Jumping in to Stock or SuperStock

[joespanova]

Originally Posted by Ed Wright

That was my first stick pass since 1979. Nothing to it. Softer clutch pedal, shifted so easy it was like nothing connected to the shifter. Much easier than a slick shifted Super T10. I was shifting those is up the air back then. Nothing to it.

I'm going to assume what you drove ( above ) was clutchless......clutchless trans have made anyone "proficient".

Would you say the same in a manually shifted car? Doubtful.

[Ed Wright]

Originally Posted by joespanova

I'm going to assume what you drove ( above ) was clutchless......clutchless trans have made anyone "proficient".

Would you say the same in a manually shifted car? Doubtful.

Was, but out of habit used the clutch. I raced stick cars for over 30 years, none clutch less. Auto car for five. Oval dirt track cars for ten in between. Hired crazy people to drive those.

[Pedigo Perf]

Originally Posted by Ed Wright

Was, but out of habit used the clutch. I raced stick cars for over 30 years, none clutch less. Auto car for five. Oval dirt track cars for ten in between. Hired crazy people to drive those.

How did you spend the first half of your life?

[Ed Wright]

Man, that was cold!

[John Nechiporchik]

Recently I received several PM's from racers that have cars for sale. Thanks to all of you for your responses.
Please not thast I originally started this post in June (2013) and shortly thereafter found/purchased a 98 Firebird LT1, 4 speed stocker (C/S NHRA, B/FI IHRA).
Other than a few electrical gremlins documented in another thread, I have spent the past several months learning how to drive a 4 speed again (burnout, staging, leaving, shifting) after almost 40 years of automatics, trans brakes and delay boxes!
This car has re-energized my passion for racing.....even though I've gone from a 7.20 Top Sportsman car to a mid 10 second stocker. Yanking second gear with the front end dangling 2 feet airborn is a rush!
I'm still on a learning curve and need to work on consistency (driver, not car!)....but I'm looking forward to next year and some fun class racing.
Between testing and 2 IHRA races, we've been .960 under in IHRA trim and .650 under at C/S weight. This was all without touching the tune-up that came with the car.
Hopefully, as I learn the art of fuel injection.....I don't screw it up too badly!
One last thing....I do need a good tutorial on clutch tuning/adjusting/management as part of my learning curve.
Anyone that can help me out here....please PM me and we can talk(you talk, I listen!)
Thanks,
John

[Ed Wright]

Should be a fun car!

[Dan Fahey]

Originally Posted by Pedigo Perf

How did you spend the first half of your life?

He was doing 35 Volt Tests on his Tongue making sure PCMs were working

[Ed Wright]

Originally Posted by Dan Fahey

He was doing 35 Volt Tests on his Tongue making sure PCMs were working

What?