Changed a few things To try and reduce power at low speeds to get traction.
Had installed a ProForm 1050 mainbody to make the blower happy and that made traction worse.
So I modified/made linkage /drilled tapped tunable kill-bleeds and made the 1050 into a Vacuum secondary carb.
Made it WORSE
It would now do 300 ft 3rd gear burnouts from a roll. So I worked on the opening rate and made some headway. Turns out it still blows off the tires on a 2BBL. So nothing more there.
Looked into ways to pull timing out at launch.
That basically requires a 300 dollar MSD box and I`m not 100% sure that will be enough so I`m keeping my money in my pocket for now.
Recurved the dist to slow advance hoping to gain traction. Seemed to help on the street,,,I.E. shorter black strips on my road.LOL
Now the MT Drag Radials on the car are completetly wornout....smooth...
So,I bought Nitto 555R 325/50R15`s
A little big than the 295/55 MT`s.but not as drag only. Don`t hook as well but drive /look/fit REALLY nice.
Last night off to Quaker:80*+ med. humidity,,,not nearly as nice as my 11.35 run last month......65*& dry

1. vacuum [Email]secondaries.11.85@114mph[/Email] 1.85-60ft.
spun and poor MPH.
2. Frustrated that it went slower/worse traction I went back to Mech Secondaries and installed the high drive ratio. raises boost from 3-lbs to 6-lbs.
Drove it off the line rolling into the throttle
11.57 @110mph 1.65-60ft. left good.That works But mph WAY down?
Too much timing with added boost????
3. Pulled 3* out 33 to 30*.
[Email]11.37@117mph[/Email] 1.65-60ft. 3* = 7MPH!!!
Learned something right there....
4. Pulled 1.5* more 28.5* shifted higher 5,100 versus 4,800 all others........
[Email]11.36@116.94mph[/Email] 1.65-60ft. 29*/30* is the the sweet spot as is.
5. Same,got greedy on the launch spun badly and gave up.
So the bigger CFM and boost w/less timing on top of reduced traction is about a .15 quicker.
Dead hooking it went 1.56 with a smaller carb.in better conditions.
I figure now with perfect traction and weather it would have ran an [Email]11.18@118+mph.[/Email]
At Norwalk subtract a 10th add 1/2mph.
So I`m now leaning towards some slicks for seeing how fast I can go,and save the street tires for everything else.
Any CHEAP ideas to make your own timing/launch control?????
Thought about some sort of air throttle,,,lazy action would let it hook..........

The M/T ET Street Radials I have used work better once the center dividers where worn off, they lasted a long time after the center treads where gone 9second Phil clued me into not taking them off after the center dividers where worn off He was correct on that Once you see cord in the middle, take them off

I ran the 315x60x15 on both 10 and 12 inch rims, I ran them between 18 and 20 lb. They worked good on a good track, Not so good on the street or on a bad track I had the same size ET Streets on matching rims so I could switch them as needed, the ET streets (bias plys) work better on the street using between 9 to 12 lbs of air pressure on my gauge The ET Streets where slower on a good track and easier to drive on a bad track IHTHs Your deal may need a good pair of drag slicks

Are you running just mech advance in the dist.. or
using vac also.. if your running vac also you can do
a recurve on the mech and use a SMALL orifice/bleed
on the vac to slow that down but you would be using
the vac as your total advance

MT`s

Nitto 555R 325/50

Rear

What shocks do you have in the front? Front sway bar installed? If so ditch it.


What rear shocks?

I've never been a huge fan of the "shitto" drag radials. Some people like them but they arnt for me.



I wouldn't look to cutting timing yet. What kind of power does it make? Gear? Converter?

You are going in the right direction. too bad you have to "de-tune" it. I'd be working on suspention so you could use full power.

I bet with a better radial it will cut a better 60 and be more consistant.

Without more converter or gear, you might not get much more out of it, unless it's spinning.