Disappointing ET's with 408

Part of the poor 60' time is the lack of traction. I can only launch at 3000 rpm or so, as it wants to spin. With a 8.25, I'm a little afraid of using slicks, although some say it is not an issue, as that read is strong enough. First time out, I ran a avg of of 14.18, (6 runs). I had it die off a couple of times 1/3 way down the track, no fuel, so I upgraded the fuel pump (had a CHEAP one on at first). Also, we noticed glowing of the spark plug wires at night, and surging at 2000 rpm and up, so I replaced the wires.

While the 330' times dropped about 0.200, the 1/4 times dropped 0.610, to an average of 13.577 (3 runs). Big drop for plug wires and fuel pump, eh?

I reused the tranny/torque converter as it came on the 340 I pulled and set aside.

I woulda liked to do an engine dyno, but no one local had a SB Mopar fixture. May do a chassis dyno at some point, but racing is more fun, and more real world. I've heard builders express bothe opinions on the dyno usefullness, and as an engineer, I can understand both opinions. Since I don't got no spearience, I don't got one myself. (like that grammer adn speliing, eh?)