New track times...still not happy

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Originally Posted by 82 GT

I probably have the same converter you have then. No..I don't see 2400 stall either...it's more like 2000
My friends said I wasn't spinning and I couldn't feel if it bogged or not. My friends, who was watching, said I didn't bog either.
It was a day/night difference over the street tires though.
My weight is around 3200(never weighed it). 82 GT's aren't very heavy.
As far as tuning, it's pretty much "out of the box". I didn't mess with timing or jetting or anything like that......yet.
This car is a street/strip car too.
JESTER, I have a 351w so no, they are not E7 heads but they are ported & polished 351w heads with 1.94/1.60 valves.

You'd be able to tell if it bogged--more so than your friend watching you from the bleachers, anyways. It didn't sputter and fall on its face for a second or two when you mashed on the throttle, did it?

You definitely need a higher stall converter. Put a tranny cooler on there if you don't have one installed already and get a 3000-3500 stall converter. It'll be kind of a pain to get used to on the street but you'll love it at the track. With your current combo I really don't think there's a whole lot more potential, though. With a stall and maybe a little tuning I can see you going 13 flat, but 12s might be a long shot.

Your heads are a bit of a bottleneck, but you're just going to need some more fuel, man. With that cam you're going to need to get a decent amount of fuel in there and that 625 is probably not quite enough.

One more thing, what is the elevation of the track where you ran?