drag strip test and tune with new Comet set up

[CALIFORNIA CALIENTE]

Judd;sorry to hear about your friends string of bad luck!!! I forgot that you have ladder bars,pinion angle does not seem to have much,if any,effect with them.I tried different settings on my car,nothing changed,I did notice at 3 degrees down angle that the car rolls easier so apparently it freed up the car. ROY.

[juddp39532]

Well I figure I'll make it in the 11's now. I just bought a 425" Windsor stroker short block with forged pistons that'll give me about 10to1 compression. If you can't tune it throw cubes at it! The pistons have standard and Twisted wedge valve reliefs and it has ARP main studs so I can run my main girdle.

[CALIFORNIA CALIENTE]

Judd;now put a "REAL" distributor in it,a good single plane intake,an 850HP carb.,a good set of heads,a bigger cam,etc.,etc.! I have a 418" rotating assembly and a block waiting for machine work and balancing,may try for middle of next season,looking for LOW 10s,tired of 10.70s and getting whipped by big inch engines!!! ROY.

[juddp39532]

Roy
Looking for a bigger carb as soon as I get over the hit to my bank account! I had to get faster as I've been ragging my buddy with a Gasser 56 Chevy I was beating last year and he has gone to hilborn injected 408 with a lot of new fiberglass parts ( says he is getting down to Comet weight LOL LOL). All the people trying to start a gasser group down here are way faster then the 12.18 I was running so I have to do something if I don't want to be left in the dust all the time. I have a Victor jr but it doesn't have the water cross over for the rear of the heads and has smaller ports that don't match my heads I may do some swapping just to see what happens anyway.

Judd;now put a "REAL" distributor in it,a good single plane intake,an 850HP carb.,a good set of heads,a bigger cam,etc.,etc.! I have a 418" rotating assembly and a block waiting for machine work and balancing,may try for middle of next season,looking for LOW 10s,tired of 10.70s and getting whipped by big inch engines!!! ROY.

[juddp39532]

Well I just got back from the track (1/8th mile today) and the new motor made a big difference! I launched at 3500 sifted at just 5,000 rpm and did 1.55 60' with 7.24 1/8th mile. BIG SMILE!

[Boss/Cyclone]

Well I just got back from the track (1/8th mile today) and the new motor made a big difference! I launched at 3500 sifted at just 5,000 rpm and did 1.55 60' with 7.24 1/8th mile. BIG SMILE!

I have never ran an 1/8 mile track. In general what would that translate to for your car in a 1/4 mile times. Or is that a faster 1/8 mile time than you usually get?

[juddp39532]

Probably equals 11.40's in 1/4 much better than the 12.14 1/4 was running.

[CALIFORNIA CALIENTE]

Judd;sounds good.That sounds like a good ET and 60',especially with not having to rev the snot out of it!!Did everything seem to work? ROY.

[Boss/Cyclone]

Probably equals 11.40's in 1/4 much better than the 12.14 1/4 was running.

Awesome, great to see how good you are running.

[juddp39532]

Roy
Yes everything looks to be ok. I'll still need to raise the rear ratio to 4.30- 4.22 for 1/4 mile or raise the RPM's to the 6,200 range. I'm not sure the 1978 two bolt block will handle 6,200 even with the ARP main studs and girdle.

[CALIFORNIA CALIENTE]

Judd;the block will be fine,especially with the studs and girdle.My friend runs his over 7000,no girdle,5 seasons so far. ROY.

[juddp39532]

Roy
Cool! Must be one bad ass Windsor to make power to 7 grand!

At least I don't have to take crap from the Chevy boys with their stroker small blocks any more.

Judd;the block will be fine,especially with the studs and girdle.My friend runs his over 7000,no girdle,5 seasons so far. ROY.

[CALIFORNIA CALIENTE]

Judd;let me make you cringe!!! That 358" Windsor of my friends made 726HP,on motor only!!! It is in a 64 Falcon Futura 2dr hrdtp,Jerico 4-speed,5:14 gear on a 28X10X15 tire,runs 9.80-9.90 on a good track!!! His Grandfather bought the car new,260 with a three on the tree!!! ROY.

[tweaked]

Nice when your gives you good improvement. Windsors like to rev, Ive had my 331 over 8 many times.

Check out this vid of a racer from the Island that runs low 9s with windsor stroker.

http://videos.streetfire.net/video/Wick ... 166416.htm

[CALIFORNIA CALIENTE]

Tweaked;that 67 Fairlane is SICK!!!!! WOW!!! ROY.