Six_Shooter's money pit and time vampire... v.240Z

Yeah, I'm going for low 12's next time out. I have a set of 3.70 gears on their way to me, to use until I get my new rear end built. It'll also help to see if I will need to go to 3.55s with the new rear end as well...

I'm working on the proper media, but the expenditure of proper media recording devices, means less funds for go fast parts...

Also I MAY have a clutch problem starting. I was rolling along in 5th tonight at about 60 MPH in 5th and put my foot into it when the RPM flashed to 5000 RPM with little to no increase in vehicle velocity. :/ It was fine a few miles later, so I may need to take a look in the bellhousing and see what's up.

[34blazer]

11's easy if the car can plant its foot. I demand the proper media

The headlight covers really aren't that rare, though these ones were bought back in the early '80's by the person I bought them from. They are an aftermarket item, not a factory head light cover.

They will soon be coming off, due to the weather cracking, and I don't think I'll put another set on. I liked them, but I think I just want to go without at this point.

[Purple pit]

Dang nice to see the car and those now rare "headlight covers".

[Superdave]

Nice!

Currently I'm running 10 PSIG, since that's the lowest I can run. My wastegate actuator is a 10 PSIG actuator. I plan to really dial up the boost, once I improve my fuel system and gears. I think better matched gears alone will make a noticeable improvement.

A picture from last night:

[1QUICKHATCH]

Nice times! How much boost did it take to get you in the 12's?

Before you post anymore Roadkill cars, I have seen all of the episodes. :P lol Yeah the Crusher Camaro is an interesting story.

Also went to the track tonight...

Best pass was a 12.71 @ 115. 60' was 2.0 IIRC (slips are still in the car, will get them out tomorrow). I had two other passes in the 12's, first pass was a 12.97, and a 12.89 after the 12.71. Then the track went away and ran a 13.5, at which point I called it a night, since I have too much gear in the car. I actually shifted it to 5th on a couple of the passes. lol I'm thinking of going to 3.73's once I get the new rear end built. I kinda wish I kept the 3.54's I had that would fit in my current diff, since they might have been a better gear than my current 3.90's. My run is over about the 1200' mark, after that, the car noses over, since there's no cam left. I think after gears, next will be cam. Somewhere in there I have to think about injectors, and I plan to upgrade my fuel system as well, since I think it's about getting maxed out now.

[Superdave]

then you must be familiar with the Crusher Camaro... I'd have humped it but the Holley guys were giving me dirty looks.

https://instagram.com/p/pM6p0eBzWY/

Yes, very familiar with the Rotsun.

[Superdave]

Six, I can't remember if I mentioned it but are you familiar with the "Rotsun" that Roadkill built?

this is one of the shows on it... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcjC00J8FaM

[Purple pit]

Comfort term I guess(lol). Hair splitting.

Vacuum block, vacuum manifold, potato, po-tat-oh.

[Purple pit]

Sometimes pressure waves and acoustic waves are hard to understand. Tried to tell them that too(of the bad effects on them), but nothing, just like talking to my computer. Well that can get my head spinning when trying understand just what is really happening above idle. 6k or even 2k gives me a headache (lol).

Like a vacuum block?

It's not a hard concept to understand, at least I don't believe it is.

I was going to add a bunch of vacuum fittings to the UIM, but I've decided instead to change the way I have my vacuum stuff connected and move it all to a single vacuum manifold, and run one large vacuum line to the manifold.