DA was 1350ft.

I went up 2 sizes on my primary jets. I changed my front end alignment a little. I set the "toe" with the front end raised 1 1/2". Now my 1/4 mph looks like it should.

http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc31/lonphotobucket/Timeslips/1164001.jpg

Perfect...cover up my side of those slips, LOL!

You both suck...
I'm sitting here looking at a foot of snow and you guys are out at the track.
Besides Paul now you can post yours and cover up his side.(and his red light.):D

Great job Lonnie...that sucker is running killer!

Grrrr, at least last weeks two feet of snow is going away,,,,, because it's RAINING! Grrr

Congrats :beers:

Now I'm mad :mad:...all this "track time" isn't fair to us in the cold,snowy,sleeting,20some odd degree weather.

Oh yea sorry :o
Congrats Lonnie:hurray:
I just had to do a little pouting since we got 8"s yesterday and another 6"s today.:angry:
By the Paul, come on show use you times already. What are you ashamed???:boxing:

By the way Paul, come on show use you times already. What are you ashamed???:boxing:

Oh no, not ashamed...I just didn't have any new bests. I made three passes:

First pass:
.022 Reaction time
1.885 60 foot - no traction
12.30@110.49

Second pass (vs Lonnie):
.067 Reaction time
1.617 60 foot - spun a little, pulled the front wheels though, bounced hard when I lost traction!
12.10@109.24
Lonnie crossed first by .5654, I bounced off the rev limiter in second...messed up that pass.

Third pass (vs Lonnie):
.025 Reaction time
1.639 60 foot - Spun a little, pulled the front wheels again!
12.01@110.69
Lonnie crossed first by .2902

Very nice reaction times and some real good 60's Paul:thumbsup:, but aren't your times getting slower?:sad: I thought you where in the hi 11.'s?

Very nice reaction times and some real good 60's Paul:thumbsup:, but aren't your times getting slower?:sad: I thought you where in the hi 11.'s?

I have made four passes in the high 11's (11.99, 11.99, 11.95 & 11.96) and it takes a near perfect pass for me to get their. A little spin or any other misque and I don't make it. I think it's all in my cam that's on a 114/110. I am going to a tighter cam 108/104 that hopefully will make more peak and midrange power and make 11's a more regular occurance for me. :thumbsup:


P.S. Friday night drags have been my chance to practice on the tree in preparation for the next bracket race. I'm hoping to do a little better at my next bracket race, which will be my second ever.

Hey Paul, I know where you can get a 427 but needs a little work (Bob's)

Ha...427 on it's way to being a 496!

Ha...427 on it's way to being a 496!X2 :beers:. What combo have you decided on...

X2 :beers:. What combo have you decided on...

That's not my motor, I just have a little 385. Our friend Bob hurt his 427, so he has decided to upgrade it to a 496.

That's not my motor, I just have a little 385. Our friend Bob hurt his 427, so he has decided to upgrade it to a 496.What a coincident :yes:, i also hurt my 427 by cracks in the 427 crank and now its getting punched out to a 496... Do you know what combo he is going with?

What a coincident :yes:, i also hurt my 427 by cracks in the 427 crank and now its getting punched out to a 496... Do you know what combo he is going with?

So far all I know is he is going with a set of worked over GM rectangular port heads and a flat tappet solid lifter cam (no specs yet).

Met Bob at Pavillions last night. Place was crazy. Barrett Jackson had their trailer there and were giving admission tickets to raffle winners.

Great job Lonnie!:thumbsup: I'm gonna chase you down in the spring once i get my efi going. LOL.

Thanks everyone, I'm pretty happy with it. :thumbsup:

You both suck...
I'm sitting here looking at a foot of snow and you guys are out at the track.
Besides Paul now you can post yours and cover up his side.(and his red light.):D

We have to race in the winter, it sucks in the summer. I ran it twice in May and didn't run again until October.

Thanks everyone, I'm pretty happy with it. :thumbsup:



We have to race in the winter, it sucks in the summer. I ran it twice in May and didn't run again until October.
Ok that helps a little. :noway:Even in the summer here I try to run in the evening and at night. 80*+ with the sun beating down on the track sucks. I can just imagine how bad 90*+ and no clouds could really suck.:eek:

I can just imagine how bad 90*+ and no clouds could really suck.:eek:

You mean 110+???

If I go to the track in summer I take one of my air conditioned vehicles...like my diesel truck where heat doesn't slow it down so much!

Good to see you at the track Lonnie and congrats on the new best.

I had a new best myself: 17.831 @ 76.67 :cool:

Ok that helps a little. :noway:Even in the summer here I try to run in the evening and at night. 80*+ with the sun beating down on the track sucks. I can just imagine how bad 90*+ and no clouds could really suck.:eek:

LOL, It's still 100* at 11pm.

Hey Tom, congrats to you too on the new best. Your 6 cyl is almost as fast as my Chevelle with a stock 307. 17.40's @ 78.

I was going to talk to you and look at your car before I left but you continued back to the lanes...

Lonnie, Congrats! I love that you are continuing to tweak on it and this is good stuff for us to learn from. On your w'page you mention a performance valve job, did you have that done right out of the box or did they have some miles on them?

Thanks. I ran the heads in out of the box form for 9.5 years on my previous 383. I had over 60K miles on them. The guides are perfect still, just had them do the valve job and set up the new springs.

Thanks! That's a testament to Edelbrock's quality. I've heard the original valve jobs aren't perfect but they are obviously at least decent enough to get you 60k miles. Where's your total timing now?