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| peewee |
Posted - 08/23/2006 : 06:38:40 AM
not sure where to start. i had 4.88 rear gear in car and 1.76 first gear in glide. car usualy spun tires on the starting line if track was loose and it ran out of motor at 5/8s track. now have 4.56 finals and same 1st. gear you can pretty much guess what i was strugling with last week end. thats right, tire spin and poor 60 foot time. how low would you go and why? i'm thinking 1.89 . don't forgit it's a cadillac that means its rods are a hell of alot longer then anyone's so it don't spin faster then 5grand.
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| rbrduck71 |
Posted - 11/21/2008 : 12:24:16 PM
Damn PW sounds like we have simiar problems my friends give me a hard time and just enough info to confuse me |
| WISEGUY |
Posted - 10/25/2006 : 5:52:24 PM
Pee-Wee Just change everything, then You dont have to guess at what fixed the Problem. Thats the way we do it here in algeria. Hope this helps...
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| snakebite |
Posted - 10/20/2006 : 8:43:39 PM
quote:
Originally posted by peewee
well don't forgit to pull my hair and call me bitch. the converter is 2800 stall from the convertershop with anti balloning plate.and the engine isn't reving any higher then it allways has. i've been driving this car for 8 years 7 with this trans and converter combo and nothing has changed that i can tell.
i don't need to be the fastest just faster than you!
peewee-ithink it's hard to notice a small change taking place over 8 years. ever notice your hair being longer than it was yesterday? your converter may not stall any higher than when it was new but can eat horsepower like the swag boys at a bbq. but like they say- 1 change at a time, and look at it over more than 1 or 2 passes. i bet you'll figure it out pretty quick.snake
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| The Villian |
Posted - 10/13/2006 : 5:38:28 PM
quote:
Originally posted by swag7741
PW YOU HAVE CHANGED YOUR GEARS FROM 488 TO 456 THATS ABOUT 7%, AT 5000RPM THAT WOULD BE ONLY 350RPM. IF YOU ARE JUST WATCHING THE TACH IT IS HARD TO SEE 350RPM. YOU MAY BE CORRECT ABOUT THE GEARS. BUT WE HAVE RUN 4.56 GEARS IN OUR CAR. UNTILL WE WENT TO A BLOWER TO RUN IN T/E CLASS AND RUN WITH THE TA BOYS, WE NEVER SPUN THE TIRES TOO FAST. WE HAVE RUN AS FAST AS 3.27 WITH THAT COMBO. JUST DONT KNOW IF WE CAN SPIN THEM TO FAST, UNTILL WE ADD ALOT OF POWER. ALL OF THAT SAID, DONT CHANGE A THING AND SEE WHAT THE TRACK WILL GIVE YOU NEXT TIME.
THE POINT IS WITH 456 GEARS YOU ARE PUTTING MORE LOAD ON THE CONVERTER. IF ITS GETTING WEAK IT MAY BE SLIPPING MORE.
BLACK ART 2
MIKE
We poored the power to it sat. night and "run" a 4.07. Be careful what ya wish for.
Spending more to go slower! |
| peewee |
Posted - 10/13/2006 : 11:51:37 AM
yea no sence in guessing i'll also try mt's idea with the white stripe and see what happens. thanks again don't know what i'd do without you guys helping me. pw
i don't need to be the fastest just faster than you! |
| swag7741 |
Posted - 10/13/2006 : 08:21:34 AM
PW YOU HAVE CHANGED YOUR GEARS FROM 488 TO 456 THATS ABOUT 7%, AT 5000RPM THAT WOULD BE ONLY 350RPM. IF YOU ARE JUST WATCHING THE TACH IT IS HARD TO SEE 350RPM. YOU MAY BE CORRECT ABOUT THE GEARS. BUT WE HAVE RUN 4.56 GEARS IN OUR CAR. UNTILL WE WENT TO A BLOWER TO RUN IN T/E CLASS AND RUN WITH THE TA BOYS, WE NEVER SPUN THE TIRES TOO FAST. WE HAVE RUN AS FAST AS 3.27 WITH THAT COMBO. JUST DONT KNOW IF WE CAN SPIN THEM TO FAST, UNTILL WE ADD ALOT OF POWER. ALL OF THAT SAID, DONT CHANGE A THING AND SEE WHAT THE TRACK WILL GIVE YOU NEXT TIME.
THE POINT IS WITH 456 GEARS YOU ARE PUTTING MORE LOAD ON THE CONVERTER. IF ITS GETTING WEAK IT MAY BE SLIPPING MORE.
BLACK ART 2
MIKE
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| The Villian |
Posted - 10/12/2006 : 11:33:54 PM
PW: Paint some white stripes on the back tire's and have one of the kids video the rear of the car at lanch. Than you can see what the tire is doing. MT
Spending more to go slower! |
| peewee |
Posted - 10/12/2006 : 8:25:35 PM
well don't forgit to pull my hair and call me bitch. the converter is 2800 stall from the convertershop with anti balloning plate.and the engine isn't reving any higher then it allways has. i've been driving this car for 8 years 7 with this trans and converter combo and nothing has changed that i can tell.
i don't need to be the fastest just faster than you! |
| swag-racer |
Posted - 10/12/2006 : 11:29:34 AM
Mike and I are tag teaming you. Later in the day did the track come around or did you car run better? What do you have for a converter know? In our BBC the highest we run is a 3500/lowest is 2350.
A woman drove me to drink and I didn't even have the decency to thank her |
| peewee |
Posted - 10/12/2006 : 11:16:43 AM
kenny good explanation. i'll have it checked after the next race but i'm pretty sure the tires are spining. other racers have said so and the car was going sideways off the starting line and my 60ft. times improved from 1.74 to 1.60 as the track got better and my e-ts went from a 49 to a 27. so what do you think now ? i'm still gona have the converter checked though. pw
i don't need to be the fastest just faster than you! |
| swag7741 |
Posted - 10/12/2006 : 08:07:38 AM
LETS SEE IF I CAN DO THIS. CONVERTORS ARE A BLACK ART!!!! PERFORMANCE CONVERTORS ARE RATED BY STALL SPEEDS ONLY, NOT EFFICIENCY. TO CHECK THE STALL IS EASY. PUT CAR IN HIGH GEAR AND WATCH THE TACH. WHEN THE BRAKES WONT HOLD IT ANYMORE THAT IS ABOUT THE STALL. BUT YOU CAN FLASH IT PAST THE STALL WHEN YOU ARE ON THE TRANS BRAKE. IF YOU HAVE ENOUGH MOTOR! BUT WHAT NO ONE WILL TELL YOU IS HOW MUCH SLIP YOU GET. SO SOMETIMES YOU THINK YOUR SPINNING THE TIRES, BUT YOU MAY BE SLIPPING IN THE CONVERTOR. THE HIGHER THE GEAR RATIO THE MORE SLIP YOU MAY GET. OK NOW THATS MY SHORT STORY ON CONVERTORS!
TELL ABOUT BLACK ARTS.
MIKE |
| peewee |
Posted - 10/12/2006 : 07:18:16 AM
kenny call me stupid but i'm not sure i git the converter connection? explain it to me.
i don't need to be the fastest just faster than you! |
| swag-racer |
Posted - 10/12/2006 : 06:40:40 AM
SO with poor 60' times were you over the 5,000 rpm that you want to be at.? K.T. Iam with Mike on the converter.
A woman drove me to drink and I didn't even have the decency to thank her |
| peewee |
Posted - 10/11/2006 : 10:49:32 PM
mike thanks again for all your input. the stock cadi rod is 6.750 but is not forged. i use the olds rod which is 6.735 but have it bushed .015 long for floating pin this rod is forged all this on a nine inch stroke (ooops thats the wrong rod) i mean 4.304 inch stroke. the cadi experts say don't spin this combo faster than 5500. pw
i don't need to be the fastest just faster than you! |
| swag-racer |
Posted - 10/09/2006 : 10:34:31 AM
I don't know Dennis we ran faster that we had in Primm.
PeeWee rods longer than 6.700? I turn 8,000.
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