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Yeah, John, I watched it....I really get annoyed at the baby stuff, though. If those particular guys were out on the street scene running for pinks or cash and acted like that, somebody would shoot their kneecaps off. I like the show, but not sure where they get some of the competitors. Wayne

Holy, Moly Vinh!!!!! What a nightmare! Glad you got them running....m1noel can do it too....just gotta pay attention...) Wayne

Sounds like a superb project...wishing you all the best with it...don't worry about the wiring...as you can see by the attached pics, it's huge amounts of fun!!!!! By the way, the car actually ran after that mess...go for it!!!! Wayne

Hee, Hee, Hee....has absolutely nothing to do with anything...that's the point...I make funny... The only way it will fit is if you have a couple more larger brandy's... By the way, great info as usual....

You make my head hurt Grump...I think you forgot the gunrack and two broken arrows.... Wayne

Hey Mike...great info and I thank you muchly for weighing in. Those are some nice 60 ft times with the little motor. My converter is a 10 inch and I intend to try the leave like you and JT are talking about next time I get to the track. Appreciate the support Wayne

Good lookin' Z car! and a super clean install....great job...hope it runs up to your expectations. Wayne

Got it, JT...I will try that...it makes sense. Seems like I had heard that before but my old, befuddled brain lost it. Many thanks. Wayne

Hey, John...thank you...awesome!!! Mighty stealthy, though...I was trying my best to catch you or Jerry saying what the times were, but didn't hear anything...h-m-m-m-m..could this be a Zebra car thingy? ) Grumpy, First, thanks for all your input...although I don't post a lot, I follow your input to folks' questions pretty closely. I have been playing around with hot rod stuff for a long time and my experience mirrors pretty much the advice you provide and it's great to know that there are folks here who are willing to pass on what they empirically know. There, now that I am done sucking up, I will try in my inadequate way to describe the different feel of the old vs new converter. As the Doc says...the difference under part throttle is that it takes a little more rpm to get the car started moving than a stock converter. Mine would feel different than his as I am running a 4l80e with much more internal mass to move than a PG..hence the difference in feel. However, I digress...I will just compare the apples-to-apples of my particular feel after the swap in my hotrod. My engine was bogging in with the stock converter when I put on the brakes...doesn't do it now with the converter more free...idles well and keeps me from having to put a brake vacuum canister on it. So...on the street at low rpm, you essentially just need a little more rpm to get you moving...certainly not 3500, more like around 1600 to 1800 or so in my case, depending on how fast I want to move the car. Once moving and everything starts spinning at the same speed, can't tell a difference under steady-throttle cruising...however, if you have matched the converter to flash into your power band, watch out!!!..your in for a ride. ) Folks need to understand that the particular total package they have will dictate how the car will react to differences in torque converter stall speed, engine torque output being one of the many factors. On the track, or under full throttle conditions on the street (only when I have to get up those steep on-ramps of course), the difference is dramatic! With the 2200 stall converter, I would leave the line and mope up to about 4500 rpm in around 100 feet...no 60 ft time at all...once I got in to my power band (tq...not hp...around 4500 or so), it took off like a raped ape. You could tell what the problem was when I was running 1.8 60 ft times, 11.20 but almost 127 mph...I was losing it at the line. Enter the 3500 stall converter....with my engine, it flashes to around 4300-4500 depending on how high I brake stall it (so far, around 2800-3100 rpm), and puts me right in my tq band...takes off great...totally different feel as it pulls hard right from the start. Still, under part throttle...the same conditions apply as in the paragraph above. Hope this was of some assistance and at least remotely understandable. If not, please run the questions and I will to describe better. Wayne

Thanks, Scottie...you hit the nail on the head....60 ft times went from 1.8 to 1.64...I believe I can do better once I get used to the converter. Thanks for the advice. Wayne

Geez, Doc....NOW you tell me...) Many thanks John...mama made me promise not to put giggle juice on it, so I'm about as fast as I'm going to get...it is deadly consistent (the car, not the driver, ..I need some work) Ran 7 runs within a hundreth. I was trying to watch your last videos, but was having trouble making them work...but sure looked like you had it figured out. Sure hope to be there in March...be great to see the gang again. Not to worry Dustin, I'm corrected every time I say I have a 454 SBC...I have to steer them to the Bill Mitchell web site...maybe I should ask for a kick-back???? )

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Flashes to around 4400....Hardcore 454 Special Edition SBC...no guessing to it....Bill Mitchell sells 'em all the time....Go to the website and check 'em out..where you been?

Thanks Doc....should be around 10.70 or so in the 1/4...can't touch your 9.84 without some juice though....)

Hey folks...for those of you at SEZ 7, you know my hotrod couldn't get off the line because I had installed a 2200 stall street converter so mama could drive it....Best I could muster was a 11.20/126 in the quarter and 7.27/102 in the eighth...w-e-e-e-l-l-l-l, talked to mama and we installed a TCI 3800 stall converter...Yeee-haw! Just got back from our eighth mile track (drove the car to and from-about 30 miles) and ran a best of 6.90/103 on the DOT's...to top that off, I got sucked into the Friday night street race because the car is registered, insured, runs through the mufflers and on DOT tires and actually won the race! Go figger! Pretty cool for a car that isn't sorted out yet. Had a lot of fun though....and suprised a lot of folks also. Wayne

You GO John...! Sure sounds like it's fixed! Glad you were able to suss it out. How did you come to the conclusion it was the box? Just put my 4500 stall converter in today but will have to wait until friday to test it out on the track. hope to be well into the 6's in the 8th. Wayne

Are your AFR's angle plug or straight?

Dr Hunt, Can I impose to ask you what are the specs and part number on your S&S headers and are you satisfied with them? Wayne

I'm presuming we are talking about a chevy motor...if so, I'm with John...it doesn't take any more to build a 434, in fact it might be less as a 421 is kinda one off that not many folks play with Wayne

Looks like you've got a handle on it...super job so far..looks great! Wayne

Dead center target, Grumpyvette (as usual).....there are a thousand other things that you couldn't mention of course. I have found a common thread with hotrodders and would-be hotrodders over the past 40 or so years...most folks want to go fast but don't want to invest the money or time to do it right. The analogy is this...you can't go to Heaven unless you die...in both cases, the two are diametrically opposed. I know you know this, but it is extremely difficult if not impossible to describe the painstaking thought processes and just plain old busted knuckles it takes to put together a viable go-fast system...nobody wants to hear it. Oh well, it's folks like you who give us the straight scoop from which we can make our decisions and for that, we thank you. Wayne

and a vortex from the other camp........) this is REALLY gonna be fun!!! a Z version of Pinks without the pinks Yee-hawwwwwww

Good to go! I can relate to the hard work/lessons learned part....I'm still thrashing and it's two days away.....got the front end aligned and found out the rear is cocked about 5/8th of an inch...I will twitch it back (four links are great, eh?) and should be good to go. Nothing on the car was square to plumb from so it came out pretty good, all things considered. Sure looks like there are going to be some hot ones there...hope the weather holds... Wayne

Hey, Uncle John....I wouldn't detect a vortex that would suck in some unsuspecting prey, would I? ) This will be fun to watch.... Wayne

Mine idles kinda rough, too.....must need a tune-up or something....)