On the 'mildly' Cheap SS Monte Carlo chasing a 9.0___

[64nailhead]

Then a video is a must. Slo-mo if you can do it.

We'll see

 

[64nailhead]

It's on a zipper, right?

The spare is ready. Zipper? 4 hours to swap.

I'm getting to be an old man - I might need help.

I'm planning to have two spares ready to go - a 3rd gen 4.8 and a 4th gen 6.0. We'll see where I head.

Might've stumbled into 250K 4th gen 4.8 today for free.

 

[motorheadmike]

We'll see

 

[64nailhead]

Skinnies !!

want to thank a local guy for the tire selection and sending me the link to the wheels. It’s looks faster already lol.
I did make it to the track last night, wow, bad, puke, awful. My chinesium/Amazon trans cooler fan gave up which is in the same circuit as my line lock. So awful burnout, terrible launch, then can’t get the trans temp down between runs - smh.

But onto next time.

 

[Texas82GP]

Skinnies !!View attachment 178635View attachment 178636

want to thank a local guy for the tire selection and sending me the link to the wheels. It’s looks faster already lol.
I did make it to the track last night, wow, bad, puke, awful. My chinesium/Amazon trans cooler fan gave up which is in the same circuit as my line lock. So awful burnout, terrible launch, then can’t get the trans temp down between runs - smh.

But onto next time.

What's that black stuff on the quarters? 🤔

 

[64nailhead]

What's that black stuff on the quarters? 🤔

Remnants of Mickey Thompson. He will live on forever if I never clean that off.
🙂🙂

 

[81cutlass]

Better hit up the rattle can isle and paint the primer spots!

Full on race car now!

 

[64nailhead]

Really trying to get a number, then put it down to paint it proper.

After this past weekend of disaster, I’m holding off on the paint for a week or two lol.

 

[wingnutks]

I bought a set of the Pro street radials from Amazon and they turned out to be M/T 2nd's that M/T discarded - they took over 15 oz to balance. Fortunately, I was able to return them for a refund and found a friend with a set of Street S/S in stock never installed, and needed the money. He sold them to me for $400.

Something to keep in mind, 10 years ago the Street S/S radial was all that was offered and the X275 guys were running sub 5 second 1/8's on them. The Pro Street's came out after that. The issue with the Pro Streets is that they are like ice skates on a wet road where as the ET Street S/S's can handle a wet road. For a track only car, the Pro Streets are better, but at my level I ask how much? I don't think ET Street tire is my issue - it's my tune. Your issue is probably the same - you have to cut the crap out of the timing to cut power to get it to launch.

The solution is a bias ply if you never drive on the street, but who does that?

wingnutks I believe he is running a bias ply and he's gettin' it done on the hit. I'd like to know his entire setup for shocks, tires, pressure, timing, etc.

Nope. I am running a Hoosier Radial Slick https://www.summitracing.com/parts/hoo-18815. I havent tried a bias ply on the street. However the Hoosier radial slick is probably as close as you can get to a bias ply still being a radial. Sorry for the late reply. I have the cheaper Viking shocks in the rear with some type of either gbody lowering spring or a stock A body spring. I run them 20psi at the track and the street. Front shocks are some blown lakewood 90/10s and I think 6 cylinder springs. I also have TRZ spherical heims on everything in the rear, and a TRZ weld in anti-roll bar set neutral. When I went to the track I set the shocks at basically 50/50 in the rear.

 

[64nailhead]

Nope. I am running a Hoosier Radial Slick https://www.summitracing.com/parts/hoo-18815. I havent tried a bias ply on the street. However the Hoosier radial slick is probably as close as you can get to a bias ply still being a radial. Sorry for the late reply. I have the cheaper Viking shocks in the rear with some type of either gbody lowering spring or a stock A body spring. I run them 20psi at the track and the street. Front shocks are some blown lakewood 90/10s and I think 6 cylinder springs. I also have TRZ spherical heims on everything in the rear, and a TRZ weld in anti-roll bar set neutral. When I went to the track I set the shocks at basically 50/50 in the rear.

Thanks for the reply. After this past weekend I'm clutching at straws. But I'm learning every time out.