Dennis says his lowest time was 8.34 at 83.
It trapped the same speed pretty much whatever ET he ran.
Hi guys - I own the 67 Country Squire Wagon. As Brent stated - last Saturday my son and I decided to swap the original 390 out of the car and replace it with the motor Brent had built me last year. The swap fought us on nearly every angle and we finally finished it up on Thursday night. We drove the car about 10 miles and loaded it on the trailer to depart Friday am.
On the track it would either spin like crazy with a high rpm launch or was very lazy out of the hole. The motor definitely likes high rpm's and that heavy car didn't help things. We were running street tires with about 30 psi. Our times ranged from a 10.1 to an 8.3 with everything in between. We were not even paying attention really and were just having fun . It ran the best times when I would just let her go and try to feather the gas once it was moving to control wheel spin. We opted for a dial in of 9.20 as it seemed to be in the middle somewhere. We ended up breaking out of that # several times once we figured how to launch it.
Next year we will return with a different gear, slicks, and maybe a little more knowledge. It was great to meet people and even better that we didn't break anything . My 17 year old son is still smiling ear to ear this morning and laughing about how our "old ugly wagon" ran. I will try to have him post a video of the last run in FE bird class.
Dennis / Towd:
Thanks for chiming in!
I had made that Gonkulator prediction based on my 64 wagon, 4450 curb all-iron, so I guessed your 67 wagon w aluminum top about 100 lb lighter at 4350 curb or 4550 lb down the track. Does that sound about right?
I remember from back in the day, our 63-64 Gals got a lot better traction than our 69 Gal even though weight was similar. Maybe the rear ends got lighter, or the leaf springs hooked better or something.
In any case, yours fully hooked on 28" slicks, 4.30 gears gonkulates to
1.89
6.24
8.15 at 84.2
12.83 at 104.4
That's with power steering, fan, and 3" mufflers. A 4.56 goes about 12.80 but makes it rougher on the freeway.
I didn't make FERR but hoping to see a youtube video soon to see all the cars fighting that wind.
