shumpertdavid
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- May 13, 2004
CLIFF NOTES
82 Regal, 231 Carbed, 8:1 cast pistons, stock motor with small cam, intake, carb, headers, etc. Nitrous (125 pills), 4.11 gears, 2004r trans, street tires (with little spin usually bottling out on the launch
1/8th mile
Best prior 9.002 on nitrous, runs high 10-low 11's on motor
New best 8.38 @ 81.57mph w/ 1.687 60', Backed up with a 8.438 @ 81.34mph w\ 1.74 60' had just a little wheel spin on the launch. This was with used West Coast stall converter picked up off here, old drag radials, and 165 hp jetting for the nitrous.
I ran my best time Saturday night. Prior best was a 9.002 several years ago on street tires with nitrous, generally runs 9.2-9.4's. I swapped valve springs earlier in the week to take care of valve float issues I have had for a long time, they'd start floating @5200 and was like being on a rev limiter, car wouldn't rev past 5400. Springs cured that, I had the tv cable a little too tight on my first couple runs and saw 6200 once before backing off the throttle just enough to shift.
I threw on my fairly new tread but several year old Nitto 555r's from my mustang, 275\45r17, bumped the jets for the nitrous (@165hp), and threw in a used converter I picked up off the turbobuick site (@3k stall from West Coast Converters).
Heated the tires and dead hooked launching on the bottle
My first pass on a partial bottle was 8.98 @ 77.92mph with 1.78 60'.
Followed with 2 9.1xx passes, and the 4th pass the bottle went dry (11.49)
Made an all motor pass for a baseline run, 10.934 @ 65.42mph with 2.50 60'.
Switched the line to a fresh bottle, heated the tires good, and dead hooked the launch on bottle to run the my best of 8.358 @ 81.57mph with a 1.686 60'
While I know 8.3's is fast by no means, I was pretty dang happy for an 82 regal with a 231 carbed six and a little spray.
Got to take my girlfriend on the last pass, hooked good, bottled it into 3rd and coasted through the finish for a 8.9 (guy at the line said nothing faster than an 8.6 please).
82 Regal, 231 Carbed, 8:1 cast pistons, stock motor with small cam, intake, carb, headers, etc. Nitrous (125 pills), 4.11 gears, 2004r trans, street tires (with little spin usually bottling out on the launch
1/8th mile
Best prior 9.002 on nitrous, runs high 10-low 11's on motor
New best 8.38 @ 81.57mph w/ 1.687 60', Backed up with a 8.438 @ 81.34mph w\ 1.74 60' had just a little wheel spin on the launch. This was with used West Coast stall converter picked up off here, old drag radials, and 165 hp jetting for the nitrous.
I ran my best time Saturday night. Prior best was a 9.002 several years ago on street tires with nitrous, generally runs 9.2-9.4's. I swapped valve springs earlier in the week to take care of valve float issues I have had for a long time, they'd start floating @5200 and was like being on a rev limiter, car wouldn't rev past 5400. Springs cured that, I had the tv cable a little too tight on my first couple runs and saw 6200 once before backing off the throttle just enough to shift.
I threw on my fairly new tread but several year old Nitto 555r's from my mustang, 275\45r17, bumped the jets for the nitrous (@165hp), and threw in a used converter I picked up off the turbobuick site (@3k stall from West Coast Converters).
Heated the tires and dead hooked launching on the bottle
My first pass on a partial bottle was 8.98 @ 77.92mph with 1.78 60'.
Followed with 2 9.1xx passes, and the 4th pass the bottle went dry (11.49)
Made an all motor pass for a baseline run, 10.934 @ 65.42mph with 2.50 60'.
Switched the line to a fresh bottle, heated the tires good, and dead hooked the launch on bottle to run the my best of 8.358 @ 81.57mph with a 1.686 60'
While I know 8.3's is fast by no means, I was pretty dang happy for an 82 regal with a 231 carbed six and a little spray.
Got to take my girlfriend on the last pass, hooked good, bottled it into 3rd and coasted through the finish for a 8.9 (guy at the line said nothing faster than an 8.6 please).
