fordsareslow Posted October 9, 2012 Report Share Posted October 9, 2012 (edited) I've been testing my car these last few weeks while working all the bugs out. It's been a 7 year project that I finally just finished within the last few weeks. I've had a few 60' and 330' runs, but have only had 1 full run so far, but I'm pretty happy with the results. I've attached some photos and a quick video of the run, it went 10.040 at 128.684. As we're still in testing mode, and I was trying to play it safe, I short shifted it at 6k RPM (Motor makes peak HP at 6600), and I had the REV Chip set to 6200RPM. The car flat lined the last 250' as it was bouncing off the chip. Going to bump up the shift point and raise the rev limiter this coming Saturday and try again. Motor is just a mild NA 454. Hoping for a solid 9.60 run And I'd like to throw another quick shout out to "Top Gun" on this board, He did the amazing cyber grey paint/body work, and even hand painted the faux front end (yep, the grill/trim is all just paint). ***Edit, sorry, for some reason it doesn't look like the video is loading right. You might have to click on the IMG and watch through my photobucket account. Sorry *** Edited October 9, 2012 by fordsareslow (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powell Posted October 9, 2012 Report Share Posted October 9, 2012 That is a gorgeous car! Nice run that thing hooks awesome! Looks like it was a busy day at the track... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JF-03-SS Posted October 9, 2012 Report Share Posted October 9, 2012 She's a Beauty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC03SS Posted October 9, 2012 Report Share Posted October 9, 2012 That's a beautiful car congrats on the run and keep us posted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLNAWAY Posted October 9, 2012 Report Share Posted October 9, 2012 that is one badass car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fordsareslow Posted October 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2012 Thanks guys! As far as the track not being busy, the video was taken on an open test day, and there were only 30 cars/bikes. Some of the photo's were taken when I was out there in the middle of the week. I know the track owner, so I can get the track to myself sometimes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muggs Posted October 9, 2012 Report Share Posted October 9, 2012 Beautiful 69 bro, nice run. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadianVRss Posted October 11, 2012 Report Share Posted October 11, 2012 I'm glad I bought extra underwear today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Downeast Johnny Posted October 12, 2012 Report Share Posted October 12, 2012 Beautiful car! Your hard work really shows. Your right; Top Guns paint looks great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blown 346 Posted October 13, 2012 Report Share Posted October 13, 2012 Small block or Big Block? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fordsareslow Posted October 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2012 It's just a mid 461 ci BBC I threw together at work. It's just a starter motor to get the car dialed in. I'm running just a stock 2 bolt main 454 block, heads are stock cast iron GM 049 casting oval ports with manley valves (stock sizes), crank is just a GM cast crank ground 10/20, it has stock GM dimple rods with ARP 7/16" wave loc bolts, Arias 12.5:1 pistons, comp .652/.652 solid roller cam, intake manifold is a street dual plane, carb is a 850 demon. The next motor is going to be a 565 ci, with a dart block, a pair of CNC'd CFE heads, sheet metal intake, crower crank, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fordsareslow Posted October 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2012 (edited) Ran the car again today. Decided to start out running the 10.60 class instead of the 9.60 so Ican make the motor last as long as possible. We ended up having to set the throttle to only 50%, short shift it at 5000 RPM, and still let it ride the rev chip through the lights to slow it down enough to finally run a 10.621. We had a blast and I can't wait to run it again Edited October 14, 2012 by fordsareslow (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmoWalrus05 Posted October 17, 2012 Report Share Posted October 17, 2012 mmmm nom nom i love those cars really makes me want to a classic car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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