Re: How to race a street driven max wedge. Follow up!

[Doug Ahern <D170A833@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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a few years ago at the Commerce, GA All-mopar southern nationals 
there was a very nice DD-1 blue 62 Dodge Max Wedge car,  either
a clone or the real thing.  the car didn't look to be setup
correctly,  it had a heavy California rake goin on along with some 
odd-ball rear spring helpers.   impressive under the hood, with
all the right visible MW components in place... the car ran 14s
and 15s..  I seem to recall that the following year he had some
of his problems sorted out and was running in the 13s.  Though
I've never met the owner, I've seen several of the cars he has 
restored (all 62-63s...) and they are beautiful cars!  the guy
is no slouch and seems to really know his 62-63 stuff...  
my point being is that these cars don't always do exactly 
what we expect the first time out of the gate.  that goes 
double for most of us who haven't built as many engines or 
cars as someone like Don Dulmage.  If the car doesn't run 
an 11 sec 1/4, don't be too disappointed,  you may need a 
few runs, or a few trips to the track to sort it out.

At an NMCA event back in the mid 90's,  there was a red
71 EV2 Hemi R/T or Super Bee competing the street stock class.  
it was a beautiful car, and while he built it to compete on 
the NMCA circuit, it was a flawless restoration.   he ran
lots of 15 sec passes....

then there was the Dream Car Garage duo's (Peter & Tom) 
muscle car shoot out where the Hemicuda finished dead last 
in all the acceleration tests including the 1/4 mile.   for those
of you who didn't see it, it was a dark day for mopar fans...  the
cuda lost out to  a LS6 Chevelle, a BOSS 429, a T/A 400, 
a W-30 442 (not even a 68 Hurst/Olds), a Stage I 445 GS (not
even a GSX), and a 390 AMX (and Peter genuinely wanted that Hemicuda
to do better!!!) imagine the shame that Hemi owner felt the day 
that was aired....

One thing I've always carried around with me is the shame of
building a nice 440 and seeing it run a 17 sec 1/4 on its first
pass... and then an 18, and then finally a 16....  back at the 
drawing board, and after talking to lots of experienced racers 
I learned adding HP raises the MPH in the 1/4 and improvements 
to the rest of the car (i.e. the chassis,, i.e. suspension, rear 
gear, torque converter, etc) lowers ET's)..    of course,  having 
the chassis setup right from the git-go is essential for a good 
pass..  the problem with my 16sec 440 B-body?  bad rear springs, 
a 2.94:1 open rear, and a 3000rpm B&M holeshot TC.  the 727 would 
shift to 3rd gear *after* the traps...!!!  and sometimes, the 
850cfm DP Holley would run out of gas right before the traps! 
(that was the 18sec ET...).  stock 318 Scamps were running better 
than me that day...  (anyone on the MML in the 1994-1995 time frame 
might recall the threads....)

I hope you and your MW fare much better than the blue 92 MW car,
the EV2 71 Dodge, and, especially, my 440 B-body, but, if it 
doesn't live up to your expectations, have patience and know that 
you weren't the first find out that a car might have some teething 
problems and be in need of some sorting out....

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