I set the timing at 12BTC and set off for my drag racing weekend. I went to the Hotrod drags in the UK this weekend and the car drove well on the trip there so I decided to run the car on the track a couple of times just to shake it down.

I met my mate Gary there who sold me the 350 motor and he told me the first time he drag raced that 350 motor he span a wheel the full length of the track! I though Gary was pulling my leg!

So I decided for the first run I would drive around the water box and not do a burnout. The Lights changed and I did not give full throttle as it was a shake down run. A huge screech and the passenger wheel started spinning so I backed out of a a bit to try and stop the spinning wheel. This went on until about half track before it finally gripped, if I had left my foot in there I could have spun a wheel the whole length of the 1/4 mile!

So I get the timing slip thinking maybe a 17 second run! No 18 seconds dead at 80mph! I thought that's slow, So next time around I thought I am going to do a burnout even though I will only be burning out one tire! I thought this isn't going to make much difference!

So I do a short burnout pull to the line and the car hooks right up no screech no spin just launches! I keep my foot in it and let the auto box change gear in D and cross the line. the run felt good but I have no Idea what the times gonna be.

I get the timing ticket and 15.6 at 86mph! I am over the moon with that for a non posi car. I meet up with Gary and I know he was running 15.3 with a posi and Santa Pod and he says the best he ever got from that motor was a 15 dead in his 69 Firebird Convetible with a posi.

So if I get a posi sorted out and some better gears say 3.55's as I still have 2.56's in there and open up the headers I think I could be knocking on the door of the a 13 second run which will be great!