We had a track outing last thursday at Atco, NJ and I felt it went real well. A little background on my Charger.

This is my new engine with specs:
68 440 block machined and finished .030" , line honed, and decked to yield .000 " deck ht.
440 source 4.25 stroke, kit. with 2.2 journals.
Edelbrock Performer RPM heads milled to 81 to give me 10.4 actual measured compr.
I cleaned up the bowls, guides, and opened up pinch area and gasket matched heads, polished chambers.
Comp Cams custom Solid Flat tappet, 648" @ 272 at .050 ex., 640" @ 268 at .050. (sorry, just corrected dur. specs 10/19/2012) the Lift is with 1.6 rockers.
Harland Sharpes rockers.
Victor 440 Intake gasket matched and smoothed at inlet.
Holley Hp 950 carb jetted at track for open headers.
Hooker 2" super comps with collector extensions.
Tremec Tko 600 5speed transmission
Dana 60 4.30 with Caltracs and adj. shocks
M/T ET Drags 11.0 28 15 On pro stars

Car weight with me in seat is 4080 lbs.

Best time so far was 10.97 @ 126 with a 1.465 60 ft.

I know the et should be alot better with the 126, but I just can't seem to powershift this tranny at high rpm. I have read that this is an issue with this tranny? not makin excuses, just stating.

What do you all think about the combo and time ran with this car weight.?

I run only pump gas 93 octane.
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Thanks for any comments,
Greg.

If I where you I would be very proud of the cars performance.
Can you shift that trans above 6k?

Very sweet combo,I'd sure like to change that carb for something better.

Very nice................bangin gears even............

Nice pic..
I think your car 60ft's good for that weight. From what i've seen, manual trans cars do seem to mph well. As regards the trans, there's people on here, that i'm sure could give you the answers you're looking for.
congrats on the 10, it's the one i chased for a few years and it's very rewarding when you do it.
Mick

Can you powershift 2nd even? On my t56 I can powershift 1-4 if I'm on my game if I'm not I have to let off during the 2-3 shift. Very nice you got a ten with that setup regardless.

Nice car and combo I love it!! Nothing wrong with that carb in my book, ran almost the same numbers as my 1050 dominator on same day back to back tests with jetting on a 9 second car, and the 950 was snappier on the street.

Beautiful Charger you should be proud!

Very nice, and congrats!

I'd love to run a 10.9999. Good job. Not sure why you can't bang the gears at a decent RPM. Old school 4 speeds you could bang them at 6800-7k. That thing hooks well. I guess I need to invest in some cal-tracs and 2" headers! Keep tweaking on it.

That's cool!

Nice job!

That's very respectable.. What clutch is in it?

Nice launch pic!

You must be "Granny shifting" the he11 outta it to lose that much time between a 1.46 60-ft. and 10.97 @ 126. With my auto-trans junk I'd be .4 quicker w/ the same 60 and MPH.

Awesome. Congrats. Great pic. Mid 10's with a diet

Nice launch pic. nice and even

It's running good, and looking fantastic. Sure there might be some shifting issues as noted, but it seems to me you've done a great job with it. Congrats

Congrats on the 10's. And in my favorite year Charger and she looks great. Nothing like cracking 10's on pump gas. Ron

Very awsome! My car runs the 126 mph and a 60' of 1.48 and a E.T. of 10.57. I would say figure out the shifting and it should go mid tens. I wish mine launched like that! Dang!

What gear lube are you suing in the trans? Do you heat the running gera up some before running it? I know NHRA stocker racers that do that in the pits on jackstands and then drive car to the staging lanes and cool the motor down just before running Also can you swith trans lubes to something slicker that may help make it shift better? I used straight ATF in my NP833 18 spline Hemi trans years ago to help make it shift better I can remember more than one weekend at the track trying to make my car 60 ft. better, yours is much better than mine was back then

Nice charger man! That thing is flying in my opinion, you should be proud!

As for the trans, no you are not making excuses- high rpm shifting issues are common with the TKO's. A friend of mine has a TKO500 in his vette, and at the track, shifting higher than 6200 was like hitting a wall. He called up Libtery, and they sold him a kit of parts (I believe it was a couple of carbon fiber lined synchros, bronze shift cup, and something for the shift rails I believe..) and he installed it all himself...He has driven it since, although not at the track, and he says it goes into gear at high rpms ALOT easier...TKO's are known for this problem, and any of the guys who deal with them (Liberty, Hanlon, etc.) can fix you up with the parts you need, or if you need them to install it, the service as well. When you call just tell what it is you need (the stuff for the TKO to shift higher)...just be careful with sending stuff to Liberty, as I hear you may not see it back for a while