Under the index for under a grand!

[Billy Nees]

Iraceitall and Joe, my friends and I joked about "Under the Record for Under 5K" for the next project but I can't imagine this combo having that kind of potential. It's just too restricted.
Dwight, I have some "stuff" that I could throw at it above and beyond the budget. I like that idea. I would like to first spend a couple of weeks trying to max the car out as it sits though.
I'm a one man band kinda guy so, I appreciate the offers but I'll pass on the help or donations. But hold that thought because something BIG just may be on the horizon!

[Mark Yacavone]

Originally Posted by Billy Nees

Iraceitall and Joe, my friends and I joked about "Under the Record for Under 5K" for the next project but I can't imagine this combo having that kind of potential. It's just too restricted.
Dwight, I have some "stuff" that I could throw at it above and beyond the budget. I like that idea. I would like to first spend a couple of weeks trying to max the car out as it sits though.
I'm a one man band kinda guy so, I appreciate the offers but I'll pass on the help or donations. But hold that thought because something BIG just may be on the horizon!

Billy, I might be in ...on that something BIG...I might have something BIG on the horizon too

;-)

[Carguy49]

Billy, this is without a doubt one of the coolest things going. It reminds me of when my friends and I would see what we could scrounge up in the way of parts to make our cars go faster on the cheap. The idea of under the record for under 5 grand is very cool. Why not keep making changes to the car and see how fast it will go? This car at a National event taking down the new factory cars would be the ultimate showdown. Good luck with this car and maybe an article done on this subject would be inspirational to many guys wanting to do this same thing. Not sure what magazine, a reference to Car Craft was brought up in an earlier response. I think that would be very cool. By the way, your name upside down on the car - PRICELESS.

[Billy Nees]

Summer's here! From 600 ft DA at "The Grove" to my day at a T+T at "The Beav" where the good air this morning was 2750 ft and it got as bad as 3300 ft by mid afternoon.
"Dime Rocket" tip for the day, local racetrack run T+T days. What would you pay for a tenth in your new Stocker or SS car? 6 hour T+T cost me $40 and it was worth every dime! Just one quick thing about doing T+Ts, go with a plan of what and how you're going to test. If you think that you can go to NHRA meets and test or make changes then you are kidding yourself. I kinda knew when I went to "The Grove" last week that my tune-up wasn't right but I had an unknown converter in the car and, with the bad weather threatening to make it a one Q run and race deal, I wanted to know that the car would go down the track. It did but not very fast. Ancient history.
The first pass, in the same state as it was last week, got me a 15.36 @84.61 MPH. That compared to a 14.81 @ 88.82 best last week. Not even the IHRA index, I've got my work cut out for me. I made 8 runs changing jets, timing, carb gaskets, a different carb and finally, my launch RPM. To make a long story short, it reacted to leaner jets(more so that the weather would require), more timing, taller carb gaskets and raising my starting line RPM. The carb had a pretty bad stumble that I didn't want to take the time to figure out today so it went back in the truck but it showed some promise.
Simple tuning got the car from a 15.36@84.61 in 2750ft of air to a 15.22@85.68 in 3300ft of air. Still not a bad weather index runner but an improvement of almost a tenth and a half and a MPH for 40 bucks and some sweat. I'll take it.

[Michael Beard]

Originally Posted by Billy Nees

Summer's here! From 600 ft DA at "The Grove" to my day at a T+T at "The Beav" where the good air this morning was 2750 ft and it got as bad as 3300 ft by mid afternoon.
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Simple tuning got the car from a 15.36@84.61 in 2750ft of air to a 15.22@85.68 in 3300ft of air. Still not a bad weather index runner but an improvement of almost a tenth and a half and a MPH for 40 bucks and some sweat. I'll take it.

Nice!

Pittsburgh got as bad as 4,000', with a headwind to boot. The Volare was .23 slower than MG, and the Dart was .41 slower (too rich, plus running it warmer).

[MikeMoller]

. But hold that thought because something BIG just may be on the horizon![/QUOTE]

1963 Pontiac wagon?