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best way to slow a car down other than throttle stop #1211899 04/07/12 06:20 PM 04/07/12 06:20 PM
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MOPARCHAS OP mopar Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 650 High Ridge MO.	NHRA license has expired and don't want to spend all the money and time to renew it for as little as I go racing just asking in case they tell me to slow it down thanks Charlie 9.61@138.27

Re: best way to slow a car down other than throttle stop [Re: MOPARCHAS] #1211900 04/07/12 06:28 PM 04/07/12 06:28 PM
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'72CudaRacer top fuel ' Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 2,046 Mooresburg, Tn	How much do you need to slow down? Easy way is a mechanical throttle limiter, like a bolt under the pedal or on carb to limit the opening. Brian Dunnigan

Re: best way to slow a car down other than throttle stop [Re: MOPARCHAS] #1211901 04/07/12 06:41 PM 04/07/12 06:41 PM
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Guitar Jones Paddle faster! I hear banjo music! G Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 20,640 in a cattle trailer down by th...	Have you seen those restrictor plates that you can slide in and out? Takes like 5 minutes to change them. "Follow me the wise man said, but he walked behind" '92 D250 Club Cab CTD, 47RH conversion, pump tweaks, injectors, rear disc and hydroboost conversion. '74 W200 Crew Cab 360, NV4500, D44, D60 and NP205 divorced transfer case. Rear disc and hydroboost conversion. 2019 1500 Long Horn Crew Cab 4WD, 5.7 Hemi.

Re: best way to slow a car down other than throttle stop [Re: Guitar Jones] #1211902 04/07/12 07:11 PM 04/07/12 07:11 PM
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Re: best way to slow a car down other than throttle stop #1211903 04/07/12 08:38 PM 04/07/12 08:38 PM
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340B5 pro stock Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 1,532 off the grid	Drop the shift points. Sounds like the perfect car for 10.0 index. Yeah, it's got a smallblock.

Re: best way to slow a car down other than throttle stop [Re: 340B5] #1211904 04/07/12 08:57 PM 04/07/12 08:57 PM
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Re: best way to slow a car down other than throttle stop [Re: MOPARCHAS] #1211905 04/07/12 09:49 PM 04/07/12 09:49 PM
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451Mopar master Joined: May 2008 Posts: 5,399 Aurora, Colorado	You could add more weight to the trunk/rear of the car.

Re: best way to slow a car down other than throttle stop [Re: 451Mopar] #1211906 04/08/12 12:47 AM 04/08/12 12:47 AM
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Re: best way to slow a car down other than throttle stop [Re: MOPARCHAS] #1211907 04/08/12 12:59 AM 04/08/12 12:59 AM
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MR_P_BODY Master Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 52,972 Romeo MI	I use a mech throttle stop on the car and fine tune it with the launch and shift rpm... works great... this is the stop I made to fit my 1050 dom 7155915-DSC00042.JPG (90 downloads)

Re: best way to slow a car down other than throttle stop [Re: MOPARCHAS] #1211908 04/08/12 01:37 PM 04/08/12 01:37 PM
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hankcrank member H Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 145 B.C. Canada	If you use a throttle cable this is a simple and easy way to slow your car down by not having the carb open all the way.You still floor the gas pedal but the carb only opens part way. You adjust it by changing the the location of the throttle position holes in the little spacer. I used a little piece of aluminum and drilled some holes to make the spacer....more holes the slower the car.Good luck 7156497-Picture007.jpg (80 downloads) Last edited by hankcrank; 04/08/12 01:39 PM.

Re: best way to slow a car down other than throttle stop [Re: hankcrank] #1211909 04/08/12 01:48 PM 04/08/12 01:48 PM
Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 13,247 Mt. Vernon, Ohio dartman366 I Live Here
dartman366 I Live Here Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 13,247 Mt. Vernon, Ohio	Quote: If you use a throttle cable this is a simple and easy way to slow your car down by not having the carb open all the way.You still floor the gas pedal but the carb only opens part way. You adjust it by changing the the location of the throttle position holes in the little spacer. I used a little piece of aluminum and drilled some holes to make the spacer....more holes the slower the car.Good luck thats a pretty handy Idea, not that I need to slow mine down. Light travels faster than the speed of sound,,,this is why some people seem bright untill you hear them speak.

Re: best way to slow a car down other than throttle stop [Re: dartman366] #1211910 04/08/12 06:32 PM 04/08/12 06:32 PM
Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 687 Ohio Chad Bittle mopar
Chad Bittle mopar Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 687 Ohio	Quote: thats a pretty handy Idea, not that I need to slow mine down. You're only aloud to use body panel washers....sorry, those are the rules.

Re: best way to slow a car down other than throttle stop [Re: MOPARCHAS] #1211911 04/08/12 08:43 PM 04/08/12 08:43 PM
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 43,204 Bend,OR USA C Cab_Burge I Win
Cab_Burge I Win C Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 43,204 Bend,OR USA	Years ago we reaced a duster with a 440 braaket motor with a M.W. top end on it with both carbs, it was about four tenths under the index to start with. We found that by shifting it higher(7000 RPM instead of 6400 RPM into both second and third instead of lower we could slow it down a tenth. If we shifted it at 5000, 5500 or 6000 RPM it would slow down maybe .030 to .050, not a ful tenth. this was before delay boxes and electronic throttle stops, a long,(1984) long time ago Adding weight is probally the better way, put it in the middle of the car between the axles Mr.Cab Racing and winning with Mopars since 1964. (Old F--t, Huh)

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