Thread: Kind Of A Drag

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Good opinion I'd say. The car eats us out of house and home in fuel costs. Besides, that saves me $200 and two days work. I'm just trying to get the thing in the 13s and 100 mph. And now i'm grasping at straws. It still needs to get me to work and grocery runs. And it's our drag car too. We can't afford another car for now so, it's all we got. And time is passing by unfortunately. If we're to race it's gotta be now. Heavy car or not. I'd sure hate to shed my mortal coil without doing something I wanted to do all my life. So, I gotta make this car work somehow.Any advice I get I contemplate ad appreciate all and any advice I get.

OK, I got an extra nitrous bottle. Should I mount it in and tee off the two bottles or just run with one and switch em?
And, What can I do to run 13s and 100 mph? With a heavy car?

Best Monte Carlo like mine was pro-street stripped and ran in the 11s. Not too impressive,

Originally Posted by Good Wrench

If we're to race it's gotta be now. Heavy car or not. I'd sure hate to shed my mortal coil without doing something I wanted to do all my life. So, I gotta make this car work somehow.Any advice I get I contemplate ad appreciate all and any advice I get.

OK, I got an extra nitrous bottle. Should I mount it in and tee off the two bottles or just run with one and switch em? And, What can I do to run 13s and 100 mph? With a heavy car?

On the topic of weight. I would only run one bottle at a time and here's why. You said it yourself, it's a heavy car so you don't want to go making it heavier! And what some of us used to do was simple things like remove the back seat, remove the glove box, anything that isn't needed is weight and has to go. There used to be a saying about trying to remove a pound of weight, look for 16 1 ounce items! Best thing about weight reduction? It can be done cheap!

I know all about being cheap! I preferred to say frugal! I used to drive 3 hours, into New Hampshire pull off the D.O.T. tires and bolt the slicks on, Had a little pile in the pits, tool box, tires, gas can, oil & filter(s), mufflers w'pipes , belts and etc. etc. My cleveland based motor loved to eat pushrods if I missed a shift or wound it to tight between gears. I wasn't really fast but it was mine and I was having fun! On the bigger 2 or 3 day meets, I'd sleep under the rear of the car in a sleeping bag! Tracks won't let you stay on the property nowadays! Anyway, it was also a dual duty car as it had to get me back to work on monday! Heck, it had to get me home sunday night! And I was usually broke after paying entrance fees! I didn't even have enough gas for extra rounds.

So your not the first, and we're glad to see a young guy live the dream and we'll help where we can!

Originally Posted by 34_40

On the topic of weight. I would only run one bottle at a time and here's why. You said it yourself, it's a heavy car so you don't want to go making it heavier! And what some of us used to do was simple things like remove the back seat, remove the glove box, anything that isn't needed is weight and has to go. There used to be a saying about trying to remove a pound of weight, look for 16 1 ounce items! Best thing about weight reduction? It can be done cheap!

I know all about being cheap! I preferred to say frugal! I used to drive 3 hours, into New Hampshire pull off the D.O.T. tires and bolt the slicks on, Had a little pile in the pits, tool box, tires, gas can, oil & filter(s), mufflers w'pipes , belts and etc. etc. My cleveland based motor loved to eat pushrods if I missed a shift or wound it to tight between gears. I wasn't really fast but it was mine and I was having fun! On the bigger 2 or 3 day meets, I'd sleep under the rear of the car in a sleeping bag! Tracks won't let you stay on the property nowadays! Anyway, it was also a dual duty car as it had to get me back to work on monday! Heck, it had to get me home sunday night! And I was usually broke after paying entrance fees! I didn't even have enough gas for extra rounds.

So your not the first, and we're glad to see a young guy live the dream and we'll help where we can!

Cheap???? Frugal???? No way, it's called Selective Spending!!!!

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

Cheap???? Frugal???? No way, it's called Selective Spending!!!!

Selective Spending! I like that! I'll use it on my wife real soon!