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Took the car to the track last Friday. It didnt do well-
It has had a popping back fire coming out of the passenger side header since last Wednesday. So Friday, I changed back to the Holley carb, (no washer incident this time), loaded up some tools, and left for the track. Unloaded and went thru tech, and passed with flying colors. I went back to our trailer area, then on to the staging lanes. The entire time of running, the 41 never backfired or did anything weird. I get into the water box, do the burn out, and the car just doesnt feel right or sound right. I staged, and mashed the pedal. The car launched hard immediately, then fell on its face. I stayed in it to about the 330 mark, and let off. it started banging and popping all over again. We were at a 1/8 track, and I coasted thru the lights at 9.00 sec. In the hurry to get to the track, we forgot the extra distributor and wires, etc....I did throw the timing light on it and it was set initial 12 degrees.
I loaded it up and brought it home where it sat until Monday. Monday, we found that the 3/8" vacuum port was never plugged at the rear of the carb, the distributor,($20 garage sale item) had no springs or weights, and was welded solid to be set at zero, and the entire passenger bank of plugs were fouled and the gap was all over the place. I replaced the distributor, wires, and cleaned and regapped the plugs, sealed the vacuum leak, and it roared to life. It runs better than it ever has!
While at the dragstrip , trying to foot brake the car was almost impossible. I couldnt get the rpms high enough before the car tried to skid forward, even though it was running poorly.. So yesterday, a trans brake was ordered, and will be installed hopefully by Friday. I still havent had the time to run any type of exhaust, so the car has only seen road driving in the country in front of my house.
It has had a popping back fire coming out of the passenger side header since last Wednesday. So Friday, I changed back to the Holley carb, (no washer incident this time), loaded up some tools, and left for the track. Unloaded and went thru tech, and passed with flying colors. I went back to our trailer area, then on to the staging lanes. The entire time of running, the 41 never backfired or did anything weird. I get into the water box, do the burn out, and the car just doesnt feel right or sound right. I staged, and mashed the pedal. The car launched hard immediately, then fell on its face. I stayed in it to about the 330 mark, and let off. it started banging and popping all over again. We were at a 1/8 track, and I coasted thru the lights at 9.00 sec. In the hurry to get to the track, we forgot the extra distributor and wires, etc....I did throw the timing light on it and it was set initial 12 degrees.
I loaded it up and brought it home where it sat until Monday. Monday, we found that the 3/8" vacuum port was never plugged at the rear of the carb, the distributor,($20 garage sale item) had no springs or weights, and was welded solid to be set at zero, and the entire passenger bank of plugs were fouled and the gap was all over the place. I replaced the distributor, wires, and cleaned and regapped the plugs, sealed the vacuum leak, and it roared to life. It runs better than it ever has!
While at the dragstrip , trying to foot brake the car was almost impossible. I couldnt get the rpms high enough before the car tried to skid forward, even though it was running poorly.. So yesterday, a trans brake was ordered, and will be installed hopefully by Friday. I still havent had the time to run any type of exhaust, so the car has only seen road driving in the country in front of my house.
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