Went to the track finally, very dissappointed, although is was mid 90s and very humid. I wont mention what I ran but did have alot of fun though.
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Saw a nice LSC btw...
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Sweet:D
sweet.....
so what was it...14s....?:yuck:
Close enough, 13.9s and 14.0s @ 100 mph...very sad despite the weather.
The car isnt pulling like it should, I need to get a wideband on it to see whats going on. But it is very streetable, so I will leave it like it is for now while my dad drives it.
It has gone 13.5s before and I cannot remember the mph, I need to dig up the slip. I changed the plugs before I went to Autolite 25s, maybe it didnt like it. I was running 13* timing, it was pinging at 14 where I had it. Im not sure whats going on.
Not bad at all. I took my mach1 a week ago and couldn't get into the 13's. It's been 2 years, and I have never been to the strip before the mach1 in my life. My best is only 13.69 in my stock mach1. The car is capable of doing 13.28 or better, but I guess I'm still new at it. I just hope I can get my 86' LS to do 13's. 265HP at the wheels. I'll wait until after CatJam of course.
, looks like you spanked that station wagon! ;)
Looks good. Are you pulling timing out when you spray it?
No spray right now, all motor.
When I did spray I usually set the timing at 10* and ran Autolite 23 plugs. Right now Im running 13* timing and autolite 25 plugs. When I get the chance I will hook up the wideband and see what the A/F is doing.
were you running a bracket race? or heads up?
was that a Vista Cruiser? just watched that 70's show thats why it came to mind. probaly not
got to love the station wagons
First two runs were practice, then bracket.
Yeah, I ran the station wagon three times in a row lol. I was trying to line up against an 05 GTO that was there, but no luck. The wagon ran mid 16s I believe.
First gen Monte Carlo! I have one of those!
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Yeah but does yours run 11.9s?? That was a sweet sleeper btw.
Ronnie on a iron headed motor I'd never run more than 24s, and in this weather I'd stick with the 23s... I've run the 23 equivilent in my TF headed 5.0 for over four years. It's never fouled or even carboned a plug and as you know my $hit is gettin tired...
BTW I just finished servicing the tranny... The collection magnet had a large "beard" and pan was black, hope it holds out till racin' season is over(then I'm also hopin' the crank don't push out the front of the block)...:hick:
Tom what gap are you running? And BTW I think you've got your use out of that trans up until now w/out a rebuild.
And cranks and blocks are pretty cheap...and gives you a good excuse to step up to a 347. ;)
At the moment I'm running .048 on a set of #9 AC Rapid Fires...
I finally found the code 18 I've been chasin' as well(sprout signal grounded if one believes my cheapie code book). Broke out the heavy artillery(Ford Manuals) and found the wire was broken(inside the plastic)from the 22K resistor that feeds the pulse for IDM back to the EEC... Throttle responce seems sharper, guess I'll find out if it launches any better when I go back to the track Sat...
So tom without a functioning spout signal wouldnt' you be running at base timing?
No it still had timing advance, the EEC just seemed to pull some of it... As I stated it was the ignition signal for the IDM that was missing... Thats part of the reference the EEC uses to operate the trip minder some of you are so wild about(guess if I had one, I'd realized there was a problem sooner). According to the Ford manuals ,there is about a half dozen different issues that will cause the code 18. Sprout grounded is just one of them along with IDM, TFI, PIP, coil, plug wires and plugs themselves...