RE: Thoughts on my set-up

[Rich Kinsley <rlkinsley@xxxxxxxxx>]

My car weighed 4000lbs with me and a full tank of gas w/spare tire. I 
have been running about a 1/2 tank at the track. I can't go too low 
since it's a ways from home. If I had an escort I could take a couple 
gas cans along and get it lower.

I have 3:91 gears and I ran 34lbs front and 28lbs rear. I don't have any 
traction problems and the car is very streetable. I wouldn't mind some 
4:56's but then I don't think it'd be easy to drive on the Interstate. 

I'm sure the dist could use some more help too but it's so much better 
now than it had been. I've run both with and without the vac attached, 
but not for awhile. It seems spunkier with the vac to me. Also my 
experiments with the ballast resistor have taught me that it runs best 
on the street with a .8ohm and best at the track with a .25ohm. The 1.5 
sucks! That is with my Mopar electronic w/orange box. The new Accel coil 
works well too and the NGK's. (R5670-8)      

Rich Kinsley '64 Dodge Polara 4dr 318poly w/goodies
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Steve Charette wrote:
> 
> Rich,
> 	Not sure what your car weighs but you're flyin' with a 318 and four
> doors.  I had a 383 4 BBL 69 Coronet with 3.91 gears in high school that 
> ran
> the same times...
> 
> 	You're right, there's no sense trying to make changes based on one
> run.  Gather some more data and go from there.
> 
> 	Not sure what your objectives are relative to street manners, etc...
> how is the "seat of the pants" feel?  Leaving well?  Hooking well?  Have 
> you
> worked with the advance curves at all?  What gears are you running?
> 
> 	If you're really close (I think 10.016 qualifies) you can probably
> get your 9 second timeslip with a few stocker tricks (you probably know 
> most
> of them)... run the trans a quart low, max out the tire pressures, light
> fuel load, take out the back seat... :P  In my cars I've learned that
> pulling high gear a little early (300-500 rpm) will shave a couple
> hundredths and potentially make up for a slight nap at the starting 
> line,
> but that may not help in the 1/8th mile.  That same rule sadly bites 
> back
> and sends us home early if timely shifts don't happen, BTW.
> 
> 	We did some work relative to paint finishes when I worked in
> Alternative Fuels and there are some who believe shiny paint and a good 
> coat
> of wax is worth doing (at that
> "separating-the-pepper-from-the-fly-droppings" level)... might just get 
> you
> that 16 thousandths of a second you're looking for.  Probably not alot 
> to be
> gained as it would only come into play above 50mph.  With the current 
> setup
> you're actually only a pocket of good air or a little tailwind away from
> 9's.
> 
> 	Dan Dvorak wrote a great article entitled "Last Minute Heroics"...
> not alot of help for bracket warriors but priceless for class racers or
> somebody trying to make an index in bad air.  Just reading it makes my 
> palms
> sweat.  Check it out:
> 
> http://www.dvorakmachine.com/tech_LastMinuteHeroics.shtml
> 
> SC
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rich Kinsley [mailto:rlkinsley@xxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 9:07 AM
> To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Thoughts on my set-up
> 
> 
> I am just perusing my next mod at my attempt to get into the 9's. The 
> last
> set-up I used netted me my best run to date. A 10.016@xxxxx I was going 
> to
> up the ante again BUT in retrospect I only gave that set-up 1 run. I 
> think
> it's like sighting in a rifle. I need to get a "grouping" before I make
> further changes. I intend to hit the track tomorrow night again in my 
> quest
> for the 9's. I think I'll give this set-up a couple runs at least before 
> I
> change it again. I don't like to do jet changes at the track because 
> it's
> too dark usually. Rods/springs are OK. I have everything marked and
> seperated so I don't have a problem trying to read the itty-bitty 
> numbers on
> the parts. Wish me luck. 
> 
> Rich Kinsley '64 Dodge Polara 4dr 318poly w/goodies
> 
> 
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Rich Kinsley '64 Dodge Polara 4dr 318poly w/goodies


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