I want to drive like a 19-year-old girl

Cannoball888

Cannoball888

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#1
Well, this girl anyway. My goal is set up my car exactly like this one.


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This is 19 year old Missy Westerman's car. She class races it at Sears Point, Sacramento, Las Vegas, Bakersfield and so on. It's a mild looking 66 Mustang with a 9" rear-end, sub frame connectors and all sorts of other drag race friendly goodies. This car is streetable with a 408 cubic inch strokers with a 4340 forged crank, 6.25" 4340 forged H-beam rods, JE Super Lite 11:1 pistons with iron ductile rings, a killer .620" lift solid roller cam, roller rockers, Edelbrock Victor Jr. heads and matching ported Vic. Jr. intake manifold, ARP fasteners everywhere and a whole slew of other goodies. It's topped-off with a modified Holley carb, MSD ignition and is easily making 500+ HP on pump gas! The engine is mated-up to a race ready C-4 with a 4,000 RPM stall converter. Now she's running consistent upper-mid 10's in the quarter! All throttle, no bottle! There aren't too many naturally aspirated 10 second street cars running around out there
 

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#4
They may say that it's streetable but not too many people would be happy driving it on the street any length of time. Rush hour traffic would be hard negotiate.

That being said I want to add one more thing.


WAY TO GO GIRL!!!!!
 
#5
I think it'd be pretty streetable, .620 lift on the cam isn't too bad, specially on a 408. Converter would be ok too.

I've come to realize that "streetable" depends as much on the road as it does the car. If it runs decent on pump gas, can idle at a traffic light or stop sign without overheating, its streetable..(depending on the street). LOL. Then again, you don't build a 40 year old ten second drag car to drive on the street, so why does it even matter.
 
#6
302 coupe said:
Then again, you don't build a 40 year old ten second drag car to drive on the street, so why does it even matter.
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Oh I don't know about that. My 408 has only 10-1 compression, rpm intake, small 1 5/8 headers and a mild hyd roller with a lift of .586. Ran 11.39@119 in my mach. Converter is a 4200 but I cannot footbrake it anything over 2800. I am now putting a vic jr, bigger headers, custom 950hp with a trans brake in my tubbed car with dots and mufflers. Hopefully with these changes and a bit lighter car with better suspension and tires, I will get her into the 10's. Will still be just as mild with the small cam and low compression ( I only have 89 oct fuel in my small town), never gets hot. Full interior, cd player, everything. I drive these things all over the place. Even up to the twin cities for things like car craft, back to the60's etc. That is over 70 miles away. Can't wait for spring!!! :D
 
#7
I think "streetable" has a lot to do with what the owner is willing to put up with from their vehicle.

If you don't mind not having vacuum to operate a power brake booster, excessively loud exhaust, no A/C, etc., and an engine that idles at ~1,500 RPMs, then this may be right up your alley.

I probably would have been willing to put up with similar circumstances back when I was 19, but now that I'm 40, that doesn't have nearly as much appeal anymore. I'm more into performance AND comfort, and not just performance alone.


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#14
stangman16 said:
and she does this with drum front brakes... how does she stop that thing!?
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Drum brakes are often used in drag racing because they have less rolling resistance and are lighter than most disc setups (the new lightweight calipers might change that, though)... That's also why people run 6 cyl springs, etc. It's all about the front end weight. :D Fade is more a problem with multiple stops, something to be worried about as a road racer, but not a drag racer.
Daniel
 
#18
2nd Mustang said:
I'm 57 and enjoy the heck out of driving my loud, no AC, no power steering, 12" of vacuum lopey cam, four speed top loader as much as I can. :nice:
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I'm 52 and I can certainly relate. Now that the kids are gone, I can finally afford to make my toy as much fun as I wish it was back when I was 16 and had just purchase my first Mustang. Due to insurance reasons, I only drive the Mustang a couple of thousand miles a year and its all about having fun.

When I want a comfortable ride, I drive the hum-drum 3.8 97' Olds 88 which is my daily driver.

As far as the girl, she's 22 and to this old guy she looks hot. Her car ain't no slouch either.
 
#19
2nd Mustang said:
I'm 57 and enjoy the heck out of driving my loud, no AC, no power steering, 12" of vacuum lopey cam, four speed top loader as much as I can. :nice:
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Like I said, it's all in what the owner is willing to put up with. However, This car is probably not your daily mode of transportation (?).

This is a '65 that belongs to a friend of mine. http://ultrastang.com/Images/Scanned/Steven/02-s.jpg

It has a very lumpy cam, --5" Hg @ idle, two-chamber Flowmasters dumped in front of the rear axle, 4.11 gears, 289, C-4., etc., runs 12.83 in the quarter at 113 MPH.

It was loaned to me for 6 months in 2002, while I used it as a guinea pig to adapt/test the Mk VII rear discs I put on it. It was fun as an "occasional car", but I could see that it would would be very irratating to drive more than 30 miles at a time, or to have to depend on it as a daily driver.

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