Ideas to lose weight and look stock

[1980c10]

Gears knocked 0.7 off the e.t. For me and 0.2 off the 60ft. But the exhaust had no effect on the 60ft. I want this crap pile to 60ft so bad I can taste it, but then both my cars died Arther same time and forced me to spend my convertor and valve body money on towing bills and fixing the marq so I would have somethingto drive arrg lol.

[mrltd]

Gears knocked 0.7 off the e.t. For me and 0.2 off the 60ft. But the exhaust had no effect on the 60ft. I want this crap pile to 60ft so bad I can taste it, but then both my cars died Arther same time and forced me to spend my convertor and valve body money on towing bills and fixing the marq so I would have somethingto drive arrg lol.

Of course not, from stop to the 60ft you are at a low RPM, and the exhaust isn't going to give any low end gains.

I dropped .3 going to a full 2.5" exhaust on a lopo, which dropped me to 16.03. The next mod was the HO conversion (well, heads, cam, injectors, and matching ecm) which dropped .5 and got me down to 15.45.

2200rpm stall, 3.73s, no ac, no smog, weight reduction, 26" tires.

The best 60ft that car EVER pulled was a 2.18


For a good 60 you need lots of torque, good gears- and not much weight to try and move.

Pulling as much of the sound deadening out will save a good amount. Manual seat tracks, bumper supports.... Surprisingly the sound deadening removal didn't make my car much louder at all.

[Pirate]

Me, I've been interested for a couple of years now in how much weight could be saved by fiddling with the rear door on a wagon. Sure, the extra rear side glass and stuff has some weight that make a wagon heavier than its equivalently-equipped sedan counterpart, but that door is HEAVY, and I figure it probably doesn't really have to be.

Actually, if you're drag racing it, that 'ballast' is in a really good spot.

[mrltd]

Big Blue Tank did that on his car. Cut the tub out of the back, and just replace it with a piece of .032" aluminum.

Uslydawg also did that to his wagon. Looks sweet too.

[pseudoboyfriend]

Cut out steel sheet metal out of floors, etc. Replace with aluminum.

[rick99601]

your 10.3 in the eighth means you should run about a 16.07 in the quarter.

a stock new edge mustang gt will run high 13's in the quarter with a good driver.

you need a bottle and be able to launch well.

[1980c10]

No, these car just need gears, alot of converter, and a nice tranny to make them boogie at the strip. IMO of course. I believe my car will drop 0.5 or better with a good converter and a nice valve body.

[gadget73]

The stock trans shifts at 4200 in an unmodified state. The stock AOD behind an HO had a different governer which got you about 4800 before it shifted. Those 600 odd rpm do cost you some speed since the HO motor still makes power at that rpm.

[rick99601]

what time are you h.o. guys running in the quarter?

[1980c10]

Never ran the 1/4 but my 1/8 of 9.99 converts to about 15.60. But that was with a slippy 1-2 shift. It will likely improve a bit with the new tranny.

[mrltd]

what time are you h.o. guys running in the quarter?

14.86@92mph

[1980c10]

14.86@92mph

Show off im just jealous actually haha

[ford man]

Ditch that front sway bar at the track for better weight transfer and less weight. Bring gas cans and only put in enough gas for one run. Gallon of gas weighs 3-5 pounds or something. You could ice down the intake between runs. Dueceanahalf's bumper mods are bitchin... Aluminum radiator weighs less. Air down the tires in the back, pump em up in the front.

[N A]

"The 351 swap is next on my list..."

Me too.

[1987cp]

Ditch that front sway bar at the track for better weight transfer and less weight. Bring gas cans and only put in enough gas for one run. Gallon of gas weighs 3-5 pounds or something. You could ice down the intake between runs. Dueceanahalf's bumper mods are bitchin... Aluminum radiator weighs less. Air down the tires in the back, pump em up in the front.

Air down street tires?