going racing friday night

[Vixvega]

Some tracks are a lot tougher than others on tech. Depending on the event as well. Big thing, pay attention to the lane assigner. go where he/she tells you and don't move until they tell you to.

Just dry hop the rear tires to get the crud off them. Aquaint yourself with where you pick up your time slip after your run and get it quick or have a buddy pick it up for you and make sure the car# on it matches yours. Some places will not hold it for more than a few runs after if they are running a large program with a lot of cars. Get at least 2 runs in each lane if possible so you will have an idea how to dial the car in. White shoe polish, window cleaner spray, rags and a razor blade in case you need to change the dial in. Have someone walk next to you the first time you stage so you know where the beams are. Drive through them after you heat the tires and you are done at a lot of places. Helmet on and buckled when you pull into the burnout area.

Class, and car number CLEARLY written on both side windows and windshield. Driver window all the way up when you pull into the burnout area. As stated don't use any water with street tires you will just lose it all on the line when it runs down between the tread. Also you will piss off the next guy who runs in your lane for leaving a gallon of water for him to start in. Be sure you know where to heat the tires. A lot of tracks have a cement pad where they want you to spin the tires as not to rip the asphault to shreds.

Also. make sure you know where the turnoffs are at the big end of the track.. Common sense, but you don't want to be riding around at the big end during a large racing program not knowing where to turn off to return and forcing them to stop racing after the next set of cars have burned out and staged. Follow any speed limits on the return road. Revvving the hell out of the engine and speeding down the return will get you tossed from a lot of tracks. Watch people who race all the time, They do the same exact thing every run. Do the same thing every run, identical burnout stage the same way.

[68 TT]

Sorry you got rained out. I hate that. Around here it happens a lot in the spring & fall. We might get one or two good weekends out of the April opening month up here and the same for September.

One more thing to remember, if you are in the right hand lane don't forget to look out for the other car in the left hand lane when you make the turn onto the return road. You will have to cross over their lane to get there.

Good luck and have fun.

Don't forget to have a friend in the stands take pictures or video of your runs.

[TwoFiftyShifter]

68 TT, with 5.13 gears, are you tach'd out when you run through the traps?

[68 TT]

Originally Posted by TwoFiftyShifter

68 TT, with 5.13 gears, are you tach'd out when you run through the traps?

I only ran it the one time at the Friday night street legal drags when I first got it back together just out of curiosity. It only ran 87 mph so it was only at about 4800 rpm with the 32" tall tires. It will live at 6000 rpm no problem with the motor as is.

It weighs too much being a 3/4-ton 4x4 and the SM465 makes it hard to shift quickly. In a much lighter C-10 truck it would be quite a bit quicker probably 14.30's or so. The same engine in my Chevelle ran 13.50's.

[big10ratrod77]

Originally Posted by 68 TT

I only ran it the one time at the Friday night street legal drags when I first got it back together just out of curiosity. It only ran 87 mph so it was only at about 4800 rpm with the 32" tall tires. It will live at 6000 rpm no problem with the motor as is.

It weighs too much being a 3/4-ton 4x4 and the SM465 makes it hard to shift quickly. In a much lighter C-10 truck it would be quite a bit quicker probably 14.30's or so. The same engine in my Chevelle ran 13.50's.

i can speed shift my sm-465 just fine man

[68 TT]

Originally Posted by big10ratrod77

i can speed shift my sm-465 just fine man

So can I but not anywhere near as quickly as an M21, T-5 or T-56 car trans.

With my Camaro I could shift with my foot to the floor on the throttle. Power shifts are brutal on the parts but the shifts can happen fast enough to not have to lift at all. Needless to say I broke quite a few transmissions.

[big10ratrod77]

Originally Posted by 68 TT

So can I but not anywhere near as quickly as an M21, T-5 or T-56 car trans.

With my Camaro I could shift with my foot to the floor on the throttle. Power shifts are brutal on the parts but the shifts can happen fast enough to not have to lift at all. Needless to say I broke quite a few transmissions.

yea i was just joking i know what u mean the sm465 dont have a real easy throw as a lil five speed dose

[KQQL IT]

Also tell the starter you are new to drag racing and he'll help you get staged properly. Nothings worse than a newbie trying to stage on the back tires

[3r!c84]

im not new to dragracing its just that ive never driving down the track.

last week i was there watching,and this kid in his daddy corvette(parents where watchin him race his first race) he went all the way down the track,never lifted.he blanked out right passed the line and kept going,threw the dirt and tires.he is now in the hospital for brain damage

[KQQL IT]

Originally Posted by 3r!c84

im not new to dragracing its just that ive never driving down the track.

last week i was there watching,and this kid in his daddy corvette(parents where watchin him race his first race) he went all the way down the track,never lifted.he blanked out right passed the line and kept going,threw the dirt and tires.he is now in the hospital for brain damage

I didnt know. Ive seen it before and really seems to upset the starter.

[Driveway Dreams]

Yikes! That's not cool huh? Lets us know how next week goes man.

[3r!c84]

Originally Posted by Driveway Dreams

Lets us know how next week goes man.

alright i will.youll be seeing that new thread title "i blew up my motor now what?"

haha lets hope not

[3r!c84]

nah its more like a slap on the hand over here lol

[bmfpeterson]

3r!c84

I want to see the 45mph lawnmower in action! lol

[3r!c84]

Originally Posted by bmfpeterson

3r!c84

I want to see the 45mph lawnmower in action! lol

i just sold it a few weeks ago ):
ive been looking for pics and cant find any of when it was done.but here was some b4 shots
and my friends and i mudding

heres it.but the burnout was when it only had a 5and3in pullys,,but when it was fast i put full go cart steering and a honda atc 200 motor in it

[3r!c84]

heres my orange one i made.it was getting painted and i just layed the wheels there.

and the rest are some of my others and friends getting down in mud

[Slick17]

I have to say that I love this forum. If this short of guestion was asked on any other forums that I go on to. There would be nothing but flaming and bad mouthing going on. I love how everyone on here is helpful and is willing to chime in with knowledge.

Thanks guys.

[Restrorob]

If you guy's are gonna wade water with mowers ya'll should build a couple of these;

[3r!c84]

we where thinking about that but the money for the tires,rims, and some sort of axles would cost wayyy to much. but we made somthing like that but smaller tires


the last one is going deepp!!!!!

[bmfpeterson]

I have about 6 mowers and never thought of this at all. course in az we dont have much water...... did you use the stock motor to get 45mph? is it in the gearing????

[3r!c84]

we get them all for free.ppl just throw them away or give them to us..
but just flip the front pully over you might have to cut it in half and do some welding to that pully.and for the back go down to your hardwear store and buy a pully and put it on. get like a 2.5 in pully.and a belt.

that set up with be good for 30 mph. oh take off the hole brake.with it on it slows down the rearend and just melts the pads(you dont need brakes anyways ) but thats all u need


oh and take the deck off too lol

[Chlsnk]

Originally Posted by 3r!c84

we get them all for free.ppl just throw them away or give them to us..
but just flip the front pully over you might have to cut it in half and do some welding to that pully.and for the back go down to your hardwear store and buy a pully and put it on. get like a 2.5 in pully.and a belt.

that set up with be good for 30 mph. oh take off the hole brake.with it on it slows down the rearend and just melts the pads(you dont need brakes anyways ) but thats all u need


oh and take the deck off too lol

My friends and I have souped up some mowers aswell. We pull the head and usually deck it alittle bit by glueing 280+ grit sand paper to a piece of 12x12 flooring tile and just keep sanding until it looks good and then wet sand it abit tp clean up the scratches. Also at the local metal by the foot they sell some super thin aluminum sheet and we make head gaskets out of that. Lapping the valves makes a big improvement you would be amazed at how much carbon build up there will be.Depending on the type of engine the intake manifold casting can be cleaned up inside I have found kolher engines to be the only ones that this mod can be done on. The area between the valves and bore can be cleaned up and rounded into the bore this seemed to have a effect on throttle response believe it or not. I included a picture of what I'm talking about.

[3r!c84]

nice ive allways liked the briggs ohv motors they dont rev as high but you get more displacement.(also the hole motor and head is alum.)i bore out the intake and clean up the head.me make a tap so we can change the timing and that helps out alot in the higher rpms.for a carb i like to use my honda atc carb becuse it has bigger jets.

but ive blowen up a few (ive got smart and put a tach on the motors)

i got pics on the other computer ill put up later

[Chlsnk]

Originally Posted by 3r!c84

nice ive allways liked the briggs ohv motors they dont rev as high but you get more displacement.(also the hole motor and head is alum.)i bore out the intake and clean up the head.me make a tap so we can change the timing and that helps out alot in the higher rpms.for a carb i like to use my honda atc carb becuse it has bigger jets.

but ive blowen up a few (ive got smart and put a tach on the motors)

i got pics on the other computer ill put up later

I always wanted to kick the front end way out on one of these and make a dragster.