Saw a '71 Chevelle today, definitely wish I had it back...but not with 4 wheel drum brakes this time!
I actually took those pictures in the early 80s, let my brother do the burnout (he had a built 340 in a '71 Challenger with 4.56 gears) since I trusted him more with my car than my camera. Black and white because I was taking photography in college and that's what I knew how to develop and print.
Unfortunately, sticking with 1.94/1.50 valves in the 041 heads was the limiting factor (well, besides traction) since other than a 3 angle valve job they were stock. I was shifting around 6800 rpms when I should have been able to take it to 7400 rpms or so to take full advantage of the cam and intake. More headwork and some slicks and I probably would have been running bottom 12s in the mid 110's.
The Strip Dominator was a nice improvement over the Dominator II I previously had. The Dominator II was a dual plane intake similar to the factory LT-1 intake. Didn't really lose anything on the bottom...although with 4.11s and a 4000 stall it would be hard to tell. But midrange and on, clear advantage to the Strip Dominator.
That's a vacuum gauge on the fender liner. Helpful tuning tool.
Had a couple other fun cars, 1977 Cutlass Supreme Brougham I swapped a 455 into and a '74 Z/28. 4 speed car, 3.73s and the only option was the Z/28 option. Didn't even have a tach!
I actually took those pictures in the early 80s, let my brother do the burnout (he had a built 340 in a '71 Challenger with 4.56 gears) since I trusted him more with my car than my camera. Black and white because I was taking photography in college and that's what I knew how to develop and print.
Unfortunately, sticking with 1.94/1.50 valves in the 041 heads was the limiting factor (well, besides traction) since other than a 3 angle valve job they were stock. I was shifting around 6800 rpms when I should have been able to take it to 7400 rpms or so to take full advantage of the cam and intake. More headwork and some slicks and I probably would have been running bottom 12s in the mid 110's.
The Strip Dominator was a nice improvement over the Dominator II I previously had. The Dominator II was a dual plane intake similar to the factory LT-1 intake. Didn't really lose anything on the bottom...although with 4.11s and a 4000 stall it would be hard to tell. But midrange and on, clear advantage to the Strip Dominator.
That's a vacuum gauge on the fender liner. Helpful tuning tool.
Had a couple other fun cars, 1977 Cutlass Supreme Brougham I swapped a 455 into and a '74 Z/28. 4 speed car, 3.73s and the only option was the Z/28 option. Didn't even have a tach!
