Pure Stock Drag Racing tips & tricks

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

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I guess the LCA and LSA can be the same at 106. Not sure on the idle or the vaccuum problem though, the car has good brakes even with repeated stops at quick intervals. I don't normally check vaccuum, but I did with mine because I was using it to set the mixture screws (?). I had a steady 18+ inches of vaccuum, and idle is a little high but relatively smooth.

As for being a dog on the low end, I can't really tell because this is the only deuce I have driven - and quite frankly is the fastest car I have ever owned. So, I don't know that I can compare it to anything else. I think the low end is pretty good, but then again it doesn't take much to blow the whitewalls off!

I did assemble the engine myself, basically because I wanted to do everything that I possibly could. I installed the cam per the mfg instructions, ie; straight up. I had read that the Comp cams have 5 degrees of advance 'ground in'? It didn't mean much to me at the time, all I was checking for was PTVC - which turned out fine at well over 100 thous./in. Might I have missed something during the installation?

Thanks in advance for any and all feedback, the possibility of me putting in the 182 is increasing.