Gene Fiore
Famous Member
So this is kind of a continuation of my post called "Running Rough". As some of you have read, I ran my quickest et(15.15) since getting my motor back together and having some mods done to the Holley carb. So now my quest is to do what I can with what I have to get into the 14's...even a 14.99 would make me happy! I know that my motor is starving for air which is why I had the throttle shafts thinned. My hood clearance is minimal so I sent my carb back to the carb shop to have the choke horn milled off so I can improve air flow into the motor. I got it back and it looks really nice. Here are a few pics:
I did some tweaking today in preparation for my next trip to the track which will be on Nov 10th.
1) Re-torqued cylinder head
2) Re-adjusted valves leaving the intake .02 looser ( suggested by wsa111 to improve low end )
3) Reassembed carb and noticed that my squirter was only .25...wtf?? I have always ran a .28 or .31...this would explain the lousy reaction times from last race. I can only think that the carb shop inadvertently did that when they had my carb.
4) Check front brakes for drag...wtf?? Could barely pull the drums off they were dragging so much. So I cleaned up brake dust, re-packed bearings and adjusted. Wow, this could shave off a few hundreds possibly.
With these "adjustments" and the cooler air we are now getting here I'm hopefull for a 14.99!!! We will see. I also picked up a 5 inch alternator pulley but will not install that yet.
I did some tweaking today in preparation for my next trip to the track which will be on Nov 10th.
1) Re-torqued cylinder head
2) Re-adjusted valves leaving the intake .02 looser ( suggested by wsa111 to improve low end )
3) Reassembed carb and noticed that my squirter was only .25...wtf?? I have always ran a .28 or .31...this would explain the lousy reaction times from last race. I can only think that the carb shop inadvertently did that when they had my carb.
4) Check front brakes for drag...wtf?? Could barely pull the drums off they were dragging so much. So I cleaned up brake dust, re-packed bearings and adjusted. Wow, this could shave off a few hundreds possibly.
With these "adjustments" and the cooler air we are now getting here I'm hopefull for a 14.99!!! We will see. I also picked up a 5 inch alternator pulley but will not install that yet.