Early December gave Dale one more attempt with the Gremlin at a "Tulsa List" race. Considering how the car had ran NA, and based on the way it reacted to the shot in the eighth, he was expecting to go well into the 8's, but his old 9" JW just wasn't up to the task.

"4.56s with the 440, 7500 through the traps at 148. 4.10s with the 440, 7500 through the traps at 152, 3.73s with the 580, 7500 through the traps at 158! The harder I load it, the more torque I apply, the more it slips! It shows 22.5 percent slippage now!"
He was complaining to me, but it was a discussion we had many times. I had implored him to get another converter for the last two years.

In January, he sent me a link to a post on Facebook, in our group text between the brothers. His caption read "Dave really needs this intake". It was Rick Finley (Charger453, Moparts), selling the top end off his low deck. Included was a low deck Indy dominator intake with an Induction Solutions X275 fogger installed. He wanted less for the intake than the cost of the fogger so that was a no brainer, but the Indy-1 stuff was reasonable too, and the package deal was just too good to pass up.

When it was apparent that I had purchased the parts, Boone and Darren both chimed in to ask how a big block Indy top end was going to improve a small block Drag Week street car. My only answer was, "It was a good deal"!