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Posted: Fri Apr 14, 17 5:42 pm
by rockinpete
Prothed wrote:Welcome Pete.
There are a few members in Sussex- whereabouts are you?
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I'm in Sedlescombe mate, we play in Bexhill quite often, De La Warr pavilion, and no48, and the Sussex, pop along and say hello or stay if you like Rockabilly !

Posted: Fri Apr 14, 17 5:47 pm
by rockinpete
Pete wrote:In a Dart I had a 408 Stoker SB with Solid Cam, 750 Demon, A727 with bolt in sprag, Built 8 3/4 Rear with 3.55:1 gears, Moser shafts.

Still a Road car. Ran 12.3 at the Pod.

Still lots of money there, which is why the really speed conscious go Big Block - and then spend Even MORE money!!!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! Not going there with all that spending money to make it faster.......Hold on just tracking my next two parcels from Summit !! Bugger started already :lol:

Posted: Fri Apr 14, 17 5:57 pm
by rockinpete
Blue wrote:Could run low 12's to mid 11's, depends on what the car weighs, how well the combination is optimised and how well it can get the power down. The harsh fact is most cars start off being slower than we hope they will be.
Totally agree, my Cortina just sat down at the rear and went off the line, it's no good sitting there spinning the tyres, that gets you nowhere. I found the mickey Thompson ET street tyres worked great, better than full slicks so will be going that route to start with. I have checked the setup as much as I can in theory with all the different calculators and with 26" dia rear tyres it should be best, probably won't be ! but a good starting point. I may have to put it on a rolling road to get more accurate figures to work with.

Posted: Fri Apr 14, 17 6:33 pm
by Blue
1972 Dart shares the same grille with your Demon if you weren't aware. Undamaged grilles are hard to find and expensive, expect to pay a thousand bucks....

Posted: Fri Apr 14, 17 7:16 pm
by drewcrane
Blue wrote:1972 Dart shares the same grille with your Demon if you weren't aware. Undamaged grilles are hard to find and expensive, expect to pay a thousand bucks....
We were so stupid back in the day ,we tossed so many of these, man we were idiots! :oops: :oops: :oops:

Posted: Fri Apr 14, 17 7:42 pm
by rockinpete
Blue wrote:1972 Dart shares the same grille with your Demon if you weren't aware. Undamaged grilles are hard to find and expensive, expect to pay a thousand bucks....
Yea silly money, don't think it looks to bad just waiting for the bezels to arrive and it's $1000 towards other bits :thumbright: