Help Me Spend $1500 to Go Faster
#1151905
01/07/12 12:40 AM
01/07/12 12:40 AM
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Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 1,271 Vista, California
67Satty
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pro stock
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 1,271
Vista, California
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The Challenge: looking for the most bang for my buck for $1500 I will soon have to spend.
Car: 1967 Satellite, 440, 727, 9.5" Dynamic 4200 stall converter, deep trans pan, driveshaft safety loop, 3.91 clutch-type Suregrip, 9X28 Slicks on 15X7 cop rims, all steel, full interior, manual steering and brakes, no heater, Weld Draglites and 165/80-15s, 3600 pounds.
Motor: .040 over '71 440, stock stroke, steel crank, 9.75:1 static compression, close to zero deck, unported 452 iron heads, 238 at.050 Engle Hydraulic, Performer RPM, 850 DP, Hooker 1 and 7/8", 2.5" mandrel-bent with X pipe, FBO ignition kit, 3/8" line from tank to carb.
Suspension: original 318 with AC torsion bars, Monroematic shocks (longer ones for a Dodge Pickup on back), original 45 year-old 318 leaf springs, no subframe connectors.
Goal: at least high 12s in the quarter.
Things I'm considering: 90/10 shocks, subframe connectors, Calracs, Superstock Springs, pinion snubber, Stealth cylinder heads, 'glass hood with scoop, glass front bumper (front bumper is all tweaked anyway).
New build that I just got it running and sorted out driving around on the street for about 500 miles. Happy with the way it runs. Now I want to make it ready for some passes down the quarter-mile.
Ideas for me? I know $1500 isn't much but it's something. Thanks!
P.S. Brakes, master cylinder, front end, tires, and steering linkage are all new and it has been aligned so I think it is about as safe as a 45 year-old car with 45 year-old technology can get.
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Re: Help Me Spend $1500 to Go Faster
[Re: tboomer]
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01/07/12 10:15 AM
01/07/12 10:15 AM
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Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 3,140 Central NC
gch
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Central NC
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Run it and the track like it is and see how it performs. New leaf springs are a good idea but may not be necessary if it hooks.Subframe connectors should be mandatory(especially if you plan on it going faster). Get it to hook and stop safely(front discs a big plus)safely and then go faster. ALl the motor needs is a good set of heads.Everything else seems tork well together. Make one change at a time.Hard to tell if you are going forward if you do multiple changes.
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Re: Help Me Spend $1500 to Go Faster
[Re: gch]
#1151918
01/07/12 10:57 AM
01/07/12 10:57 AM
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Joined: Jun 2004
Posts: 674 Ripley
BryanRad
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mopar
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New Super Stock Springs with appropriate shackles 3 way adjustable shocks all the way around, front loose, back tight Recurve distributor to have advance all in by 2800 or so Tinker with cams and squirters in carb Consider borrowing an original Torker or Torker II intake
Will be lots of naysayers on the intake recommendation but I messed with a 65 Coronet for 3 or 4 years and tried several different combos. The main goal is to get it to sixty foot as quick as possible, all the recommendations above will do so. The car I ran was 3750 race ready, 440 0.060 over, 528 crane hydraulic cam, KB 236 or 238 pistons (no more than 10:1), unported 906 heads, single 850 holley race carb. Went 11.80s, low 1.60 60 foot times on a consistent basis and on a real good track went 1.58. Took several years and messing with things one at a time as previously suggested, but these are real numbers not just a keyboard jockey throwing stuff out there.
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Re: Help Me Spend $1500 to Go Faster
[Re: 67Satty]
#1151921
01/07/12 01:11 PM
01/07/12 01:11 PM
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Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 3,544 Syracuse,NY
CompWedgeEngines
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1) Heads
2) Better camshaft
3) HD springs, NOT Super Stock springs.
RIP Monte Smith
Your work is a reflection of yourself, autograph it with quality.
WD for Diamond Pistons,Sidewinder cylinder heads, Wiseco, K1 rods and cranks,BAM lifters, Morel lifters, Molnar Technologies, Harland Sharp, Pro Gear, Cometic, King Engine Bearings and many others.
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Re: Help Me Spend $1500 to Go Faster
[Re: PolyDart]
#1151924
01/07/12 01:34 PM
01/07/12 01:34 PM
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Joined: Jun 2009
Posts: 429 Sherman Texas
The Shocker
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Sherman Texas
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Weight ,weight ,weight .Look for anything to throw overboard especially on the front first off.A scoop and glass hood would be nice ,but dont waist your time if your not gunna make a pan and seal it to the carb.You may not need S/S springs or Caltracs.Im cutting mid to low 1.5 60 foots on 8.5 slicks and 47 yearold 6 cylinder springs .I would spend the $$ on the cam ,heads ,and intake as others have said.You wont really know if you have traction issues till you take it to the track.Subframe connectors are a must .I shaved a tenth off my 60 foot by adding them to my Dart and they only cost me $25.00 to make and a day to weld in .If it will hook now i think you should be in the 12's with what you got now ...
Last edited by The Shocker; 01/07/12 01:35 PM.
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