Some of the more knowledgeable guys might have better answers but for my two cents,,, I don't think the balance was off enough to cause much of a vibration. In my experience most alignment shops don't seem to want to waver much from the factory specs. And most of the cars from the sixties had very l...

"On a side note guys, how do you accept or know thats all the car has in it? What I mean is, I have guys saying maybe thats all she's got, but I have a hard time accepting that. This car runs 10.70's-10.80's @124-127mph with 1.54-1.60 60fts. A lot of cars I see running my mph are going 10.50-10...

I punched in your top speed of 118 into an et calculator... http://www.wallaceracing.com/etcalc.php
It predicted an et of 11.23 so with a bit of tuning, high tens might be possible. I think you'd need about two or three more mph to reach your goal.

I've always thought that the transmission output shaft and pinion should be parallel while the car was accelerating. But I sometimes read things that suggest that pinion angle can affect traction. Am I missing something?