86 T-Bird @ that track! Takes z28,and a lighting P/U And a Cobra!

robertwigton · 09-13-2002, 10:38 PM

86 T-Bird =3!!!When I last left off,"Our" Racing Boat had New Tire blues,which SLOWED the car down.To say the least ,we,the racing boat crew members were Disappointed,BUT!
Then the trans took a "dump"....Left with no choice,we had to make a "Late" season swap to our back up trans...Wait a minute,WE DON"T Have a Back up! SOOOOOOOO,We used the four cylinder tranny out'a my coupe! Since we had wanted to do away with the factory 2:73 , which we know are killing our times with the Big meaty tires,we were hope for resuilts w/ the "Super low geared 4 cyl. T-5"And ,after some jetting,we had her back @ the 98 MPH mark! Anyway,the 1 races where the 1/8 mile to let the track "Dry out @ the top end"(It rained early in the day)
We quickly realized that the T-5 from the 4 was low geared enough to give us the advantage in the 1/8...So,down goes "Mr Big money lighting"(Which,later he informed us,had traction problems

)And then the Cobra,which,I found hard to belive,but the T-Bird over took @ the top end of the track! And my favorite,the z28! Which was after the track was "Up-graded" to the full 1/4.Well,I'm going to point out that,I don't think that the z was running right,but was great 'cause of the guys "Big mouth" al night

The z did get the win light 'cause George "fell a sleep" @ the lite,but even with his 1000 something lite,the z only got him by 03 tens of a sec.And the times,if not for the lite,Goerge would have taken him!After that ,the guy left!The boat puts'em all to shame!

Dark_5.0 · 09-14-2002, 12:53 PM

DAN-MAN · 09-14-2002, 04:52 PM

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86 T-Bird =3!!!When I last left off,"Our" Racing Boat had New Tire blues,which SLOWED the car down.To say the least ,we,the racing boat crew members were Disappointed,BUT!
Then the trans took a "dump"....Left with no choice,we had to make a "Late" season swap to our back up trans...Wait a minute,WE DON"T Have a Back up! SOOOOOOOO,We used the four cylinder tranny out'a my coupe! Since we had wanted to do away with the factory 2:73 , which we know are killing our times with the Big meaty tires,we were hope for resuilts w/ the "Super low geared 4 cyl. T-5"And ,after some jetting,we had her back @ the 98 MPH mark! Anyway,the 1 races where the 1/8 mile to let the track "Dry out @ the top end"(It rained early in the day)
We quickly realized that the T-5 from the 4 was low geared enough to give us the advantage in the 1/8...So,down goes "Mr Big money lighting"(Which,later he informed us,had traction problems )And then the Cobra,which,I found hard to belive,but the T-Bird over took @ the top end of the track! And my favorite,the z28! Which was after the track was "Up-graded" to the full 1/4.Well,I'm going to point out that,I don't think that the z was running right,but was great 'cause of the guys "Big mouth" al night The z did get the win light 'cause George "fell a sleep" @ the lite,but even with his 1000 something lite,the z only got him by 03 tens of a sec.And the times,if not for the lite,Goerge would have taken him!After that ,the guy left!The boat puts'em all to shame!

Dude, you sure you ain't been smoking anything lately?

robertwigton · 09-14-2002, 06:52 PM

Well,there was a "cloud" of smoke that nite,but I thought it was from the burn out box..

Mach351C · 09-14-2002, 11:22 PM

That was no burn out box, You were either drunk as hell or on some illegal drug

09-13-2002, 10:38 PM	#1
robertwigton Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: orlando,fl USA Posts: 44	86 T-Bird @ that track! Takes z28,and a lighting P/U And a Cobra! 86 T-Bird =3!!!When I last left off,"Our" Racing Boat had New Tire blues,which SLOWED the car down.To say the least ,we,the racing boat crew members were Disappointed,BUT! Then the trans took a "dump"....Left with no choice,we had to make a "Late" season swap to our back up trans...Wait a minute,WE DON"T Have a Back up! SOOOOOOOO,We used the four cylinder tranny out'a my coupe! Since we had wanted to do away with the factory 2:73 , which we know are killing our times with the Big meaty tires,we were hope for resuilts w/ the "Super low geared 4 cyl. T-5"And ,after some jetting,we had her back @ the 98 MPH mark! Anyway,the 1 races where the 1/8 mile to let the track "Dry out @ the top end"(It rained early in the day) We quickly realized that the T-5 from the 4 was low geared enough to give us the advantage in the 1/8...So,down goes "Mr Big money lighting"(Which,later he informed us,had traction problems )And then the Cobra,which,I found hard to belive,but the T-Bird over took @ the top end of the track! And my favorite,the z28! Which was after the track was "Up-graded" to the full 1/4.Well,I'm going to point out that,I don't think that the z was running right,but was great 'cause of the guys "Big mouth" al night The z did get the win light 'cause George "fell a sleep" @ the lite,but even with his 1000 something lite,the z only got him by 03 tens of a sec.And the times,if not for the lite,Goerge would have taken him!After that ,the guy left!The boat puts'em all to shame! __________________ 89'LX 5.oh.BBK shortys,no cats Flow masters w/Dumps,Crane Cam(Top secert) MSD 6AL,Blaster coil,Motor sport 9mm wires,under drive pulleys,no smog timming @ 16 deg,K&N,70 mm maf, Pro5.0shifter,Home made frame con. south side lift bars,3.73 bald @#! tires(2 on rear!)Sony C-D and Rockford fasgate rear,w/sony explode 5 1/2 in front.

09-14-2002, 12:53 PM	#2
Dark_5.0 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Staging lane Posts: 4,337	__________________ 92' LX-Big brakes, Lots and lots of suspension, GT40X heads, Ported cobra intake, stock cam, Vortech SC trim. 00' Lightning-Stock 88'CRX-13 second ego killer

09-14-2002, 06:52 PM	#4
robertwigton Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: orlando,fl USA Posts: 44	Smoking any thing..... Well,there was a "cloud" of smoke that nite,but I thought it was from the burn out box.. __________________ 89'LX 5.oh.BBK shortys,no cats Flow masters w/Dumps,Crane Cam(Top secert) MSD 6AL,Blaster coil,Motor sport 9mm wires,under drive pulleys,no smog timming @ 16 deg,K&N,70 mm maf, Pro5.0shifter,Home made frame con. south side lift bars,3.73 bald @#! tires(2 on rear!)Sony C-D and Rockford fasgate rear,w/sony explode 5 1/2 in front.

09-14-2002, 11:22 PM	#5
Mach351C Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: phoenix, AZ Posts: 60	That was no burn out box, You were either drunk as hell or on some illegal drug __________________ 1972 Ford Mustang Mach 1 351 cleveland

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