I was dissapointed with my numbers on the dyno at the DVSF. Turned out that my timing was way too advanced. The ring on my harmonic damper had slipped (since I have owned the car) and I had no way to time it other than by seat of the pants and listening for detonation. Well, I kept advancing it and advancing it always with better throttle response. I kept waiting to hear some pinging but it never came. I am told that this was because the new aluminum heads are very resistant to pinging due to the material and combustion chamber design.
Anyway, I went home, found TDC and marked the dampner. Now the timing is set right and the car hauls ass. Just as an aside, check this out. The clutches in my posi rear were all worn out, and I was completely blowing away the right rear tire. The simple short term solution was to buy the BFGoodrich Drag Radials which I put on. Recently, I rebuilt the posi rear with all new clutch packs. Now the car consistantly spins both rear tires equally. So I figured, now that I have the posi all fixed, I will take off the sticky drag radials and put the regular Radial T/As back on. Well check this out, . . my little low torque 302 (but almost 400hp) completely blows BOTH tires away now at any speed rolling along in first gear. The thing goes right to readline. It's like driving on ice. So, the moral of this story is, that if I had not had my car dynoed, I never would have known there was a problem and I never would have gotten the car where it is today. BTW, the drag radials are going back on this weekend!!! I don't know how you guys with large displacement engines get any traction at all??
ED IS HAPPY!!!
