Would like to switch to FORD power

[Jerry Clayton]

You need to close down the nose of your car and make the air go around it--I looked at your gallery and if you could lower your cage some, take off the windshield, cover the open right side, you could run many mph faster--fix your chevy, make the car faster and then put a ford in it at a later date, your probably making the power you need now---you aren't going to get the job done with a 800 hp wether its a ford or anything else---don't throw out the gains you have made as the other engine will be a whole new path--there are two reasons you don't see any fords in prostock and they are Mopar and GM

Jerry

[CHANMADD]

Originally Posted by Jerry Clayton

You need to close down the nose of your car and make the air go around it--I looked at your gallery and if you could lower your cage some, take off the windshield, cover the open right side, you could run many mph faster--fix your chevy, make the car faster and then put a ford in it at a later date, your probably making the power you need now---you aren't going to get the job done with a 800 hp wether its a ford or anything else---don't throw out the gains you have made as the other engine will be a whole new path--there are two reasons you don't see any fords in prostock and they are Mopar and GM

Jerry

I agree withthis analogy. That windshield is like a massive airbrake.:

[HighPlainsDrifter]

Hi Colin,
Dal's mustang goes 6.80's @215 mph and is street legal.
He runs about 400 cu inch 351 block with clevland style aluminum heads. It's boosted by LARGE twin turbo's and 28 lbs boost on alky. It's EFI. He says he can go 3 seasons without freshening up the motor. Runs a 2 speed glide, and a spare,haha.Runs cool on alky too.
I think something like his setup is the only practical way to do it.about 1500 hp.
Perry.

[colin mullaney]

I do have a short lexan windshield for it that is about 5 1/2" high but would prefer not to use it. I like to do all my racing with the car completely street legal right down to signals, lights, E brake, DOT tires, mufflers, and everything else. I do race with a formed fibreglass cover over the passenger area. I've thought about building a cone shaped cover for the front oval but can't imagine it being anything but ugly and overheating.

I have hopefully found some improvement in the transmission though. I discovered I had over 10% slippage in my crappy converter and have bought a good Coan that promises to get rid of most of it. In anticipation of that I have changed the rear gears from 3.73:1 to 4.10:1. I can't wait to feel it launch now.

[colin mullaney]

Hi Perry, Dal's car is amazing, as is Rash's and many other turbocharged SBF's. I don't know much about them but I've thought they were very expensive and probably not very streetable. I am looking into that though.

I like my big, dumb BBC with part time nitrous power. 11:1 compression, big Howe radiator, big Meziere water pump, and two very large electric fans. When on the highway I leave the fans off and occasionally turn off the water pump to get the temperature up a bit. Around town I use the pump at all times and turn the fans on as needed, never been over 180* yet.