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12A 15.1 @ 90 1/4 mile? (PEEJAY?)

Old Mar 6, 2009 | 02:31 PM
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12A 15.1 @ 90 1/4 mile? (PEEJAY?)

Anyone know what the setup on this car was? Street port header and "modded intake"?
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Old Mar 9, 2009 | 11:53 AM
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I ran a 15.3 with a 12a. The car had been sitting in the woods for years. I now have its drivetrain in my SA, but with a lot changed.

When it ran the 15.3 here are the specs:

stock port 12a with 64,*** miles
full RE exhaust
RE intake set up with weber 48 IDF
RB light weight steel flywheel and clutch
RB wires
no emissions
open diff crappy tires
timing was 180* off and caused the car to cut out after the first run (the 15.3 run)
bogging off line, carb needed to be adjusted
could have used some tuning and a tune up
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Old May 10, 2009 | 10:38 AM
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Originally Posted by vxturboxv
Anyone know what the setup on this car was? Street port header and "modded intake"?
Street port, comma, header and open exhaust, comma, '83 intake manifold converted to 4 independent runners, which kinda hurt power but I was learning.

Later, I cut channels in the manifold to make it look like a '79-80 manifold and ran a 15.4 at 87 (I think, fairly sure, it's been a while) with a stockport 12A in a heavier car through a fairly quiet exhaust.

The '80 was heavily restricted by the stock carburetor, BTW. Get a RB Holley setup. The RB carb is well set up (DO NOT USE STANDARD HOLLEYS) and the manifold is a nice piece.

The other car didn't rev high enough for the carburetor to pose a problem
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