clutch to converter question

we had a guy look at our graph this weekend and he said if it was his car (with a clutch) he would put more weight on it to hold the motor down

question is what do you do if it has a converter and not a clutch?

this is a launch we are talking about

 

I'm a clutch guy, so take this for what its worth, but I would think you could lower your stall speed some and accomplish the same thing. If you weren't getting much convertor slip to begin with and the motor and wheel speed were out of hand, then you probably need to your low gear ratio to drop by a few points.

 

whats it doing rick

 

seemed ok to me, we had a 1.03 60'

he was looking at the graph to see our other problem,
we think we have a fuel issue

SBC in S10 2600lbs

 

I'm a converter guy.....
What was your wheel speed at 1.0s? What tire do you run? Six shooter?

Brandon Booher
NHRA TAD #35

 

hey Brandon

we run 34.5 x17 goodyears

no 6 shooter

we do have a MSD 8973 with timing control

don't have run here at home, it's at shop

 

there you go brandon can help you his car haul a$$

 

call jason coan he can fix you right up Doc

 

we do have a bolt together coan in it

 

have you talked to coan about it ??,,,,Doc

 

we know we have a fuel issue and as soon as that is corrected and we still think the converter needs a little attention we will get in touch with him

our next race we can make it to is 4 weeks and in that time I hope to have a new fuel system setup to try

thanks

 

I'd start by having a campfire with the 8973. Goodyear is a stickier tire than the Hoosier, providing they're not worn out..... You can adjust tire pressure to build more wheel speed and sort of "trick" the car on the top end by having a tire that's rotating easier so to speak.... Alas if you have a fuel issue....fix that and you might be just fine. I wouldn't change a thing until that was corrected. I'm assuming "problem" meaning it's way too fat or way too lean....either way when corrected you'll be making more power thus possibly fixing your worries out of the gate. If you have a Racepak, email me your run if you want, it'll give me something to do

Regards,
Brandon Booher
underby6@gmail.com

 

msd 8973

Why do you say have a campfire with the 8973 box?

 

DO NOT !!!! Get Will started on that s%@t again Some love it some hate it with a passion and say it blows up motors at the drop of a hat. I bought a six-shooter just to be sure. Search 8973 threads and do some reading.

 

I should have said the new Goodyear alky tire that they released last year around Brainerd.....I think. They're supposed to be stickier and grow a bit taller than the Hoosier. I haven't personally ran them but just what those who did run them have said.

Brandon Booher
NHRA TAD #35

 

well my hoosier hook very good cant complain