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The Purple Camaro
- Thread starter Bent77
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It’s all goodI like watching too!
Kind of like a voyer…
Once I’m back from the desert trip I’m hitting Bandimere with Dads SS trailblazer.
I like watching too Dean…..always been an addiction for me, unfortunately my actual time on the track has been very limited throughout my life. If that L72 hadnt had a cracked block, It might have been a way different outcome through the years.
In a perfect world I would be bolting in an aluminum headed 427 and a 5 speed
Someone should start a drag racing thread. I'm a better drag racer, than I am a computer geek. LOL
Got the new shocks all the way in, dialed in a drag shock setting and drove for donuts
Pretty stiff, definitely doing things different than the air shocks
after the k10 debacle, went back to the Camaro looking for a small victory
I was pleased to find that I can get the governor out of the car without lowering the transmission. In fact, without pulling the crossmember
Used the fancy kit and dialed up what the instructions listed for a 5.7 Camaro from the factory
Slammed that back in and went for a go.
Knew it was wrong right off
Full throttled it anyway, I lifted at 6300 and it had not shifted yet
Pulled that out and robbed the stock one out of the K case @fourwheelerjeff got from @rderosier (rent for housing your transmissions...)
That shifted at 5300 right out of the bag, so at least I have a good start point
(yeah I did a few full throttle pulls down the loop
)
Pretty stiff, definitely doing things different than the air shocks
after the k10 debacle, went back to the Camaro looking for a small victory
I was pleased to find that I can get the governor out of the car without lowering the transmission. In fact, without pulling the crossmember
Used the fancy kit and dialed up what the instructions listed for a 5.7 Camaro from the factory
Slammed that back in and went for a go.
Knew it was wrong right off
Full throttled it anyway, I lifted at 6300 and it had not shifted yet
Pulled that out and robbed the stock one out of the K case @fourwheelerjeff got from @rderosier (rent for housing your transmissions...)
That shifted at 5300 right out of the bag, so at least I have a good start point
(yeah I did a few full throttle pulls down the loop
)So for adjustments, each 100 rpm I raise the shift point, it raises the 2nd gear start point by 55 rpm
So last time at the track:
shifted out of first at 3800 on the governor
started 2nd gear at an overwhelming 2111 rpm
With the stolen governor
shifts out of 1st at 5300
starts 2nd gear at 3000
Shift window should be between 5500 and 6000
Some say the 2-3 will go higher on the governor than the first
That should be worth some ET
Also finding out that G'pa Bent dialed the timing back to 30* was something I should have checked...
So last time at the track:
shifted out of first at 3800 on the governor
started 2nd gear at an overwhelming 2111 rpm
With the stolen governor
shifts out of 1st at 5300
starts 2nd gear at 3000
Shift window should be between 5500 and 6000
Some say the 2-3 will go higher on the governor than the first
That should be worth some ET
Also finding out that G'pa Bent dialed the timing back to 30* was something I should have checked...
Good adjustments. I’m laughing you didn’t check the timing before. Must have got busy.
Derp!!
Be careful using a solid trans mount, it can crack the trans case, have seen it happen. I always say, your trans mount should be softer than your engine mounts. If the trans tries to resist any of the twisting motion, it can crack. I have solid front and mid motor plates in my car, and a poly trans mount.
In a perfect world why not an aluminum blocked 540?...
In a perfect world why not an aluminum blocked 540?...
Yeah I’m mostly using it as a template, then I’ll modify the rubber one and swap it back in there. No mid plate
That said, we ran the car 5 years with a solid mount. Only making 400ish HP likely most of why it didn’t break
Been there done that, but with a Dart iron block in the white 69 we had. When we got bored with that we converted it to run Super Stock for about 5 years
