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I went back to the track last Saturday for the San Diego Antique Drags at Barona 1/8 mile. It was my first time back to the track since February 2020. My car sat for most of last year except for a few drives around the block to keep the fluids moving. I ran a new best ET of 7.56, new best 60...

Drove my '67 Satellite 50 miles to the dragstrip today. No issues on the drive there. On my first pass, right after I let off the gas in the shutdown area, I lost all electrical power. I smelled burnt wiring smell and disconnected the battery after I pulled off the track. I checked the...

I haven't been out to Barona 1/8 mile since last spring when I broke a 440Source roller rocker. Used that as an excuse to take off the stock iron 452s and replace with Edelbrcok 84cc E Streets and old school Isky ductile iron rockers. So the very first pass it did a 7.67 @ 89.845 mph with a...

I currently have a Performer RPM with a Holley 850 DP on the car with a Weiand tunnel ram sitting on the shelf. What would be a good pair of Edelbrock carbs to run on a 440 with mildly ported Edelbrock E Street 84cc heads, a Weiand tunnel ram, and .534 238 @ .050 hydraulic cam? I have a pair...

Hi All, I recently switched from stock, unported iron 452 heads to aluminum Edelbrock 84cc E Streets with mild cleanup porting. Compression went from 9.5:1 to 10.2:1 or so. From iron open chamber to aluminum close chamber. From no quench to quench. 91 octane pump gas in California. Right...

When using a factory E Body front-mounted caliper disc brake setup (knuckles, rotors, and calipers) to convert a '69 and earlier B Body to disc brakes with a rear-mounted caliper setup, can you just swap the knuckles side to side to get the calipers in the correct orientation? Thanks!

I switched from iron heads to aluminum heads. I hooked everything back up exactly the way it was before: negative battery cable attached to front of driver's side head, braided ground strap going from back of passenger side head to firewall. Trying to crank it over ended up smoking the 12...

Taking the iron heads off a 440 to replace with E Streets. Should I loosen the head bolts in a certain order? Like same order they are torqued or reverse order they are torqued? Or does it not matter either way? Thanks in advance!

Heard a ticking sound on the drive back from racing at Barona the other weekend and thought it was just an exhaust leak from the gaskets from the cutouts. Replaced the gaskets and the ticking didn't go away so I pulled the driver's side valve cover and saw the the pin holding the roller tip on...

Here's a photo that gives you an idea of some of the weird stuff that comes out of the woodwork for the San Diego Antique Drags: https://www.peteliebigphotography.com/BARONA-DRAGS-2019/04-27-19-Antique-Drags/i-SxmND23/A

Went to the San Diego Antique Drags at Barona 1/8 mile last Saturday and got in some good runs. 7.914 @ 86 7.914 @ 86 7.858 @ 86 7.870 @ 86 7.875 @ 86 I hadn't driven the car since the last time I raced there in December. The car has just been sitting in the garage. All I did was charge the...

I wanted to get in one more trip to the track this year and the weather was nice so I went to an import event at my local 1/8 mile track yesterday for some TnT. Some observations: Rugrats running around everywhere crying and screaming. Huge entourages of people standing around in the staging...

It's that time again, time for the Antique Drags at Barona. Fun, laid back 1/8 mile track running pre-1978 cars all day. https://www.baronadrags.com/

I'm thinking of doing a cam and head swap. Right now my car launches decent and seems to have good low-end power but runs out of steam at 5,000 rpm. Best time in the 1/8 so far is 7.86 which would be like running a 12.30 or so in the 1/4. I called Jim at Racer Brown and had an eye-opening...

Both Hot Rod and Sports Illustrated had photographers at last weekend's San Diego Antique Drags. I look like a dork with my helmet on but the minute I stepped out of my car in the staging lanes to check on an oil down, the photographer was right in my face with his camera...

It would be great to see some SoCal members come out to Barona 1/8 mile for the San Diego Antique Drags this Saturday. Here's shot of me and Mark from the last one: '68 440 Roadrunner vs. '67 440 Satellite.

Due to selling and then buying an "as-is" house (bank short sale) I've been really busy for the last year and haven't had my Satellite to the track in a year. All of my spare time and money has been invested in making this new place livable for my family. But it's worth because now I have a...

So I found a good place to do the alignment on my Satellite. They tell me my manual steering box is all worn out and showed me the play up on the lift so I believe them. I bought it used on eBay and just put it as is. Do you guys know of any good sources besides Firm Feel, Steer and Gear...

I had a horrible experience at a shop in Oceanside last Saturday that shall remain nameless. Can someone please recommend a shop in the North County area of San Diego county that has experience aligning old Mopars? Prefer a crusty, crabby old guy who is at least 60 years old who has been...

I have a disc brake setup from a 1970 Challenger on my '67 Satellite that originally came with drums. I'm replacing my calipers with new ones. As I was taking off my old ones I noticed that are missing these two parts, both listed as anti-rattle clips on...