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A wolf among sheep...
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I took the 'Bird to Atco Raceway on 3/20/04 to get a baseline on it. The
air inlet silencer was still in, the fuel filter was horribly clogged, i was running deteriorated junk yard spark plug wires,
the wrong spark plugs, and my original cap and rotor were all carbon tracked and the contacts were worn. I was also
in dire need of a trans work as it is slipping and occasionally dropping out of gear altogether.
I ran at the track I with skinny stock 215/70R14's on. I also had the stock
2.73 "open" rear gears. Dancing off the line was difficult.
OK, enough excuses, here's my best e.t. out of three runs for that day.
R/T-.799
60ft-2.349
330ft-6.514
1/8mi-9.846 @ 73.89mph
990ft-12.677
1/4mi-15.234 @ 91.35mph | |
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July 7, 2006. I have since added an MSD Blaster ignition coil, MSD 8.5mm wireset, a Walbro 190lph fuel pump(orignal
pump died), and a set of FRPP 3.73 gears. When I had the gears done, I also had the factory Traction-Lock unit rebuilt
and packed with an extra clutch. Here come the times...
Best run
R/T- .618
60'- 2.161
330'- 6.153
1/8- 9.404 @ 75.38
1000'- 12.217
1/4- 14.594 @ 95.11
I was running 10yr old BFG Advantage GT (215/70) on a steel 14" rim in the rear. Keep in mind this was all done
on a sweltering 84* night. Amazingly, on the last run (my best), the dinky little tires hooked like glue. Go figure.
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Okay, got the 'Bird out again on 6/28/05. It was a sweltering 86 degrees and humid as could be. Since my
last posted outing, I have upgraded to an 8.8" mustang rear with 3.08 gears, 265/50R15 tires on the rear, full length headers.
I also rebuilt the entire front suspension and added new shocks and struts. The new shocks and struts hurt more than
anything because I couldn't get ANY weight transfer and my 60' times suffered.
Best run:
R/T- .550
60ft- 2.370
330ft- 6.559
1/8th- 9.923 @ 73.58
990ft- 12.734
1/4mi- 15.252 @ 92.78
My next run I ran a much better 2.30 60' time but I hot-lapped the car and the AOD didn't like it too much, the shifts
got a little softer and my mph dropped to 92.14. With good traction and air condition like I saw in March, 14.8's would
have been mine...this car has already gone 14.9's @ 94mph w/o the headers and stock sized tires, but being as I lost the timeslip,
I cannot document it.
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My final trip to Atco Raceway with this car....March 20, 2007. Since my last trip, I've added a Flex-A-Lite electric
fan and an underdrive crank pulley. For track use, I was running 26"x8.5"x15" M/T E.T. Drags on 15" Centerlines in the
rear and 165/75R15's up front on 15"x4" Centerline rims.
Best of 10 passes...
R/T- .465
60'- 2.125
330'- 6.071
1/8- 9.275 @ 76.68
1000- 12.044
1/4- 14.387 @ 96.70
It was a dangerously windy night that required a lot of "driving" on the big end. There was also a pretty steady
20mph headwind with gusts of 35mph. The car ran very consistent 2.12X 60' times, with my best being a 2.110 on another
run. Two days later, while passing someone at 5200rpm in 2nd gear, the crank snapped...catastrophic failure. Not
too bad for an engine with 300k miles on it.
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