Pure Stock Drag Racing tips & tricks

[Salvatore]

Ok Marlin, Anything I can do just hollar! Maybe we should take a ride up to Petes. We can pick his brain a little. Have fun!!! Sam

[68l30]

Here is a spring clamp on the Dick Harrell Camaro owned by Bill Ogle.....I made a set for my Camaro after talking to Joe at the reunion,they work great.I mounted mine upside down,the traction bar on my car hits the flat bar not the spring.I had some severe "S" bends in my springs.After installing these clamps my springs are now straight,no more windup,and I now launch straighter.I have used the set-up before without the connecting flat bar,but the difference between the two is noticable esp with traction bars.Good luck.

Steve

[Chevy454]

I had never ran spring clamps on our Camaro (don't ask me why!) until this past fall, when I was at a bracket race. I had the clamps and thought I would try them...they dropped an easy tenth off my 60 foot times, and made the car VERY consistent. You want the front leafs as still as possible, and many people even clamp an extra "leaf" or piece of steel to the top of the leaf to stiffen it. It is legal to adjust the pinion angle, but I have yet to do it. Maybe Pete can shed some light on how much it helps.

That spring clamp pictured looks EXACTLY like the clamps I picked up this summer at the local parts store...Mr. Gasket, I think?

Marlin, I won't except "no" for an answer, so I will see you in Martin, Norwalk, and/or Stanton with your Deuce!

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Rob;
You found that style at the local parts store? That's where I'll go, let me know if you have a part number or a particular way of describing them to the 'Import Fanatics' that work at my local stores.

I won't say 'no' to seeing you guys at Norwalk, but I may run out of time to get the car dialed in - maybe I'll just use that as a test-n-tune, but wouldn't want to be embarassed if my stuff can't run a good number yet. This stuff is all new to me, I'm used to a hydraulic cam, quadrajet, and a/t = just stand on it all the way through the traps [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

[Casey Marks]

A hydraulic cam, a QJet, and an auto ....... and it's just *Stab-N-Steer*, 'eh ??? Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm....... [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

First spring clamps - THEN you guys are gonna start letting him know about Polyglas tire pressures ........ SHHHHHHHHHHHHHH !!!!!!

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Sorry Casey, I should have added; 78 el camino 350, low compression, no cam, no tuning! Add to that a sleepy Th350 with shift kit, and an open end 3.08 geared 10 bolt. Plus, 145k miles on the stock suspension. It was a slow ride, but a fun time.

Don't worry, I know who won the battle of the small block in MCR - where was Pete and JJ on that day [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

[Casey Marks]

Marlin,

If it didn't have a camshaft in it - it needed one. We'll work from there.......... [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/shocked.gif[/img]

[retengw31]

Neat forum..... Good to be back amongst GM people.

Casey's loop works well on my Ramrod, but lots of vibration to the floorboard. One that mounts between the trans mount and the trans is junk, it throws your dive train angle wayy off and reduces the clearance between the driveshaft and the floorboard to the point that we had to cut away the top 180 degrees to clear. At that point it was no better than the H pipe. We snapped a driveshaft first year at PS drags at the top end. Also took out the bellhousing. Scary.

Love this smiley: [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/[/img]

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

I found my Cam Card for the cam that I put in my Yenko. Where can I go to find the spec's for the stock LT1 cam from GM/Crane?

If I list the spec's for both cams, can you guys predict how my Comp Cam will perform compared to the stock Crane?

[Chevy454]

I believe THIS is your card.