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Old 05-10-2015, 03:00 PM   #4
Mark Yacavone
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Default Re: Ford vs Chevy Build-up

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Originally Posted by HandOverFist View Post
Thanks to all for the support...I'm headed out the door in a few minutes to go tear into that rear-end.

Mark - The car was light last night as I expected it would be...3165 pounds. Running it in N we were 123 pounds light...O would have been 230 pounds shy. Had I known what the car was going to do I could have run it in P and at least been able to run the index lol!
Wow. Did you put any kind of ballast or weight box into it?
My 1980 HB was 300 # light when I got it done. I had done the research and built a permanent 100# into it before I even started bolting weight in.
I would recommend at least O/SA with it.
Of course a lot of your data from last night would be skewed by adding that much weight.
But then ,if you weren't making any power anyway, due to electronics, maybe not.
I'd say tune the computer first, then put the weight in it for O, then start over.
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