Racing Saturday 6/1....video added

Had another race Saturday at Darlington Dragway. Only 4 cars showed up for the street car shootout, but we ran anyway. Did a little cruise before the race, which is pretty pointless IMO.
Naturally, I drew the fastest car for 1st round...a 4 sec sbf turbo mustang. I got a lil more aggressive w/ my setup, treed him, but he drove right by me by the 330'.
Ran 5.60 at almost 126 mph, 1.42 sixty foot on the back tires. I'm still chipping away at it. I was very happy w/ it considering the heat and humidity we were dealing with. Got some good pics to share.

couple more

WOW!! Awesome launch, Great pictures

x2!

AWESOME!!! Congrats for the huge car!!!

The cuda is flat out awesome!! Looks sick. I’d rather be in the cuda rather than that mustang anyday of the week! Great job.

It will go quicker with less front tire wheelie height
One of the Mopar drag race engineers said years ago in one of the old drag seminars that once the front tars are of the ground all the weight of the car is on the rear tars, no matter how high they are
When the pinion gear is climbing the pinion gear instead of rotating the axles forward the car is not going as fast as it can forward
I'm surprised you have your car working that good though
Now comes the hard part to get it to run low 1.30 to high 1.2? in the 60 ft. times
My bracket car(1970 Grand Coupe) has ran a best of 1.27 60 ft. with the front tires around 18 inches of the track, it is a chrome moly tube chassis S/P car that only weighs 2750 Lbs. with me in it also

its on a radial, it has to dead hook like that....AND he knows its got too much SLR....


NICE ! !

Looks like there was Chevy , Ford and Mopar in that race …

Youll get there soon enough, got the power just need to manage it...

Bad A$$ car for sure ! ! !

Thanks yall!

Cab...yessir, I know. It's a constant battle b/t bringing the nitrous in quicker and tightening the shocks to keep the front end down. I'm still working on it, so it'll get there eventually. I've been 1.30 previously. Hell it's been 1.32 on motor only.

n20mstr...the Cutlass and Monte Carlo owners are brothers. Cutlass runs low 6s (iron headed 383" sbc w/ a plate) and the MC is in the 5s (400+" sbc w/ a fogger). The mustang is a 363" sbf w/ a turbo...Stephen Daurity built/tunes it and it flies!
I just keep shortening the ramp and see what happens, lol.

Forgot to mention that all runs so far this year have been w/ the heavy "quiet" exhaust system on it. It's a 4" H pipe system w/ a pair of Hooker Max flow mufflers and turndowns right in front the rear axle.
This system adds about 40 lbs to the car. Pretty sure it'll go faster when I take it off and put the 4" Dynomax Bullets right off the headers like I've always run in the past.

Great pics! Thanks for sharing.

Ditto.....At least someone still has the balls to race a Hemi the way it ought to be run...Awesome car!

Don't be surprised if you need to tune it differently with the Bullets on it from running well with the Hooker muffs on it
test, test, test and then test some more to go faster

Great shots. Saw them first on a smartphone but they look better on a big monitor!

The car is outrageous as ever, and I've got to think by now you've inspired several gearheads out there
whether they care to admit it or not

This is quickly becoming one of my favorite cars.

It's probably my favorite car on here that's for sure!

Thanks yall, I really appreciate it!

Here's a couple more from the cruise prior to the race Saturday...

Chip,

I am hoping when I get back to work, I can get mine to run half as good as yours....Mine has gone as quick as 6.30 with third gear that was toast and a 1.35 60ft....But no where near what yours is running. I have had it to a couple cruise nights this year and she is running pretty good, so maybe we will see.....Our builds are pretty similar.

Dragula...Yours should run real good! The best mine went NA was 6.05 at 113 mph w/ a 1.32 sixty foot. That was a 9.54 at 140.4 in the 1/4.

Well, I haven't had it to the track in a while...After you blow one up, your kinda gun shy about beating on it. Its real scary to drive I can tell you if you step on it and we have a billet trans in it now. Tinkering with different distributors and closing down the mechanical advance.....

Your running a 1250 carb on yours correct....

PS...Mine didn;t care if the exhaust was on or off....but it was a tinge leaner without it. I just never jetted up.

Chip,

Looking good!

What shocks are you using?

Bill

Lookin good Chip!!

I’m sure with those launches........ it’s a crowd favorite

Dig the leave!! I'n kinds surprised your 60 is 1.4 with the wheels up like that. What do I know,,,,,,,I'm just a tuna fish

1.40’s....... back tires

Your Cuda was the nicest car of the crowd by a loong shot!

That looks kool . Not sure my driver suit would appreviate that launch

Tex

Car looks great, Chip. Glad it's running so good in this weather. The heat and humidity are killer here lately. Trees in my area are already turning brown. Your Cuda will be around a long time after the foxbody splits another block.

Dragula...it's a Pro Systems 1200 which is a modified 1150. Mine has always gone faster w/ the bullet mufflers right off the headers compared to the full exhaust. I have not compared these Hooker Max Flows to the Bullets yet though. I suspect the weight of the system is the biggest issue.

340cuda...I have Vikings at all 4 corners.

Fast68...Yes, it definitely got some attention back in the pits after my first test pass, lol.

hemi it is...the 60' is actually about a tenth quicker than the timeslip shows being that the back tires are what tripped the beam. I'm still chasing that elusive 1.2x sixty foot! Doing the math, the car is solidly in the 8.80s now. If I can get the 60 foot down, I believe 8.70s are there.

stickman...thankyou!

tex...LOL, the first time it stood up on me a few years ago it took me by surprise. Now not so much, but it's still a rush. I love it, lol.

sgcuda...thanks bud. I used to hate hot weather racing when NA, but nitrous obviously has the ability to cool things down and not affect it so much. I absolutely love the fact that I now have more power down low than I can ever use (most likely) and have to manage it. Before (on motor only) in hot weather the car felt anemic.

Too fook'n cool! VIDEO! We want VIDEO!

I love your car.
But heads up classes are tough, money, money.

Awesome shots of your awesome Cuda ! Boy does it leave great. All very good pics of that cool Cuda. I bet you were the fastest N/A car there ? Ron

My run is at about 3:30

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0IloofQaGI&feature=share

What kind of times were all 4 cars?
Cuda 5.60
Mustang 4.?
3rd car ?
4th car ?

mustang ran 4.80s that day, but has been faster.
MC runs high 5s.
Cutlass runs low 6s.

MC ran the Cutlass in the first round and broke an axle. So the fastest car ran the slowest car in the final.

Really appreciate all the comments yall!

Thats 1 Cool Cuda, love the way it carries them so far