Dead punch, 3:55 Detroit locker and 265 /60/16's

I love the smell of burning rubber in the morning!

Chuck, it must have something to do with the way your car is lowered or you have to go on a diet. My 55 customline ant 58 truck both with 272's will bake the tires off with the loadOmatics and 3 bolt carbs.

55 Vicky & customline

58 Rack Dump, 55 F350 yard truck, 57 F100

59 & 61 P 400's, 58 F100 custom cab, 69 F100, 79 F150, 82 F600 ramp truck, 90 mustang conv 7 up, 94 Mustang, Should I continue?

Cool projects! Great input! Thank you... The repop slicks may be an option. May just find a pair of slicks that the shelflife has about run out on so the compound is hard, or boil off a pair of street tires...lol. Let's keep this baby rolling! Need more input!

I have a mildly built 40 over 292 that is running a McCulloch supercharger. The rear end is original 56 Ford with a posi and 3:80 gears. Now the bad part, with standard 15" radial's it will not spin the tires. I get a little chirp sometimes but it doesn't come on until about 40mph and then pulls hard. Everything is right to be making horsepower but I don't think it runs like it should. I have a 4:10 gear I'm going to try. Chuck

Y's guys rule!
Looking for McCullouch VS57 brackets and parts. Also looking for 28 Chrysler series 72 parts. And early Hemi parts.

MoonShadow, 292 w/McCulloch, 28 Chrysler Roadster, 354 Hemi)
Manchester, New Hampshire

If you want to do those crowd pleasing half track burnouts, you probably should not use a modern slick  They are made to and do hook, esp on a light car. A really small tire that would spin, would look goofy on an altered so you need decent size rubber..  I think the Pie Crust repo slicks have a hard compound and should burn pretty good.. But at 500 a pop you hate to burn them up too quick

Thanks for the input! I hope more people will speak up, that IS why I started this post after all... The weight difference and traction index is the thing. As long as it doesn't get too much traction I think it'll work. I am really leaning toward an altered(old school, late 50s-early 60s style) over a rail for a few reasons, mostly the fact that it could actually see street use. The direct drive box wouldn't be very street friendly I don't suppose, but what the hell right?...lol! The zoomies wouldn't be either!

I don't know if a burnout with street tires translates to anything meaningful once slicks are used, though the water box is usually used with slicks which might bring it to about the same amount of friction.

The Y produces a strong low end for its cid in stock form and significant increases in horsepower do not necessarily mean similar increases in torque because rpm is a function of that equation.  I suspect that any Y you build for the dragster will do the job.  Back to the example using my truck, HP calculators put it at 222 based on mph and 205 based on et, so lets say 210.  I enter 210hp with 1500lbs and it comes up with 11.22et.  Let's call it 12.  I haven't seen a 12 second anything that couldn't do a burn out.  Build one at 300hp or more and I really don't think you will have a problem.
And I don't really know anything about dragsters.  Maybe there are other dynamics involved, that more power is needed.  Hopefully people who know will speak up.



Lawrenceville, GA

Is that a dead punch or a brake torque?

Wasn't trying to advocate, just commenting. What rear gear ratio was in your car with the slush-O-matic burnout action???
What tire size??

I am not really a" brand man",i have a 78 Malibu with a modified 406 sbc in it and a glass T roadster with a 292 inline scrub 6 as well as my 55 ford with a 292.I like both the 6 and the Y better than the 400 just because I dont see them at every show and they are interesting to work on.All 3 are good,reliable engines and make more power than I can use..I reckon a Y forum is just not really the place to advocate SBCs.