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We use a ported Street Dominator and a Demon 850 carb. Drivability is great and has been 11.1 @ 121 n/a @ 3,700 lbs. Once we got it dial in, I haven't had to mess with the carb in over 9 years! I had a stock SD on it and put on a ported unit and it picked up a tenth.
Ron Rhodes has one of the fastest leaf spring cars in the country (albeit in a Camaro). He has stated he has never seen an improvement going from shackles to sliders. Has been 1.03 to the 60 ft.!
A guy was using steel shot bags for weight in the trunk at Ozark Raceway Park. The bag busted and littered the starting line prep with all the shot! They had to cancel the event and scrape the track.
I ran the MP .528 in a 440 back in the day. I ran .018/.020 lash. I believe it was Dwayne Porter that recommended that?! It sounded like a nicely oiled sewing machine. I'm personally much happier with the hydraulic roller. It sounds and acts like a stock 440 with a mild cam...until you mash the...
I run a Howards .545 lift, 234/241 @ .050 hydraulic roller in a 505. Absolutely love it! It makes great power but has good street manners, too, and is super quiet. It's been in for over 7 years now and virtually no issues.
We use a factory electronic distributor with a recurve hooked to an analog MSD 6AL box The older non-digital units are stone reliable, have amazing spark and have a rev limiter. It also allows me to retard timing with a separate small box that plugs in. These boxes are all over at swap meets and...
Here's a pic of M/T SR's in 27". We ran the small "Beetle" tires for a while, but were getting over 130 mph in the 1/4 mile and I was worried about safety with them.
While I hate the flame tread design, the M/T Sportsman S/R is available in 26, 28 and 29" tall tires and work really well. I struggled for a long time to find a radial that filled out the HUGE '63 Dodge front wheel openings on my car. They drive great on the street AND track.
I use an app called Virtual Dyno. It's surprisingly accurate! We plugged in all the numbers and on a 250 shot of spray it said we would run a 10.07. Car ran a 10.01! It's always been very close in predicting performance at different levels.
A neighbor with a turbo LS Chevelle was skeptical but...