was snoozing. This engine just doesn't build any heat. It has a 160° thermostat in it and running in the lanes I could watch it open and the temp would fall, then slowly warm back up. I may need a 180° thermostat to help build some heat.

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Looks like Tulsa Int. , I started to come out , but as usual wifes family messed that up .
Good luck tomorrow -----------/today .
 
Bob, I'm not going to play with those guys today, I'd be first round fodder.
 
stroked340 said:
Nice,that's like a 9.54 in the 1/4..what is your set-up??..
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I'm not sure it would go much faster than 9.90's.

Street/strip 69 Dart, 3350#, pump 93 434" R1 small block, 11.2-1, Comp solid roller, Indy heads and intake, 727, 8" Coan converter, Strange S-60 with 4.10's, Cal Trac springs and bars and Viking double adjustables all around.

Thanks guys.
 
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Congratulations. We haven’t had new best air all year and honestly after five seasons mines has seen better days so she wouldn’t have one in it anyway. Lol.
 
Congrats! I gotta agree on the 9.90s tho. Wallace says 9.92, and I've got three other ways to convert 1/8 to 1/4, they all say very high 9.70s to high 9.80s. Still, now you need all the b.s. that goes with a a nine second slip, or....
 
justinp61 said:
I'm not sure it would go much faster than 9.90's.

Street/strip 69 Dart, 3350#, pump 93 434" R1 small block, 11.2-1, Comp solid roller, Indy heads and intake, 727, 8" Coan converter, Strange S-60 with 4.10's, Cal Trac springs and bars and Viking double adjustables all around.

Thanks guys.
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What tire are you running?
 
yellow rose said:
I get that. It’s still a DOT tire, not a radial slick.
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i run a DOT Hoosier drag radial.
It has two tiny grooves in it. Its a friggin drag slick, no matter what they call it. Most all these tires are a “ slick” they just have a groove or design, etc in them.
They act, at the track, no different than a slick.
I think what you are implying is that, geez, its a DOT tire, so that makes the OP’s times more fantastic( and btw, that is fantastic and the car runs great)
But you could could put a Goodyear bias slick on the car and it would slow down.
Nothing “ DOT” really, about these radials. They are a drag tire, with zero loss of ET over anything
 
B3422w5 said:
i run a DOT Hoosier drag radial.
It has two tiny grooves in it. Its a friggin drag slick, no matter what they call it. Most all these tires are a “ slick” they just have a groove or design, etc in them.
They act, at the track, no different than a slick.
I think what you are implying is that, geez, its a DOT tire, so that makes the OP’s times more fantastic( and btw, that is fantastic and the car runs great)
But you could could put a Goodyear bias slick on the car and it would slow down.
Nothing “ DOT” really, about these radials. They are a drag tire, with zero loss of ET over anything
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I run DOT tires like that and they aren’t a slick.
 
Lets agree to disagree.
My hoosier DOT drag radials are getting replaced this week.
They no longer Have the two grooves on them. They look and act like any slick i have ever had. Except they are radial construction, not bias ply.
They, and all the others, with just a couple of exceptions, are all race tires. No matter how they are marketed.
I wouldn't drive in the rain with my drag radials, even if new, for all the tea in China
 
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