who's running in the 12s?

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12.89/104 from Old Paint, on the motor, carbed 302/C4 with 4.10 gears in a 7.5 in axle on BFG Drag Radials. Quicker in the 8th on spray, but no 1/4 mile times yet on a fully sprayed pass. Coming as soon as I can get to a 1/4 mile track for test and tune. This is with Iron Gt40 heads, longtubes, 600 vac sec No. 80457 Holley, and a 1986 Rhodes Lifters VVT270 cam(270/270/.464/.464) Edelbrock Performer RPM intake. The short block has 95k street miles on it. Car runs at 2950 or so lbs. The same engine in the 79 Capri, at 3300 lbs, and a much tighter converter, never would get out of the low 15's. Swapped it into this car, added a TCI 10 in converter, and it took off like a homesick angel.

It's really pretty basic, but I have been real happy with it, since I don't really tune on it much, and it sits for weeks between driving sessions sometimes.
 
JBeezy53 said:
90LX306 - When was the last time you went to the track? I would think your combo would run faster than that.

Last october. It will be. Did you see the go ft and mph? 2.1 60 ft with a 110 trap lol. Had 4 year old 555r's and my line loc didnt hold me so i had no traction. Ive been told it has the potential to run high 11's. I picked up some M/T drag radials for this year. We will see soon.
 
me finally!

12.77 @ 107.05 mph this past weekend at Reynolds Ga's NMRA event.

Ben
heads 98 explorer "P" heads 3 angle valve job with ferra valves all work done by "the head shop" houston texas...jerry chambers phone number in my sig.
1.7 comp cams stud mounted roller rockers
upper intake is stock 93 Cobra, 65mm accufab tb, 75mm bullet pro m mass air meter calibrated to #24 FRPP blue injectors, 4:10 precision gears, with rebuilt stock 28 slpine trac loc...4 clutchs each side, stock axles, indexed FRPP timing chain set at -4 degrees (or retarded), stock 1986 camshaft, stock 98 explorer lifters, FRPP shorties unequal length, alum drive shaft FRPP, liberty shifted T-5, cobra clutch and pressure plate, 275-50-15 BFGoodrich drag radials mounted on 15x9 monocoques in rear, 15x3.5 monocoques in front, stock brakes, stock rear control arm, 190 lph walbro fuel pump,
 
"what kind of HCI combos are you running?"

Stock heads (valves, and a valve job)/Stock cam/Cobra intake.

"what type of gears?"

3.73

"fuel pump, injectors, and mass air meter?"

110 I think, stock inj., 75mm ProM.
 
Old motor was Ported Edelbrock 6037s, TFS street intake, Crane 2031 cam, 3.90 gears, 255 pump, 24s and 76mm C&L. Ran 12.4x @ 109.xx on BFGs.

New motor has same heads, TFS 1, Eddy RPM, same gears and fuel. Car is about 2 mph faster in the 1/8, no 1/4 runs yet. Should be 12.1s once I get it lined out.
 
stock intake to oil pan. bbk cold-air intake, bbk 1 5/8 longtubes, 3.73, electric fan, 95 gt Mass air, 255 pump, m/t et street radials 275/40/17, upr upper and lower control arms, and a compucar 125 shot.

12.75 @ 109 on a slipping trac-lock. looking for low 12 with a rebuild trac-loc and a 150 shot.