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Offline gregm784

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  • Your Engine: 365" GenIV SBC
  • Your Track: Famoso Raceway
  • Your Vehicle: 1997 Stirling 200" FED
Re: times and combos
« Reply #30 on: May 03, 2013, 01:09:19 PM »
I run against a 7.60 index, so i mostly run 7.60/7.65 @ 182'ish.  1.12-1.14 60' times, 4.85/146 to the 1/8 mile.  Specs are below.

Chassis:

·         1997 Stirling 200" FED
·         Non-slip tube chassis
·         Motor ‘out’ 37 ½”
·         Certified to Advanced ET
·         Strange disk brakes
Engine:

·         Mooneyham 6-71 Supercharger
·         Littlefield blower intake with burst panel & port nozzles.
·         Enderle Bird Catcher Injector, w/ Nitro style barrel valve.
·         Enderle 80a-1 Cam driven fuel pump
·         Erson gear drive with pump drive
·         10.3:1 374CID Small Block Chevy -Built by Means Racing Enterprises.
·         4340 Steel crank and Racecar Parts 6" Aluminum rods, Bill Miller Forged pistons (Machine work provided by Motor Machine, Sacramento, CA)
·         Custom ground billet roller camshaft by Dougherty Racing Cams
·         Cylinder head maintenance by Valley Head Service
Drive train:

·         Chrome 9” style rear-end with 4.11 Richmond Pro gears and a Strange spool
·         MRE built 1.80:1 Glide w/ Trans Specialties Pro Brake valve body
·         A-1 8" 5100 RPM stall
·         Neil & Parks 2" Ceramic coated Zoomies
·         Strange Pro Race 35 Spline axles
·         Lenco Aluminum drop out
Greg
El Dorado County, CA
www.meansracing.com

Offline gregm784

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Re: times and combos
« Reply #31 on: May 03, 2013, 01:10:41 PM »
I turned the blower up and swapped pills one day, ran 18psi and went 7.19/192.  That is about as far as i wanted to push an 80a-1 pump.  Wasn't returning much of any fuel.
Greg
El Dorado County, CA
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Offline GlennLever

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  • Your Best Time: 1/4 mile 7.950 at 165 MPH
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  • Your Track: Empire Dragway, NY
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Re: times and combos
« Reply #32 on: May 03, 2013, 01:20:30 PM »
Those are the numbers I like to run next year.

Nice.
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Offline mfp-66

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Re: times and combos
« Reply #33 on: October 06, 2015, 11:12:05 AM »
150"
stock 472 Cadillac with pertronix electronic ignition
3200 convertor
Pg with trans brake
9" rear with 2.73 gears
33/10.5w/15 MTs


best time so far is 10.78 @126
60ft was 1.67 with a little tyre smoke off the line

this was at a local airfield, so no track prep
« Last Edit: October 06, 2015, 11:17:26 AM by mfp-66 »

Offline H.G. Wells

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Re: times and combos
« Reply #34 on: October 06, 2015, 11:30:46 AM »
Good job with the Caddy motor. Thanks for bringing this thread back up.
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