1984 monte carlo track car project

[Blue86Monte]

The 355 really sounds good with that big of cam, not sure if you fired yours up yet up it sounds good, really choppy idle. You running 1/8 mile or 1/4

 

[Dugan]

1/4 my motor sounds lopey as hell rocks the car on the lift. Revs nicely too. Open headers hurt in my garage haha. Are you 1/8th running 8.20s?

 

[Blue86Monte]

Last saturday was the first time out with the car and we got it down the 8.25 in the 8th. Still only has 30 degrees of timing and only has a 1.91 60 foot. Your car should be a runner once it's done. If you like the loud noise, i put a set of pypes header back from my headmens, they have a good tone, but they are LOUD!

 

[Crazcnuk]

with 4.10s and 26x10.5 mt et street i run past the trapts at around 4800 and thats only running 8.20's. It's going to be a screamer on the top end with higher gears

What are you using for a transmission? Have to be in OD to gt those numbers!

Running 28x10.5 MT ETs and a TH-400 I was hitting the 1/4 mile at 5600rpm

 

[Dugan]

with 4.10s and 26x10.5 mt et street i run past the trapts at around 4800 and thats only running 8.20's. It's going to be a screamer on the top end with higher gears

What are you using for a transmission? Have to be in OD to gt those numbers!

Running 28x10.5 MT ETs and a TH-400 I was hitting the 1/4 mile at 5600rpm

he was in the 1/8th

Last saturday was the first time out with the car and we got it down the 8.25 in the 8th. Still only has 30 degrees of timing and only has a 1.91 60 foot. Your car should be a runner once it's done. If you like the loud noise, i put a set of pypes header back from my headmens, they have a good tone, but they are LOUD!

30 degrees? must be at full vacuum, im running 15 degrees at idle ~1000rpms

 

[Dugan]

Also, after doing some research at work for shocks i realized we sold an air ride kit for 53$, and when me and my bro were installing the rear we saw what we thought were sensors on the rear shocks, after checking the new kit out at work i realized i had air ride already, guessing factory. Should i get rid of this and get real gas shocks or keep it and ride with a stiff setup

 

[Crazcnuk]

"he was in the 1/8th"

Ah, that would explain it, we don't have any tracks that short here!

"30 degrees? must be at full vacuum, im running 15 degrees at idle ~1000rpms[/quote]"

Vacuum advance has nothing to do with racing. In fact, you should disconnect the vacuum advance at the track.

30deg is pretty low, though, should be around 36 all-in by 3200rpm (or so)

 

[Dugan]

"he was in the 1/8th"

Ah, that would explain it, we don't have any tracks that short here!

"30 degrees? must be at full vacuum, im running 15 degrees at idle ~1000rpms"

Vacuum advance has nothing to do with racing. In fact, you should disconnect the vacuum advance at the track.

30deg is pretty low, though, should be around 36 all-in by 3200rpm (or so)

plug off the vacuum on the dist and run straight 32-36 degrees constant? Yall must be running cam 2

 

[Crazcnuk]

"plug off the vacuum on the dist and run straight 32-36 degrees constant? Yall must be running cam 2"

Not constant, you run 8-12 initial and the rest centifrugal.

 

[Dugan]

That's where you hold the throttle at like 3000rpms n retime the motor for 36 degrees right