Listen up nick...sometimes it aint all about winning. ..dude wanted to take his car and go bang some gears....and just so you no thats how drag racing started .....you think he gives a shit what u think...no...he went to the track and had a good time.....he has a cool car and it sounded good...he aint in 10.5 outlaw.....that's the damn problem with this country. ..somebody is always looking for easy and lazy way of doing things...u gotta b good to bang a rock crusher..quick. .. takes balls ...big ones.....and the best part is when he got done loading that chevy up....he went home ..drank a beer...and banged his ol lady.....put that in your pipe and smoke it
Take a look at my dads 79 camaro pro street racing at my local track. Now that's a real car! Its on my channel under videos. His car isn't fully automatic, its a 2 speed automatic that you have to shift, hes got a b&m megashifter in it, drop it down into 1 then 2 then drive.
Well Bro first off his shifter is way to short second 4th gear is way way to far away from 3rd and he shifts his car like My sister used to shift .. Has this guy ever seen anyone power shift ? Or does he even know anyone who rows a 4 sp ? He 100% should be using the Comp plus shifter and NOT the short straight version of the Super shifter he is literally leaned over and down trying to negotiate the H pattern ...
A fabulous treat to see the tach at and + 7000 rpm's (not really very comonplace today}. an obviousy superbly built assembly in all aspects. Great classic example of true street/strip America when Detroit ruled.
Just stumbled across this video. I had a '69 Chevelle from about 1992 until about 1998. Drag raced it almost every weekend. Car had 17,000 miles on it and most were 1/4 mile at a time. It was a COPO replica and had a 427 that was an IHRA A stock national record holder before I owned it so the suspension had been gone over very well. Car hooked hard. I bought just the body and frame off John Kunsak and threw a stock LS5 with powerglide and 3.73's and ran 12.96. Threw a THM400 and 4.10's and ran 12.95...lol. Built a 468 with factory square port heads, 850 Holley and a Lunati .685/.692 lift roller with .269/.276 duration at .050. Power range was 3800-7500. Put an 8" ATI 4500 stall in it with a 9" rear with Moser axles and ran 11.69@116 but had a miss. Ended up breaking a lifter before I got it dialed in and I sold the car. It would pull the front wheels about 10-12" off the ground and carry them about 25'. It was 100% street legal and even pulled the front wheels on the street with MT street tires. Loved that car but it wasn't fun to drive on the street with the roll bar and no back seat. Having kids that didn't work so well...lol
This 68 had both front wheels off the strip launching! That is still bad ass for the street. Always loved high revving big block bow ties. Always will. Peace
I get it man....im a big fan of proline racing(low 4 sec cars) .if u wanna win u need a auto and stall. And no ..I wouldn't race that car either. ..its a classic. We agree on that....but I still enjoy hearing that rock crusher banging gears...I like the video. ..and love the fact he got out their and didn't quit.
I love watching someone bang gears down the track, it's a shame to see that the sport isn't as stick friendly as it used to be, but in my eyes those slapping gears down the strip are the ones really driving their cars, great video!
That burnout was awesome ! Everyone should realize this car could be so much faster if it was lighter but honestly.... who wouldnt that beautiful 427. Literally, the best noise i have heard from a v8. awesome car, and video.
I've watched this video a few times now, I absolutely love your car. The thing is mean and I'm a four speed fanatic. Great job building it and awesome videos. When are you going to have your new combo done and out a couple vids of it?
In 100% agreement with Ragin Reggin...I guess everyone forgot about just havin fun. Notice how you put "STREET CAR" in your description. LOL. That Motor sounds great, and extremely glad to hear another person bangin gears thru a Muncie.
@zxtenn I am aware of block plates and no it would not have saved everything. I bought this shield used almost 30 years ago, and I didn't get the block plate with it. The chunks of flywheel caught the clutch fork hole and spun the bell housing, which tore all the bolt holes off the back of the block as well as knocking both corners off due to the solid dowel pins. My new scatter shield came with one.
Ouch, yeah that was expensive. I loved my 4 speed on the street, but if you were going to run this regularly, a transbrake poweglide would have put this car in the high 10s and been consistent. And if you got a good transmission more reliable and easier on the engine.
@WS6LS 4.88s work well with this combo because they put it through the traps at 7000-7200, right where the motor likes to be. The car weighs around 3750
@johnyups Your wrong actually. The wheels appeared to hop once in the burnout, never done that before or since. The flywheel was a cast unit, and was never intended to have 625 horse through it. That was the reason for failure.
Enjoy the videos, nice work. Ran a 904 case Super T10 for years behind my 427 and had to freshen it up seemed like every year. Finally was able to save up and get a faceplated liberty 5 speed and love it. Rowin gears and doing it the hardway FTW!!!
This is a easy 10 second car with the proper setup. I think if you got a little more wheel speed on the launch you would get out of the whole a lot quicker. Gotta make those tires work. What rear gear are you running?
@427ImportEater Because when you launch you are lurching or hopping I guess I should say. What rears are you running now? my experiences have shown with a manual transmission a taller gear is ideal for out of the hole during launch. How much street driving do you do with it?
it looked like it was coming around really good about the time it broke!! fast stick cars get old real quick unless you have the money for all the big money trans and clutch setups. i know, I've broke my car every time I've went to the track with a clutch pedal. Good Luck!!
@427ImportEater Thanks for the info.....my new engine is projected to be 600 ft-lbs and want to get the right clutch....a Lakewood Safety Bellhousing is on the list too. What do you think for my application?
Love the car, although I'm a little biased, I've got a '68 myself. At 1:23 it looks like you could benefit from a slightly longer shift lever, easy $40 fix from Hurst. That's an easy 10.80 car with some more suspension work, love it! After Favoriting your videos, I guess I've decided on Silver versus the Black that's been creepin' into my mind. Subscribing......
A Longer Stick wouldn't hurt either he could get Order the Super shifter straight Long ..and maybe a bigger rear slick .. like say 10.5 or even the 11 inch M/H Race master
@chevellehotell it could, but the dyno showed this motor makes power up high, and its the bottom end were hurting. We pick up around 28-30mph from the 1/8 to the quarter, which is quite alot
Dam man what a nice street rod. To bad you didn't have the M22 Munci im guessing it would have handled that big block a lot better. By the way how much hp we're you pushing?
Transmission failure? If so, time to go automatic! 4l60e, 700r4, turbo400 with taller rear end gears and the right converter, you'd be in the 10's and could still cruise the interstate. Hey, I really enjoyed the videos. Hope to see ya back soon.
427 can easily be overcammed, making the 60' anemic, like here. Or some thing close to a 5:1 rear end ratio. Stick cars dont have any TQ multiplication other than gears, and 3.76" stroke needs all the gear you can give it. 1/2 shift ought be before 60' mark. Nice vids, nice ride!
Im glad I was able to spread the word and hopefully save some other people's cars. This one is still a mess, Im hoping to send the new block and crank to the US monday to get all the machine work done.
Hi, i just read your reply, that is some serious bad luck, i have never heard of that happening-- so what now an aluminum flywheel? that think sounds oldschool awesome-- can't imagine driving something as radical on the street-- seems like you enjoy banging gears so auto is out?
Odd that the flywheel failed at the end of the race when you were probably in 4th gear, i would have thought it would be at a launch-- what type of pressure plate do you have??
with the 4.88s and the M20 what were you crossing the line at? (rpm). will have to throw up some vids of the car next season with the new trans. with the gear ratio your running its gonna come ou of the hole hard.
love your car...not so keen on seeing it get beat on but then its yours...and I've never drag raced but Im sure there are some jitters involved here...but looks like your getting your but kicked off the line ..how come?..they got better reation time?
This is an awesome video! Your car is sweet and 4 speed set-ups are freekin awesome! Gotta love slammin the gears. 80 Z28, 4 Speed/427.. Rev it high and let it EAT!!
That should do it. Is it ready for the track? Would love to see the results. I might need to step it up to a 4.88 instead of the 4.56 I was considering. I played with the tire pressure (14 psi seemed to be a sweet spot). I got some spin but less bog and improved my 60 ft slightly. Best 60 was 1.69...I was at 119 mph in the traps. 11.61 et.
11.6 and that 121 for a street car very impressive-- i had a yenko clone rs camaro with the 427/425 and 456 gears, just headers and stock solid cam with old holley 780, mid 12's at 110 but i only ran it a few times, 121 is some hp on the top end-- so what happened, the motor blew? Could it be fixed? that sucks and expensive-- is that a stock muncie as i wasnt sure if it could take that HP
@KnuckleBabys 4.88s in it right now, car is on the street 99% of the time. The rear gear is correct for the car because it puts the motor at about 7200 through the traps. The first gear ratio is not ideal, however. It would benefit from a 2.90 versus the 2.56 in the m20 right now.
@KnuckleBabys Im launching when im ready, not paying any attention to the tree. Its test and tune, not reaction time practice. And how did you determine i need a different rear gear? Its actually right where it should be
should try a v gate bet you would love it, inline shifting , i have like 5 hurst comp plus shifters never used them, i believe i have the chevelle one too bent handle etc.
Holy crap and it still did that?! I don't know what to say.. I'm really glad you're ok is all I got.. And here I was proud of my steel bell housing investment. I guess I'll just have to be extra careful.
awsum bro that's the way to get some fun out of your car.forget all these people saying do this and do that blah blah fukn blah.. put up your next combo bro ID love to see it.also I think your your car for the set up it had was really quick.very powerfully street strip car with more tunning at the track I can see you easily in the tens.
Oh yes it would have made a differnace for sure due to the straight cut gears, thicker gear teeth, and a higher nickle content only found in the m22 internals. a lower first gear with wider ratios is more vulnerable and this is the result. BIGGER IS BETTER!! ....again whats the HP you got in that bad boy??
I just looked up lakewood scattershields, the price is 560 with the block plate, i bought mine for 50 bucks USED back in the day which was about 35 years ago, even had the side mounts for the earlier chevs-- watching these videos i think i need a trip to englishtown-- i had a borg and beck pressure plate and street/strip clutch, borg and beck much better for a positive engagement but lots of pedal pressure
11.6 at 121 is dam good for a street car! (and I'm a Ford guy :) ) Did you ever fix that bog coming out of the hole? You'd probably be doing 11.2 or 3s if not better w/out it.
@OldsPowered69 your correct, launching off the 3 step. Also, 121 mph was good for a deep eleven, obviously the lack of cage would not allow us to run that.
engines sounds good.are you running 4.88s? Hope my small block sounds like that when I try the track for the first time.I will likely shift between 65 and 6800 check my video of it idling
It was hitting the front end limiters, we eventually pulled em off. Its difficult to launch a stick car with a street clutch and to tall of a first gear. A first gear in the 2.90 range and a proper slidder clutch would knock the 1.70 60fts down to 1.4xx
There is a few ways to fix the bog, we are making those changes right now. We are going with a 2.90 first gear ratio paired with the 4.88s already out back. The alternative would be a slipper clutch, however that would be to difficult to live with on the street. Thanks for the comment.
That looked terminal for sure! Hope you got it all put back together,'cause that is one nice sled. I love the way the oil coil spring rear suspensions sqautted on those BBC Chevelles. ( ignore the neg. comments.I get that kinda reaction when I go to T&T and end up racing a Yugo,or Pro mod!LOL)
I agree the suspension is definitely not optimal, but with only one track outing in the past 7 years its tough to work everything out in a few passes. However, I dont think you understand the purpose of the 3 step. I have a separate limiter set on the clutch pedal, so i can work up the launch consistently, and make it repeatable. Also, the new setup (gforce 4 speed, more race oriented sintered iron clutch) the car should leave much better out of the hole.
Sounds awesome but I think it in my opinion it would be better with an automatic not taken away from stick shift they got their place just seems to me the other cars are gone before you were getting out of second gear great car great video
The scattershield is definitely what saved me. However, the tranny, along with basically every drivetrain related part ahead of the rear end is being replaced. Wrecked the crank, block etc. I run pump gas on the street with a few degrees less timing etc, then at the track with open tubes I will run 112 just to be safe with the timing turned up.
Looks Great, sounds Great, but really expected much more. keep working on it its beautiful car. Would like to know the weight of car, rear gears, rear tire height? Nice car keep posting
Listen up nick...sometimes it aint all about winning. ..dude wanted to take his car and go bang some gears....and just so you no thats how drag racing started .....you think he gives a shit what u think...no...he went to the track and had a good time.....he has a cool car and it sounded good...he aint in 10.5 outlaw.....that's the damn problem with this country. ..somebody is always looking for easy and lazy way of doing things...u gotta b good to bang a rock crusher..quick. .. takes balls ...big ones.....and the best part is when he got done loading that chevy up....he went home ..drank a beer...and banged his ol lady.....put that in your pipe and smoke it
Take a look at my dads 79 camaro pro street racing at my local track. Now that's a real car! Its on my channel under videos. His car isn't fully automatic, its a 2 speed automatic that you have to shift, hes got a b&m megashifter in it, drop it down into 1 then 2 then drive.
Well Bro first off his shifter is way to short second 4th gear is way way to far away from 3rd and he shifts his car like My sister used to shift .. Has this guy ever seen anyone power shift ? Or does he even know anyone who rows a 4 sp ? He 100% should be using the Comp plus shifter and NOT the short straight version of the Super shifter he is literally leaned over and down trying to negotiate the H pattern ...
just a little tip from 40 years ago, leave on the last yellow light, don't wait for the green...
Jeff
A fabulous treat to see the tach at and + 7000 rpm's (not really very comonplace today}. an obviousy superbly built assembly in all aspects. Great classic example of true street/strip America when Detroit ruled.
That's a true light to light Street machine, not meant for the track! Nothing wrong running it in a legal way, dude that car is awesome!
That Chevelle sounds sweet!!! Forget automatic, a 4 speed is the way to go!! Love to hear it go through the gears!! Hope you got it running again!!
Just stumbled across this video. I had a '69 Chevelle from about 1992 until about 1998. Drag raced it almost every weekend. Car had 17,000 miles on it and most were 1/4 mile at a time. It was a COPO replica and had a 427 that was an IHRA A stock national record holder before I owned it so the suspension had been gone over very well. Car hooked hard. I bought just the body and frame off John Kunsak and threw a stock LS5 with powerglide and 3.73's and ran 12.96. Threw a THM400 and 4.10's and ran 12.95...lol. Built a 468 with factory square port heads, 850 Holley and a Lunati .685/.692 lift roller with .269/.276 duration at .050. Power range was 3800-7500. Put an 8" ATI 4500 stall in it with a 9" rear with Moser axles and ran 11.69@116 but had a miss. Ended up breaking a lifter before I got it dialed in and I sold the car. It would pull the front wheels about 10-12" off the ground and carry them about 25'. It was 100% street legal and even pulled the front wheels on the street with MT street tires. Loved that car but it wasn't fun to drive on the street with the roll bar and no back seat. Having kids that didn't work so well...lol
This 68 had both front wheels off the strip launching! That is still bad ass for the street. Always loved high revving big block bow ties. Always will. Peace
I get it man....im a big fan of proline racing(low 4 sec cars) .if u wanna win u need a auto and stall. And no ..I wouldn't race that car either. ..its a classic. We agree on that....but I still enjoy hearing that rock crusher banging gears...I like the video. ..and love the fact he got out their and didn't quit.
I love watching someone bang gears down the track, it's a shame to see that the sport isn't as stick friendly as it used to be, but in my eyes those slapping gears down the strip are the ones really driving their cars, great video!
That burnout was awesome ! Everyone should realize this car could be so much faster if it was lighter but honestly.... who wouldnt that beautiful 427. Literally, the best noise i have heard from a v8. awesome car, and video.
I've watched this video a few times now, I absolutely love your car. The thing is mean and I'm a four speed fanatic. Great job building it and awesome videos. When are you going to have your new combo done and out a couple vids of it?
its done and we drove it a few times this past summer, first track outing will be next summer
In 100% agreement with Ragin Reggin...I guess everyone forgot about just havin fun. Notice how you put "STREET CAR" in your description. LOL. That Motor sounds great, and extremely glad to hear another person bangin gears thru a Muncie.
Lol nick you must be so proud of all the skill it takes driving your automatic .
I doubt y'all even own a race car, I happen to own 2, a 1979 Pro street Camaro, and a 1973 Pro street Camaro, Jealous much???
ChevyGuy 98 you mean your dad owns that 79. You said it up there ^^
Rev limiter is set too low. Don't let off the gas when shifting. Should sound as fast as an automatic trans. Practice makes perfect. Nice car.
What brand clutch are you running in the car? Great videos.....multi-angle shots were awesome.
@zxtenn I am aware of block plates and no it would not have saved everything. I bought this shield used almost 30 years ago, and I didn't get the block plate with it. The chunks of flywheel caught the clutch fork hole and spun the bell housing, which tore all the bolt holes off the back of the block as well as knocking both corners off due to the solid dowel pins. My new scatter shield came with one.
Ouch, yeah that was expensive. I loved my 4 speed on the street, but if you were going to run this regularly, a transbrake poweglide would have put this car in the high 10s and been consistent. And if you got a good transmission more reliable and easier on the engine.
@WS6LS 4.88s work well with this combo because they put it through the traps at 7000-7200, right where the motor likes to be. The car weighs around 3750
Awesome! It's a good thing you didn't get hurt when that flywheel let go. Must of had a scattershield. Keep posting these cool vids up.
When you get tired of losing all the time you should install a turbo 400, trans brake, 4500 stall and a line lock.
@johnyups Your wrong actually. The wheels appeared to hop once in the burnout, never done that before or since. The flywheel was a cast unit, and was never intended to have 625 horse through it. That was the reason for failure.
Enjoy the videos, nice work. Ran a 904 case Super T10 for years behind my 427 and had to freshen it up seemed like every year. Finally was able to save up and get a faceplated liberty 5 speed and love it. Rowin gears and doing it the hardway FTW!!!
This is a easy 10 second car with the proper setup. I think if you got a little more wheel speed on the launch you would get out of the whole a lot quicker. Gotta make those tires work. What rear gear are you running?
check out the new track video. 488 gear 28'' tire
So what caused the motor to shit itself? Looked like some shrapnel sprayed out of it too. Car is looking and sounding good.
Are you using airbags in your rear coils??? ...your suspension looks soft when you preload, but it hooks good. Sweet ride by the way
@427ImportEater Because when you launch you are lurching or hopping I guess I should say. What rears are you running now? my experiences have shown with a manual transmission a taller gear is ideal for out of the hole during launch. How much street driving do you do with it?
TC member here with a 454 4speed (M22) & I agree a Muncie+Slicks+ high rpm power shifter= BOOM!......TH400,BOOOORing....ZZZzzzzz.
it looked like it was coming around really good about the time it broke!! fast stick cars get old real quick unless you have the money for all the big money trans and clutch setups. i know, I've broke my car every time I've went to the track with a clutch pedal. Good Luck!!
@427ImportEater Thanks for the info.....my new engine is projected to be 600 ft-lbs and want to get the right clutch....a Lakewood Safety Bellhousing is on the list too. What do you think for my application?
Love the car, although I'm a little biased, I've got a '68 myself. At 1:23 it looks like you could benefit from a slightly longer shift lever, easy $40 fix from Hurst. That's an easy 10.80 car with some more suspension work, love it! After Favoriting your videos, I guess I've decided on Silver versus the Black that's been creepin' into my mind. Subscribing......
Grecia green black vinyl top. Had one new in 68
Thanks! I have a 67 ss 427 Chevelle with a 468 big block and 4.11 gears with about 600 horsepower. Cant wait to see what it`ll do in a 1/4
Nice car, but he really needs to learn to power shift. That car can go much faster. Just my take on things
A Longer Stick wouldn't
hurt either he could get Order the Super shifter straight Long ..and maybe a bigger rear slick .. like say 10.5 or even the 11 inch M/H Race master
@chevellehotell it could, but the dyno showed this motor makes power up high, and its the bottom end were hurting. We pick up around 28-30mph from the 1/8 to the quarter, which is quite alot
Dam man what a nice street rod. To bad you didn't have the M22 Munci im guessing it would have handled that big block a lot better. By the way how much hp we're you pushing?
Transmission failure? If so, time to go automatic! 4l60e, 700r4, turbo400 with taller rear end gears and the right converter, you'd be in the 10's and could still cruise the interstate. Hey, I really enjoyed the videos. Hope to see ya back soon.
427 can easily be overcammed, making the 60' anemic, like here. Or some thing close to a 5:1 rear end ratio. Stick cars dont have any TQ multiplication other than gears, and 3.76" stroke needs all the gear you can give it. 1/2 shift ought be before 60' mark. Nice vids, nice ride!
Love the Chevelle and a four speed with it there's Nothing better
Im glad I was able to spread the word and hopefully save some other people's cars. This one is still a mess, Im hoping to send the new block and crank to the US monday to get all the machine work done.
Did you get it back together? Great Chevelle...
what kind of launch control or rev-limiter are you using? It sounds awesome!
Oh no joy. I'm building up my 70 chevelle right now so I can take all the advice I can get. Did you have a stock bellhousing?
Hi, i just read your reply, that is some serious bad luck, i have never heard of that happening-- so what now an aluminum flywheel? that think sounds oldschool awesome-- can't imagine driving something as radical on the street-- seems like you enjoy banging gears so auto is out?
Odd that the flywheel failed at the end of the race when you were probably in 4th gear, i would have thought it would be at a launch-- what type of pressure plate do you have??
man the sound on that car is glorious!
Bad ass! Luv it! I have a 71 chevelle sbc and a jerico. Nothing like baggin gears.
nice car man what gears and how much horse power is she getting
Your Chevelle is a beast. What kind of power is it making?
with the 4.88s and the M20 what were you crossing the line at? (rpm). will have to throw up some vids of the car next season with the new trans. with the gear ratio your running its gonna come ou of the hole hard.
@USAon3 not saying its going over 8500, but you claimed the valves were floating at 7400, where in fact the motor is very comfortable
love your car...not so keen on seeing it get beat on but then its yours...and I've never drag raced but Im sure there are some jitters involved here...but looks like your getting your but kicked off the line ..how come?..they got better reation time?
This is an awesome video! Your car is sweet and 4 speed set-ups are freekin awesome! Gotta love slammin the gears. 80 Z28, 4 Speed/427.. Rev it high and let it EAT!!
Ouch, smoke and parts on the track, lots of great shots on your vid, car looks good
Thats my favorite year of the Chevelle. Nice looking car.... runs pretty good too! Nicely done
Nice to see some real car guys checking out the videos. Thanks for stopping by
@427ImportEater It's still hitting the tires too hard.....that's the reason why it's bouncing. What kind of tire pressure are you running?
That should do it. Is it ready for the track? Would love to see the results. I might need to step it up to a 4.88 instead of the 4.56 I was considering. I played with the tire pressure (14 psi seemed to be a sweet spot). I got some spin but less bog and improved my 60 ft slightly. Best 60 was 1.69...I was at 119 mph in the traps. 11.61 et.
11.6 and that 121 for a street car very impressive-- i had a yenko clone rs camaro with the 427/425 and 456 gears, just headers and stock solid cam with old holley 780, mid 12's at 110 but i only ran it a few times, 121 is some hp on the top end-- so what happened, the motor blew? Could it be fixed? that sucks and expensive-- is that a stock muncie as i wasnt sure if it could take that HP
I seen that it looks like you have a demon carb do you like it my dad is thinking about getting it for his 454 do you recommend it?
How did the engine fail? I saw something going away from the car when the engine broke away. Was it a piston?
Is that one of those vinyl steering wheel covers fron the 70's that's held on with gimp? Didn't know you could still get them.
Are you putting in the M23Z by Autogear? Just curious...I have the M22W from them.
How is the new setup going? Waiting for it!!
That rev limiter tho!!! Lol awesome
@KnuckleBabys 4.88s in it right now, car is on the street 99% of the time. The rear gear is correct for the car because it puts the motor at about 7200 through the traps. The first gear ratio is not ideal, however. It would benefit from a 2.90 versus the 2.56 in the m20 right now.
@KnuckleBabys Im launching when im ready, not paying any attention to the tree. Its test and tune, not reaction time practice. And how did you determine i need a different rear gear? Its actually right where it should be
That suck man, expensive too, so was it an aluminum one? NO SCATTERSHIELD,? i used to have a lakewood with the block protector too
I have all of that sitting on the floor in the shop right now, and i wont be going in the car because how much fun would that be?
I agree. Since stick cars traditionally hit harder out of the whole, the softer and larger sidewalls of the bias ply slicks tend to be more forgiving
The whole assembly is balanced, actually has over balance built in for a higher rpm capability. That was not the issue, the cast flywheel was.
should try a v gate bet you would love it, inline shifting , i have like 5 hurst comp plus shifters never used them, i believe i have the chevelle one too bent handle etc.
Ive had it on there for quite a while, not sure where they are available now.
no biggie. you'll have back up & running soon. ever considered swapping to auto & trans brake? i love 4-speeds but on the strip...
Nice ride, way to hit them gears...It's your car and its all about having. Everybody hating!!!
Holy crap and it still did that?! I don't know what to say.. I'm really glad you're ok is all I got.. And here I was proud of my steel bell housing investment. I guess I'll just have to be extra careful.
beautiful car man and great runs!!! and have u rebuilt ur car again yet??? and curius exactly what happened. luv from a fellow chevy man...
Those cars were built to run not set on a shelf and look at. Great car - great video.
awsum bro that's the way to get some fun out of your car.forget all these people saying do this and do that blah blah fukn blah.. put up your next combo bro ID love to see it.also I think your your car for the set up it had was really quick.very powerfully street strip car with more tunning at the track I can see you easily in the tens.
Oh yes it would have made a differnace for sure due to the straight cut gears, thicker gear teeth, and a higher nickle content only found in the m22 internals. a lower first gear with wider ratios is more vulnerable and this is the result. BIGGER IS BETTER!! ....again whats the HP you got in that bad boy??
flywheel exploded eh? did it over-rev and hurt the motor at all?
I just looked up lakewood scattershields, the price is 560 with the block plate, i bought mine for 50 bucks USED back in the day which was about 35 years ago, even had the side mounts for the earlier chevs-- watching these videos i think i need a trip to englishtown-- i had a borg and beck pressure plate and street/strip clutch, borg and beck much better for a positive engagement but lots of pedal pressure
11.6 at 121 is dam good for a street car! (and I'm a Ford guy :) ) Did you ever fix that bog coming out of the hole? You'd probably be doing 11.2 or 3s if not better w/out it.
@OldsPowered69 your correct, launching off the 3 step. Also, 121 mph was good for a deep eleven, obviously the lack of cage would not allow us to run that.
Oh yea I love that car,I Allways liked that color combo.
I dont see what is sad? 11 second car against 9 second cars, you do the math
It seems the RPM's drop significantly between 3rd and 4th, is that preferable for the peak at the top end of the track?
engines sounds good.are you running 4.88s?
Hope my small block sounds like that when I try the track for the first time.I will likely shift between 65 and 6800
check my video of it idling
It was hitting the front end limiters, we eventually pulled em off. Its difficult to launch a stick car with a street clutch and to tall of a first gear. A first gear in the 2.90 range and a proper slidder clutch would knock the 1.70 60fts down to 1.4xx
There is a few ways to fix the bog, we are making those changes right now. We are going with a 2.90 first gear ratio paired with the 4.88s already out back. The alternative would be a slipper clutch, however that would be to difficult to live with on the street. Thanks for the comment.
That looked terminal for sure! Hope you got it all put back together,'cause that is one nice sled. I love the way the oil coil spring rear suspensions sqautted on those BBC Chevelles. ( ignore the neg. comments.I get that kinda reaction when I go to T&T and end up racing a Yugo,or Pro mod!LOL)
That monte carlo hauled some ass
Y line up with those cars u couldn't beat
I really loved your video. Great post.
I agree the suspension is definitely not optimal, but with only one track outing in the past 7 years its tough to work everything out in a few passes. However, I dont think you understand the purpose of the 3 step. I have a separate limiter set on the clutch pedal, so i can work up the launch consistently, and make it repeatable. Also, the new setup (gforce 4 speed, more race oriented sintered iron clutch) the car should leave much better out of the hole.
awesome car and great videos,hope shes back together.
Are you running bias ply slicks? I had read that 4 speed drag cars don't like drag radials. Your thought?
Sounds awesome but I think it in my opinion it would be better with an automatic not taken away from stick shift they got their place just seems to me the other cars are gone before you were getting out of second gear great car great video
That's nostalgia to the core
im curious to know how the muncie held up to these driving condtions. Nice driving. obviously the gforce can take the beating.
fuel pressure okay,rev limiter set wrong,carb lean?
The scattershield is definitely what saved me. However, the tranny, along with basically every drivetrain related part ahead of the rear end is being replaced. Wrecked the crank, block etc. I run pump gas on the street with a few degrees less timing etc, then at the track with open tubes I will run 112 just to be safe with the timing turned up.
Looks Great, sounds Great, but really expected much more. keep working on it its beautiful car. Would like to know the weight of car, rear gears, rear tire height? Nice car keep posting
Ever miss a shift?