The Official Hot Rod Thread - Part 2: No Replacement For Displacement

[churchmouse]

So what’s the number one thing to lower your times in the quarter? Tires? Gears? Nitrous? Experience?

Loaded question. Once you get your car into a comfort zone as you drive it then you do tires. maybe gears and that will change the entire dynamic. Once you get that figured out you are gaining experience. Then some traction enhancements. Again another learning curve and more experience. All the while tweaking the car....launch technique, shift points. More timing or less. Oh wait the computer does that now...
Once you have hit the performance plateau for your package then put the juice to it. And again the learning curve/experience.

 

[thunderchicken]

So what’s the number one thing to lower your times in the quarter? Tires? Gears? Nitrous? Experience?

Yeah it's a loaded question. Depends on the combo. I know its a Mustang with 4.6 2v motor. What trans?
What gear is in it now?
What kind of tires? If they will be for track use Mickey Thompson pro series drag radials are the cats meow. Other than getting off the line they won't help et so much but a taller tire improves mph.
Experience is big but if you have been driving your car for a while the biggest key will be getting it improvesline and hitting the shift.
Nitrous...ahh the squeeze. Yes it will wake that Mustang up, but it will increase the odds of finding the next weak link. And if not applied correctly it can and will hurt parts.

 

[Hop]

For me it was #1 learning how to launch. I would always spin, hook up and bog. This led to crappy ~2.4 second 60'. I went to a parking lot and practiced until I warped my clutch & the car wouldn't shift at high RPM.

#2 new twin disk clutch that would actually shift @ 10,000 RPM & Hoosier QTP slicks on all 4 corners. Car started doing consistent 1.5 60' and my times dropped into the 10's.

 

[ChristianPatriot]

For me it was #1 learning how to launch. I would always spin, hook up and bog. This led to crappy ~2.4 second 60'. I went to a parking lot and practiced until I warped my clutch & the car wouldn't shift at high RPM.

#2 new twin disk clutch that would actually shift @ 10,000 RPM & Hoosier QTP slicks on all 4 corners. Car started doing consistent 1.5 60' and my times dropped into the 10's.

DSM life

 

[ChristianPatriot]

This could be fun

https://louisville.craigslist.org/cto/d/72-maverick/6383759069.html

 

[churchmouse]

Different.

 

[Bigtanker]

Found out yeaterday my father-in-law bought a 1985 Corvette for about $1,200 on an online auction out of Michigan City.

This should be interesting.

 

[Hop]

This could be fun

https://louisville.craigslist.org/cto/d/72-maverick/6383759069.html

Dude! My 1st car was a straight 6 cyl '72 Comet. Gold with a white roof. It ran great but was a total rust bucket. A high school friend had the Maverick version with a 302 Boss motor. Red & black. I loved her car & she wasn't too bad of a kisser either!

 

[churchmouse]

Found out yeaterday my father-in-law bought a 1985 Corvette for about $1,200 on an online auction out of Michigan City.

This should be interesting.

Pics soon please

 

[femurphy77]

This could be fun

https://louisville.craigslist.org/cto/d/72-maverick/6383759069.html

Before I started the current race car project I hunted for almost a year trying to find a 67/8 fastback mustang to build the racecar as a shelby clone. When I couldn't find a good donor I went looking for early Mavericks. When that didn't pan out I settled on the 66 notchback I've shown photos of on here.

 

[thunderchicken]

This could be fun

https://louisville.craigslist.org/cto/d/72-maverick/6383759069.html

I always like the looks of those Mavericks. I couldn't find a decent one when I was looking to build one. I do race with a guy that has a nice Maverick with like a 598cuin BBF with a procharger.

 

[ZachJ03]

Hey all, just found this thread and figured I'd share my car. It's an 89 Foxbody Mustang, stock bottom end 302 with a 70mm turbo. It's a 5 speed car with full interior, heat and radio. Made 6 passes on the car this year and grabbed a best of 10.9@131.9mph leaving on NO boost, no 2 step rev limiter. The car falls on its face when launching on no boost, my 60' was garbage. Drove it to and from the strip both times I went this year. It's a fun little street car that I am tuning myself with MegaSquirt and Tuner Studio. Glad to find a car thread on here!

http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh272/zachj03/IMG_0014_zpsncnoyghr.jpg

http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh272/zachj03/IMG_0016_zpsbusyizud.jpg

http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh272/zachj03/IMG_0225_zpssvb1zfcj.jpg

 

[thunderchicken]

Before I started the current race car project I hunted for almost a year trying to find a 67/8 fastback mustang to build the racecar as a shelby clone. When I couldn't find a good donor I went looking for early Mavericks. When that didn't pan out I settled on the 66 notchback I've shown photos of on here.

If you were starting from scratch, I think OPG now has everything to build an "all new 67 fastback" saw it on display a year or two ago at PRI

 

[thunderchicken]

Hey all, just found this thread and figured I'd share my car. It's an 89 Foxbody Mustang, stock bottom end 302 with a 70mm turbo. It's a 5 speed car with full interior, heat and radio. Made 6 passes on the car this year and grabbed a best of 10.9@131.9mph leaving on NO boost, no 2 step rev limiter. The car falls on its face when launching on no boost, my 60' was garbage. It's a fun little street car that I am tuning myself with MegaSquirt and Tuner Studio. Glad to find a car thread on here!

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You'll fit right in.

 

[Hop]

I can't get your pics to work ZachJ03. Give it another try. I want to see a stock bottom end 302 with a boost power adder.

 

[ChristianPatriot]

Hey all, just found this thread and figured I'd share my car. It's an 89 Foxbody Mustang, stock bottom end 302 with a 70mm turbo. It's a 5 speed car with full interior, heat and radio. Made 6 passes on the car this year and grabbed a best of 10.9@131.9mph leaving on NO boost, no 2 step rev limiter. The car falls on its face when launching on no boost, my 60' was garbage. It's a fun little street car that I am tuning myself with MegaSquirt and Tuner Studio. Glad to find a car thread on here!

http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh272/zachj03/IMG_0014_zpsncnoyghr.jpg

http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh272/zachj03/IMG_0016_zpsbusyizud.jpg

http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh272/zachj03/IMG_0225_zpssvb1zfcj.jpg

Congrats on not splitting the block in half yet

 

[ZachJ03]

Congrats on not splitting the block in half yet

LOL, yes, I am beyond the recommended limit for a stock block 302. I'm tuning the car myself so I know the tune is conservative and I'm keeping RPM's conservative. I've got 2 years of shoving more than 500rwhp through it now. Never dynod it but by the MPH it's going in the 1/4 I'm guessing north of 500rwhp.

 

[ChristianPatriot]

LOL, yes, I am beyond the recommended limit for a stock block 302. I'm tuning the car myself so I know the tune is conservative and I'm keeping RPM's conservative. I've got 2 years of shoving more than 500rwhp through it now. Never dynod it but by the MPH it's going in the 1/4 I'm guessing north of 500rwhp.

Yeah maybe. Fox’s are pretty light though, doesn’t take a whole lot to get them going quick.

 

[ZachJ03]

Yeah maybe. Fox’s are pretty light though, doesn’t take a whole lot to get them going quick.

Yeah they are. Mine has full interior, radio and heat but I've done some weight savings. AJE tubular K member kit with tubular front control arms and Strange coil over kit, aluminum heads, radiator and drive shaft, tubular rear control arms, tubular bumper support, and some mild weight stripping of non essential stuff. Not sure of vehicle weight.

 

[Bigtanker]

Pics soon please

Will do.