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Originally Posted by MAStuart
David Tell me more! How tall a tire,60ft,mph,a little more on your engine. mark
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Mark: I haven't drag raced it in number of years since being introduced to road racing,but here goes.....
I think my drag radials (still have them somewhere in my shop) should be somewhere between 23 to 25 inches tall..60' times were around 2.00,maybe 1.90 on a good run, would come off the line at idle and get in the gas with a steady push of the pedal, not just whomp down on it, if I did that, it would spin too much, once in 2cd gear, then it was hammer down the rest of the way(I would always lift off the throttle while shifting), trap speed was in 105mph range...
The engine started life in some ladies 1972 LTD, I got in the junkyard for 50 bucks cause it was knocking badly...took a .040 bore to clean up the cylinders, I ported and polished and gasket matched the factory iron heads and put in some good valves and springs, cam is a Crane hydraulic flat tappet cam with 484 lift/272 duration, idles at 800 rpms smoothly and tops out around 5500 rpms,perfect for what I do with the car. roller rockers on top with an Edlebrock Performer dual plane intake..I built this engine in 1994, the Performer RPM manifold wasn't even out then.The crankshaft and rods are the original stock parts to the engine, $99.00 set of CAST flat top pistons with 4 valve reliefs, 10.2 to 1 compression..antique Holley 600 cfm double pumper that I got out of a trash can (he was throwing it away) at a buddies shop,rebuilt it myself,best carb I ever have had!!!!!!!!!!
Set of long tube headers,X-pipe,2.5 inch exhaust leading to 2 big Ford LTD mufflers,exhaust over the rear end,out the rear..I built it to drive and enjoy and like it kinda quite,like to be able to hold a conversation with someone when cruising and not have to holler at them..
It's a 65 Fastback, painted to look like a 66 GT-350, red w/white stirpes, under-ride traction bars, Versailles 9" disk brake rear end with the 3.25 gear and trac-lok center section....
Nothing fancy,just a good dependable engine with good low end torque...Tremec 5 speed trans. ( which I love,will never have another toploader), low gears 1st thru 3rd for good accelaration,5th gear at 75mph on the interstate gets me 23 mpg at 1900rpms!!!!!!!!!
I never really planned to race the car,just drive and enjoy it, but always wondered what it would do on a drag strip. Then in 1996,they had a Ford Fun meet about 100 miles from me,drove the car there,entered in the street class of 60+ cars and went to the quarter finals my first time ever at a drag strip as a racer or spectator, didn't have a clue what I was doing, 100% pure beginners luck!!!!!!!!!!!!
After that I drag raced the car for the next few years making at least 100 passes,maybe more, had it down pretty good on the launch and was cutting some really good lights and had a lot of fun,then I rode in a real 65 GT-350 road racer and have been hooked on road racing ever since.
I went over the scales at a track once and the guy told me it was 3150 if I remember right...
I would bet with slicks and a harder launch,12.50s or so would be within reach.....
David