Slowing down the et is very doable, but stepping up without my juice!!! Not so easy
My last combo made 830 at the crank and with the new block and newer build, this engine should be closer to 875ish or higher...
I calculated my starting line ratio while building my Elky, and I see a lot of 4:10, 4:33 ratios and some with 1:76 and 1:80 glide gear sets. Anyone experience issues with a 1:80 straight cut set and if you did what tire size and size of a convertor size and stall?
? I would launch at 4800 and climb the ring gear right away and ride the bar about 80 feet out, now with a digger, I'm sure a convertor is needed, not sure about trans ratio and tire size yet. How much tire does a 850hp BBC need to run 4's in the qtr??? Aaahahaaaaa yeah right, 4's
. How about 7's
? Could you imagine the look on my crew chiefs face after I tossed 200 at it and ran 6's
. Guess I better look into a 6 sec. chassis cert huh? Lol
The thing with my Elky is, 8.70 is all I had time for to tune!!!! I had just figured out what the chassis wanted with the I/C and actually needed to calm it down a bit so 8.60's were right there...had I tossed another 50 at it, 8.50's may have shown up on the slip!!! Or not, needed more time...
My combo was or should i say, should have been making 1030hp to get 3525 lbs down range. I ran a 4:33 gear and it trapped at 155 but I needed to launch higher and shift higher. Crossed at 73-7400 and it was an 8000 rpm engine...
We shall see as this all plays out...my wife says she sees me in a digger and I say what color??? Lol. May have to convert the Elky to a street car!!!
Thanks for your info guys.
John