Some "Dime Rockets" for the 4TH!

GTX JOHN · 07-01-2011, 02:24 PM

I have thought about 82 combo for years. I drove one back in 82 as my daily driver and it ran Low 15's
@ 88 mph with zero modifications. As I recall, I ran best shifting it at 5200-5400. It was a stick car and
I believe with decent tires it would have edged the high 14's ( It had some weird Metric Wheel and Tire combo
that was rock hard).I I have known about this combo a long time but I never said anything since we run
some of the same classes with Jr.'s car...........It sound like the cat just got out of the bag now!

We have run very well with the OEM cast pistons and production style/width rings in the boy's 318 and did not go
to the big money pistons/rings till we had TriCity build our latest engine a couple of year ago. It was a second
under the old index without spending a bunch of money. It currently belongs to one of our friends and may
still have some good years of racing yet!

07-01-2011, 02:24 PM	#14
GTX JOHN VIP Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Boulder City, Nevada 89005 Posts: 2,731 Likes: 2,794 Liked 2,471 Times in 696 Posts	Re: Some "Dime Rockets" for the 4TH! I have thought about 82 combo for years. I drove one back in 82 as my daily driver and it ran Low 15's @ 88 mph with zero modifications. As I recall, I ran best shifting it at 5200-5400. It was a stick car and I believe with decent tires it would have edged the high 14's ( It had some weird Metric Wheel and Tire combo that was rock hard).I I have known about this combo a long time but I never said anything since we run some of the same classes with Jr.'s car...........It sound like the cat just got out of the bag now! We have run very well with the OEM cast pistons and production style/width rings in the boy's 318 and did not go to the big money pistons/rings till we had TriCity build our latest engine a couple of year ago. It was a second under the old index without spending a bunch of money. It currently belongs to one of our friends and may still have some good years of racing yet! Last edited by GTX JOHN; 07-01-2011 at 02:38 PM.