I drove the Vinyl66 to Atlanta Dragway last night for some test and tune. It was a cool nice night for racing. Lots of other people thought the same. It was very crowded.
In the spring I had an oil galley plug push out of the front of the block which made me spin a bearing on the bottom end. I also found out that the crankshaft was bent. SO I got a new 347 block from Woody with a Scat crank, Probe forged pistons, THREADED OIL GALLEY PLUGS, etc. I used everything else from my old build up except for replacing the mufflers(Flowmasters to Magnaflow), and pushrods(thin walled Comp's to some thicker walled 1 piece Summit pieces).
First run I spun to a 1.95 60 foot time but still managed to run an 11.97.
Second run I decided to launch it like a puss so I would not spin at all. It was difficult g.r.a.d.u.a.l.l.y getting into the throttle but I didn't spin!
It was a new best time and mph for my car. The 60 foot still sucked though!!! That run looked like this:
R/T... .032
60'... 1.832
330... 4.967
1/8... 7.581
MPH... 93.93
1000... 9.858
1/4... 11.803
MPH... 115.28
It made the night even better when I won the $50 Year One gift certificate for quickest et of all the street cars (dot approved tires) during Power Hour. I actually improved the mph on a later run to 115.5 but the et was slower.
I have got to find a way to get my 60 footers down. In the past I have had many 1.7x's and even a 1.69. But now I just simply overwhelm these little 235 drag radials. If I can turn a 1.70 I should easily be able to run in the 11.6's. My goal has been to get this car in the 11.5's NA, full exhaust, with street legal tires. My new numbers are promising but it is still going to put me to the test trying to get there.
But I love it!!
In the spring I had an oil galley plug push out of the front of the block which made me spin a bearing on the bottom end. I also found out that the crankshaft was bent. SO I got a new 347 block from Woody with a Scat crank, Probe forged pistons, THREADED OIL GALLEY PLUGS, etc. I used everything else from my old build up except for replacing the mufflers(Flowmasters to Magnaflow), and pushrods(thin walled Comp's to some thicker walled 1 piece Summit pieces).
First run I spun to a 1.95 60 foot time but still managed to run an 11.97.
Second run I decided to launch it like a puss so I would not spin at all. It was difficult g.r.a.d.u.a.l.l.y getting into the throttle but I didn't spin!
It was a new best time and mph for my car. The 60 foot still sucked though!!! That run looked like this:
R/T... .032
60'... 1.832
330... 4.967
1/8... 7.581
MPH... 93.93
1000... 9.858
1/4... 11.803
MPH... 115.28
It made the night even better when I won the $50 Year One gift certificate for quickest et of all the street cars (dot approved tires) during Power Hour. I actually improved the mph on a later run to 115.5 but the et was slower.
I have got to find a way to get my 60 footers down. In the past I have had many 1.7x's and even a 1.69. But now I just simply overwhelm these little 235 drag radials. If I can turn a 1.70 I should easily be able to run in the 11.6's. My goal has been to get this car in the 11.5's NA, full exhaust, with street legal tires. My new numbers are promising but it is still going to put me to the test trying to get there.
But I love it!!
) . I'm afraid of what a 408 and a set of slicks will do to this car.
