1979 Mercury Capri

[Russell]

where do you get that blue glove-compartment tape that's approved for racing?

Lowes Home Impovement Paint section, its very distracting when it falls open, I fixed it!

[Russell]

Well I deside to get diffrent intake hopefully the Weiand Stealth will pull better on the top end than the edelbrock preformer, with out causing hood clearance problems. Only four weeks till race day, and I will be lucky to get 2 days to work on the car...

[DanStokes]

Russell, I'd cut a loop out of each spring. The car sits WAY too high for LSR and I'll wager that would help more than you could guess. Might want to start with 1/2 coil as a beginning point. I have the Camaro as low as I can get it and still get it on the trailer. Air shocks in the rear help - I can pump 'em up to load and down to run. Keith says it's still too high and I'm sure he's right.

Dan

[Russell]

Dan, I am sure you are right, i was looking at DW's photos and the nose it way up in the air at the mile mark. I should stop trying to run CPRO and get the cardboard and tape out I am sure that would help alot as well, but... How is Mom's car coming? I bet with a tune up and droping the pipe before the cat you can get 95! Block off the grill, 97! Does it have more that one belt? Get ride of the power steering and smog pump 98 mph! You might get 100 if their is a little tail wind

[DanStokes]

It's still on the trailer right now. I'm trying to focus on the shop but so far Dr. appointments are getting in the way - and wife maintenance (she's worth it). Still making some progress. I'm heading out to start on the hand rails on the mezz in a few minutes.

I'll order up tune-up stuff for the Celeb tonight - probably Rock Auto for cheap Delco/AC stuff. I'm almost ready to slide the Camaro into it's stall in the shop which will open up the driveway to the hoist stall and allow me to get after the Celeb. Things are moving along (finally!).

Dan

[Russell]

Long story short I now own a Weiand Stealth and Holley Street Dominator. I plan on replacing the eddy this weekend I want the most power from 3500-6500. Which would you use and why.

[Beagle]

The change at the track and find out plan sounded pretty cool, then you'll know for sure what each one feels like.

Jeff's comment on the Air gap is noted.. but within the question:

Need pics, is the Holley a small ported single plane? If it is, I'd go with the Stealth. It will probably hand the holley it's ass. With the gears your pulling, I'd personally want the dual plane. That's my wholy unscientific opinion, I'd do it because 38 years of magazine brain washing have apparently worked.

[SuperBuickGuy]

The change at the track and find out plan sounded pretty cool, then you'll know for sure what each one feels like.

Jeff's comment on the Air gap is noted.. but within the question:

Need pics, is the Holley a small ported single plane? If it is, I'd go with the Stealth. It will probably hand the holley it's ass. With the gears your pulling, I'd personally want the dual plane. That's my wholy unscientific opinion, I'd do it because 38 years of magazine brain washing have apparently worked.

yes but then the magazines are selling single plane ads so the current "knowledge" is single planes do better racing. Dual plane do "better" in daily driving. Wonder how much it would cost in advertising to get them to say spark plugs with a diamond stamped in the end are better?

sarcasm aside, I bet you'll do better with the air gap

[Beagle]

They've always said the single plane / dual plane and I have a single plane torker sitting here that will get it's butt handed to it by the factory dual plane at 4000 rpm ... lol. The Air Gap, based on every test I've read, is either getting a hell of a lot of advertising cash being thrown at the testing, or is just that much better than any old school anything.

CC used a Stealth on their 400 hp 302 "stock cam" (ahem... yeah, I want to see the part number, but whatever) with AFR 165's. It apparently had the goods for 6200 with a lot more head than a set of P's, with a "stock" cam. In theory, it's a bit smaller than a E303? Like 266 adv. vs. 282?

I'll stop the internet bench building but I would put the Stealth on it Saturday night if you are going to run Saturday and Sunday. In my mind, that will save you the next set of gaskets when you want to put it back on. Grin.

[cantvalve16]

I can't reply to the question of how single planes are on the top end since I've only ever had street cars and never driven at the track before. However, my Ranchero I just sold had a stock 5.0 long block in it with a stock HO cam, 1.5 in. long tubes, Weiand X-cellerator, Edelbrock 600, and full 2.5 in. exhaust, T5, and stock 8 in. rear with 2.79's. The idle-5000 power was great and low speed throttle response was great. I could lug that car in any gear and smoothly pick up speed.
Don't know how that might be different with the extra 3-400 your car weighs and the E-cam. Hope that helps.