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Car finally makes it to track after 10yrs (long)
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08/18/11 04:13 AM
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Ontario, Ca.
Sam Robinson
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Well I finally made to the track after spending 10yrs building my car 67 Belvedere 440 Ross 11.5 to 1, stock rods and crank, .590 cam, Edelbrock RPM's (with a little bit of work), Harland Sharp 1.5's, Weiand Team G, Holley 1000 HP, TTI headers with 3" Dynomax Ultra Flows, Reverse manual 727, 9.5" Converter 4500 stall, 8.75 with 4.30's, 29x9 Hoosiers First pass took it easy, left off idle, short shifted at 5000, 3/4 throttle, keeping rpm under 6000 thru traps, goes straight and goes 60' 1.785 1/8 7.741 1/8 mph 89.99 1000' 10.063 1/4 12.003 1/4mph 116.48 Come back pull valve covers, check lash, pushrods, etc. Go up for second pass, another planned easy pass, burnout, stage, tree comes down, throttle cable comes off  I get towed back, fix cable, pull valve covers, repeat checklist, go up for third pass, another easy one, 60' 1.740 I hear something faint, lift and coast to a 12.46@ 105. Get back to pits, pull valve covers to check lash and discover #2 bent intake and exhaust pushrods  I pull other side, and #3 has done the same.  Fearing for the worst, bent valves and/or tagging the piston, I was pretty bummed. Well, I pulled the heads tonight, no bent valves and pistons look fine. Looks like I had some coil bind. I will talk to head guy (a different one then who set up before) and probably go with Comp 928 Springs.
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1957 Chevy 1/2 ton [Email]13.07@101[/Email]
1967 Plymouth Belvedere Best Et(So far)10.88@124 with mufflers
1971 Plymouth Satellite [Email]12.70@108[/Email]
1993 Dodge Dakota 4x4 318
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Re: Car finally makes it to track after 10yrs (long)
[Re: Sam Robinson]
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08/18/11 06:23 AM
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Awesome ride, would love to see more pics of it. Great numbers for a first outting and good luck getting it back together.
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Re: Car finally makes it to track after 10yrs (long)
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Re: Car finally makes it to track after 10yrs (long)
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08/18/11 12:31 PM
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Thanks for the nice words everyone. I did double check that I had no bind or rubbing on the heads with the pushrods. They checkout ok. Here are a few pics. I need to take some better ones though.
Last edited by Sam Robinson; 08/18/11 12:34 PM.
1957 Chevy 1/2 ton [Email]13.07@101[/Email]
1967 Plymouth Belvedere Best Et(So far)10.88@124 with mufflers
1971 Plymouth Satellite [Email]12.70@108[/Email]
1993 Dodge Dakota 4x4 318
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Re: Car finally makes it to track after 10yrs (long)
[Re: Sam Robinson]
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08/18/11 12:37 PM
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Picture of trunk before I changed to Product Engineering pump/filter.
1957 Chevy 1/2 ton [Email]13.07@101[/Email]
1967 Plymouth Belvedere Best Et(So far)10.88@124 with mufflers
1971 Plymouth Satellite [Email]12.70@108[/Email]
1993 Dodge Dakota 4x4 318
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Re: Car finally makes it to track after 10yrs Update
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I finally made it back to track on Dec. 3. I ended up changing to Comp 928 valve springs and Manley pushrods. I made an easy off the trailer [Email]11.217@120.03[/Email] Checked lash, went back for second pass and hood scoop comes off at 1000ft. I end up making 7 passes that day with a best of [Email]10.963@122.70[/Email] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5deKmi49hdwLast weekend I ran my first race with the car at Fontana for the annual New Years Hangover race. I went to the 4th rd breaking out on the brakes 11.018 on a 11.02 dial. I'm pretty happy with car, just need to figure out hood scoop, some more jetting and some suspension work. Hopefully I can get it in the 10.70's with this engine combo.
1957 Chevy 1/2 ton [Email]13.07@101[/Email]
1967 Plymouth Belvedere Best Et(So far)10.88@124 with mufflers
1971 Plymouth Satellite [Email]12.70@108[/Email]
1993 Dodge Dakota 4x4 318
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Re: Car finally makes it to track after 10yrs Update
[Re: Sam Robinson]
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01/08/12 11:14 PM
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67 Belvedere
440 Ross 11.5 to 1, stock rods and crank, .590 cam, Edelbrock RPM's (with a little bit of work), Harland Sharp 1.5's, Weiand Team G, Holley 1000 HP, TTI headers with 3" Dynomax Ultra Flows, Reverse manual 727, 9.5" Converter 4500 stall, 8.75 with 4.30's, 29x9 Hoosiers
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I finally made it back to track on Dec. 3. I ended up changing to Comp 928 valve springs and Manley pushrods. I made an easy off the trailer 11.217 @ 120.03 Checked lash, went back for second pass and hood scoop comes off at 1000ft. I end up making 7 passes that day with a best of 10.963 @ 122.70 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5deKmi49hdw
Last weekend I ran my first race at Fontana for the annual New Years Hangover race. I went to the 4th rd breaking out on the brakes 11.018 on a 11.02 dial. I'm pretty happy with car, just need to figure out hood scoop, some more jetting and some suspension work. Hopefully I can get it in the 10.70's with this engine combo.
That's a NICE running combo......   
If you can't handle the truth, you're living a lie.......
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Re: Car finally makes it to track after 10yrs Update
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01/09/12 01:21 AM
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Nice ride Sam. Thats a B-body I could be seen in. If/when you see me at the track say hi, and if you are running your car and need anything just ask  I spend more time at Irwindale, but may need to 1/4 mile a little more this year.
"Just a Bracket car dressed up like a streetcar"
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Re: Car finally makes it to track after 10yrs Update
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01/09/12 02:25 AM
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Sam Robinson
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Thanks everyone for the kind words. Its nice to finally have a car built for the race track instead of just racing a street car, which I have been doing for the last 18 years. Like I have mentioned before, I work the starting line at Fontana when I'm not there racing, so any of you that just want to tnt and not bracket race, let me know. The new manager has been open to letting people tnt at bracket/points races. The New Years race last weekend had several people doing just that. We have a Summit race on Jan. 21-22 that any of you are more then welcome to come out and just tnt. The track is usually a lot better since there are fewer street tired cars tearing it up. Please feel free to pm about it.
1957 Chevy 1/2 ton [Email]13.07@101[/Email]
1967 Plymouth Belvedere Best Et(So far)10.88@124 with mufflers
1971 Plymouth Satellite [Email]12.70@108[/Email]
1993 Dodge Dakota 4x4 318
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Good luck, nice car 
Sure you have the correct push rod length? Might want to chech through the push rod geomentry. 
