# My 1978 Monte Carlo build... **URL:** \ **Category:** Builds\ **Created:** [July 17, 2013, 7:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-1978-monte-carlo-build/231819 "2013-07-17T19:12:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![joelster](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joelster/32/7258_2.png) [@joelster](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/joelster)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 3:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-1978-monte-carlo-build/231819/81 "2013-10-01T03:52:35Z")
> [@SxFxZ](#): > > Finally got down to the track. And all went well…well as good as I hoped. lol First pass I rolled into the throttle and then laid into it and boy does she go. LOL Kept ripping through the gears and first pass was a 10.54@124…I felt confident in how it was handling. So next pass I went full tilt off the tranny brake and the car instantly went into tire shake and boy was that a little violent but she was going strait, so I stayed in her! And once I got into 2nd it finally started to hook and off I went. 10.57@124 are you freakin kidding me. How the hell did my mosey off the line get the same time as my full tilt launch. I think I lost a lot of time in the tire shake. Trimming the springs and putting 90/10 shocks in the front. Hopefully I’ll get them tires up higher next time. > > Here’s a video. Excuse the long burn out, and first I didn’t think I was gettin rubber, then I wanted to make sure they were really hot. lol > > [http://youtu.be/QtQanAK8GCU](http://youtu.be/QtQanAK8GCU) On your burnout, don’t rev it to the moon. Just take it to 3500-4000 and hold that rpm. Take it immediately into 3rd gear, and roll the burnount out about 15-20 feet. You want the REAR tires to burn through the water that is left from your front tires from sitting for those few seconds. Your car is laying down up top. 124mph is typical of cars running 10.80-10.90. A 10.50 is usually good for 126-127 on an n/a car. I’d bet your car was on it’s way to a bottom 10, but 3rd gear it ran out of mojo. What was the mph in the 1/8th? ET to the 1/8th? I’m going to guess here and say you were around a 6.55-6.60 at 104-105. ---
**Author:** ![FASTMOFO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9de053/32.png) [@FASTMOFO](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FASTMOFO)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 5:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-1978-monte-carlo-build/231819/82 "2013-10-01T05:43:04Z")
id call your first day out a success. car looked real good taking off but I know the tire shake does kill time. I got bad wheel hop a few times already it ruins your ET. did you make any changes to the car when you were there? ---
**Author:** ![joelster](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joelster/32/7258_2.png) [@joelster](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/joelster)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 5:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-1978-monte-carlo-build/231819/83 "2013-10-01T05:46:26Z")
I’m thinking the Monte has the same issues as you FASTMOFO. Both of you guys are having fuel issues as you go down the track. EDIT: are you running the same fuel setup when it had the gasoline small-block? ---
**Author:** ![Choda](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/choda/32/7347_2.png) [@Choda](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Choda)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 9:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-1978-monte-carlo-build/231819/84 "2013-10-01T09:49:57Z")
Awesome build. 10s out the door is something u should be proud of What was the 1/8 et and mph? ---
**Author:** ![SxFxZ](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sxfxz/32/6255_2.png) [@SxFxZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SxFxZ)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 11:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-1978-monte-carlo-build/231819/85 "2013-10-01T11:11:59Z")
Don’t mind my R/T I was letting the other car get out of my way so if I do wreck I don’t take them with me. lol 1st pass-roll into first then hammer down. 2nd pass-strait off tranny brake full tilt 3rd pass-1psi out of tires, really long burnout, foot braking. ![http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a125/SxFxZ/6B2EEB38-BD58-4575-A501-895DD87F391E-290-0000001D0739B54D_zps1c2cec00.jpg](http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a125/SxFxZ/6B2EEB38-BD58-4575-A501-895DD87F391E-290-0000001D0739B54D_zps1c2cec00.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![joelster](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joelster/32/7258_2.png) [@joelster](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/joelster)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 1:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-1978-monte-carlo-build/231819/86 "2013-10-01T13:04:20Z")
Your car is faster on the footbrake! Some cars are like that. The slips are all over the place down low. Look at the 330’ numbers. That will be 1st and 2nd gear for your car. The first slip you cut a 1.48 60-foot which is not bad at all, and then a 4.19 330’ which is flying! That same slip you go 6.63 at 98.59. You’d be well into 3rd gear probably for 2.5 seconds when you cross the 1/8th stripe. I’m comparing your slips to a bunch of mine, and you are right there on the low end to 330’ but then your car falls way off. You should be well over 100mph at the 1/8th based on how it gets out of the hole. My car will run to 330’ at a best of 4.17, but usually 4.20-4.25, but then it’s going 106-108mph to the 1/8th. Your car is right there matching my numbers through 1st and 2nd gear, and on the dyno it’s making a shit-ton of power. No reason it shouldn’t be matching it all the way down the track. Somewhere from the dyno to the install into your car something changed. The 2nd slip you go faster to the 60-foot by a few hundredths (1.48 to 1.455), but then to 330’ you are behind by over a tenth (4.19 to 4.31). That’s strange. That’s a 2 car length swing. Were you shifting at the same rpm every time? Ask the guys who dynoed your engine what fuel system they used for the pulls. EDIT: I never did give you props! First time out and you’re faster than 98% of this board lol. You’ll be running 9’s n/a with this thing with a few tweaks. ---
**Author:** ![SxFxZ](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sxfxz/32/6255_2.png) [@SxFxZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SxFxZ)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 2:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-1978-monte-carlo-build/231819/87 "2013-10-01T14:33:59Z")
Can you see all three slips? I think I was a little quicker foot braking than tranny brake because instead of launching right from 4,000rpm I left the line from idle so it took a hair longer to break them loose. lol I tried loading it up and jumped the line…oops. Yeah hauling ass like that with tire shake was quite amusing even though I had a headache into the following day. lol But I know she has a lot more…I just need to get her to hook…next time I’ll put my GoPro on my gauges so I can watch RPM’s and AFR better. ---
**Author:** ![SxFxZ](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sxfxz/32/6255_2.png) [@SxFxZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SxFxZ)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2013, 11:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-1978-monte-carlo-build/231819/88 "2013-10-13T11:19:28Z")
Today went better…but she’s getting flooded out under load. My AFR was 16+ and fuel pressure was so high it was crapping out my gauge. lol 60’-1.39 330-4.0 1/8-6.4@100 1,000-8.57 1/4-10.38@123 It hooked up better but still spinning. I think once I get it to run better, I’ll get more lift and better traction. And hopefully she’ll keep trucking all the way down. Getting closer though. ---
**Author:** ![joelster](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joelster/32/7258_2.png) [@joelster](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/joelster)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2013, 1:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-1978-monte-carlo-build/231819/89 "2013-10-13T13:51:56Z")
AFR of 16+??? ---
**Author:** ![cougarspeed](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cougarspeed/32/7468_2.png) [@cougarspeed](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cougarspeed)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2013, 1:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-1978-monte-carlo-build/231819/90 "2013-10-13T13:56:59Z")
Way lean. Missing a solid 5-7mph on the big end. My guess is that it picks up in th 1/8th as well once you have it dialed in ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2013, 1:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-1978-monte-carlo-build/231819/91 "2013-10-13T13:57:00Z")
You know 16+ isn’t rich right? lol ---
**Author:** ![SxFxZ](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sxfxz/32/6255_2.png) [@SxFxZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SxFxZ)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2013, 2:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-1978-monte-carlo-build/231819/92 "2013-10-13T14:36:30Z")
I know it’s reading lean and off the chart…but it’s not lean I’m burning 3 gallons a pass. LOL Ran a 10.6…backed up my regulator, ran a 10.3…backed it up a little more…got rained out. lol ---
**Author:** ![FASTMOFO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9de053/32.png) [@FASTMOFO](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FASTMOFO)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2013, 3:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-1978-monte-carlo-build/231819/93 "2013-10-13T15:10:57Z")
> [@SxFxZ](#): > > I know it’s reading lean and off the chart…but it’s not lean I’m burning 3 gallons a pass. LOL > > Ran a 10.6…backed up my regulator, ran a 10.3…backed it up a little more…got rained out. lol youll be 9’s on motor before ya know it. my car is lean up top still too. i was leaner up top than yours. i think we both need to send our carbs back to PS. nice 60 foot time!! ---
**Author:** ![Choda](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/choda/32/7347_2.png) [@Choda](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Choda)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2013, 3:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-1978-monte-carlo-build/231819/94 "2013-10-13T15:23:58Z")
I’d recommend going up two jets in the pri and sec. I’m not positive but What afr should u being seeing w the alcohol at both stoch and Wot? I really wouldn’t be making full passes if at the 1/8 your already lean. U are pretty ballsy ---
**Author:** ![SxFxZ](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sxfxz/32/6255_2.png) [@SxFxZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SxFxZ)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2013, 4:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-1978-monte-carlo-build/231819/95 "2013-10-13T16:31:33Z")
> [@FASTMOFO](#): > > youll be 9’s on motor before ya know it. my car is lean up top still too. i was leaner up top than yours. i think we both need to send our carbs back to PS. nice 60 foot time!! I think I need chassis dyno time to get it dialed in…this winter. - - - Updated - - - Video [![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/5/e/5e9bc9eeb7dede01fd9933767176b6173390667f.jpeg "Better pass...") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWRLoxm7DV4) ---
**Author:** ![SxFxZ](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sxfxz/32/6255_2.png) [@SxFxZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SxFxZ)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2013, 6:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-1978-monte-carlo-build/231819/96 "2013-10-23T18:34:21Z")
Finally got her to a dyno chassis. Found out my jets needed to go from .200" to .220"…now she maintains 11.2-12.6 AFR all the way through the pull. Video: [http://youtu.be/qUxaY22jhOU](http://youtu.be/qUxaY22jhOU) 604whp on a mustang dyno. Which he said add 10% and that’s every other dyno…664hp…then 20% drivetrain loss…797 crank hp…which equals what I got on the motor dyno. The only numbers that really matter will come this weekend… ---
**Author:** ![joelster](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joelster/32/7258_2.png) [@joelster](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/joelster)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 3:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-1978-monte-carlo-build/231819/97 "2013-10-24T03:54:43Z")
9’s in the bag, as long as it hooks good. ---
**Author:** ![Blown\_Stroked](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blown_stroked/32/7324_2.png) [@Blown\_Stroked](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blown_Stroked)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 11:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-1978-monte-carlo-build/231819/98 "2013-10-24T11:04:56Z")
> [@SxFxZ](#): > > Finally got her to a dyno chassis. Found out my jets needed to go from .200" to .220"…now she maintains 11.2-12.6 AFR all the way through the pull. > > Video: > [http://youtu.be/qUxaY22jhOU](http://youtu.be/qUxaY22jhOU) > > 604whp on a mustang dyno. Which he said add 10% and that’s every other dyno…664hp…then 20% drivetrain loss…797 crank hp…which equals what I got on the motor dyno. The only numbers that really matter will come this weekend… That’s great man, good job :tup: Making some power! I don’t get the .200" to .220 "?.. What jet is that? Btw your engine bay looks so clean and nice. ---
**Author:** ![Choda](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/choda/32/7347_2.png) [@Choda](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Choda)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 11:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-1978-monte-carlo-build/231819/99 "2013-10-24T11:57:31Z")
And vola… Your making serious power now. Good job ---
**Author:** ![SxFxZ](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sxfxz/32/6255_2.png) [@SxFxZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SxFxZ)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 12:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-1978-monte-carlo-build/231819/100 "2013-10-24T12:30:25Z")
> [@Blown&Stroked](#): > > That’s great man, good job :tup: Making some power! I don’t get the .200" to .220 "?.. What jet is that? Btw your engine bay looks so clean and nice. A 200 jet to 220 jet. A 190 jet is .190" And thanks. It looks simple, but it’s such a pain in my ass. Everything is tucked between the frame. lol [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-1978-monte-carlo-build/231819.md?page=4) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-1978-monte-carlo-build/231819.md?page=6)