you need to be leaving anywhere from 3500 rpm up to 4500 rpm with that 540ci...the converter you possibly have may not be the converter for that motor..it depends on where it flashes etc...?...but leaving at 2500 rpm will not get the job done anyday..wheather its the car or driver....
i am not just saying this but you would be surprised at even the people on this forum that has not even come close to running in the 1.20 or 1.30 60ft range..you gotta have everything right...and if you have never been there its subject to scare the dokkie right out cha britches..NO JOKE...
EXAMPLE; i sold my 63 bug with the 406 to a local that has really never drag raced..he would take the car to local crusie inn's and haze the tires..and had a great time...i TOLD HIM.." I SAID" Buddy ( his real name) you ever take that car to the track your gonna see another side to this car"...it was my bug for 3 yrs and i ran consistant 1.29/ 1.30 60 fts..5.88/5.90 et 1/8 mile passes NO nos...
Anyhow he took it to the track one Friday night...left one time on the tranbrake..the car hooked and he LIFTED completely off the gas..his head looked like one of those little bobbing dogs in the rear seat of your car..he was on and off the gas all the way down the track.....he got back to the pitt's and never got back in the car..as a matter of fact i bought it back...
not to get off off the beatin path but i want to say this anyhow...'ANYONE CAN RUN 120 MPH"...JUST TRY DOING IT FROM A DEAD STOP THRU THE 330 FT MARK !!!!!
Brian
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