so what do YOU run? I just wanted to get a cross section of what all of you are running.... thought it would be kinda fun and interesting to see what the good old detroit iron can do...

I would like a 12.8 out of my 70, and to get my 60' times under 2 seconds graemlins/thumbsup.gif

My 70 will run high 12's all day long, my 69, with the 307, maybe 17s??, my 86 Cutlass will run mid to high 14's all day long.

Hey I've got two Chevelles,
the 68 has run a best so far of 13.53 @ 106.42 m.p.h.,
and the 72 a best so far of 12.58 @ 108 m.p.h.,
but that was when my brother owned it

last year my 67 /383/m21 ran a best of 13.20@112. this year I will try again with new motor 468/m21/twin garretts let you know later! graemlins/thumbsup.gif

I am going to move this to performance as most of the dragracers tend to hang there.
My best with a tranny having trouble and a shock that came loose is 12.23 @109.

Deep in the 10's is my goal for the Blower car :cool:

The 70 chevelle ran 11.5s @115 with a pump gas 454. The 400 small block a best of 12.06 @111. The 68 chevelle ran a best of 14.9s with a stock 307 and bolt ons. I hope to get it to run mid 10s with the 533 in it.

high 11's, low 12's,,,best e.t. to date is in the signature graemlins/thumbsup.gif How come it won't let me vote :(

12.5 @ 109 is the best.


Usually a 12.8 @ 107mph. I run mainly at test-n-tune.

hmmm.... its saying now that i can't view the contents of the poll...... what gives?

I don't know if I could run a whole 1/4 mile without having the BIG ONE. :D

New best of 12.27 @110.

MY VELLE (http://www.prestage.com/Member+Pages/1201.aspx)

13.355 @ 101mph with a 2.13 60'. My best mph was a 105.17 and my best 60' was a 2.085. My Napa electric fuel pump was cutting out on me in all runs. All of that was in 100% street trim, 1.72"/1.5" valves, 600 Edelbrock, stock torque converter, full tank of gas, no drag radials or slicks, and single track because the Furd posi iw warn out. I just put a 750 Holley on with milled choke horn, and Im sticking a Holley red fuel pump on. I think my daily driver should be in the 12's now, if that doesnt work a 2,400-2,600 stall and fixing the posi should do it for sure! graemlins/hurray.gif

Survey is broken or I'm just not welcome anyway 7.23@182 can go faster but why ;)

hmmm.... perhaps its because the performance section has the "no polls" thingy? that's why i originally posted in in bench racing.....

15.9 with a really had 1.8 r/t lol so most likely high 14's i f remmeber to wake up at the lights. :D

Sorry, dude, but reaction time has no effect on ET/MPH.

Best ET/MPH in sig. If I could only pick up that lazy 2.0 short time... :mad:

355 1967 Beaumont has gone 8.8 @ 81mph
I predict 13.20-13.50's out of it in the 1/4 mile.
this is on street trim

OOPs! graemlins/clonk.gif My bad. I didn't realize performance didn't have poll option. redface.gif

See signature below for best time...

My 72 runs 10.60 on spray. the motor was built in 1992 and I commute 20miles each way regularly. Oh and its a pump gas 350. I also have a 400 SBC waiting in the wing, but the 350 wont die.

The poll now works.

My Chevelle 71 went 12.94
My Chevelle 69 went 11.20
My Acadian 64 went 11.04
My Lemans 72 went 9.32

Same motor that made som upgrades from my first one 1998 ,)

My '68 with a mild 439" went 11.988@112.48 and a 1.677 60'. Let's see what the 498" will do! Tony A. ;)

12.99 with 2.73's graemlins/thumbsup.gif

Sorry, dude, but reaction time has no effect on ET/MPH. im asuming that is for me.. and it doesnt?? i thought the clock starts ticking at green???

im asuming that is for me.. and it doesnt?? i thought the clock starts ticking at green??? [/QUOTE]

Nope...clock doesn't start ticking until you move out of the beam.

My best so far is a 13.54 at 99mph, see signature...

i thought the clock starts ticking at green???Nope...you can have a reaction time of 4 days if you want, but until your tire leaves the beam the ET/ clocks don't start.

Sorry to burst your bubble!

12.47@110 with the 3.08's in la Nova
17.2@82 (this was long time ago I think thats right) when the malibu had the 283

Originally posted by 71-307:
15.9 with a really had 1.8 r/t lol so most likely high 14's i f remmeber to wake up at the lights. :D Their all correct, my car stalled w/o breaking the beams once, had a 9 second R/T on a 6.93 1/8

Last year my best was a 6.69 @ 102 1/8
The lil motor is gone .. the biggin will be running soon

no bubble bursted here .. then whats with people always saying leave on the 3rd yellow if it makes no difference???

ET is based on how fast you went from start to finish. R/T is based on how well you reacted to the start of the race.

Even if its doesnt change your timeslip, its still fun to pretend like your really racing. That way hopefully you and the other guy leave the line at the same time and its a real race. Plus you don't want yur buddies to give you hell for a slow R/T :rolleyes:

Originally posted by 71-307:
no bubble bursted here .. then whats with people always saying leave on the 3rd yellow if it makes no difference??? It doesn't make a difference in your E.T. but it does make a difference in who gets to the line first.

Lets pretend your car runs consistant 12.0 E.T.s,
and mine runs consistant 12.5 E.T.s, we line up,
your dialed in @ 12.0, I'm dialed in @ 12.5.

I get a .5 head start,
and leave with a .500 R.T. and your sleeping and have a 1.850 R.T., who gets to the line first ?

Me, thats who.
So even though your car is faster, I got the win light.

Hope that makes it more clear. graemlins/thumbsup.gif

The reason you leave on the last yellow,
is that if you wait for the green,
by the time your brain says "Go",
and your foot reacts, you are already late.

thanks for all the replys and now things are much clearer, only shame is i thought my would be faster but those dreams are dead, :D .. sorry for kinda high jacking the thread

Before my engine ate up two cams and needed to be rebuilt, my best run was....

R/T .727
60' 2.278 (gotta love open rear ends with 3.08)
330 6.431
1/8 9.693
MPH 75.39
1000' 12.514
1/4 14.895
MPH 94.71

^ 331cu in. with TH350

interested in finding out what it will be now with my 333cu in. that i'm finishing up installing. :D

it depends which shoes I have on :( But hoping for mid ellevens with the chevelle when it's done smile.gif

Best on the bottle, 383 stroker in a 4000 lb 70 chev short box stepside is
11.463@115.07 mph 1.645 60 ft time is impressive with 4000 lbs of aircraft carrier

you also need to take into account the time it takes for the car to react to your foot. I had to leave on the 2nd yellow to cut a good light because my engine was a little slow to react.

15.5 was my best...16.1 was my worst last year after making about 7 runs in the 70.

Pretty sad really considering its "300hp motor graemlins/clonk.gif -NOT!" and 3.73 gears :(
It really needs a different cam or something...With these rear gears it should be rocking!

I Was very dissapointed that my old 69 elky with the target master 350 and 3.42 gears was running faster at 15.1 & 15.2 and those two times were the only runs i got on it, with more time to try different launches I'm sure it would have been high 14s... :rolleyes:

Oh well...

Hmmmm, the poll results don't follow the normal distribution ( bell curve). Looks like a bunch of use need to get it together and run some sub-12!!! The 11 second range is woefully underrepresented!

The 10 second range seems to be overly represented to me...we're talking 1/4 mile here guys,,,not the 1/8th :D

1/4 miles times...I wish! :(
My motor/tranny reside in the shop in my backyard. The Chevelle is 8 miles away.
They've never even "met" each other.
But, the introduction is coming soon... ;)

See times below. Certainly not earth shattering, but not bad for a 3500lb "small" block.

Originally posted by JOHN WILSON:
See times below. Certainly not earth shattering, but not bad for a 3500lb "small" block. Any car that will run a 10 second quarter mile,
and can still make it to the supermarket for
bread and milk, is pretty damn cool, in my book.

By the way, this was a pretty good idea for a poll.
But, I'm kinda bummed, because I thought I was a bigger dog, than I am.
Turns out I'm still a puppy. :(

Best is in Sig.

That's gonna change shortly :cool:

70 SS, 468BB 10.84 @121+ pump gas, street tires, mufflers and air filter installed. All steel, full interior, driven regularly. : )

good stuff, guys..... seems like the poll is up and running on it too, so if you posted, but didn't get to vote, go for it!

My old 67 (375-396) ran 14.21 @ 107.7 MPH leaving it in 3rd thru the traps. It only read 100 on the speedometer meaning it would actually run much faster than the indicated 117 in 3rd. The 3.73 gears weren't low enough for this motor. It later ran 11.58 @ 117.64 with 4.88s, ZL-1 Chevy cam and Edelbrock dual plane with 850 double pumper carb. Oh and 1.88 exhaust valves. I still have the Chevelle and will put back to running if i can ever get my son to give one of my motors back.

Well since injuring my back, I don't run anymore but I guessif I had to, I would probably do the 1/4 in about 5 or 6 minutes.
:D

Hey Harold graemlins/waving.gif
Didn't know the old stuff counted :D

A little "nostalgia" for all,,, complete with a few pics smile.gif


It's been about 20 years but,,,,
7.05 201 - 414 inch Chry (5/8ths stroker 354)
7.01 205 - 358 inch small block BFD
6.28 217 - 358 inch small block TAD
8.97 155 - 482 inch rat in a Vega

More recently,
5.67 264 - 450 inch hemi TAD
8.52 167 - 540 inch rat in a 48 Anglia

S&S @ Fremont (http://wsm.ezsitedesigner.com/share/scrapbook/19/190264/Rear_Engine_Color1.JPG)

Ft Eng @ Sac (http://wsm.ezsitedesigner.com/share/scrapbook/19/190264/Ft_Engine_Wheelstand1.jpg)

Ft Engine Burnout @ Fremont (http://wsm.ezsitedesigner.com/share/scrapbook/19/190264/Ft_Engine_Burnout.JPG)

Vega @ Fremont (http://wsm.ezsitedesigner.com/share/scrapbook/19/190264/Vega_2.JPG)

Vega Engine (http://wsm.ezsitedesigner.com/share/scrapbook/19/190264/Vega_Engine.JPG)

Great pics Mike graemlins/thumbsup.gif

Originally posted by kboorman:
Great pics Mike graemlins/thumbsup.gif =
Thanks Kirk smile.gif

You can tell by the tree some of the pics were taken a "few" years ago :D

Have not had my most recent combo to the track, but the last combo was set up as follow: .030 over 454, 049 oval ports (big valves, minimal port work) 9.2 SCR (6.3 DCR :( ), hydraulic flat tappet(246 @ .050", .577"), 850 Holley with a Strip Dominator intake and very restrictive 2.5" exhaust.

This old combonation was very mismatched and at the time of my last outing with this setup I still managed a 12.40. Later I found that the secondary float was stuck closed. Not to bad for running only on the primary's. :D

I have not been to the track yet this year or even started the '67 but I hope to better my 13.66 @ 102

ive only been to the track 2 times so far so im still sorting the bugs out. best to date is a 7.30-1/8 with a 1.59-60' 383 3625 lbs 67 chevelle.

In my sig . . .

What does it weigh Eric??? gotta be 4-500 lbs lighter than a chevelle???

Times are in the sig.

3550-3575# with driver. Its all steel and I added 100# of roll bar last winter.

Its probably a little lighter than a Chevelle, but not much.

Hello to all,I'm a new member to the forum but an old timer in the chevelle thing, I have been a chevelle freak for many years.Have owned my car since 1979 Mine has a best time of 12.02 @ 112 in 50degree weather and @ 95 degree temp runs about 12.40's @ 108

Last years best was 13.87 at 99 mph. mild 350,stock converter,stock heads,and open diff.with 3:55's But now got dork bag(air bags) graemlins/clonk.gif

1971 Malibu - Best run so far is 14.61@95.9.

Upgrades = Rebuilt 350 w/Vortec heads, Performer manifold, 600 cfm Holley, MSD 6A box, headers, 2.73 gears, open rear.
My next paycheck = 3.73 gears, Eaton posi.
My goal = a reliable, solid 13-sec street car.

Last year:

1/8 1.56 6.6 104
1/4 1.50 10.6 125

last years in sig

http://home.swbell.net/kenladd/dscf0011.jpg

My Chevelle Page (http://home.swbell.net/kenladd/Home.html)

3830 lbs
All Steel with full interior
10.25 1/4 mile @ 130 MPH

Eric, mine's a touch over 3900 w/290 lbs of me :eek: I sure like the first gen camaros,,,thats about the only thing I'd trade my chevelle for, but I'd have to have a big block in it :D

yes still looks like i hold the slowest car record :D