1/4 mile times

[Cashburn]

Originally Posted by MDP727

Here's the rest of the times.
60' 1.9
1/8 8.0
1/4 105.7
It just seems with this motor it should do better.
How does the car feel on the road course? After a year of owning it I think I might give it a go. I race stock cars and always said I wouldn't race my BDR.
Does the front end feel very light to anyone else? There are times on the road I feel the front end slightly veer to one side or the other. Often the opposite direction of a sweeping turn. It's not a push, but almost feels like the front tires are barely making road contact. It easily corrects with little steering input. Also if you are on a road with say semi-truck grooves in the asphalt the car easily wants to track in the grooves.
Does any else have the same handling experiences?

If you are only trapping 105 mph you either are running out of fuel, don't have enough timing in the car or both. Get the car dyno tuned, check you A/F to see if you are going lean up top. Detonation is hard to hear sometimes with the noise of the motor, but will show up on the graph. 60' isn't bad, gears may result in more spin if you not hooking now. You should be able to knock 1 or 2 tenths off that on drag radials and even more if you throw on some et streets or slicks, every tenth cut in the 60' can be worth 2 at the top.

[JustOne]

I agree with Jay, a 408 with 500 hp should be putting up closer to 120 mph trap speed. Belive it or not, your trap speed doesn't change that much with wheel spin and is a very good judge of how much power you are making. You need to get your mtor over to a dyno and see what the true story is. From the way your car is running on the fisrt half of the track vs. the balk half you may just want to get a friend to check and see if you are getting full throttle on the carb.

Justin

[Dennis Kelley]

Cashburn/jay

Said it all. You have a HP problem at the top end Get to the dyno.

later

dennis