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Old 05-03-2020, 10:34 AM
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So last night Baytown had a 20-30 car track rental. It cooled off from 90 to high 70s DA was about 1650-1700.
Changes to the car were swapping the true 850 Demon in that had been on the old roller motor 455 in the 78 TA that went 10.90s and 1.52 60 fts in it and it weighed 3750 vs the 3595 the Camaro weighs. I had a larger venturi 4150 on it and since the 60s and 1/8 have just seemed off felt maybe the carb was a little lazy.A dded a vacuum pump so not getting oil out the breathes fixed header leak that melted down starter battery cable last outing. Last outing was first one with the 5000 convertor from the 455 TA to try and help 60s. It did from 1.7s to 1.6s. But still not where it should be. So some good improvements but 2 steps forward and one back with new issues. This car is "snake bit"!

Previous best was a 10.80 and best mph 127. First run was with air cleaner as all previous runs. Second run tried a burnout with the line lock and still feels like they do not spin well but my brake pressure gauges only show pressure on fronts. So something in the brake system or tranny. But when I just buzz the tires out of the water and shift it everything seems good,And it actually did spin for the first time and finally a 60 in the 1.5s. Buddy said front came up quick then dropped and unloaded rear so probably need to adjust front shock settings. Actaully shifted late at 7000 1-2, but did a weird deal at 6500 in second pulling hard quit pulling as hard blipped quickly to 7000, shift the 3rd and pulled hard again. Tranny was a little low on fluid even though I've check it numerous times since the convertor swap. So tranny 2nd gear issue, ignition. Heck tach going out, sometimes just blipping the throttle to 3000 the shift light set at 6500 comes on.

Last run just buzzed tires on the burnout. Spun a gain. Made sure I shifted at 6500 and hardly had a noticeable blip in top of second. I had forgotten to turn on the electric fans for that run so maybe they were pulling too much juice for the DUI HEI that 2nd run? Buddy said it sounded good and he did not hear a miss. Going to download the data logger later today.

But finally much better 60ft times and mph going the right way. Just never had a car with so many issues.

And everyone was socially distancing until about the time I was going to leave when a guy on a brand new Honda 450 Enduro(paper plates still) lost it and he and bike were sliding on the pavement in front of my truck! He did not have his helmet strap fastened so it popped off and he face planted and was out for a minute or so. So I had to pick the bike off him while others slowly rolled him over supporting his neck until EMTs looked him over. He kind of blew them off and just wanted to go home nearby. Not sure if alcohol was a factor or the 450 has too much power and he goosed it and hit some gravel in the pits.
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Old 05-03-2020, 10:56 AM
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Crazy! That is racing
Sometimes good other right back on the trailer!
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Old 05-03-2020, 12:24 PM
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Hard to believe a 14x4 air cleaner made that much difference!

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Yep, straightens the air out

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Glad to see you are making progress Skip and hopefully having some fun.

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Nice improvements, from 10.80 to 10.35..awesome! The MPH is enough to get you into the 9s once you get the 60' down.

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Old 05-03-2020, 05:28 PM
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Skip, have you tried a Dominator on it?

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Old 05-04-2020, 03:18 AM
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Nice job ! I think you will be needing to get the 9.99 and under license. Have a physical in your future.

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Old 05-04-2020, 10:47 AM
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Scott we did on the dyno with the 2" taper adapter and no difference but that was before Jeff reworked it, so may be in the future. Should have the hood clearance. Even with the 3" cowl the Victor is close to the hood. Had to use the 2" L-88 drop base to fit an air cleaner.

So here is the data logs. Only one run got picked up. Starter after I staged came over and asked if I wanted a standard or pro tree and I had already triggered it. Then one run I forgot to. You can see a"double hump" in the 2-3 engine and smaller at the driveshaft and a little in the Gs on the second copy where I blew it up and put it in the upper screen.

Battery did stay 13.5 whole run so probably that was not an issue. Fuel pressure was only 4. I have two gauges and they are 2lbs difference the lower reads the same as the logger so I bumped them up until it is 7lbs.

The wildest thing I saw racing was a full tube chassis Late Vette body diesel! He was trying to set some new record. When it did a burn out is was so violent with bottom end TQ you would have thought it would rip up the pavement!
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Old 05-04-2020, 11:26 AM
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Vacuum pump pulled about 1.5 oz(45 ml) since installation and these 3 runs.

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1981 Black SE Trans Am stockish 6X 400ci, turbo 301 on a stand
1965 GTO 4 barrel 3 speed project
2004 GTO Pulse Red stock motor computer tune 13.43@103.4
1964 Impala SS 409/470ci 600 HP stroker project
1979 Camaro IAII Edelbrock head 500" 695 HP 10.33@132 3595lbs
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Look at your 1st gear fuel ratio's. You are going way lean at the launch. Doesn't level out until 2nd gear. This could be why the car is so soft down low. Almost looks like to pump is not keeping up with the G's at launch, then catches back up when everything gets rolling.

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Old 05-04-2020, 01:07 PM
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I could not see a spin where driveshaft goes up more than engine but buddy felt it was .

I'll double check wide band on original I think I clicked it off for these screen shots. Looked like 11s to mid 12s.

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The second picture appears to have the wide band data. Hard to be exactly sure as the picture is small and not so clear.

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Old 05-04-2020, 02:25 PM
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Yea I'll check the main graph. I can add or delete the info on the graph. The lower part is hard to see. The Gs when they were down low almost looked like a straight line.

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1964 Impala SS 409/470ci 600 HP stroker project
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Here is wide band over engine rpm, driveshaft below and fuel pressure bottom of graph. There is some fluctuation of wide band mid 1st
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1964 Impala SS 409/470ci 600 HP stroker project
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The bumps in 02 seem to correspond to the bumps in fuel pressure.
Looks like something may be up with pump or regulator from that.
Is it a bypass or a dead head, bypass pressure log should nearly be flat / smooth regardless of rpm or engine demand if operating correctly
Some numbers on the o2 scale would be handy, can you do a screen dump with just o2 graph showing scale and expand a bit vertically so we can see what's going on.

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I'll try that. Bypass regulator, and you can see manual gauge needle bouncing a little. When using the logger real time it is bouncing maybe 1/2 lb.

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1964 Impala SS 409/470ci 600 HP stroker project
1979 Camaro IAII Edelbrock head 500" 695 HP 10.33@132 3595lbs
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Impressive Skip!

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Old 05-05-2020, 11:29 AM
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SO you tranny gurus would any tranny issue in 2nd do a little quick slip only at the top of second? Alhough the driveshaft rpm seems to mirror the same blip.

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1964 Impala SS 409/470ci 600 HP stroker project
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Based on your initial post of how it "quit pulling then started pulling again" along with the engine and driveshaft rpm mirroring each other, are you sure you don't need a couple clicks tighter on the rear shock compression? Maybe you have a little tire slip at the gear change?

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