Originally Posted by fast68plymouth
You just keep adding power til it feels “right” smoke

When I first put the 383 in my car....... and having not even run the car at all for 6 years...... I figured it would feel pretty decent(knowing that it’s really hard to go backwards, and the car ran 10.70’s on it’s last outing)....... and fully expected it to run solidly in the 11’s.

First pass on the 383........ maybe 1/2 way down the track I’m thinking to myself, “what the he11 is wrong with this thing? It’s a hound!!!”...... and expected to be handed a 12.80-ish....... or maybe even slower time slip.
It ran 11.82.
Next pass..... 11.62.

Butt dyno was waaaay off.

I just had to be satisfied knowing it was running like it should........ it never did feel fast.
guy up the street from me has a big inch Oldsmobile. at the time it was a low 11 second car. he took me a ride and hammered it. my butt didn't fell anything but I thought if I did this a lot my neck would need a chiropractor. if your used to slow cars it ain't hard to be impressed. if your used to fast cars then something just has to reach out and grab you. I went to the NMCA finals in indy last fall. mopar put on a gen 3 hemi shoot out with a 10.00 index. I watched a bunch of challengers run 9.90's and these cars were drove in. makes me fell like some old guy working on flathead fords. for old muscle cars the game is over.