Roothawg
09-21-2003, 06:04 PM
OK, for all of those who attended the HAMB drags you know I had a few problems. Here are the findings after a day of snooping.
1. The car had slow 60 ft times- solution- get the car to go into low gear. The shifter had a small arm internally that was off the track so the car was starting in 2nd gear, which sucks because it is a manual valve body. So that is a good thing.
2. Driver had slow reaction times....mostly my fault but I found that the rear drums are contacting ALL the time. I mismatched drums and axles etc. to accept the Olds pattern on the rear end so I never had a chance to clearance them.
Solution...gonna hafta remove some liner material to gain clearance.
3. Throttle cable acting funky- found the cable bracket material was too thin and it was flexing too much Solution- fab new bracket out of heavier material.
Should make a world of difference, so we may take it to the track Friday night for the test and tune.
1. The car had slow 60 ft times- solution- get the car to go into low gear. The shifter had a small arm internally that was off the track so the car was starting in 2nd gear, which sucks because it is a manual valve body. So that is a good thing.
2. Driver had slow reaction times....mostly my fault but I found that the rear drums are contacting ALL the time. I mismatched drums and axles etc. to accept the Olds pattern on the rear end so I never had a chance to clearance them.
Solution...gonna hafta remove some liner material to gain clearance.
3. Throttle cable acting funky- found the cable bracket material was too thin and it was flexing too much Solution- fab new bracket out of heavier material.
Should make a world of difference, so we may take it to the track Friday night for the test and tune.