Thread: Kind Of A Drag

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Never seen a track that doesn't let you stage with a line lock!!! Usually the no electronics is referring to no crossover or delay boxes. Might want to clarify on the line lock--had them on drag cars since back in the late 60's....

yepper-no studder boxes either.

Hiya,
Quote from the dragstrip;

"The line lock is ok, as long as you are not using it like a trans brake to launch the car. There have been a couple of folks in the past who hooked the line loack to all four wheels and then wired a delay box into the switch. That is legal in Super Pro, but not Sportsman or No/E."

I guess I can just go back to holding my foot on the brake, it was just kinda awkward especially with all that adrenaline running through the blood. Bummer I put the switch on the shifter and everything.

I wonder about hooking up the nos so I can trigger it myself instead of the switch on the carb. But it still needs to be at WOT.

The rule says you can use the line lock on the front wheels, but you can't use it wired to all 4 with a delay box.

NMRA instituted a similar rule when some clowns tried to circumvent the No Electronics part of the rules, too. They are outlawing using the line lock on all 4 wheels, not on the front to keep the car from creeping!

Non Electronics is geared at the delay boxes, crossover delays and the other exotic launch controls.

Yeah, I agree but I guess I just can't use the lock at MO-Kan. I could try at Topeka. I'll still be able to hold the brake pedal I would think. I better ask I guess.

Consider saving up to get a taller front tire like a 29" for more roll out.

Hiya, it's me again.

I been toying with changing the torque converter and putting on a imsi aprroved flexplate while i'm at it. Right now it stalls at approx 1000 RPM. I can see the benifits of getting one that's more in the power curve BUT... I still hafta drive the car to work and have you seen the #@!!%&@ gas prices? So, Will a looser converter mean more RPM at cruising? We studied the things in college and I know there's a loss between the impeller and turbine but how much is what I forget. AND we didn't study performance parts.
So, the long and the short of it is if a looser converter means more gas consumption at cruising i'll have to give it a pass and just run slower. I just can't afford it now.

I'm running out of cheap ways to improve the car's speed. Unless I throw the radio and the back seat out.

In a word, YES. A higher stall will require more RPM so yes, more fuel. You can find a converter with say 1500 to 1800 stall but I don't think you'd gain a lot and it would still cost you daily to run it. My coupe uses an 1800 : 2000 stall and it's noticable even about town.

Thanks for the heads up! Ok so I save 250+ for parts and a days work taking the transmission out. I'm kinda getting stumped as to what more I can do that won't cost a small fortune. I think I bolted on every speed part I can think of. Kinda sad really. I was hoping to at least see the car into the 13s. I may very well take the dang radio out.

Don't forget the seats your not using when racing!

I really was thinking of putting in lighter bucket seats anyway. Our split bench is split up on the passenger side so it's redo or replace anyway. And there's a power seat motor under the drivers seat that don't work cause I took out that funky solonoid and lost it and nobody at the parts store knows what i'm talking about so, well, might be a chance to shed some weight anyway. Might go for some that don't have upolstery to rip. Just stick a pillow underneath so mt hemherroids don't get my bowels in an uproar.

Ok, long time but still dragging the full Monte.

Time now is 9.00 on the eighth mile. Engine is perfect. Put in racing seats and took off the trailer hitch.
Oh yeah, had to put a pillow underneath the seat cover. My hemorrhoids are screaming!

Biggest bummer now is the $%#^$#$%@# tires won't stick! They scream off the line, they scream at a gear change, the scream when the nitrous hits, They're making me scream now.

I'm treating the tires with some rubber softener I got at the speed shop. $40 a gallon but still cheaper than other tires now. I'm looking forward to times in the 8s at least. I hope.

Congrat's on the progress!

Thanks i'm kinda tickled pink over it really, at least things are going in the right direction Now I need traction real bad. The back wheels are sliding so bad the back end wanted to get ahead of the front tires. times are really fluctuating all over the place but man, that car of ours is running like a striped ape! Finally got it dialed in good.
After three years!

At what point are you kicking in the Nitrous? Sounds like your overpowering the tires right from the launch..