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| Author: | 225dart [ Wed Jun 04, 2003 8:40 pm ] |
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6/04/03--ok, heres the skinny on the car and its first time at the track 74 dart swinger 98000 mi on the 225 slant 6 1bbl motor is all stock flomaster two chamber muff 14" open element air cleaner have not done a tuneup, adjust valves or check and adjusted timing yet. found best times to be when i raised the torque converter stall speed to max rpms on the line---the times reflect this 20.501@65.78 20.400@66.22 20.152@66.84 20.294@65.52(first round) 20.064@67.86 20.084@67.69 |
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| Author: | 225dart [ Wed Jun 25, 2003 9:44 pm ] |
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06/26/03 finally stopped raining enough to get to the track. went to bump the timing up but it was already done by the previous owner, as well as the plugs. sooooo, i modified the 1 bbl carb. i took out the supports for the booster and smoothed that and the parting line in the casting out as well as removed all that choke crap on the carb--i dont drive it in the winter. i also found that i did not have to drill the jet out as it takes a standard holley performance jet. ended up so far 11 sizes up from stock to a #72 jet. much better. so, what did all this materialize to? 19.530@69.50 19.424@69.99 19.201@67.45--first round, hard on the brakes at the end 19.236@70.33 the first 2 runs were within 45 minutes of each other, then the sun started going down and the 90+ temps and 90+ humidity went away too-- as plainly seen in the times a sit got quite a bit faster. --chad |
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| Author: | 225dart [ Thu Sep 18, 2003 5:31 pm ] |
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well ive been to the track twice more and the best i can get out of this bone stock 74 is 19.10. man, i was really hoping for an 18 before i put the header and 2 bbl on. it might have gone a 19.0- something at best but i was into eliminations and had to hit the brakes on the big end. i will post my times later. this thing was starting to be a great bracket car though as it always ran 19.10-19.20. not bad at all and it did it in varying wheather conditions too. just thought id update, been real busy and not have been on in a while. --chad |
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| Author: | 225dart [ Wed May 12, 2004 9:01 pm ] |
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ok, back in the saddle for another year. updates on the car and the first time out. our track, as most, have installed LED bulbs in the christmas tree, and i for one have to say i like it. still have to get used to it but not that far off from my old reaction times. changes to the car: this is what i have changed since the last time. synthetic rear end fluid---still the 2.76 one wheel peel though JR (aka mopar performance) header aluninum super six intake bbd carb, upped the stock jets from 89 to 94, metering rods stock k&N filter in stock housing. now i purposly left the stock 1 7/8" exhaust pipes on to see what exactly the induction system and header would do. i will be upgradeing the exhaust to full 2 1/4" soon. first 3 time trials were as follows 18.997@72.04 18.833@72.29 18.819@72.51 not bad, a little disappointing to me, but its a solid .400 quicker and 2-3 mph faster. thats a pretty good gain from last year, but i have $270.00 invested to get there. now to the interesting part first round was an easy race, i dialed a 18.90 and went 18.916@65.55 hard on the brakes to keep from breaking out. second round was tougher as i was up against a multi time winner of street night i kept my 18.90 dial, but i ended up going 18.662@69.71 again, hard on the brakes. WTF!? .66 on a .90 dial and the car didnt go quiker than a .81 before that!? man, i wsh i ran it flat out now to see what it would have really run. judgeing the slip, i think a low 18.50 or high 18.40 is what it would have run, but i'll never know. sooooo, the final result so far is i have gone from a best of 19.10 to 18.66---a difference of .44 from previous best, and 20.50 to 18.66--- a difference of 1.84 from the beginning times and keep in mind, that this car still has a stock long block with over 100,000 on the clock now. on to next week as i signed upfor the points this year. till next time....................... --chad |
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| Author: | 225dart [ Sat Jun 26, 2004 6:25 pm ] |
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update--got the car to to its best yet, 18.44. still have to put a bigger pipe between the header and muffler (still stock 1 7/8" ) track conditions were optimal which is how i attribute this time. still 100,000 + mile motor, still 2.76 gears, still all stock (nothing removed to lighten it except the spare tire) only mods are header and super six setup. more to come!! |
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| Author: | JohnnyDees [ Sat Jun 26, 2004 8:45 pm ] |
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Do you go up to lebanon valley? |
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