pic!!
New track pic!
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From: State of Confusion
Originally Posted by 45ACP
A very nice image. Certainly worthy of desktop use.
What kind of times do you run with that thing?
What kind of times do you run with that thing?
Originally Posted by cmashark
nice pic......tell us about the car
Inquiring minds wanna know!
('specially how does the rear-end survive those launches with the use of slicks?)
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well the story goes something like this.
I've always been a fan of Corvettes and I've been around drag racing for almost 27 years. My car is a numbers matching 1979 L-48 with a TH350, and it also has original paint. Now I know ya'll think I'm nuts for doing that to a rather original car, I'm sorry, but thats the deal.
Engine wise, like i said its the original L-48 which I've put an Edelbrock Performer cam and intake. Rings and bottom end have never been touched. Carb is stock quadrajet (Tweaked by Lars). Distributor is stock Gm with some help from an MSD-6AL. It isn't a world beater but it sure is a ton of fun. This car is street driven about 5000 km per year.
Last year I worked the tranny over and added a TCI Streetfighter converter with about 3200 stall.
That did improve the launch considerably however because its just not a powerful package best et has been 13.96 at 98 mph.
How, I'm in the process of building a sweet big block for the car and hope to end up with about 425-450 horsepower on pump gas. And with any luck will drop my times down even more. It's no small task moving a car like this from small block to big block especially when it spends 6 months a year in storage.
Thanks for askin
Indy
I've always been a fan of Corvettes and I've been around drag racing for almost 27 years. My car is a numbers matching 1979 L-48 with a TH350, and it also has original paint. Now I know ya'll think I'm nuts for doing that to a rather original car, I'm sorry, but thats the deal.
Engine wise, like i said its the original L-48 which I've put an Edelbrock Performer cam and intake. Rings and bottom end have never been touched. Carb is stock quadrajet (Tweaked by Lars). Distributor is stock Gm with some help from an MSD-6AL. It isn't a world beater but it sure is a ton of fun. This car is street driven about 5000 km per year.
Last year I worked the tranny over and added a TCI Streetfighter converter with about 3200 stall.
That did improve the launch considerably however because its just not a powerful package best et has been 13.96 at 98 mph.
How, I'm in the process of building a sweet big block for the car and hope to end up with about 425-450 horsepower on pump gas. And with any luck will drop my times down even more. It's no small task moving a car like this from small block to big block especially when it spends 6 months a year in storage.
Thanks for askin
Indy
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From: State of Confusion
Originally Posted by Indynut
..... My car is a numbers matching 1979 L-48 with a TH350, and it also has original paint. Now I know ya'll think I'm nuts for doing that to a rather original car, I'm sorry, but thats the deal.....
these cars were MADE to go-racing, even-if only a 1/4-mile at a time!
What rear-gear are you running?
Those appear to be 28"-29" Hoosiers yer wringing-out, and I turn 'just' 5800 RPM with 28" Eagles and 4.10s at 105+ MPH:
have you experienced any/many IRS problems with those slicks?
Last edited by Glensgages; Mar 6, 2005 at 11:54 AM.
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Originally Posted by Indynut
well the story goes something like this.
I've always been a fan of Corvettes and I've been around drag racing for almost 27 years. My car is a numbers matching 1979 L-48 with a TH350, and it also has original paint. Now I know ya'll think I'm nuts for doing that to a rather original car, I'm sorry, but thats the deal.
Engine wise, like i said its the original L-48 which I've put an Edelbrock Performer cam and intake. Rings and bottom end have never been touched. Carb is stock quadrajet (Tweaked by Lars). Distributor is stock Gm with some help from an MSD-6AL. It isn't a world beater but it sure is a ton of fun. This car is street driven about 5000 km per year.
Last year I worked the tranny over and added a TCI Streetfighter converter with about 3200 stall.
That did improve the launch considerably however because its just not a powerful package best et has been 13.96 at 98 mph.
How, I'm in the process of building a sweet big block for the car and hope to end up with about 425-450 horsepower on pump gas. And with any luck will drop my times down even more. It's no small task moving a car like this from small block to big block especially when it spends 6 months a year in storage.
Thanks for askin
Indy
I've always been a fan of Corvettes and I've been around drag racing for almost 27 years. My car is a numbers matching 1979 L-48 with a TH350, and it also has original paint. Now I know ya'll think I'm nuts for doing that to a rather original car, I'm sorry, but thats the deal.
Engine wise, like i said its the original L-48 which I've put an Edelbrock Performer cam and intake. Rings and bottom end have never been touched. Carb is stock quadrajet (Tweaked by Lars). Distributor is stock Gm with some help from an MSD-6AL. It isn't a world beater but it sure is a ton of fun. This car is street driven about 5000 km per year.
Last year I worked the tranny over and added a TCI Streetfighter converter with about 3200 stall.
That did improve the launch considerably however because its just not a powerful package best et has been 13.96 at 98 mph.
How, I'm in the process of building a sweet big block for the car and hope to end up with about 425-450 horsepower on pump gas. And with any luck will drop my times down even more. It's no small task moving a car like this from small block to big block especially when it spends 6 months a year in storage.
Thanks for askin
Indy
)?? Couldn't imagine that you'd have a traction problem on street tires
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Actually the slicks are important. The times are like 2/10ths better and they're all in the 60ft. Mph has remained the same but with the converter and slicks the launch has been sweeter for sure. Just lookin for that little whomp from the BBC. As for the rear diff standing up to it, I guess we'll have to see, its got 3;55's back there and I change the fluid regularly and its been doing just fine.
Indy
Indy