Dont tell Lou that a 14 second slant is a drag car
.HyperValiant
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| Author: | HeavyBreather [ Wed Apr 11, 2007 4:38 pm ] |
| Post subject: | 14 second slant recipies? |
O.k., after really thinking about it I came to the decision that I dont need a daily driver drag car so Im keepin the slant. any way my goal isnt really that high I think a 14 second slant would make me very happy. Anyone have any 14 second slant recipies? |
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| Author: | sandy in BC [ Wed Apr 11, 2007 6:27 pm ] |
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A 14 second slant is a drag car. |
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| Author: | HyperValiant [ Wed Apr 11, 2007 6:53 pm ] |
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Dont tell Lou that a 14 second slant is a drag car .HyperValiant |
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| Author: | Ron Parker [ Wed Apr 11, 2007 7:56 pm ] |
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Slantzilla aka Bagel car was a street car that ran somewhere about 14.80 and he drove it to our races. Might try to get some input on his setup. Thanks Ron Parker.  But I Still Toasted That Bagel |
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| Author: | dakight [ Wed Apr 11, 2007 9:06 pm ] |
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Seymour was running in the 13s in his Valiant... that he drove to Vegas from Minnesota. |
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| Author: | slantzilla [ Thu Apr 12, 2007 12:54 pm ] |
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Quote: A 14 second slant is a drag car.
Yeah. it's a drag going that slow. 
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| Author: | Greg Ondayko [ Thu Apr 12, 2007 1:44 pm ] |
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I am almost in th 14's in my heavy full steel lead sled dart - Run it on the street too. If I had a Fiberglass hood and Fenders, and aluminum wheels, I would probably be in the 14.90's |
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| Author: | slantfin [ Thu Apr 12, 2007 3:04 pm ] |
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I salute you and your 14 second grocery getter, heavy breather. That's what makes this a great country. The groceries stay fresher as well |
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| Author: | AndyZ [ Thu Apr 12, 2007 4:40 pm ] |
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Turbo would be pretty easy to do I would think. Thats the best bang for the buck unless you don't mind refilling No2 bottles. |
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| Author: | slantzilla [ Thu Apr 12, 2007 8:40 pm ] |
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14's the easy way would be make the car as light as possible, put a 4 bbl and header on a stock motor, and hit it with a 75 shot of spray. The hard way would be to make the car as light as posssible, build up the motor with a ported head, cam, higher compression, 4bbl, headers, loose converter, and 3.91 gears. 1 blue bottle to go please. 
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| Author: | DionR [ Thu Apr 12, 2007 9:18 pm ] |
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Bottle are for babies. ::stirring the pot:: Unfortunately, it is the easiest way.  I think turbo's are the only way to make up the displacement disadvantage without having to use "race" hardware. Nice thing is, if you stay out of it, they still return the economy of a "stock" slant, and the power is always there. |
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| Author: | slantzilla [ Fri Apr 13, 2007 5:03 am ] |
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Quote: Bottle are for babies.
I agree, a turbo would be better, unfortunately I have yet to see an "easy" turbo installation that actually ran worth a crap or made the power you can with spray for the time/effort involved. A turbo that runs well is not "plug and play". ::stirring the pot:: Unfortunately, it is the easiest way. I think turbo's are the only way to make up the displacement disadvantage without having to use "race" hardware. Nice thing is, if you stay out of it, they still return the economy of a "stock" slant, and the power is always there. Nitrous is not necessarily "plug and play" either, but it is less costly and time consuming to install and tune. A bottle is no more "race" hardware than a turbo. IIRC, the claim to fame for both was military aircraft use in WWII. A nitrous Slant gives the economy of a stock Slant too, because it can be a stock Slant. Just because the button is there don't mean ya gotta push it. Yes, I have been involved in a turbo Slant project too. Been there, done that. I reiterate, 1 blue bottle of whoop-ass to go please.
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| Author: | DionR [ Fri Apr 13, 2007 8:37 am ] |
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Quote: I agree, a turbo would be better, unfortunately I have yet to see an "easy" turbo installation that actually ran worth a crap or made the power you can with spray for the time/effort involved. A turbo that runs well is not "plug and play".
Can't argue with you there.  Quote: A bottle is no more "race" hardware than a turbo.
I was refereing to the big cam/high compression/ported head/large carb/etc. method of low times, not nitrous. I agree that a nitrous is definitely the most economical, if you don't count refilling the bottle. Quote: Yes, I have been involved in a turbo Slant project too. Been there, done that. I reiterate, 1 blue bottle of whoop-ass to go please.
Sorry, still don't like it. Despite the ease, and the fact that there are simple kits to install, it is still a bottle that you have to refill. I drive 60 miles round trip to work, mostly on a 2 lane highway. If I use the bottle to pass (a stock slant just wont do it  ), I would be refilling that blue bottle about as often as I fill the gas tank. Even if I extend that out to once a month, or every 6 weeks, that just isn't acceptable to me. What a hassle. Maybe it isn't as big a deal at the track, but to me, nitrous on the street is for the "bling-bling" crowd. More for show than for go.Just my opinion.
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| Author: | CARS [ Fri Apr 13, 2007 12:45 pm ] |
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Quote: [(a stock slant just wont do it
You are kidding right?
)...Just my opinion. |
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| Author: | DionR [ Fri Apr 13, 2007 2:09 pm ] |
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Quote: Quote: [(a stock slant just wont do it
You are kidding right? )...Just my opinion. Let's just say that unless the road was absolutely dead, the '73 Dart I had did whatever speed the guy in front of me did, 'cuz there weren't no way I was going to be able to pass. I'd be lucky to be able to accelerate up to 65 mph getting around somebody. My GTC, on the other hand, will get up to 85-90 just by breathing on the pedal, without downshifting. If I had to rely on a blue bottle every time I needed that kind of speed, I might as well buy it in bulk and set up my own refilling station. It probably sounds like I’m one of those pesky speed demons that are never happy with the speed of the guy in front of me. The reality is, I’m driving through farmland, with a variety of people, some in farm trucks doing 45 to the guy in the Mustang Cobra that passed me like I was standing still. The speed limit is 60, I try to stay within 5 of that, and the road is busy enough to make it necessary to pass (sometimes often), and hard to do. Did I answer your question? Or was it rhetorical? 
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