Shooting for a new PB!

[NET351]

In July last year I had a crack at drag racing for the first time...
The car was a 1969 XW falcon with recently dyno tuned 351 clevo. C4 auto with 4,000prm stall, 3.7:1 trutrac 9" diff.
I was hoping for a low 12 or high 11 second quarter...how wrong I was...


Long story short traction was a major issue. Although top gear burnouts were quite fun!

The first run I selected 'D' for Drag, took my right foot off the brake pedal, mashed the go pedal slowly to the floor and left it there. The result was a 14.01. Not too bad I thought for shifting at 5,200rpm and not stalling up the auto off the line... but would there be seconds in more revs?

As the night went on I experimented with tyre pressures, take off revs and gear shift rpm. The times dropped into the 13s and then I managed a few high 12s.

Car #688
As you can see by the 60ft time traction got worse and worse as street rubber was laid down over the course of the meet. I left happy that I got a 12 but somewhat disappointed that I could not get the potential out of the car. Here's a couple of videos - the first one having some fun warming the old hard tyres I had and the second is of one of the 13 second passes. You can hear how much it bogs down off the line due to the inability to bring the revs up on the brake.




Tonight I'm heading back to get a new PB. I've got brand new stickier rubber and the car is running well. The plan is to get the elusive 12.00 or even better an 11.90 something...