Horse Power Gains?

FoxMustangLvr said:

I think the track heat would match your cam better but I don't think that's what limiting you. Also, maybe I'm preaching to the choir, but injectors do not add HP, they only support it. You're good with those 24# injectors until you add more cubes or boost.

Have you had your car on the dyno? Have a computer tune? I agree with the others, you should be faster with what you already have. My $.02, make what you have work before you start throwing parts and money at it and still have an under performing vehicle. Have a slip you can post up? Lets see your car!

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I just got my car back. I sold it back in 2016 for my daughters college payments. So I'm not throwing a bunch of stuff at it. Yes I do know that the injectors don't make more power. Never dyno, or computer tune. I raced in Pro E.T bracket racing alot for 7 years. It's not that important to me to run in the 12's, it is bracket racing. It's how good you are, not how fast. It would be cool to get into the 12's, I wouldn't complain. The car would always run 13.1 to 13.3 depending on conditions, no matter what you did to it . Launch, shift point etc... The person I bought it back from put skinnys on the front, and got rid of the full exhaust. The exhaust is no cats now, just h-pipe to slp mufflers. So it will probably pick up some from when I had it. I threw my piles of time slips out when I sold it. I think there's an old one on here I'll try to find it. I totally agree. I'm not throwing a bunch of parts and money into it. That was what my original question was about. The guy at the track saying F-cam, 30#injectors, track heat intake is going to give me these big gains. I don't believe it.
I'm just going to have fun racing with it for a few years the way it is. When the time comes to go faster, it will be a totally different engine build, C-4 trans. High 10 second to mid 11 car. Thanks!

KRUISR said:

What is your launch, shift and trap RPM? If none are over 5500 rpm, no real need for an intake that goes higher.

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I use to launch at about 4500 rpm. shift light set 5600 rpm . trap rpm was higher than 5600. not sure exact number . shift light would come on before the finish line. guesiing 5800-5900?

Monkeybutt2000 said:

When I first started dragging my 87 LX,I went from a 14.20 first pass to a 13.56 with out changing a thing. I learned to drive the car. Played with shift points,launch rpm to see what it liked. Set of slicks and the car ran 13.20. So,years ago a buddy did a HCI swap on his lx,and the car just wasnt running the numbers it should. He wanted me to drive it,and I warned him I would not be nice to it. I got in,set the seat up so I wasn't gangster leaning and proceeded to rip off a pass that was 6TENTHS faster than he ever went. Driving skill can make a BIG difference in the times a car will run.

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Sounds like you can drive!

OK. Here's a time slip I found on here from 2007. I believe the rings had finally started to seat in the new crate motor I had bought.
Reaction........ .094
60'................ 1.889
330'.............. 5.531
MPH1............81.73
660'.............. 8.581
1000'.............. 11.204
MPH2............ 102.19
1320'............ 13.417

From then on. I would dial 13.2-13.3 range. Thats what it always ran. Full interior car, no weight reduction.

1/4 Mile ET Calculator (robrobinette.com)
So this is pretty cool !!!
I did 3250 vehicle weight, 345 horse power flywheel.
I should be 12.94 e.t. for the quarter mile. It also says trap mph 111 mph. My car will never trap that mph with the 4:30 gears in the rear.

Monkeybutt2000 said:

Do yo run a full slick? The 60ft time is poor.

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Yes pretty much. 26x9.5 Hoosier Quick Time Pro Bias slick for dot racing. Yeah thats an old time slip. It was when I had 3:73 gears. It bogged bad. When I switch to 4:30 gear it would 60 ft 1.76 to 1.8.

Noobz347 said:

I skimmed through this thread and probably missed some stuff but....


The only thing I'd add to this combo is boost, fuel, and tune. {Any} amount of boost is going to make this combo say hello. Yeah, the B-cam is a bit out of date but responds very well to boost.

It would probably scare the of you until you got the suspension reeled in.

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Thanks! I've looked into superchargers for sure! How could the stock bottom end take was my concern.
I think a kit from Vortec averages for about $3500.00. I think I can get a beefed up Ford Racing or Dart 347 bottom end for that price. And then supercharge that latter on! Well thats a little ways down the road!