Even at 12.02 I'm happy doing that. I have 2 kids to send to college and me to send to retirement. At one time I thought 12.20 was all I thought the factory headed smallblock could do. Now should be capable of 11.8's with decent weather. I was thinking of running the 12.0 index. ( index classes seem to be on the comeback.)

No, was originally meant for street. Emissions tests too much of a pain, and then theres insurance. Not too far from streetable, the mufflers are laying right next to it, but I think I nixxed that putting a spool in.

Hmmmmm, could be mabey need more bucks cut out more weight NO NEVER

I'm happy with 12's for my small block street car....FOR NOW.

Like others here,
want? No, I'd like to experience a lower time

Afford? I'd like to put the cuda back together so it gets a 9.XX slip and back it down to avoid the huge bump in cost.

There are several barriers that it takes a jump in expense/program to cross. The 11.49 is one, then 10.99 the next, then 9.99, and so on (NHRA tracks).

The question to ask yourself, aside from whether you can afford the next level, is what class do you want to be in? A 10 or 11-second car is relatively easy to build, and can run Super Pro, Pro, and/or Box or No-Box in bracket racing.

In my case, it does not make sense to change the heads, cam and carb to run 9.50's, as the 10.20's I run now will find me in the same classes.

I WANT TO GO AS FAST AS I CAN,MY WALLET STOPS ME,SO EVERY NOW AND THEN,I GET STUPID AND RUN MY HAYABUSA 190 ,WHEN THE FREEWAY IS OPEN,OR I JUMP ON THE TOLL ROAD TO SAN DIEGO.HOPEFULLY WHEN I GET BACK TO WORK,I CAN BUILD THAT LOW 7 SEC CAR, SO FOR NOW,I JUST GET TO DO SOME OFF ROADING WITH MY WR450 DIRT BIKE,JUST NOT AS FUN AS THE RACE CAR WAS.

Well my car isnt even on the street yet so....NO im not going as fast as i want.....and the 273 wont allow me to go as fast as i want...until i can afford to build the 340 and set up the rest of the car ill be goin slow...but when the 340 is done then ill be happy......oh and im shootin for 11.50s on motor...with the 340 of course

With my truck in it's current state, it's getting close.
Last summer I ran it up to 7000 rpm in high gear on my semi-private test track.(440 street, really!) The air got under the front end and it instantly swapped lanes on me, I'm guessing somewhere in the neighborhood of 125-130 mph when it happened. I don't think I needed my 5 point harness, I was puckered down to the seat pretty hard. Dave

I put my old car together (again) about 3 years ago with the hope of 11.70s or so. I never thought of the street car going any faster.The first pass was a 11.40 and it got faster from there. 11.17 and now im looking for 10s. So in a word no, not there yet.

Anybody else going as fast as they want to??? Yes and NHRA has helped a lot; stay under 6.39 @1/8 th mile and No certification No license and don't run ET finals so their is No outrageous permanant number fee

10's hit some 9's now ...... Im ready for some 8's

Never fast enuff

YEH!!! my passenger

No i'm not fast enough yet .
this should be the motor that gets me into that 3 digit number .
back in 70s 14s 13s 12.99 yes that was the magic number .
Then in the 80s 12s got into mid 11s
90s was low 11s
2000 hit that 10.999
then 2005 got crazy 10.50s
last year 10.20s
2009 should be 9s
why 32 years racing a feather in my cap .
I'm 50 and still playing hopefully racing has no age.
don

I don't want to go to the expense of taking the chassis cert from 8.50 to 7.50, so I'd like to hit it with a small shot of spray and run right at my chassis limits. Then I'm done. I'm pretty sure a small Monty shot should get me yelled at for going under the cert

If I keep the car much longer I'll slow it down a little with a pump gas motor and turn up the spray. Then I can drive it more on the street and still go as fast at the track.

I like the E.T. and speed I have been 9.53@ 138, but dad keeps telling me that hitting 150 is a neat experience and I'd like to feel that in his car sometime. I'd really like to feel the acceleration of a .990 60' like a pro stocker, but if running mid 6's, 7's or 8's never happen for me, there are still very few people who have ever gotten to experience the thrill of the speeds we have achieved at the track.