Hey all, Sorry for the long absence. work, racing, family, more work.....and I have been a ghost from this forum.
Just to bring you all up to speed, I had a Post titled Frankenstein 7.5 and it detailed the saga of my novice racing hobby and a certain scavenged junkyard 7.5 with an S10 Diff and a Mini spool.
Well, the car held up through two seasons now but it has undergone a few more changes. the SBC 350 that was in the car since I got it is still running and I am ecstatic about it.
It is a simple 350 with headers, an edlebrock intake and 600cfm carb spinning a 200 4r through 3.73 rear and 275-60-15 Mickey Thompson drag radials. It ran 10.50 in the 1/8 and 16.2 in the 1/4.
Now for the mods... The aforementioned 7.5 rear with S10 Diff and 3.73 gears has held up. I have added a Davis Ign (DUI Module) a different Edelbrock intake with a higher rise, and a Holley 670 Street Avenger.
I pulled the 200 4r and swapped in a turbo 350 cleaned up some choking exhaust pipe pieces, installed Comp Engineering drag Shocks and deleted the fan clutch for a flex fan
The car has been pretty consistent at 9.0 in the 1/8 and ran 14.30's )14.37-14.33) all day long at Maple Grove It did run an 8.76 (1/8) at Mason Dixon on Memorial day
I also managed to take home at least one Trophy with it after three seasons of trying! I am currently gathering pieces to build an 81 El Camino to race in 22 and I am stepping up to a street class and points racing. Thanks for Checking in I will try to post some of the build up of the Elco and how it does at the track .
Just to bring you all up to speed, I had a Post titled Frankenstein 7.5 and it detailed the saga of my novice racing hobby and a certain scavenged junkyard 7.5 with an S10 Diff and a Mini spool.
Well, the car held up through two seasons now but it has undergone a few more changes. the SBC 350 that was in the car since I got it is still running and I am ecstatic about it.
It is a simple 350 with headers, an edlebrock intake and 600cfm carb spinning a 200 4r through 3.73 rear and 275-60-15 Mickey Thompson drag radials. It ran 10.50 in the 1/8 and 16.2 in the 1/4.
Now for the mods... The aforementioned 7.5 rear with S10 Diff and 3.73 gears has held up. I have added a Davis Ign (DUI Module) a different Edelbrock intake with a higher rise, and a Holley 670 Street Avenger.
I pulled the 200 4r and swapped in a turbo 350 cleaned up some choking exhaust pipe pieces, installed Comp Engineering drag Shocks and deleted the fan clutch for a flex fan
The car has been pretty consistent at 9.0 in the 1/8 and ran 14.30's )14.37-14.33) all day long at Maple Grove It did run an 8.76 (1/8) at Mason Dixon on Memorial day
I also managed to take home at least one Trophy with it after three seasons of trying! I am currently gathering pieces to build an 81 El Camino to race in 22 and I am stepping up to a street class and points racing. Thanks for Checking in I will try to post some of the build up of the Elco and how it does at the track .