Your post confirms kinda what i was thinking. Thanks for all of your replies! Encouragement is what keeps me around these things sometimes! Keep the ideas coming as i will try them until something gets figured out, i never have been one to quit! I just dropped the distributor off to be recurved and have the vac advance locked out (finally) What you say does make sense about the higher compression!
somebody shoot me!
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Your post confirms kinda what i was thinking. Thanks for all of your replies! Encouragement is what keeps me around these things sometimes! Keep the ideas coming as i will try them until something gets figured out, i never have been one to quit! I just dropped the distributor off to be recurved and have the vac advance locked out (finally) What you say does make sense about the higher compression!
I can't believe your running in the 11's and you are still using stock ignition pieces. That was one of my first upgrades. Maybe it wasn't nessesary right off the bat but it looks like you need to do it now. BTW the spark plugs you are using have you ran them with the nitrous shot before? Everytime i run my car on the spray it seems like i have to replace my plugs as the engine starts to delelope a miss. After new plugs installed it runs like a top again. I was thinking this could be part of your problem not getting full spark.
i know a guy who was running 8.90's in the 1/4 with a 347 and a stock 302 distibutor. he advised me never to waste my money on an expensive distro...
I mean his car was fast but dont you think it would be quicker if he invested the$200-$300 on a better unit? all i know is he was fast with the stock one, thats for sure.
kinda the reason why i didnt buy an msd.......Am i wrong in assuming that it wouldnt matter as much since all the timing should be in by 2500rpms?
Ok so he has a stock unit. How much money has he spent upgrading the stock unit? He must have done some work to it. 200-300 bucks on a car that runs in the 8's is not much money.
kinda what i was thinking....he probably has a crank trigger too which pretty much eliminates the need for a msd distrib
msd 6al box, blaster coil.....stock distributor (wont be anymore) and off the shelf autozone wires haha. I also have the window swithed wired in and soon to have a two step!
plugs were not changed or sprayed on.....It probably does need new plugs since they are the same plugs i got it running on. I could only get a total of 28 degrees of timing out of the distributor and i didnt even try skipping a tooth to get more timing(it was too retarded) .....i think the car needs ALOT more timing, i was going to try to get 38-40 out of it
its set straight up....i think im going to go in and advance it 4 degrees though ( thank god for adjustable timing sets)
Ok 4 degrees advance on the cam would give you more top end. Thaty would be good if you plan on pulling it closer to the 7000 rpm range.
Another thing to consider is you installed a vic jr intake right? By doing so you lost a lot of low end torque. I have talk to other people who were not happy with there cars performance after that mod. Personally i still want to try it on my car. I think the nitrous will like that intake more then my wiend stealth.
Another thing to consider is you installed a vic jr intake right? By doing so you lost a lot of low end torque. I have talk to other people who were not happy with there cars performance after that mod. Personally i still want to try it on my car. I think the nitrous will like that intake more then my wiend stealth.
i have heard the same thing.....i think the motors need to be spun higher. Ill get back on later, i have a date with the dentist
i have heard the same thing.....i think the motors need to be spun higher. Ill get back on later, i have a date with the dentist
nasty. I'm glad i was just going to the chiropractor.
Yes get here spinning higher. It's such a hard mental block to get by to take a car over 6500 rpm in my opinion.
your tellin me! I have to get in the car and everytime i rev it past 6k rpm i just pretend im in a 4 valve modular car
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