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by morpheus » Tue Jun 23, 2009 6:05 pm
Well considering i'm the one who started this thread, I suppose I should stick my nose in here.
First... Marty thanks for your input so far, and jmark, well we've already sort of spoken on this subject a bit. Even have an offer for him to shovel my snow, if I cut his grass ! LMAO
It appears that it's application specific, as are most things we use. The "majority" of folks have normal door cars, run 11.50-13.50's, maybe a bit faster. It's hard for them to equate to what someones suggests, when they have a RED or in my case an altered, not a maxed out engine-drivetrain, etc.
So lets try to take the middle of the road here. 1/4 mile only, cause we don't have any 1/8 tracks in NJ.
23 altered, 1500#,Gas sbc 406, steel rods, 12.5cr. AFR outa the box 220 cnc, by them, heads, 1020 Holley/Super vic mani, solid roller with wide 112* ctrs, .675/.673, 267/274 @ .050", 1.5/1.6 Sharp rockers, 1 3/4" headers, typical MSD w/7AL2. 15x33x15's with 9" 3.89 rear, 4 link rear.
This is a fun car, yet to be run. Still need tranny/convertor Marty. I run mostly nostalgia races, MANDRA when I join, maybe a few(6) brackets a year. Bunch of old farts just sittin under the shade tree yaking away about what we coulda-shoulda-woulda done :>)
Could care less what it runs et wise as long as it's consistant. So where do I go tranny/convertor wise? Light car, no need for a first gear, probably. No electronics allowed, but t/brake ok.
Would be interested Marty what you'd estimate the hp losses would be on a non-killer bracketmaster or like tranny, all types for the masses to ponder.
Thanks fellas.... should be interesting, cause it a setup that's not on full kill.
Alan