Originally Posted by pittsburghracer


It’s kinda funny and pathetic at the same time reading this and thinking back. The funny part is Direct Connection gave us the Bible on running anything from 8’s-14’s with junk parts. Lots of us were running high 9’s to low 10’s with factory heads, stock cranks, and TRW or Sealed Power heavy weight pistons with 2800-3200 pound cars and Super Stock springs. Now with stroker engines, cnc’d heads, lite-weight pistons, better tires, better suspensions, better traction at tracks, etc very few an put the total package to run fast at the track. Impressive DYNO numbers and somewhat pathetic track times. I see guys weekly that are t happy with their performance so instead of working to fix it throw a NOS kit on it. Laugh if you want at the old school ways but I know they had some pretty smart guys putting these packages together. Anyone look looking for those old cams may find them on their Dads parts shelves. I know I still have mine.


First time i might agree with you...lol In the early 90s i had a .030 over 440. lightly ported 906's .509 hyd cam, stock pushrods and rockers. Strip dominator and propart headers. that thing is shifted low enough LOL went 11.90's all day long. A plate with an .073 jet (175ish HP) went 10.40's. Yea it was real basic a lot of stock parts, and yea it was relatively fast back then


....BAD A$$ STREET CAR.....