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Originally Posted by 66bonne
73bird: congrats on the new 1/8 mile best. Shave a few more hundredths and you'd be very competitive in the 7.50 Index class [that is very popular around here].
I went to manual steering on the Catalina to eliminate the parasitic drag of the power steering pump. I had to change out the steering box to a manual unit and find a manual steering pittman arm. Certainly not a big deal to change out but that manual pittman arm can be hard to find. I know nothing about F-Birds so I don't know if you'd need to change your pittman arm/steering box out with a manual unit. Just wanted to give you a heads-up.
Good luck,
Jim
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I know I'll have to change my steering box, hadn't thought about the pitman arm.
Thanks for the comments on my time. Only get to go a few times a year to test and tune, but have managed to better my time everytime so far. The car may be better than the driver LOL.
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73 firebird 455 6x-4 heads 350 turbo 3.73 gears
1/8 7.65 @ 90.95
1/4 11.96 @ 112.60
new best in 1/8th 7.57@91 mph(4-13-12)