Originally Posted by
hmmracing
thanks chris i was waiting for you to chime in cause i know u are having that problem lol, but some 185 will do you just fine to make as much power as ya gonna need right now, but id get some dam gears in the cuttlas first that will help ya out a lot bro, id do that first then see where you are at.
yeah i mean there only a problem on motor. but i dont run anymore on motor strictly nitrous with the tune thats on it now. i mean i ran jerry sat night on motor and it was a close run. but thanks to my very loud exhuast no one heard him missing thrid gear haha.
but yeah you dont need anymore then you have. racing is about traction, once you get coming out the hole hard then worry about carrying it along. i did it backwards, i kept getting slower the more power i found because i would spin more and more.
i seen you leavin the hole out in the oaks thats why i told you id run you motor with you spraying cause you come out so easy. spend your money on gettin it to bite and hook then move on to the motor you got enough to have fun around this town now. if you go building this motor your gonna be pissed when you spin like i use to forever and then your broke and cant buy a good set of tires and some suspension pieces.
tricksprings, 90/10 shocks, some sort of adjustable shock in the rear and nice set of arms on it with a good spring back there and no sway bar up front with some et street radials and yourll be good.
another thing sorry for the novel just giving some advice. but your gonan wanna think about a good converter and making sure your tranny can handle it before going with a big number motor. i blew my spragless tci converter apart the first night i raced it on nitrous, now i have a ptc in it. there not cheap but a good converter is awesome. when it hits it set speed it locks up hard my thrid gear pulls are stronger then ever. before i use to just blow through the converter and i didnt even know it was happening untill i noticed how high the rpms spiked up on a 40 mph 3rd gear hit and then the fact it would boil my spit on the casing after a pull.
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