Went 5 rounds to get my first trophy! yeehaaa, or at least woopeee.
All my buds were stoked since they were sayin it was me against 31 chevies.

 

haha..how did it run?

 

Well, in street there is a 12 second limit, I usually short shift to stay in the 12's. I shifted at 6000 1st-2nd and 5500 2nd-3rd and ran 11.76 on the first test run, then I shifted both times at 5500 and ran an 11.94.
So there were no more time runs so I just sandbagged it with a 12.50 dial and raced the end of the track. I was cutting good lights so I got away with it!

I just wish I had shifted at 6200 on that 1st run both times, I think it would have run 11.6's, the mph was there at 115.

 

wow..great times! how were your 60s? and youre what, a 440?

 

I had 1.67 60 foot times and yes it's a 440 with old ported 516 close chamber heads.
It's 11:1 compression so I'm running race gas for now but I'd like to get back to 10:1 and run 91 octane like last year. It weighs 3700 with my fat *** in it!

 

i hear ya there...im abuot the same weight. but im running nice cheap 87 octane...but no where near as fast...

right now..

 

Cool, good luck and I hope you get there soon, the best way is with a good set of heads.
It seems like everything falls into place with all these aluminum head engines, I on the other hand am hard headed and have to make it run with factory stuff or I'm not happy.
I respect you and your father for whooping butt on a budget, I have to get my small block project going soon.
I have a 360 8.5:1 with J heads that I'm going to port and hopefully run as good as you are but in a lighter Demon.

 

why such light compression? going for forced induction??

i wish i had a nice light car, but for now, the mirada is too dear to me..as odd as that may sound...i bought it when i was 15...

 

Were you in the RR?

What was the engine combo you are planning for the 360? Did you see the article in this months MoPar Muscle?

 

Badstrat, I want to run 87 octane,
Mopartodd, yes I was in the RR, as far as the 360, it's .030, total seal rings, its been square decked and line honed. I'm going to run a small cam with a tight centerline to build some cylinder pressure with the low compression.
So far I have a performer RPM manifold, I'm thimking a 224/224@.050, 108 LSA cam and
and some ported J heads. I'll try a 2800 Stall converter and 3.91 gears and see what happens.
I don't like the A-body hoods for carb clearance though, so I'll probably get a scoop of some kind.