JP1738's Stocker and S/G car

[MR DERBY CITY]

OK, I have a lot of advice for you…haha…..throw the self adjusters in the garbage, You need to invest in NEW brake spring kits for the rear….AND it won’t BRAKE ( pun intended) the bank…With your hood clearance you can run a much TALLER K and N air filter…Proud of you man, you are making progress !!! More TIPs to come……..

[MR DERBY CITY]

You know, it’s sooo nice to see a youngster with some fire in his BELLY actually put his $$ where his mouth is AS opposed to the GEEZERS on this site that flat WEAR out Billy Nees and YAC week in and week out KNOWING damn well that most of them are just DREAMING….Build it AND they will come ….

[Keith 944]

I did not know until he put this thread up who this young man was, let me just say this boy has talent. He has already won a national event in super gas , and comes from an excellent racing family with a father, who is also a champion. I am sure he will find success in this class also.
good luck my friend.

[JP1738]

Originally Posted by MR DERBY CITY

OK, I have a lot of advice for you…haha…..throw the self adjusters in the garbage, You need to invest in NEW brake spring kits for the rear….AND it won’t BRAKE ( pun intended) the bank…With your hood clearance you can run a much TALLER K and N air filter…Proud of you man, you are making progress !!! More TIPs to come……..

I'll get a rebuild kit on the way! how do I delete the self-adjusters and still make everything else work?

[Danny Ashley]

I agree with MJ on the air cleaner element. You probably have the hood clearance to use a 4 inch especially with a dropped base such as the Speedway Motors # 91011062-2 . A lot of racers use this one without any element as it has shown ET improvement in many cases. And it's only $23. Remember that most elements are restrictive and will require a jetting adjustment for optimum performance. As a side note, I'm a wagon guy and love yours. Wishing you the best.

[JP1738]

Originally Posted by Danny Ashley

I agree with MJ on the air cleaner element. You probably have the hood clearance to use a 4 inch especially with a dropped base such as the Speedway Motors # 91011062-2 . A lot of racers use this one without any element as it has shown ET improvement in many cases. And it's only $23. Remember that most elements are restrictive and will require a jetting adjustment for optimum performance. As a side note, I'm a wagon guy and love yours. Wishing you the best.

Thanks man! Glad you like it! I have been running the car w/out the air cleaner, just leave it on for warming it up and driving around the pits, then I take it off to race/test. I'll look into getting one of those air cleaner bases ASAP!

[Doug Domm]

Originally Posted by Danny Ashley

I agree with MJ on the air cleaner element. You probably have the hood clearance to use a 4 inch especially with a dropped base such as the Speedway Motors # 91011062-2 . A lot of racers use this one without any element as it has shown ET improvement in many cases. And it's only $23. Remember that most elements are restrictive and will require a jetting adjustment for optimum performance. As a side note, I'm a wagon guy and love yours. Wishing you the best.

Is a spacer needed for that air cleaner on a quadrajet?

[Danny Ashley]

Originally Posted by Doug Domm

Is a spacer needed for that air cleaner on a quadrajet?

No it isn't. With no air cleaner gasket the top of it is flush with the choke housing which is legal. I would run a thin gasket as I don't want metal to metal contact. Gaskets range from .044 to .130. I don't think NHRA would mind if it's .044 above. I do think they may say something if you used a .250 or more spacer that's available. With that being said, I did see a National event winning car whose base wasn't even close to the choke housing. It looked like a mini velocity stack. Really surprised NHRA allowed it. Wasn't a Q-Jet carb though.

[Doug Hoven]

Glad to see another "kid" like me learning his ways in Stock Eliminator. You definitely picked a good combo to learn with. Tidbit of info on distributors. I ran into the issue of not wanting to buy an expensive new distributor, but didn't want to buy a cheapo chinesium distributor either. Some late 80s/early 90s EFI GM products have small cap, divorced coil HEI distributors that have a 2 wire magnetic pickup that works with MSD boxes, and have locked out timing from the factory.

[JP1738]

Originally Posted by Doug Hoven

Glad to see another "kid" like me learning his ways in Stock Eliminator. You definitely picked a good combo to learn with. Tidbit of info on distributors. I ran into the issue of not wanting to buy an expensive new distributor, but didn't want to buy a cheapo chinesium distributor either. Some late 80s/early 90s EFI GM products have small cap, divorced coil HEI distributors that have a 2 wire magnetic pickup that works with MSD boxes, and have locked out timing from the factory.

I rummaged around in my father and grandfather's shop and found the one pictured in another post on this thread. The cap was busted, it needed a cast gear, and it was not locked out. I ordered a gear from Jegs, a cap from holly, and locked it out myself. It's been working like brand new since I bolted it on. That's a great tidbit though, I'll keep that in mind if I ever need another. Thank you!