That is one bad ass fairlane.Either you got one bad ass Fairlane, or he wasn't trying very hard, or doesn't know what he's doing.
Nice ride!
REMATCH :clapping: damn thing wheelied up for a sec then it hit my rev lim. and lost ground..(I couldnt even hear or feel my own engine over Fairlaner's motor.... ) no doubt though guys Fairlaner has a fast Car.. Not sure if the FJR will beat it off the line... I couldnt even hear or feel my own engine over Fairlaner's motor....Jeff came to my house this morning so i could do his suspension for him.he met me at a morning cruise i always go to on a Saturday.
On the way to my houose we had a little drag race.
This was the result with the usual excuses.
Video
Richard
The car runs a 408, makes 450 at the rear wheels. 4.11 gears with a lentech AOD.Cars are fun! I can fully appreciate the ride and love that Fairlane body style. Stuff a 427 into it with an aluminum front end.. yea, that's the ticket! Looking at the avatar it looks like you have the tear drop hood on it? Very classic. OK, so.. C'mon, how fast is it?? Been timed at the track? What's it got for motorvation? Transmission? Rear gearing.
Used to have one bad ass '69 Nova SS 396/375 with about 650 HP big block in it. Had the 8pt cage, 9 inch locker, 4 wheel disc, Doug Nash 5 spd. Got some Super Chevy and Autorama awards along with 10 second time slips. Drove that thing everywhere. 3 inch flow masters exiting before the rear and a huge solid lift split pattern cam made the thing sound all pissed off! Old ladies would roll up their windows in fear while next to me at stop light!
Jdog, if you want a chance at keeping up off the line, especially launching a heavy FJR, your going to have to learn to slip that clutch just right!
not sure how you are figuring that out, did you include the 220lb rider? also that was rear wheel horse power.my math makes it much closer than that, and my front wheels stay on the ground no mater how hard i launch.I make it 6.7 for the bike and 7.4 for the car.RichardSounds pretty soft on the 1-2. Heard the 3-4 and knew it wasn't a C6/C4, but the launch and 1-2 shift told me it wasn't a Top Loader either. Guessed AOD and sure nuff, confirmed in a later post. 450 hp ain't nothin to laugh at, but some quickie figgerin gives it 7.1 lbs per horsie, with the feej at 5.1. Whatever you do Ford boy, don't take dog man on at Pinks....
If you watch closely you can see it layed rubber across the intersection.RI didn't even hear the tires bark...........damn!
The car weighs 3040lbs, (glass front end) plus me (220) = 3260 divide by 450= 7.24Yeah, I figgered in crank hp for the feej, the car at 3200 lbs.
Now theres a challenge. The car was in Car craft in June 06.So you have the short ratio AOD then, I'll shut up. If you make it to the Car Craft National meet here, let me know. We'll settle it then.
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