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its time for a guess my time!

#1 Post by clutchdude » Mon Feb 25, 2013 11:37 am

I got tired of breaking parts so i did a complete rebuild of my car with the idea of reliability, well reliabilty for a manual trans car.

The only thing thats the same on the car is the body, engine, trans, bellhousing, clutch, driveshaft, rearend, rack, front half of cage are all new and this weekend we went out to try and get some license runs in.

All suspension and clutch settings were tight to not put the car on the bumper. Weather was corrected to 900 ft

specs on the car are
67 camaro
trz front susp with afco doubles up front, single Qa1 on rear
3100lbs with me in it
415 sbc n/a injected alcohol 810hp @8100 610ft lbs @6100 rpm, short shifting at 7300
mcleod clutch
lenco st1200 trans
dana 60 with 4.56s
10.5 x 28 tires

lots of problems the first time out, data logger didnt work, engine was fat and had a tough time getting it warm, forgot some tools, air tank had wrong fitting...grrr
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#2 Post by clutchdude » Mon Feb 25, 2013 11:43 am

I will try to post some pics when i can

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#3 Post by John_Heard » Mon Feb 25, 2013 1:23 pm

I don't remember what it ran before? Sounds like it ought to go 5.90's?

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#4 Post by clutchdude » Mon Feb 25, 2013 4:30 pm

The old setup was about 200lbs less weight and im not sure what the power was 625-650? and went 6.00's 112, or 9.50's @ 138

Oops and its still using cal tracs and split leafs.

I will try to figure out how to post some pics tonight..its been a while

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#5 Post by John_Heard » Mon Feb 25, 2013 4:43 pm

Should be more than a tenth with that much weight and HP difference...

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#6 Post by 71 chevy » Mon Feb 25, 2013 10:01 pm

im gonna guess 5.80s at 116

question, what is your radiator setup?

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#7 Post by clutchdude » Mon Feb 25, 2013 10:12 pm

I put the smallest radiator i could find, honda civic...and i might just remover the radiator?

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#8 Post by clutchdude » Tue Feb 26, 2013 12:07 am

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#9 Post by clutchdude » Tue Feb 26, 2013 12:07 am

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#10 Post by clutchdude » Tue Feb 26, 2013 12:08 am

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#11 Post by John_Heard » Tue Feb 26, 2013 6:43 am

clutchdude wrote:I put the smallest radiator i could find, honda civic...and i might just remover the radiator?
Do you tow to the lanes and back?

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#12 Post by 71 chevy » Tue Feb 26, 2013 6:58 am

very nice.
love the engine bay and headers.

i asked about cooling because im in the process of removing my radiator. im hoping it works. even though i already have a light weight radiator(scirocco) i would still drop quite a bit of weight

are you thinking of removing the water pump too or do you plan to still circulate water?

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#13 Post by clutchdude » Tue Feb 26, 2013 8:45 am

Yes John we did tow, primarily because of the amount of fuel it uses. Even with the fuel shut off leaned out while warming it up it will burn 3 gallons of fuel to get to 140. Its probably going to get block heaters.

71 the water pump will stay.

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#14 Post by John_Heard » Tue Feb 26, 2013 9:09 am

You should be able to get away with no radiator on alky.

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#15 Post by clutchdude » Tue Feb 26, 2013 11:24 am

Not many guesses, hmm. C'mon boys its just a N/A small block

Ok oh well first pass was a 330'-660' pass somewhere in that range and it went 5.92 @ 100mph 1.323 60'. I was completely happy with that even though clutch was tight and spun pretty good on that pass.

After 2 years of no seat time im glad it was a short pass, nervous as hell, im not even sure i seen a shift light.

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