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ntman
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From: Mulkeytown, IL
Registered: Jul 2004

posted 03-15-2005 02:41 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for ntman   Click Here to Email ntman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Got out Sunday for the first T&T at the local track and my 60' times are terrible. I ran fairly consistant with 8.022 8.05 and 8.07 with MPH always between 88.7 and 89.5 problem is, my best 60' time was 1.877 with most in the 1.93 range. I am guessing with the right setup it should be in at least the 1.7 range? I am running 29x11x15 Hoosiers (I know shorter would help some), 4:62 gears in an 8", stock leafs, summit drag shocks set on stiff, moroso trick front coils(one coil removed), summit drag shocks up front set on 90/10. Converter is anothe problem I am pretty sure, it's a TCI 10" Super Street Fighter. It doesn't spin when launching off the footbreak at about 2200.

This is in a 67 Cougar approx 3000# 289 w/ c4

Any suggestions are welcome.

[This message has been edited by ntman (edited 03-15-2005).]

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grego37
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posted 03-15-2005 02:49 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for grego37     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
More torque
Faster reaction time
and a tail wind would help.
Have fun.

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ntman
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posted 03-15-2005 02:53 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for ntman   Click Here to Email ntman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
quote:
Originally posted by grego37:
More torque
Faster reaction time
and a tail wind would help.
Have fun.

Thanks grego37
Problem is it's a 289 so torque is limited, and reaction times were .501 .505 and .530 (sun was in my eys )
This car is driving me nuts, it has ran a best MPH of 91.?? so I am guessing the motor has at least 7.8 potential but something it a miss.

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steve'66
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posted 03-15-2005 08:41 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for steve'66   Click Here to Email steve'66     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
nt,

Time for a good converter. If it really isn't spinning on the launch. Have someone video the launch for you and paint a white mark on the slicks.

What are you using for traction bars?

SteveW

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posted 03-15-2005 08:51 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Moneymaker   Click Here to Email Moneymaker     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Maybe it's time for a NEUTRAL DROP!




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kid vishus
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posted 03-15-2005 09:16 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for kid vishus   Click Here to Email kid vishus     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Here is the problem.....


quote:
Originally posted by ntman:
...it's a TCI 10" Super Street Fighter.

Those convertors are junk for racing and barely adequete for street use.

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ntman
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posted 03-15-2005 09:40 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for ntman   Click Here to Email ntman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I am using home made bars made from 2x2 square stock. They are welded to the leaf springs u-bolt mounts and have 1/2" grade 8 bolts for snubbers. Pass side is about 1/2" from the spring eye, driver side is about 3/4". I am also using a pinion snubber that sits about 3/4" from the pinion. The car doesn't feel like the suspension is unloading or anything. It doesn't squat or lift just kind of leaps forward, just not fast enough. About the time the back of the car gets to the tree, it takes off good and pulls hard. No bog or stumble, just doesn't rev much until the 30' mark.

I agree that the converter is junk, I found a local company that will custom build me an 8" converter to my specs for about $400. Until then, maybe I will just take Alex's suggestion and neutral drop it at about 5k

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rustang@home
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posted 03-15-2005 10:50 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for rustang@home     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I ran a TCI super street fighter with my old windsor combo. It sucked until I sent it back and for around $100.00 (1992 dollars) they loosened it up to around 4000 and I went from 1.8's to 1.6's! It eventually ran in the mid 1.5's.

I still have that converter, with that motor it ran just as well as the ATI 8" I was running at the time.

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TomP
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posted 03-15-2005 11:28 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for TomP   Click Here to Email TomP     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
The convertor i use came stock on the Mustang the T5 was out of... it stalls up to 7000 rpm sometimes and other times stalls at idle speed.

Tom, of the anti-slushbox brigade

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