We run a 1964 Ford Fairlane with a stroked FE block. 490 cubes. 685HP 760ft lbs torque. 1100cfm Dominator Carb. Single plain intake (big square hole!!) 12.5:1 compression. 76cc heads. Cam - .685" intake--322 duration .724" exhaust--308 duration. 104* LCA. No nitrous or stupid charger. All motor. Runs on 104 octane track gas. For those of you that don't know--thats WICKED for a straight motor without a power adder. Now consider we had that dynoed at 6200' altitude. And NO, thats not "corrected" for altitude. Thats ACTUAL numbers.

Ford 9" rearend that was narrowed. 43spline axles. 26x12 ET tires that fit in the stock wheelwells. 4-link rear end. Coil overs. 3.87 gears (I know--doesn't seam like enough, but all that engine torque does wonders ) C-6 trany with manual valve body, trans brake and reverse gate shifter. 5000RPM torque converter. MDS 2-stage ignition.

We launch at 4800RPM. Shift at 7800RPM. 60ft times are 1.55--1.58 seconds. Runs 10.70--10.74 seconds in the 1/4.

We used to launch at 4800 and shift at 6200, but it wasn't "locked in" the torque converter long enough and we saw trans temps that we didn't like. So, we put a different cam in the motor to change the RPM range. The car used to run 11.30's. Changing the shift point and the cam took us into the high 10's .

The launch is unfriggin' believable!! It just squats the back and and goes!! The left front tire comes up about 3" and it's GONE!! Hardest part of the whole run is letting off the gas pedal at the end. The tires only have 11psi and when you unload the suspension at the end of the track--it's pretty squirrley.

Sorry. Back to airplane engines gents!! [sm=red_smile.gif]

EDIT:
Forgot this. The car weighs 3320lbs with ME sitting in it and 7g of fuel. It's a door-slammer with a full 12-point cage.