S/G advise Please..

[Dennis Paz]

Dont get caught up in all the big hipe of needing to go fast!
I race a s/g small block car that runs 140 on a good day and I win my share of rounds. If you are a good bracket racer you will do fine at the stripe. Building a motor that can run 160 will cost you 20 grand plus! And then figuring out how to manage all that power could be tough. Its all about cutting a light and running the number.

[SG596]

Originally Posted by Dennis Paz

. Its all about cutting a light and running the number.

True, but I stand by my statements. Unless you are comfortable driving the stripe with a 15 to 20 MPH defecit, you are at a disadvantage. If you are at least in the middle of the pack, the gap in rates of closure (ft/sec) isn't so great and the race will be more side by side at the stripe.

Just my opinion of course.

-JJ

SG 596
SC 5961

[CBS]

Who said he didn't want to spend money......?....We have Reher Morrison engines in our cars and they were well worth the coin.....I was just stating my opinion........

[Freddie]

Originally Posted by CBS

Who said he didn't want to spend money......?....We have Reher Morrison engines in our cars and they were well worth the coin.....I was just stating my opinion........

Spending $$$ is a given in trying to do this.. I dont mind spending it on the right stuff.. I just dont want to end up with a trailer full of crap that I tried and didnt work..

Thanks again to everyone.. I unfortunatly have to park this project for a little while.. the guy suppodes to take the Mustang backed out.. so I still have a NMRA car, and a few thousand lighter in the wallet from buying the rodster stuff.. but I will keep plugging..

I may try to run the Mustang in S/ST for the rest of this year to get some grade points at least... it will run 9.5's but only on the bottle.. I can go 10.7's off of it..