Gary Smith Mustang vid!

[BLIND MULE]

Gary Hope you don't mind me posting this? I love the way this thang idles!


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[tommy d]

Whata ya burning? 80% or 90% nitro?

[Jeff Lee]

What kind of mufflers does that 'Stang have?

[Geerhead55]

How heavy a flywheel do most of you stick racers in Stock Eliminator use nowadays? Technology has certainly come a long ways since I last ran a stick in '82,, with a 30# wheel, a Mcleod plate & disc and a slick shifted Super T-10 in a '66 Nova SS.
Just curious.
Danny Durham

[Sean Marconette]

Danny,
As light as possible, the flywheel looks like Swiss cheese. My entire clutch assembly is about 25# for my stocker. If I remember the flywheel is 13-15#

Sean

[Jeff Lee]

Originally Posted by Geerhead55

How heavy a flywheel do most of you stick racers in Stock Eliminator use nowadays? Technology has certainly come a long ways since I last ran a stick in '82,, with a 30# wheel, a Mcleod plate & disc and a slick shifted Super T-10 in a '66 Nova SS.
Just curious.
Danny Durham

I think my entire clutch / pressure plate / flywheel / floater & two disks is just under 20#'s. Flywheel is there to hold the ring gear in place!

[Geerhead55]

Thanks for the info, guys. That seems awful light to my old way of thinking,,, I would think a bog situation could occur. I remember a '57 Bel-Air with an aluminum wheel, way back when,, a small block 4-speed car, would almost die when he tried to launch it. Of course, that's a heavier car also.
Jeff, I'm glad you're finally bringing the car back out. The last time I saw it was at Phoenix in '05, I believe,, and it was before your current paint scheme. Take care.
Danny Durham

[Gary Smith]

Doesn't have the trick Youngblood setup in it, couldn't afford it on a family man's income . Old school 35 lb Hays. Humbled you like the vid...wished I had some in car vids from the track.....

[BLIND MULE]

Gary that is a Hyd. roller cam correct? Would a flat tappet sound like that? Why besides the duration and the tight lsa makes it so rough that short lift? Are stocker cams rough on valve trains?

Thanks!

[Gary Smith]

Originally Posted by BLIND MULE

Gary that is a Hyd. roller cam correct? Would a flat tappet sound like that? Why besides the duration and the tight lsa makes it so rough that short lift? Are stocker cams rough on valve trains?

Thanks!

Yep hydraulic roller per rules. Pretty much a profile developed by Jim Kuntz, stick shift grind by Lunati. Not hard on the springs either, uses Comp 993 outer springs. Exhaust is nothing special either, most stockers run merge collectors which I don't have. Bret Velde and I ran similar combinations, he actually ran the same basic grind with an automatic. We both have run the EFI in open loop speed density mode which makes it run kind of fat at low rpm. Bret's old car and mine pretty much sound the same for all it's worth.