First up is my 1989 GT Convertible. I purchased it off the gentleman who taught me the rules of the street. The car actually won Fast Ford Street couple of years in a row. Had a 408, PT 76, and a Powerglide. Car went 9.80 at 138 ish. Motor got hurt, and the car sat in the side yard for a year. He was building a 1970 240 Z with a ZZ383 and a build 700r4. It was the perfect street car. Light, good power, and the IRS the car hooked really well. We made alot of money with the car in a 4 year period. One day I was screwing around and said, let me buy it (The Convertible Roller). He agreed.
The car had 12 point cage, weld in sub frame connectors, battle boxes, full adjustable 4 link, lakewood 50/50 drag shocks, anti roll bar, k member, full adjustable QA1 coilvers, caster and cambers plates, battery relocation kit, and flaming river manual rack. It weighed 3800lbs with me in it. After the drive train swap, I blew up the stock 5 speed, and put in a Turbo Coupe 5 speed with a Centerforce Cluth. 1st and 2nd gear were short, 3rd gear was long. Car had 3.73's in the 8.8 rear end. On the motor it made 186 hp and ran 15.00s at 86 mph all day with a 1.90 sixty. On a 275 drag radial if you didn't leave at 5k it would bog. Timing was down for the nitrous, X cam, everything controlled by an Anderson PMS. In final form the car had two kits and they were run manually controlled by me. One on the shifter, and one on the steering wheel.
On the first kit (200 direct port fogger) it made 380ish hp and usually ran a 12.70 to 12.80 at 108 mph depending on the air. I would cut a low 1.80 sixty. I would use the direct port first because it was less violent then the Shark nozzle fogger. Drop the clutch grab the direct port fogger ASAP.
Next came the Shark Nozzle. Stand alone fuel system, race fuel, ect. It was pilled at (225 most the time) and right when I would grab second, I would grab that fogger. Since I couldn't pill the direct port any bigger at the time (fuel restriction) and the fogger was too violent for first gear, my sixty foot on both kits was usually a mid 1.70 (my SHO has gone 1.77 to sixty lol). With both kits, the car made 550 ish hp and would nip into the 10.70's and 10.80's at right around 126 mph. Fastest it went was a perfect pass for me. I was early on the buttons between shifts and let the rpms hit higher in the shifts (smoked the CF clutch when the second kit was put on the car and somehow the Ram Clutch held) and it went 10.59 at 124. Then i tried to replicate it, and blew a head gasket on a missed shift... lesson learned.
The look on people's faces, one pass 15.00, next pass 10.80....lol. When the GF learned how to use the Nitrous, I had to fight her to get out of the car......
