Most expensive, least helpful and useless advice

[Lee Valentine]

Allstar Racing Products sells an NHRA legal quick release fire extinguisher mount.

[cutta]

I hope this thread takes off. For those us looking to get in it someday, this will help us spend our money wisely right off the bat.

[Lee Valentine]

You want to get in the cheapest way,buy a turn key car. Or build a 5.0 mustang, best bang for your buck.

[Larry Hill]

The six-pac picked up when I changed from a 5/16 fuel line with a sock on it to a 1/2 with a good pump instead of that Carter thing.

Snake oil = 0wt. anything its a little quicker but way more expensive in the long run.

Racing hyd. lifters the ones that bled down and did not pump up.

Some kind of collector that boosted power and torque yet slowed the car down.

The smaller camshaft that is supposed to be faster in the summer. Man talk about gullible!

Like Billy stated some piston rings.

The best one was the nitro in the oil trick. It smells like you are going to set the world on fire, but alas its just perfume.

Ceramic coating on a light weigh drum to improve service life of the drum, it worked very well, but it would burn the band up in four or five runs.

And just bunch of stuff I have thought about and built that did not work, but every once in a while I make something that helps a little or a lot and best part is I don't have to share or sell it.

[Jeff Stout]

Bought a quadrajet from carb builder x and I was told to buy from carb builder y. X was slower front half and Y was slower in back half. Same ET.
Take the rubber seal off where hood meets firewall. Found out it wasn't legal. Put seal on and it went faster.
Had square lipped seal on brake calipers. Put the round type seal on and have less drag. No ET gain.
I quit at 8 converters for one motor combo.
Monte has more frontal area then Camaro so you need more gear. Went from 5.67 to 5.86 nothing gained but a couple more RPM's at finish line.

[SSGN]

Snake oil, fancy plugs and wires and yes those damn converter things Best advice always came from grumpy old grey haired guys Great topic

Kevin

[goinbroke2]

Originally Posted by SSGN

Snake oil, fancy plugs and wires and yes those damn converter things Best advice always came from grumpy old grey haired guys Great topic

Kevin

So from anybody in the pits? :O

[Greg Hill]

I've learned just as much from what doesn't work as from what does work. If you don't try things you don't advance.

[69Cobra]

Originally Posted by Greg Hill

I've learned just as much from what doesn't work as from what does work. If you don't try things you don't advance.

That's the best post in this thread!

[Ed Wright]

Originally Posted by Greg Hill

I've learned just as much from what doesn't work as from what does work. If you don't try things you don't advance.

Exactly!