The Official Hot Rod Thread - Part 4: Burnouts for Distance

[Bugzilla]

Thread title said hot rod burnouts. Does this fit?

 

[bobzilla]

Well found the problem.



The new cat I put in back in April blew apart under the stress of racing. Clogged the secondary cat with chunks and bits of itself.

 

[ChristianPatriot]

Well I’ve got a new dream car.

That new Corvette E-Ray looks like an incredible sports car.

 

[Mounty09]

Went to a track rental at Muncie yesterday to work on a couple goals with the car, a 11 second NA pass and a 10 second nitrous pass. The start time kept getting pushed back from the track still being wet from the night before. I think the track finally went hot at 12:30.

The first pass I was able to get my 11s NA pass done, 11.98@114. I knew the car had it in it as it had been 12.004 on the brakes in an index race. The next three passes I attempted to spray nitrous but had traction issues, more on that later. My 5th pass I decided to not spray and lowered the launch 200rpm to see if the car would hook. It did and I went even faster than my first pass, 11.91. 6th pass was another na pass where I spun.

Currently the car has an open rear end. I know that needs to change it just isn't something that has been high on my priority list. If track prep is good, I don't have any issues. The car has been 1.44 60' with the open diff and I was only running 1.6-1.7 60's yesterday.

After my 6th pass I walked up to the starting line with my wife to talk with some friends. We were discussing how they always pull to too far out of the water box for a burnout. We showed my wife where to line me up for a burnout. They started doing some track prep and I ran back to get the car to try and make another nitrous hit. The wife lined me up in the burnout box for a good burnout. I didn't spin off the line but the car felt a little sluggish but was still moving out pretty good. Launch rpm was set to 2800rpm and the nitrous didn't come on until 3800rpm as I was trying to keep traction. 10.877@128, in the 10s!!

Once I got home, I looked at the logs and saw the trans did a 1-3 shift... I have had this issue before and it was caused by the trans taking too long to shift so the computer commanded another shift. I would love to buy or build a trans this winter but don't think it will be in the budget.

One thing that will be getting done is something to lock the rear end up. Spool, mini spool, truetrac, welded spider gears, something. Along with that is some sort of axle retention, 9" ends or c-clip eliminators. I have a set of rear disc also ready to put on the car.

 

[ChristianPatriot]

Went to a track rental at Muncie yesterday to work on a couple goals with the car, a 11 second NA pass and a 10 second nitrous pass. The start time kept getting pushed back from the track still being wet from the night before. I think the track finally went hot at 12:30.

The first pass I was able to get my 11s NA pass done, 11.98@114. I knew the car had it in it as it had been 12.004 on the brakes in an index race. The next three passes I attempted to spray nitrous but had traction issues, more on that later. My 5th pass I decided to not spray and lowered the launch 200rpm to see if the car would hook. It did and I went even faster than my first pass, 11.91. 6th pass was another na pass where I spun.

Currently the car has an open rear end. I know that needs to change it just isn't something that has been high on my priority list. If track prep is good, I don't have any issues. The car has been 1.44 60' with the open diff and I was only running 1.6-1.7 60's yesterday.

After my 6th pass I walked up to the starting line with my wife to talk with some friends. We were discussing how they always pull to too far out of the water box for a burnout. We showed my wife where to line me up for a burnout. They started doing some track prep and I ran back to get the car to try and make another nitrous hit. The wife lined me up in the burnout box for a good burnout. I didn't spin off the line but the car felt a little sluggish but was still moving out pretty good. Launch rpm was set to 2800rpm and the nitrous didn't come on until 3800rpm as I was trying to keep traction. 10.877@128, in the 10s!!

Once I got home, I looked at the logs and saw the trans did a 1-3 shift... I have had this issue before and it was caused by the trans taking too long to shift so the computer commanded another shift. I would love to buy or build a trans this winter but don't think it will be in the budget.

One thing that will be getting done is something to lock the rear end up. Spool, mini spool, truetrac, welded spider gears, something. Along with that is some sort of axle retention, 9" ends or c-clip eliminators. I have a set of rear disc also ready to put on the car.

10’s with an open diff is pretty impressive.

 

[tmschuller]

Son in laws car a couple weeks ago up north

 

[ChristianPatriot]

Just stumbled across this channel. Really impressive engineering and fabrication. Adapting the 4V DOHC Cobra heads to the Ford V10. Very cool.

 

[ChristianPatriot]

Wow. An unreleased Ken Block Gymkhana.

 

[femurphy77]

Eleanor Belongs To Carrol

or at least his Trust:

MSN

This female dog widow of the director of the Gone in 60 Seconds remake had claimed copyright to the name "Eleanor" in connection with Shelby mustangs and had successfully shutdown even private individuals from building replicas without paying fees to her.

The courts bitch slapped her and her lawyers back into reality,

 

[Brad69]

Wife made it into motor trend/hot rod online magazine.

https://www.motortrend.com/events/2023-holley-moparty-mopar-car-show-highlights/?slide=6&fbclid=IwAR2Z00NOjB3CF5B5A5Hnt6Ufpbhw_ezBSiV1b9Aby_0tji5K0lkt_Neexyo

She is on page 6!

 

[jeffsqartan]

Eleanor Belongs To Carrol

or at least his Trust:

MSN

This female dog widow of the director of the Gone in 60 Seconds remake had claimed copyright to the name "Eleanor" in connection with Shelby mustangs and had successfully shutdown even private individuals from building replicas without paying fees to her.

The courts bitch slapped her and her lawyers back into reality,

When I bought my 85, the B is for Build channel was doing a conversion and they had started calling it Eleanor, even though it wasn't meant to be an Eleanor build. They had the entire project taken away and had to take the videos down.
I had planned to build the car and call it Eleanor, just to **** that lady off.

 

[INP8riot]

My 65 Buick Skylark GS. 1/4 mile depends if I ate my Wheaties that morning. For now! Starter crapped out. Full build coming.

 

[gregkl]

My 65 Buick Skylark GS. 1/4 mile depends if I ate my Wheaties that morning. For now! Starter crapped out. Full build coming.
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Always liked the taillights on that model!

 

[ChristianPatriot]

Legend.

 

[ChristianPatriot]

Alright that’s pretty cool.

 

[JCSR]

https://www.carsforsale.com/vehicle/details/33160129

 

[ChristianPatriot]

Crazy stuff. Those are some rich rednecks.

 

[Mounty09]

I wish they would have talked about drivetrains and fuel. I've always loved tractor pulls but don't know much about it.

 

[Mounty09]

Almost have all the parts for the planned winter upgrades. 31 spline axles, c clip eliminators, a spool, rear disc brakes, and going to a manual master cylinder. Still need to get a proportioning valve and I think I am going to pick up a 8.8 brace kit.

 

[jeffsqartan]

Almost have all the parts for the planned winter upgrades. 31 spline axles, c clip eliminators, a spool, rear disc brakes, and going to a manual master cylinder. Still need to get a proportioning valve and I think I am going to pick up a 8.8 brace kit.

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sickkkkkk
I started working on 351w stuff the other day. Trying to find the friggen alignment dowels for the heads so I can get it assembled.