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I'm not a real fan of solid suspension and body bushings and having them in this car wouldn't affect the cars reaction time the amount that I'm looking for.
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Now that the first $1000 has been very creatively spent.
What would the next $1000 investment look like? D |
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Send Billy a check and your question will be answered.
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That's a good question! If I were to do it the right way then I guess that I would probably go with an 8" converter and some trans upgrades. I don't always do things the right way though. I want to address the rear suspension to make the car more driveable(for me) and I have a couple of things that I'm going to throw at it this weekend to try and learn something.
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Have to make it safe and reliable first. Then throw at it what you have. Too many add the power first. Forgetting they have to stop. Making a lot of runs without breaking saves a lot of frustration. D Last edited by Dan Fahey; 06-25-2013 at 11:21 PM. |
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I finally took the time to "back-to-back" sparkplugs on Saturday and I was a bit suprised at my findings. When I put the car together, I put in the least expensive plugs that W-Mart had. Just basic plugs. I did an A-B-A-B test between them and a set of iridium plugs that I have used in some of my other stuff. So can a $16 set of plugs perform as well as a set of $64 plugs? Not quite, the iridium plugs averaged .034 ET. and .3 MPH faster than a basic plug. Are they worth the extra $48? In a heads-up or qualifying situation I guess they are. You decide.
I also took my junk-yard headers off and put on a set of mine and found !!!!!!!!!! that I really have to do some carburetor work to get my stuff to work on this car. The car went the same ET. and over .5 MPH faster but it wasn't happy leaving the line. Another job for another day!
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