times and combos

[gregm784]

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

[gregm784]

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.

[GlennLever]

Those are the numbers I like to run next year.

Nice.

[mfp-66]

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

[H.G. Wells]

Good job with the Caddy motor. Thanks for bringing this thread back up.