Michelle's ride:
Factory iron head, 7: 1 compression (service manual has timing specs for 65 octane), factory stock solid roller cam, aftermarket Pierce aluminium intake manifold, Weber 32/36 DGV carby, four speed, 4.7 rear, 32" tires, Lucas sport coil, Pertronix module installed in dizzy
Best run last Sunday, with me driving, 1/8th mile:
reaction: .587
60ft:2.834
1/8th: 14.130
Speed: 46.88 (that is MPH, not KPH at least)
At least one 60 ft was better but ET was worst
Most recent modification, clean idle jets, replace fuel filter. The vise grips have been on there since she got the car in 1999.
My ride:
Most recent best:
1/2 mile in five minutes up our hill from old apartment to new house at the end of tow strap behind M's ride:
Nothing like building a house to throw off schedules of every other project.
It has done an 11.56 with the 452 and me driving which has to be worth a couple of tenths slowing it down. New mill which is in Dan Costello's very capable hands should do better.