Any drag racers here?

[Caleb@ImpeccableImage]

Anybody else here drag race? I'm headed to the dragstrip tommorow to click off a new best. I mounted my drag wheels/tires earlier in the week in preperation. Car is 11.9X capable. My previous best was 12.86 @ 106 mph. That was at full weight and just boltons. Car now has extensive weight reduction and heads and cams.....its an all motor car. Going to be a fun Friday night Im the MAN!

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e384/96whitelightnin/20130420_110357_HDR_zps06aa3755.jpg (http://s43.photobucket.com/user/96whitelightnin/media/20130420_110357_HDR_zps06aa3755.jpg.html)

[CrayBrown]

Good luck! Thats a very nice car btw. Got more pics?

[Caleb@ImpeccableImage]

Good luck! Thats a very nice car btw. Got more pics?

Thank you! I do have more pics. Alot of them are out dated. Here is another recent one taken a week ago in street trim.

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e384/96whitelightnin/20130415_190053_HDR_zps0c3e0e81.jpg (http://s43.photobucket.com/user/96whitelightnin/media/20130415_190053_HDR_zps0c3e0e81.jpg.html)

[Anthony@zerboautoworks]

I lived at the drag strip on Fridays for many years at the test and tune keep it off the streets program the strip had and wow that is pretty good for all motor, definitely post up you new pass time.

[Perfections]

12.8's not bad although the trap speeds a little low, you must be hooking up pretty well even without the drags. What kinda 60ft are you pulling? Good luck with you next run :) heads and cam on your motor sounds sweet!

[Klasse Act]

I used to street race a lot back in Detroit in the early 90's w/ my 78' Caprice Classic 2 door (take it to the track I say now) Sold the car to my then boss where he put it on the trailer and went to the drag strip with it, he allowed me to make a pass where I put down a 12.38 @106 mph, forgot the 60 ft time but that was a lot of fun as the car actually hooked compared to the street! The engine was a s/b 406, hydrolic cam (507/531-239/246@.050), Perf RPM, 780 Hollley, 1 5/8" headers w/ 2 1/4" exhaust, Dart iron heads w/2.05/1.60 SS valves, stamped steel rockers and about 10:5:1 compression. The trans was a TH350 w/ Dynamic brand 4000 stall w/4.88 gears inside the stock 8.5" rearend. NO NOS AND AND ALL STEEL, AT THE TIME!

The OP's trap speed could be a little higher but its all about getting there first, right!

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[Perfections]

The OP's trap speed could be a little higher but its all about getting there first, right!

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True, but usually trap speeds a good indicator of who's gonna win in a street race, not that I do that kinda thing anymore!

[top189h]

There's one more here. My grandfather, uncle, and my father all started at 16, my mother and grandmother married into it. I have been at a track every week March thru December since I was concieved. I started racing when I was 7. Currently I have a 69 Camaro with a 421 small block (best of 9.17 @147) and a Miller dragster with a 572 (best of 7.74 @ 178, it needed a bigger converter)

[Becciasm]

Are you headed to Hertford, NC?

I race from time to time.. 600 whp pontiac ventura II, chevy powered. 10.9's, 11.0's @ 125 :)

[dcgocd]

Have done my racing on the water with boats NO TICKETS !

I have a Big Block Chevy w/ 11:1 comp alum heads ,roller cam .

My son has been to the dragstrip with his 415 HP jetta. That little thing is a monster!

Good luck,good looking car !

[Rasmus]

Actually, yes, I like to take the vert down to a track every now and again.

Last time it did an 11.6@129mph with a exceptionally shitty 1.9 60', but the diff had gone out. Haven't been back since, so I just polish it these days. It's a manual, 10 second car, but I'm a 12 second kind of driver, so I guess we even out around the 11s. Still fun as hell though.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/325740_10150394078563971_1440141618_o.jpg

[Meticulous-Detail]

I use to drag race and street race back in the day. Here is my 70 442 in Hot Rod Magazine.

http://www.timskelton.com/valkyrie/tech/images/h_pipes.pdf

Don't race my Shelby GT500 but plenty of my buddies do. Don't enjoy it as much anymore, I would rather track it but don't want to mess up the paint, wheels, front splitter.............etc.

[Sizzle Chest]

Nice stang! 4.6l? N/A with heads and cam? Car runs strong OP. Very nice!

What gear you running and what tires/wheels are they? (racestars?)

[Klasse Act]

Keep em' coming guys!

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[BobbyG]

Yup! :props:

Back in the day when horsepower was hard to manufacture...circa 1977

http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s225/BobbyG53/Cuda_01.jpg (http://s153.photobucket.com/user/BobbyG53/media/Cuda_01.jpg.html)

Good luck!! :dblthumb2: