first run

[paul c]

well, after 8 years of not running i finally registered it and ran it on rt's 24 and 140 to "seat" the rings. the dart headed and blocked 555 realy pulled hard. 1st and second gears were useless with the 9 year old bfg drag radials. got it to hook in 3rd and it pulled right through the 7200 shift light and bounced off of the rev limiter @7600. there is an oil leak and a slight vibe on decell but not too bad. have to check the pinion angle, hook up the vac pump and change the oil.

[Krazy98Z28]

sounds mean

[paul c]

i sure hope so, it took long enough.

[pldmalibu]

I had a decell vibration like yours. (After major power upgrade) Thought it was caused by not balancing new drag radials . tore the driveshaft in 2 pieces at the big end of NED after 10 runs . Shaft was new but not strong enough. Upgraded to 1350 billet yokes & 3inch tube- no more vibration.

[paul c]

this thing realy vibrated before because of a p.o.s. driveshaft from south shore bearing. i lost that @ 130MPH on the highway. it has a denny's shaft in it now with the h.d. joints and that went away. it has a moser 9" housing from 10 years ago and i never checked the pinion angle.

[farrigno]

fun, nothing like a winter blast!,what kinda car/combo is it??

[paul c]

79 z28, 555 tall deck, pro 1 355 cnc heads, brodix/sonny's intake, full 4" exhaust over the rear end, th400 w/ brake, ford 9" w/ 4.11's. bolt in frame connectors and caltrac bars. no cage yet but that will be this year. i just want to drive it some for now. i just won't try to get traction. hey farrigno i met you up at scott's shop, he did the machine work on my buick 455 and i know smarty too. how have you been?

[farrigno]

oh yea,i was just talking to smarty and he was telling me about your car, didn't know this was you.i been great,so your a chevy guy and a buick guy!

[paul c]

i have always liked all gm's. i don't even mind mustangs now, just hate imports. smarty is basking in the daytona sun as we are preparing for a foot of snow, lucky bastard.

[Gina]

At least someones ripping it up in the winter

[paul c]

i wouldn't say that i was quite ripping it up but i had to seat them rings.

[79Lemans]

Sounds great Paul good luck with it.

[paul c]

thanks. need to put different mufflers, some magnaflow 4", the borlas are a bit loud and cut and raise the header to muffler pipes some. i should be good to drive it some this season. did change the oil and hooked up the vac. pump today.