Your 2021 Racing goals?
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What is everyone's 2021 racing goals for the year? Post a picture of your car, and tell us what your goals, and upgrades you have done.
Myself, I just want to dial in the car, and top my 9.72 best, AND make it past first round. I sent off my McLeod Soft Lok clutch to Cale Aronson, at Black Magic clutches, and had it rebuilt. My 499 is at the machinist getting new bearings, and rings. Wasn't really tired, but the long block has been together since 2003.
Lets hear em!
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Ummmmm to find a new car and make a pass before years end
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I have raced for 26yrs and am 42yrs old. Ran it with a 430sb NA,59 degree, injected on alky, went 9.30@144@3185lbs. I got my w8, f2 deal In finally and has been more than complete nightmare for the past 4yrs. Enough that I have just parked it for a couple yrs and ran my daily driver 69, 340, 4spd dart that runs 12s. So much more fun. I’m way deep into the efi swap as we speak so I can hopefully enjoy it again. I’m a do it yourself person so I take pride in it all. Hopefully it will be fun this yr again.
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.......AND make it past first round ??!! ![eek eek](/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/custom/eek.gif) jX .... do you do THIS for fun or the potential glory ? Me thimks I’ll start a separate topic ... Yeah Doc, 2020 was a bad year. Broke the car every time I took it out. That happens when you actually have a race car. Go blow smoke up someone else’s a$$.
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Finishing up my new 408 as we speak to replace the 422 that has been in my black duster for five years. Indy headed 422 went 5.98 in the 1/8th mile and 9.42 in the 1/4. Hoping the new moved pushrod Edelbrock headed 408 runs 6.0’s and 9.50-9.60’s. My 572 is in my blue heads up duster and bolted to a 1.69 low gear powerglide I built. It needs fuel lines made, wired, etc so hopefully it’s ready to go by June.
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get my act together on the tree having gone back to footbrake . Win at least one event , runnered up 2 weeks ago. Do at least 1 ANDRA event interstate preferably @ SouthCoast Raceway . Havent raced there . dont break anything .
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Get my street car to run at least a 9.99. It did a 10.01 on the last pass of last season. ![shout shout](/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/custom/shout.gif) New Viking Crusader shocks, tires and front wheels this year.
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Just get to the track and make some passes.
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I would like to get the roll bar in my car so I can legally and safely go 10.50 in street trim. Gonna have to master Tig welding so it looks presentable and strong . Jeff it looks like Norwalk is a go this year are we going to see you there? Gus ![beer beer](/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/custom/beer.gif) Old pic from the early 90's
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Not really doing much to the car. Hoping to go big bucks racing this year and not break the car in the staging lanes..........
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I want to do some more bracket racing, I hardly raced at all last year or the year before for that matter.
My car is super heavy for what it is and I have decided to just deal with it. I enjoy the stock seats way to much and I have put my super heavy folding backseat back in so we can cruise it around as a family once I get some good belts for the back seat to keep the 7 year old in.
Current best is 10.54 with a 1.4160ft at its lowest weight of 3550lbs. I would like it to see 10.30s at that same weight after my cam change. Its making more power but the starting line hasn't been my friend so that will be a focus because this thing would normally hook in a car wash lol. What Data I have says it should run 10.40s right now if I could get the starting line figured back out.
The new cam is from Comp's "low shock" line and the tech at comp said the RPM peak would be whatever my cylinder heads could support so that should be interesting. Trying to wring all I can from the premium 91 octane race fuel I run.
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Points start in two weeks would like to go some rounds in Sportsman Eliminator, run some more 11.50 index races including Cecil Countys Strange Street Car Shootout , go some rounds in my truck at South Mountains Mopar race in conjunction with Chryslers at Carlisle, hope to have my friend Win Bracket 3 at Island Dragways Mopars at the Patch driving my truck for the forth year in a row
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Well I live in Canada so the Pandemic is still in full rage up here! At this point no one knows when and if the tracks will open. Everyone in the race world is preparing like it is over and they will be on track early May. Personally I cannot see it happening. My racing is sorta on hold. The industry that both my wife and I work in has been decimated by this thing. Neither of us has worked since March of last year. Racing unfortunately has had to take a back seat.
With regards to my car. I have been fighting an inconsistency issue for the last 5 or 6 seasons. I was throwing parts at it like a drunken sailor to try and fix it with no success. I was finally spent a day and installed the Racepak that I purchased 4 years ago to help me find the issue and refused/was too lazy to install. I found the issue the next weekend. Made 3 runs on the throttle stop within .005 then on the First run the next morning it snapped the crank. So that is my luck! Figure out an issue that has plagued me for years, go into a big race with renewed confidence that I have a gun at a gun fightand the crank breaks! So my good motor is hurt. Luckily I had aluminum main caps on it and the caps took all of the abuse. My 230 400 block will live another day once I can get some more caps. It damaged a couple of rods and two pistons just touched the head but no real damage. I was extremely lucky!!!!!!!
So this brings me to my current situation. I had a 400 based 451 short block that was in my street car. It was a very strong running engine but it was a heater on the street. The block was a little thin in a couple places so I did a short fill. Did not work for me on the street but it will be perfect on the track. My plan is to put the top end off the 512 on it with a slightly smaller cam, reduce the compression and run it on pump gas. Race gas up here is crazy priced and I am sick of paying for it. I am also sick of having to get my car certified. I am sick of having to wear a 5 layer suit when my car runs 9:80s in the summer heat and at our altitude. All in all I think it will be a better plan all around.
So at this point I am squirreling away what cash I can to spend on it and I will be out when I can.
I wish all a good season, trouble free racing and lots of win lights!
Thanx 451 Guy
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Finally went through the motor and got it back into the car. Dyno says 620hp. So hoping to go faster this year without any carnage.
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As stated in a previous post I am embarking on a 20+ yr old plan, I am hoping to get to 6 of the 8 local events here and if things go well travel to some surrounding tracks as well. Quick 16 and 4.70 racing. We were able to get out for a few shakedown runs at the end of last season and with a ton of "limiters" (Launching off idle in High gear with12deg retard for 2 sec plus 3 pills sizes fat) in place we were able to ensure have the power now we just need to polish the crew and driver. There are a couple of car update for ease of maintenance plus a front strut upgrade. A engine bearing inspection and oil heater due to a low oil pressure condition (70 wgt and 50 deg amb not a good mixture) Should be fun.
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Hoping for an 8 second time ticket this year.
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I haven't been down the track in over a decade, and I've never gone quicker than 13.0's. Awful, lol.
Goal is to at least run 12's with the new car and then slowly see if I can make it quicker, supposedly it last ran 12.70's but it has been mostly in storage for 5 years so I'm working those bugs out too.
Stretch goal is Drag Week!!!
Next year I'd like to get it down to 11.50's but don't know how much I'll need to change to get it there.
Edit: also looks like I'll need to go either to Lapeer or Martin as Milan may not open this year at all. I personally have never had issue with Milan and it's hard to argue it being a half hour from my house!
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I haven't been down the track in over a decade, and I've never gone quicker than 13.0's. Awful, lol.
Goal is to at least run 12's with the new car and then slowly see if I can make it quicker, supposedly it last ran 12.70's but it has been mostly in storage for 5 years so I'm working those bugs out too.
Stretch goal is Drag Week!!!
Next year I'd like to get it down to 11.50's but don't know how much I'll need to change to get it there.
Edit: also looks like I'll need to go either to Lapeer or Martin as Milan may not open this year at all. I personally have never had issue with Milan and it's hard to argue it being a half hour from my house! That's a cool ride!
'63 Dodge 330 11.19 @ 121 mph Pump gas, n/a, through the mufflers on street tires with 3.54's. 3,600 lbs. 10.01 @ 133mph with a 250 shot of nitrous an a splash of race gas. 1.36 60 ft. 3,700 lbs.
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Last year was a new learning curve for us and especially for the owner/driver of our '69RR that had never been faster than 12.5 with the car, with its new 589ci mild street motor, new built 727, D60 and racing on 10x29 bias slicks we have gone a best of 10.35@130 in full street trim driving to track and home. For this year although its limited to only a few meetings cos of all this c**p thats going on all we can hope for is to go past the 1st round and even get to a final brkt racing, the car won't have anything new on it I doubt so its all down to the driver getting better at it.
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Thanks, appreciate it! Hoping to make it as quick as yours one day, you seem to have found the sweet spot of performance/streetability with a traditional bb mopar build.
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What is everyone's 2021 racing goals for the year? Post a picture of your car, and tell us what your goals, and upgrades you have done.
Myself, I just want to dial in the car, and top my 9.72 best, AND make it past first round. I sent off my McLeod Soft Lok clutch to Cale Aronson, at Black Magic clutches, and had it rebuilt. My 499 is at the machinist getting new bearings, and rings. Wasn't really tired, but the long block has been together since 2003.
Lets hear em! A first round win? Why the lofty goal all of a sudden? ![stirthepot stirthepot](/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/custom/stirthepot.gif) Why not set a more realistic goal so you are not disappointed? ![biggrin biggrin](/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/custom/biggrin.gif)
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Thanks, appreciate it! Hoping to make it as quick as yours one day, you seem to have found the sweet spot of performance/streetability with a traditional bb mopar build. Thanks! Building a car full of compromises certainly has its challenges. I keep thinking how much faster it would be if it weighed 1,000 lbs. less like the Fox bodies I see at the track! ![runaway runaway](/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/custom/runaway.gif)
'63 Dodge 330 11.19 @ 121 mph Pump gas, n/a, through the mufflers on street tires with 3.54's. 3,600 lbs. 10.01 @ 133mph with a 250 shot of nitrous an a splash of race gas. 1.36 60 ft. 3,700 lbs.
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Thanks, appreciate it! Hoping to make it as quick as yours one day, you seem to have found the sweet spot of performance/streetability with a traditional bb mopar build. Thanks! Building a car full of compromises certainly has its challenges. I keep thinking how much faster it would be if it weighed 1,000 lbs. less like the Fox bodies I see at the track! Your car is impressive as is. I'm sure you could find a few pounds to eliminate. I need to weigh my 68 Fastback, a friend weighed his dads 68 Notchback and it was 3250 with a 440 full interior, brass radiator, iron water pump. Manifolds full exhaust. Mine is backseat delete ,heater delete,glass hood Aluminum heads, water pump and radiator. I'm guessing I'm about 250lbs lighter than his.
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Thanks, appreciate it! Hoping to make it as quick as yours one day, you seem to have found the sweet spot of performance/streetability with a traditional bb mopar build. Thanks! Building a car full of compromises certainly has its challenges. I keep thinking how much faster it would be if it weighed 1,000 lbs. less like the Fox bodies I see at the track! Your car is impressive as is. I'm sure you could find a few pounds to eliminate. I need to weigh my 68 Fastback, a friend weighed his dads 68 Notchback and it was 3250 with a 440 full interior, brass radiator, iron water pump. Manifolds full exhaust. Mine is backseat delete ,heater delete,glass hood Aluminum heads, water pump and radiator. I'm guessing I'm about 250lbs lighter than his. My 68 Fastback is a tank. With 240 lbs of driver it sits at 3650 with all the factory seats in. That is with a full cage, Dana, Fiberglass hood, and lightweight wheels. It does have what is probably the heaviest small block you can build in it though. R1 Block with W2 heads. Street car problems! Everytime I do something to shed weight I feel like I end up doing something else to add weight all in the name of reliability and serviceability.
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What is everyone's 2021 racing goals for the year? Post a picture of your car, and tell us what your goals, and upgrades you have done.
Myself, I just want to dial in the car, and top my 9.72 best, AND make it past first round. I sent off my McLeod Soft Lok clutch to Cale Aronson, at Black Magic clutches, and had it rebuilt. My 499 is at the machinist getting new bearings, and rings. Wasn't really tired, but the long block has been together since 2003.
Lets hear em! A first round win? Why the lofty goal all of a sudden? ![stirthepot stirthepot](/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/custom/stirthepot.gif) Why not set a more realistic goal so you are not disappointed? Has not won a single round in competition, but does have this going for it.
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I haven't been down the track in over a decade, and I've never gone quicker than 13.0's. Awful, lol.
Goal is to at least run 12's with the new car and then slowly see if I can make it quicker, supposedly it last ran 12.70's but it has been mostly in storage for 5 years so I'm working those bugs out too.
Stretch goal is Drag Week!!! Pit helper and tty photographer available. Especially for Lapeer with my place being on the way/just in case you need parts or something, not to mention the 200 or so times you were there whenever I needed you!
Rich H.
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My only racing goals are the ongoing race to replace sheetmetal....
Actually this is an old pic...the left side is about as near complete as I can get it, while on the hoist. I should be starting on the right quarter/wheelhouses pretty soon.
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My 2021 racing goals are a podium finish with my hot rod at the Midwest drags and drag week. And to run each incremental ET quicker than the Wallace calculator indicates they should be based on the mile per hour. http://www.wallaceracing.com/etcalc.phpAnd my other goal is to just make it to Bonneville salt flats and make passes on the salt. And to win some sort of bet against Jeff so he has to buy me dinner!
[img]http://i.imgur.com/boeexFms.jpg[/img]31 Plymouth Coupe, 392 Hemi, T56 magnum RS23J71 RS27J77 RP23J71 RO23J71 WM21J8A I don't regret the things I've done. I only regret the things I didn't do. "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something. ~ Plato"
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Re: Your 2021 Racing goals?
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And to run each incremental ET quicker than the Wallace calculator indicates they should be based on the mile per hour. http://www.wallaceracing.com/etcalc.phpAnd to win some sort of bet against Jeff so he has to buy me dinner! Your first goal, should be to work at the pace the time you claim it will take you to do something. The Joel Calculator has always been a little off, when it comes to working on a project. Second, there is NO way I'm buying you dinner. You'll be too busy doing some arts and crafts project again, and forget about getting your car to the track.
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Re: Your 2021 Racing goals?
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And to run each incremental ET quicker than the Wallace calculator indicates they should be based on the mile per hour. http://www.wallaceracing.com/etcalc.phpAnd to win some sort of bet against Jeff so he has to buy me dinner! Your first goal, should be to work at the pace the time you claim it will take you to do something. The Joel Calculator has always been a little off, when it comes to working on a project. Second, there is NO way I'm buying you dinner. You'll be too busy doing some arts and crafts project again, and forget about getting your car to the track. Ouch!! That's gonna leave a mark! ![laugh2 laugh2](/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/custom/laugh2.gif)
Need your rear end checked out? Contact Grizzly!!
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Re: Your 2021 Racing goals?
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The Joel Calculator has always been a little off, when it comes to working on a project.
That's part of being an optimist! ![drive drive](/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/custom/drive.gif)
[img]http://i.imgur.com/boeexFms.jpg[/img]31 Plymouth Coupe, 392 Hemi, T56 magnum RS23J71 RS27J77 RP23J71 RO23J71 WM21J8A I don't regret the things I've done. I only regret the things I didn't do. "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something. ~ Plato"
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Re: Your 2021 Racing goals?
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Pit helper and tty photographer available. Especially for Lapeer with my place being on the way/just in case you need parts or something, not to mention the 200 or so times you were there whenever I needed you!
Will definitely let you know when I head up there, and will definitely appreciate it!! Still chasing some fuel leaks- tried replacing the sending unit today. Now the fuel gauge works but it's dripping gas all over the floor, and am going to check valve lash and some other minor stuff, but hope to have it at the track by May. I feel like the current parts could be better than 12.70's (590 cammed flat top piston 440 with minor head work, single plane intake, 850 DP Holley, big headers, 3.5" exhaust, 4.30 gear, loose 9" converter, MT drag radials, RMVB.) It weighs 4200 allegedly with driver. Also, the Jeff/Joel exchange is always hilarious. lol
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Re: Your 2021 Racing goals?
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Heck yeah, I don't know why it wouldn't run 12-something! Please do get ahold of me The Jeff and Joel friendly bickering is always entertaining.
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Re: Your 2021 Racing goals?
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The Jeff and Joel friendly bickering is always entertaining.
If Joel, and I had a GoPro in the car during our Drag Week drives, to each track, there would be a time you'd ask yourself, are they actually friends? Make no mistake about it, I have NOTHING but respect for Joel. He's been there for me in my darkest of times, and helped pull me out of them. We've had a TON of fun over the years, and I've been to so many places over this country, because of him. He's a true friend. He just needs a little encouragement to get moving every now and then.
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Re: Your 2021 Racing goals?
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Seeing all of these pics/updates make me almost miss loading up and heading out. Nah...I'll stick to my street heap project.
So, my "racing" plans are to drive to the track (67 miles), click off a few mid-6 second (1/8 mile) laps and drive back home. Pic from the motor FINALLY going in last weekend.
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Re: Your 2021 Racing goals?
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I made a LOT of changes on the car this year; changes that are going to effect how the car leaves. My goal is to have things figured out and be back to being competitive and where I was the last two years by mid-season.
LemonWedge - Street heavy / Strip ready - 11.07 @ 120
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Re: Your 2021 Racing goals?
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Get to the track, and make some passes. This car has never been down the track, I'm always chasing my tail with one issue or another, and too busy with house, kids, etc to straighten it all out. I still have some things I need to do before I get there, but ordered some custom offset Cragars that should be coming in the next 2 weeks, and going to get some new slicks as wide as it will take.
It made 479 RWHP and 492 RWTQ in September. 460 RWHP on the same dyno @ 3300 lbs goes 10.60s so I'm hoping to be able to run somewhere in the 11s at close to 120 MPH, but just don't feel like it will. Only one way to find out though.
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Now I need to pin those needles, got to feel that heat Hear my motor screamin while I'm tearin up the street
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