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Originally Posted by puppster
My 65 fastback is similar. I run a 289 with eddy performr heads and intake, cam is comps 268H extreme energy. T5 and a nine inch with 3.50 gears, bfg 225 radials. Trouble is getting it to hook up 1st and 2nd gears. My best is a 13.86 at 101mph. I figure my combo is good for 300hp.
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The difference bewteen street tires and drag radials is like night and day,at least on my car....I think because my engine makes a lot of torque down in the low rpms, coming off the line.....On my wally world hard street tires, 13.50's to 13.70's was the best I could do....I wanted to see a 12.90 something pass,hence the drag radials...Other drag racers told me on my car,drag radials should be good for at least 1/2 second and they were right....I'm also thinking with some shock/springs better suited to drag racing, another tenth or two would be possible, my car basically has the stock GT-350 front/rear shocks and springs......
David