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The 2003 season is right around the corner. I'm planning on changing over to a Powerglide this year.

My goals for the season are; Getting the car consistent, averaging .525 lights, and keeping the car running in the mid 11's in the quarter and in the low, low 7's in the eight mile. I want to win at least 2 races and win over $1000 without breaking any major parts. I know it sounds just like last year... But if I can accomplish these goals, I should be able to start working on a new motor for next season, this will be the 5th season on the engine.

12/4/2002
Working on building a Powerglide. More to come...

1/23/2003
Working on building the Powerglide. I now have a 1972 Powerglide 1.82 gear set out of a 4 door Chevelle. Parts so far; New TCI Pro Tree Transbrake, Sonnax forward clutch hub 28304, Used TCI deep alum. pan, MSD RPM Switch, Moroso Transbrake Switch 710-74123, Used Electric Shifter Solenoid, Modified race ready Pump w/ hardened stator, Sonnax High Gear Clutch Drum, Hardened turbo spline input shaft, Rebuild Kit including a Kevlar "Race Only" band.

The case is apart being cleaned and trimed, all I need to do now is set it up for the transbrake. More pictures of the build up soon.

As soon as the weather breaks, I'm going to pull the TH 350 and convertor out so I can send the convertor back to Coan to get freshened up.

2/23/2003
The Powerglide is ready to go! CLICK HERE for more pictures with detail.

1972 Powerglide 1.82 gear set out of a 4 door Chevelle.
Check out Prince Racing Transmissions Great products at a great price and service you can't beat! Rick answered all my questions and made sure I got the right parts that I needed to build this Powerglide right. You can also find him selling parts on ebay under rick@princeracing.com.
Many thanks goes out to Andy Smith for all his help with the front pump.
Here is the Tranny ready to go!
   

4/5/2003
National Trail Raceway - Test & Tune - Trying out the new Powerglide and Transbrake.

Run# 1 2 3 4 5 Avg
Dial In            
Lane L R R L R  
Reaction Time 0.131 0.198 0.057 -0.035 0.037 0.078
60' e.t. 1.621 1.665 1.645 1.635 1.662 1.646
330' e.t. 4.654 4.732 4.685 4.744 4.727 4.708
1/8 Mile e.t. 7.252 7.336 7.292 7.402 7.329 7.322
1/8 Mile mph 94.28 94.33 93.84 92.39 94.30 93.83
1000 ft. e.t. 9.510 9.589 9.564 9.700 9.582 9.589
1/4 Mile e.t. 11.430 11.503 11.498 11.656 11.498 11.517
1/4 Mile mph 116.84 117.30 116.15 113.81 117.15 116.25
Full Run Y Y Y N Y  
Win/Lose/Trial T T T T T  
330' - 60' e.t. 3.033 3.067 3.040 3.109 3.065 3.063
1/8 - 330' e.t. 2.598 2.604 2.607 2.658 2.602 2.614
1000 ft. - 1/8 2.258 2.253 2.272 2.298 2.253 2.267
1/4 - 1000 ft. 1.920 1.914 1.934 1.956 1.916 1.928
1/4 - 60' e.t. 9.809 9.838 9.853 10.021 9.836 9.871
             
Weather            
Time of Day 11:52 AM 1:03 PM 2:02 PM 3:02 PM 3:44 PM  
Time between Rounds   1:11 0:59 1:00 0:42  
Temperature 45 46 47 46 46 46
Humidity 41 46 45 45 44 44
Baromerric Pressure 29.38 29.38 29.35 29.34 29.32 29
Altitude 700 700 800 800 800 760
Engine Data            
Water Temp (B4) 150 155 150 150 155 152
Water Temp After 170 175 170 170 175 172
Trans Temp (B4) 150 150 150 150 165 153
Trans Temp After 170 170 170 170 195 175
Launch RPM 4000 3000 4100 4100 4100 3860
Shift RPM 6700         6700
Finish RPM 6800         6800
Car Data            
Tire pressure (F) 39         39.00
Tire pressure (R) 7.5         7.50
            Total
Gas Added (Before) 5         5
 
Run 1 Footbrake
Run 2 Transbrake
Run 3 Front Shocks 2/2 (Was 6/6)
Run 4 Front Shocks 4/4, Back 1/1 (Back was 3/3) Let up was spinning
Run 5 Back 2/2
   
Other Comments New Powerglide, Changed Engine Oil (10-W30), Tighten up Ladder Bar Nuts, Cleaned under car, Painted under the hood, Put Brake Proportioning Valve on and adjusted it out 5 turns, Added Elec. Shift Solenoid with MSD RPM Switch, new Fuse block, Rewired Shut Off Switch, Put in Two Step and Adjust-A-Chip at 4100 RPM

4/13/2003
National Trail Raceway - Test & Tune - Working on my lights and trying a couple things.

Run# 1 2 3 4 Avg
Dial In          
Lane L R R L  
Reaction Time 0.023 -0.014 0.006 0.020 0.009
60' e.t. 1.619 1.671 1.636 1.623 1.637
330' e.t. 4.658 4.760 4.686 4.681 4.696
1/8 Mile e.t. 7.259 7.395 7.302 7.304 7.315
1/8 Mile mph 94.17 92.04 93.47 93.13 93.20
1000 ft. e.t. 9.552 9.682 9.582 9.596 9.603
1/4 Mile e.t. 11.449 11.629 11.526 11.548 11.538
1/4 Mile mph 116.42 115.31 115.46 115.06 115.56
Full Run Y Y Y Y  
Win/Lose/Trial T T T T  
330' - 60' e.t. 3.039 3.089 3.050 3.058 3.059
1/8 - 330' e.t. 2.601 2.635 2.616 2.623 2.619
1000 ft. - 1/8 2.293 2.287 2.280 2.292 2.288
1/4 - 1000 ft. 1.897 1.947 1.944 1.952 1.935
1/4 - 60' e.t. 9.830 9.958 9.890 9.925 9.901
           
Weather          
Time of Day 11:35 AM 12:55 PM 2:36 PM 3:29 PM  
Time between Rounds   1:20 1:41 0:53  
Temperature 67 68 70 70 69
Humidity 30 25 23 23 25
Baromerric Pressure 29.18 29.21 29.24 29.24 29
Altitude 800 800 900 800 825
Engine Data          
Water Temp (B4) 165 162 150 155 158
Water Temp After 180 180 180 180 180
Trans Temp (B4) 165 165 165 165 165
Trans Temp After 195 190 180 180 186
Launch RPM 4100       4100
Shift RPM 6700       6700
Finish RPM 6800       6800
Car Data          
Tire pressure (F) 39.5       39.50
Tire pressure (R) 7.5       7.50
          Total
Gas Added (Before) 2.25   1.5   3.75
Run 1 Staged at 3000 RPM
Run 2 Staged at 3500 RPM
Run 3 Staged at 3500 RPM
Run 4 Staged at idle
   
Other Comments Cheap Race Gas 7.5 Gal.
 
4/26/2003
Pacemakers Dragway Park - Test & Tune and Gamblers Race - First win of the year in the 2nd Gamblers race. Working on my lights and trying a couple things with the shock settings.

This new Powerglide is doing the trick, just check out how consistent my E.T.s are. I ran on my dial 3 out of 5 passes that I dialed the car. One other thing that I have learned, don't buy race gas unless it out of a drum. I switched back to VP Red and that has also helped me be more consistent. Just look at my times from 4/13/03, that was using race gas from a pump. I was also using VP Red on 4/5/03 too.
Run# 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Dial In         7.26      
Lane R L L R L R L R
Reaction Time 0.036 -0.057 0.007 0.004 -0.078 0.005 0.033 0.037
60' e.t. 1.620 1.603 1.621 1.611 1.610 1.617 1.599 1.628
330' e.t. 4.683 4.638 4.672 4.666 4.660 4.674 4.640 4.684
594' e.t 6.809 6.759 6.799 6.792 6.786 6.803 6.762 6.807
1/8 Mile e.t. 7.287 7.237 7.277 7.270 7.265 7.283 7.239 7.285
1/8 Mile mph 94.15 94.31 94.13 94.16 93.91 93.72 94.33 94.13
Full Run Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
Win/Lose/Trial T T T T L T T T
330' - 60' e.t. 3.063 3.035 3.051 3.055 3.050 3.057 3.041 3.056
1/8 - 330' e.t. 2.604 2.599 2.605 2.604 2.605 2.609 2.599 2.601
1/8 - 60' e.t. 5.667 5.634 5.656 5.659 5.655 5.666 5.640 5.657
                 
How Win / Loss         RED      
MOV         0.1977      
Package         -0.0730      
                 
Weather                
Time of Day 12:23 PM 1:09 PM 2:19 PM 2:59 PM 3:57 PM 5:31 PM 5:56 PM 6:10 PM
Time between Rounds   0:46 1:10 0:40 0:58 1:34 0:25 0:14
Temperature 63 62 63 63   60 59 59
Humidity 38 36 35   36 35    
Baromerric Pressure 28.67   28.7       28.73  
Altitude 1400           1390  
Engine Data                
Water Temp (B4) 155 125 155       150 150
Water Temp After 175 165 180   175 180 180 180
Trans Temp (B4) 150   165 180 175 155 160 175
Trans Temp After 180   180 205 190 180 185 190
Launch RPM 4100              
Shift RPM 6700              
Finish RPM 5800              
Car Data                
Tire pressure (F) 39              
Tire pressure (R) 7.5              
Shocks L / R 5 / 3              
Gas Added (Before) 1.5   1       1  
 

2nd Gamblers Race

Run# 1 2 3 4 Avg for all Runs
Dial In 7.26 7.23 7.25 7.23 7.25
Lane L L L L  
Reaction Time 0.060 0.045 0.113 0.020 0.019
60' e.t. 1.603 1.610 1.623 1.605 1.613
330' e.t. 4.651 4.656 4.661 4.641 4.661
594' e.t 6.835 6.782 6.781 6.756 6.789
1/8 Mile e.t. 7.386 7.261 7.257 7.232 7.273
1/8 Mile mph 81.68 93.94 94.50 94.54 93.13
Full Run N Y Y Y  
Win/Lose/Trial W W W WIN  
330' - 60' e.t. 3.048 3.046 3.038 3.036 3.048
1/8 - 330' e.t. 2.735 2.605 2.596 2.591 2.613
1/8 - 60' e.t. 5.783 5.651 5.634 5.627 5.661
           
How Win / Loss LIGHT LIGHT RED DIAL  
MOV 0.7339 0.0468 0.1590 0.0450 0.236
Package 0.1860 0.0760 0.1200 0.0220  
           
Weather          
Time of Day 6:38 PM 6:55 PM 7:08 PM 7:19 PM  
Time between Rounds 0:28 0:17 0:13 0:11  
Temperature 58 57 55 54 59
Humidity         36
Baromerric Pressure         29
Altitude         1395
Engine Data          
Water Temp (B4) 155       148
Water Temp After 180       177
Trans Temp (B4) 180       168
Trans Temp After 195       188
Launch RPM         4100
Shift RPM         6700
Finish RPM         5800
Car Data          
Tire pressure (F)         39
Tire pressure (R)         8
Shocks L / R         Total
Gas Added (Before) 0.25       3.75
 
Comments  
Run 1 Tail Wind / Adjusted Shocks - Front 5 / Rear 3 before run.
Run 2  
Run 3  
Run 4  
Run 5 Had to shut down on the line, they couldn't get times right.
Run 6  
Run 7  
Run 8  
Run 9 Had to shut down on the line, they couldn't get times right. Trans Switch - turned in 3 flats
Run 10 Had to shut down on the line, they couldn't get times right. Trans Switch - turned out 3 flats


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