I have been running consistent 12.7-13.0 quarter mile times (depending on the weather) with a 108 mph trap speed. My 60 foots are horrible... 2.1- 2.2. I once managed a 1.9 when I sprayed out of the hole. I'm on the stock converter in the 80e. I can foot brake to 2k at the line, no higher. After searching many threads, looks like a 3600 stall would give me what I want... good street manners and a much improved 60 foot/ET. How much improvement would any of you think I can expect in 60' and ETs? I'm shooting for a 1.8 60 foot and low 12's. Too optimistic?

 

I cut 1.7's & 1.8's with a 278mm 3200 circle d on dr's spinning just a little bit. Stalls or good for a .50 sec

 

you need my converter scott, i just got it back and never put it in..... It will foot brake about 2800-3000 in your truck and flash 3600ish, has good street manners and i have over 1000$ in it right now.... ill ship it to ya in the box i just got it back in from midwest for 800$......I sent it back after my driveshaft mishap to make sure it was ok then i had them do the 150$ billit red clutch upgrade

 

oh yeah and i pulled a 1.59 60' on it :p

 

How much are you spinning at the line? I bet you need some better tires. Maybe some DR.

 

If you buy tires you will be b much better off to get a bias slick. I like M/T others say Hoosier and M&H are better.

A stall will easily get you below 2.0 60 ft. times but if you don't have traction issues now you will after the stall. So the stall that swerve is offering is a great deal and will work perfectly for you. It will certainly drop .3-.5 off you 1/4 and could be more.

If you are ever planning on manning up and spraying the truck out of the hole all the time you will want to take that into consideration. Nitrous will raise your stall speed up approximately 500 rpm. So 3200-3600 is a great range. If you don't buy swerve's then I would look into a 3200 if you are going to spray it out of the whole.

Obviously I feel you should spray out of the hole right now, why don't you? It is much more fun and the gains are usually significant.

 

I am not spinning at all. I currently run a Nitto DR at the track. They are not the best by any means, sometimes spinning and sometimes hooking. But the numbers I have posted are with zero tire spin. I plan to upgrade my tires along with the TC.

 

I kind of had my heart set on a Yank or Circle D. I have not heard of Midwest. I'll look into it. I'm planning on buying a converter around February, when I have 5 feet of snow on the ground, I need to save some excitement for the suck part of the year. Long story short, I'm not ready to buy right now, but if you still have the converter in 4 months I'll be more interested. Thanks Swerve!

 

Thats impressive. What tire were you running? Is that before or after the ladder bars?
Whats the part number or model name of the converter?

 

I'm not spraying out of the hole now because I don't want to spray under 3k RPM. Like I said, I'm foot braking at the line to 2k rpm, much to low an engine speed for spray.