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Topic: Whats the best way to slow a drag car?
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Inbred-Jed
Journeyman Posts: 40
From: Chester, Wv 26034
Registered: Mar 2003
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posted 05-06-2003 11:40 PM
  
I want to slow my car down to be easier on the engine and keep it out of the 9's. I tried bringing the shift point down but i go through the traps at a higher RPM. I tried setting the throttle so the 4 barrel only opens half way and the car msde its best pass to date which was a 9.97. Saturday i had to take the battery from the truck i pull with and strap it in my car to get it to run 10.00. Can i unhook the secondary linkage? Will this make the car run lean? I want to shift at 6000 and go through the traps around the same RPM. Thanks guys
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steve'66
Gearhead Posts: 6522
From: Sonoma,CA,USA
Registered: Mar 2000
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posted 05-06-2003 11:46 PM
Jed,Running off the primaries is the normal method. Disconnect the secondaries, also back off the timing. Try 28 degrees locked out.  SteveW
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johnmustang
Gearhead Posts: 4235
From: Vancouver Island , British Columbia , Canada
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 05-07-2003 12:35 AM
" Whats the best way to slow a drag car " ? Swap over to a Chebbie  JOHN ------------------
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Moneymaker
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posted 05-07-2003 12:38 AM
Add weight.------------------
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jsracingbbf
Gearhead Posts: 1677
From: Batesville,MS. , U.S.A.
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 05-07-2003 01:05 AM
leave at a lower RPM, make a mechanical throttle stop for either the accelerator pedal or the linkage, add weight bars to the front of the car, shift into second ( 3 speed auto?) at a VERY low RPM, like just after you leave. Your MPH will be up but Et will go down. Or you could buy a $100.00 throttle stop from ACD. They also double as great starting line controlers------------------
Jerry
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capri man
Gearhead Posts: 3385
From: doerun, ga.
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 05-07-2003 07:09 AM
a 195x14 spare tire full of warer weighs about 90 lbs. that is a cheap way to take about 1/10th off.
jerry, just curious, why would you add weight to the front instead of the rear? good luck, jed.------------------
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kid vishus
Gearhead Posts: 4538
From: middle of NC
Registered: Oct 2000
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posted 05-07-2003 07:36 AM
Sometimes, if you don't add enough weight, the car will be just as fast, if not a little faster. If it makes the front /rear weight ratio better, often the car will run the same. I have never had any luck unhooking the secondaries. It did slow the car down, but it also made it incredibly inconsistant.Put a 600 double pumper on it and add at least 150 lbs of weight. If you don;t want to turn as much rpm, change gear ratios. Thats the only realistic way to change finish line rpm very much.
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jsracingbbf
Gearhead Posts: 1677
From: Batesville,MS. , U.S.A.
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 05-07-2003 09:30 AM
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Originally posted by kid vishus:
Sometimes, if you don't add enough weight, the car will be just as fast, if not a little faster. If it makes the front /rear weight ratio better, often the car will run the same.
Mike, Look at KV's post, if you add weight to the front of the car it slows the weight transfer down, but then again it could cause it to NOT hook. The front may not be the place he needs to add weight, it was just a suggestion. Sometimes when you add weight to the rear of a car it makes it a little quicker. You have to play with where to add weight. Most dragsters have a weight bar in the very front for this reason. ------------------
Jerry
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n2oMike
Gearhead Posts: 1547
From: Spencer, WV
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 05-07-2003 09:55 AM
As KV said, if your goal is to take it easy on the engine, the best way would be to change the rear end ratio. That would kill a little et, while keeping it from buzzing so hard through the lights. Of course, adding weight would be the easiest way to add a bit of et. It's also the cheapest and most easily reversible. Good Luck! ------------------
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Moneymaker
Administrator Posts: 19704
From: Lyons, IL, USA
Registered: May 99
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posted 05-07-2003 09:58 AM
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Originally posted by n2oMike:
As KV said, if your goal is to take it easy on the engine, the best way would be to change the rear end ratio. That would kill a little et, while keeping it from buzzing so hard through the lights. Of course, adding weight would be the easiest way to add a bit of et. It's also the cheapest and most easily reversible. Good Luck!
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Dad Vishus
Gearhead Posts: 540
From: Moscow, Iowa, USA
Registered: Dec 2001
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posted 05-07-2003 11:55 AM
What about mufflers?I have a set of collector inserts that are supposed to take about a tenth off. Don't know if you are running open exhaust but adding muffs would be easily reversible and inexpensive. ------------------
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Fastymz
Moderator Posts: 11429
From: Reno Nv USA MEM#1240
Registered: Apr 2001
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posted 05-07-2003 12:52 PM
"Whats the best way to slow a drag car?" Just let me drive and work on it.------------------
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custom300fe
Journeyman Posts: 4
From: Niagara Falls, Ont
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted 05-07-2003 02:58 PM
Trade engines with me. I just bet you won't get into the 9's.
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jsracingbbf
Gearhead Posts: 1677
From: Batesville,MS. , U.S.A.
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 05-07-2003 11:43 PM
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Originally posted by Inbred-Jed:
I want to keep it out of the 9's.
Lets bolt an alky injection setup on it and see if we can get it to run eights?
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Jerry
69 Mustang Pro ET Drag
70 Mustang retired former footbrake car "Whiskey for my men, beer for my Horses" -- Toby Keith
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Inbred-Jed
Journeyman Posts: 40
From: Chester, Wv 26034
Registered: Mar 2003
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posted 05-08-2003 02:18 PM
Thanks for all the feedback guys
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Ryan Wilke
Gearhead Posts: 1501
From: Stanton, Michigan 49707
Registered: Oct 2000
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posted 05-08-2003 02:43 PM
quote:
Originally posted by jsracingbbf:
Lets bolt an alky injection setup on it and see if we can get it to run eights?
YEAH BABY!!!!!!  Jerry,
you got me LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL with that one!!! Jed,
I hope you keep us posted with what you decide to do...K? Ryan
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Fastymz
Moderator Posts: 11429
From: Reno Nv USA MEM#1240
Registered: Apr 2001
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posted 05-08-2003 03:19 PM
Can't you use some kind of throttle stop.------------------
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Inbred-Jed
Journeyman Posts: 40
From: Chester, Wv 26034
Registered: Mar 2003
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posted 05-08-2003 05:11 PM
I run a pro bracket class at my local dragstrip. We are not allowed to use throttle stops or delay boxes. Transbrakes are ok but i dont need one 1.389 60ft launching at 2000rpm as of last saturday. I need this motor to last. Im POOR and cant afford to build another very quickly. It has taken me a year to put this one together. I want to slow the car but at the same time be easier on the engine so adding weight and etc wont work. Im leaning toward a restrictor plate or going to 3.89 or 3.70 gears. Ill keep you guys posted for sure and i should have some pics up soon. Does anyone want to recommend the best way to post pics on here i would really appreciate it. Step by step please...im a slow learner.
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Buster
Gearhead Posts: 780
From: Orlando
Registered: May 2002
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posted 05-08-2003 07:01 PM
Have my wife ride along 
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steve'66
Gearhead Posts: 6522
From: Sonoma,CA,USA
Registered: Mar 2000
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posted 05-08-2003 09:28 PM
Jed,I vote for the taller gears. It'll slow the 60'ers taking et away, and let the engine cruise through the traps. You'll need 3.70s to have a marked difference. You could put a cheap converter in it too, but that costs more. I'm building a 440 Dart that will start out in street class, so I put a 11" 3000 stall street converter in it with a 3.70 gear. I hope it runs low 12's and not 10/11s like it's capable of to start off anyway. SteveW
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steve'66
Gearhead Posts: 6522
From: Sonoma,CA,USA
Registered: Mar 2000
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posted 05-08-2003 09:40 PM
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Originally posted by Inbred-Jed:
Does anyone want to recommend the best way to post pics on here i would really appreciate it. Step by step please...im a slow learner.
To post pics on this site, you have to have them on another website first and then you can link to them.  So those of us that don't have our own websites can e-mail the pics to the webmaster and see if he'll be so kind as to post them for you. His name is Steve L SteveW
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