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Congratulations to Aaronman!!
Some of you may have seen pictures of Aaron's PONTIAC powered dragster. Yesterday was it's first time out. Was supposed to be a test/shakedown day after wedging that IAII into the dragster with a lot of plumbing and other changes.
Those of you who know Aaron, he doesn't just test, he goes to win!! Aaron won Gizmo gamblers at Grove Creek (1/8 mile) consistently running 5.25 @ 134. The lights I saw were from .002 to.011. I don't think anyone had seen anything but a BB/SB chevy in a dragster around here. Way to go Aaron and Pontiac Power!!
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GT37 3625lbs..Fastest bench seat, column shift, all steel,no power adders car at Norwalk 1.35 w/29.5x10.5x15 6.42 @ 109 10.09 @ 133 |
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WooHoo!
Way to go Aaron. Still working on the setup? The MPH should be a low 5.0 for sure. What was the 60' time?
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John Wallace - johnta1 Pontiac Power RULES !!! www.wallaceracing.com Winner of Top Class at Pontiac Nationals, 2004 Cordova Winner of Quick 16 At Ames 2004 Pontiac Tripower Nats KRE's MR-1 - 1st 5 second Pontiac block ever! "Every man has a right to his own opinion, but no man has a right to be wrong in his facts." "People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid." – Socrates |
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AWESOME! Congrats Aaron!
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Darby 74 Grandville 2Dr 455 c.i 4550# 2011 1.60 60 ft,7.33@94.55-11.502@117.74 2017, 74 firebird -3600 lbs (all bests) 1.33 60 ft, 6.314@108.39 9.950@134.32 M/T 275/60 ET SS Drag Radial 2023,(Pontiac 505) 1.27 60 ft, 5.97@112.86, 9.48@139.31.... 275/60 Radial Pro's |
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i would think it has a 5.10 or so with that mph. congrats aaron
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Way to go Aaronman! And this was "just" shakedown runs. I would expect with some refinement there is more MPH in it too. Wouldnt surprise me to see 4.90's in the near future!
PO the chevy gang with a Pontiac, they hate it! |
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fwiw, my dragster ran 4.95 @139 with a 1.10 60 ft and 4.73@145 with a 1.05 60 ft. does anybody know how aarons car 60 ft'd? mine was a 2000 plus # 4 link car, with tight converters, so the 60 fts were comparatively slow to a lot of cars with similar ets.
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1972 Pontiac LeMans Thanks to Fuelab Digital Fuel Delivery Quarter-Max Chassis and Racing Components |
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Here's a few more details. Fun day at the track for sure. Special thanks to my Pontiac brotheron Bill Meyer, Dave Hamilton and my daughter Kaylyn who went a few rounds in the Firebird as well.
This was the dragster's maiden voyage. It's a 4 link and weighs ~2000lb. It was not set-up optimally as I was shifting it on time at 2 seconds out to reduce the the likelihood of spinning on the shift. DA was about 4000' and track a bit greasy. The 60' times were 1.19. ET's were consisent and around 5.28. The torque converter seems to be too tight resulting in bigger mph and sacrificing some 60'. It's geared for the 1/4 mile and went through the 1/8 mile traps at 6400rpm. I'll provide another update after the Brainerd event next weekend. I hope to get some more things sorted. Hope this is helpful for those considering a Pontiac Powered dragster. |
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Great job Aaron!
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What's the gear ratio on your dragster?
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John Wallace - johnta1 Pontiac Power RULES !!! www.wallaceracing.com Winner of Top Class at Pontiac Nationals, 2004 Cordova Winner of Quick 16 At Ames 2004 Pontiac Tripower Nats KRE's MR-1 - 1st 5 second Pontiac block ever! "Every man has a right to his own opinion, but no man has a right to be wrong in his facts." "People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid." – Socrates |
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good luck aaron! thanks for keeping us updated
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