A while back.. my car would 60' like crazy with the rear end basically like it was when I got it. Best was a 1.45 on the footbrake and 1.47-1.49's were pretty common. It had some Cargo springs and I had added airbags and Bilsteins all around. The reason it would 60' so good was that my converter was stalling at like 4500 RPM. Well I sent the converter back to get it tightened up a bit to save me some RPMs on the big end and because I was only getting 400 RPM drops on the shifts. Ever since I got it back I could not get a decent 60' to save my life. Usually in the 1.7s with an occasional high 1.6. So before Reynolds, I boxed the lowers, put on a big rear swaybay, took off the front swaybar and installed transbrake. At Reynolds the car went a new best of 6.88@103.4 in the 1/8th and 10.69@128.5 but with the same ol' 1.67 60'. So after coming back from Reynolds, I spent $25 bucks on a old set of stock springs and took out the large cargo springs that were on the car when I got it. Went to local 1/8th mile track and with the same setup as Reynolds 1st pass went 6.79@103.46. This was launching at the same 3000 that I did at Reynolds. The difference is now the car felt like it left real soft whereas at Reynolds it like it lauched hard. I get the slip I see a 1.57 60'. So I raise my staging rev limiter to 3250 and ended up going 6.665@104.46 with a 1.493 60' and 6.633@104.53 with a 1.468 60'
Sometimes it's the simple things.
Sully
Sometimes it's the simple things.
Sully
