What do I get when I make 20+ more HP?

Originally Posted by Vinyl66

Your launch pics are great! I would love to be able to lift a tire on launch. Or just get a pic of my car launching would be a good start.

Dennis, are you running a carb spacer? If so, what size and type?
I ask because my Vic Jr is pretty tall under the stock flat hood but I think
I may be able to fit a 1/2" spacer of some type under there.

I dig the look of the empty grill. I did the same to mine years ago.

It is neat seeing picture of your car in action, although it is more fun to be in the car during the action. Our track is pretty active in the way of photos, and they often post our cars on their website (Beaver Springs Dragway - IHRA Summit Drag Racing) after each weekend's events. The track owner is a True Blue Oval guy. The only event that wasn't rained out this week was the Saturday T&T.

With my 351 block, I really can't run a spacer on the Vic Jr. I do have about 3/16" of gaskets and an old Z28 type heat shield between the carb and the manifold.

Supposedly, Vic Jr typically like a 1" spacer. Spacer results vary from motor to motor. If you could fit the 1/2" spacer, you should try it. In particular try to use one of those Plastic/Phenolic spacers which help keep the carb cooler.

Your car is sweeet--nice track times too! Reminds me of my first Mustang, which was Candy Apple red.

I've seen isolators for the carburetor studs and washers if you really want to get trick and isolate the carburetor completely. Those studs into the manifold can transfer heat to the baseplate as well.

Originally Posted by dfree383

You where talking about your clutch being a 1250#?

Typical performance Clutchs range from 2100# to 3200#, You may want to look into that.

You'd be surprised just how low of a static pressure the fast sintered iron clutch set ups run with some sort of centrifugal weight on a long style pressure plate. We're talking well under 1,000 on cars making a bunch more power than Dennis. I've heard that some can be put in gear with the clutch let out and not move. You have to give them some rpm to bring on enough pressure just to get them to move. Not the adjustment you'd want on the street.