Re: Anyone know Mike Crow's Drag Week stick Cuda???
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Is that the Red 72 Cuda? Wayne, why not have your buddy Hyatt build you a clutch?
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Re: Anyone know Mike Crow's Drag Week stick Cuda???
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09/14/10 10:06 PM
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Yeah you get sticker shock when you find out how much they are. The biggest problem with the clutches is you either have a street car, or a race car. Not much inbetween for a car faster then 10.90's. Street clutches have too much static pressure, and break stuff, and race clutches are too light and slip the disc. Discs and facings get expensive to replace too. No matter wht thou, I'm not switching to no auto...
You hit the nail right on the head......My car's too fast for a street clutch and too slow for a race clutch....plus I like to drive it on the street quite a bit.......
Car's been 127 @ 3,615LBS and I've been 10.69 twice.......If I leave any higher than about 3K the motor runs through the clutch.....For what it costs to buy just a pimp daddy clutch, I could put an auto in it with a good converter and instantly run 10.30's-20's in this Oklahoma heat.......and in November I bet it'd go 10.0's @ 130+.......but Man, I just can't get myself to put an auto in it .......I just LOVE rowing gears too much.....
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Re: Anyone know Mike Crow's Drag Week stick Cuda???
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09/14/10 10:08 PM
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Yeah you get sticker shock when you find out how much they are. The biggest problem with the clutches is you either have a street car, or a race car. Not much inbetween for a car faster then 10.90's. Street clutches have too much static pressure, and break stuff, and race clutches are too light and slip the disc. Discs and facings get expensive to replace too. No matter wht thou, I'm not switching to no auto...
You hit the nail right on the head......My car's too fast for a street clutch and too slow for a race clutch....plus I like to drive it on the street quite a bit.......
Car's been 127 @ 3,615LBS and I've been 10.69 twice.......If I leave any higher than about 3K the motor runs through the clutch.....For what it costs to buy just a pimp daddy clutch, I could put an auto in it with a good converter and instantly run 10.30's-20's in this Oklahoma heat.......and in November I bet it'd go 10.0's @ 130+.......but Man, I just can't get myself to put an auto in it .......I just LOVE rowing gears too much.....
what clutch are you running now? and what kind of transmission is in this cuda?
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Re: Anyone know Mike Crow's Drag Week stick Cuda???
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09/14/10 10:37 PM
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Yeah you get sticker shock when you find out how much they are. The biggest problem with the clutches is you either have a street car, or a race car. Not much inbetween for a car faster then 10.90's. Street clutches have too much static pressure, and break stuff, and race clutches are too light and slip the disc. Discs and facings get expensive to replace too. No matter wht thou, I'm not switching to no auto...
You hit the nail right on the head......My car's too fast for a street clutch and too slow for a race clutch....plus I like to drive it on the street quite a bit.......
Car's been 127 @ 3,615LBS and I've been 10.69 twice.......If I leave any higher than about 3K the motor runs through the clutch.....For what it costs to buy just a pimp daddy clutch, I could put an auto in it with a good converter and instantly run 10.30's-20's in this Oklahoma heat.......and in November I bet it'd go 10.0's @ 130+.......but Man, I just can't get myself to put an auto in it .......I just LOVE rowing gears too much.....
yank that junk out and put a 727 in it
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Re: Anyone know Mike Crow's Drag Week stick Cuda???
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09/14/10 10:44 PM
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Try a ZOOM HP, kevlar dual faced disc, it doesn't grab , but won't slip and you'll never wear it out. Two hundred passes and the face's on the disc, flywheel and plate look like new.
it's ok to butt heads, just don't do it with a butthead
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Re: Anyone know Mike Crow's Drag Week stick Cuda???
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09/15/10 12:05 AM
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what clutch are you running now? and what kind of transmission is in this cuda?
I'm running a Ram Power Grip Performance clutch......not the HD....... http://www.ramclutches.com/Products/street%20strip.htm#Powergrip HD Clutch sets
It's only rated to 550HP......and I'm making about 590-600........
I had a McLeod Dual Friction clutch and pressure plate, but it didn't last long either.........
I don't know what kind of trans is in the Cuda, but I think I remember reading it's got an overdrive........I've got a brand new Passon, aluminum case, 18 spline crash box with synchro'd 1st and reverse......The thing shifts like butter.......
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Try a ZOOM HP, kevlar dual faced disc, it doesn't grab , but won't slip and you'll never wear it out. Two hundred passes and the face's on the disc, flywheel and plate look like new.
What's the car weigh and gear? What's it run?
If you can't handle the truth, you're living a lie.......
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Re: Anyone know Mike Crow's Drag Week stick Cuda???
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09/17/10 09:43 PM
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Yeah you get sticker shock when you find out how much they are. The biggest problem with the clutches is you either have a street car, or a race car. Not much inbetween for a car faster then 10.90's. Street clutches have too much static pressure, and break stuff, and race clutches are too light and slip the disc. Discs and facings get expensive to replace too. No matter wht thou, I'm not switching to no auto...
You hit the nail right on the head......My car's too fast for a street clutch and too slow for a race clutch....plus I like to drive it on the street quite a bit.......
Car's been 127 @ 3,615LBS and I've been 10.69 twice.......If I leave any higher than about 3K the motor runs through the clutch.....For what it costs to buy just a pimp daddy clutch, I could put an auto in it with a good converter and instantly run 10.30's-20's in this Oklahoma heat.......and in November I bet it'd go 10.0's @ 130+.......but Man, I just can't get myself to put an auto in it .......I just LOVE rowing gears too much.....
yank that junk out and put a 727 in it
i agree quicktree
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Re: Anyone know Mike Crow's Drag Week stick Cuda???
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09/17/10 10:26 PM
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This is probably no help, but FWIW. We ran a brand X street strip car back around 1978 that used a McCloud set up, and a pro shifted Super T10. The car did not ET well (11.06) but did turn 133 mph and weighed 3700 lbs with driver. I haven't raced with a stick since, but I am surprised that would be a problem!? Sorry I cannot tell you what setup it was, but I wouldn't think it was high tech? Just good quality race stuff.
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Re: Anyone know Mike Crow's Drag Week stick Cuda???
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09/17/10 10:59 PM
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I have a Sof-Lok and Jerico in my Cuda. Its a FINELINE between too much clutch and not enough. For minimum E.T`s its the ragged edge. But to just go down the track its not rocket science. Mine MPH`s much better with a stick,e.t.`s about the same.
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