Tuning Change for our ’57

We’re going to put a slightly different tune-up in the ’57 for the August 15th race and see if we can pick it up a bit to the 1/8th. A good time to work on next year’s combination. [Due to thunderstorms and heavy rains on the 14th, we did not take the ’57 out to the track as scheduled].

When we put the 350 in the 57 we were worried about hooking it with the increased torque, and thanks to the crew at PR that has not been a problem. So we retarded the cam 2-degrees to soften the launch but the old 331 with the lower gears is quicker to the 330 foot mark. So, we’ll advance the cam 2-degrees and let it rip! If it works the car should fly!

Here’s the AVERAGE incrementals with the new 350 this season:

60 foot: 1.449
330: 4.309
660: 6.717 @ 101.347 MPH
1000: 8.810
1/4: 10.583 @ 126.995 MPH

Best: 10.49 @ 128 MPH

Anthony Hutchinson photo – 1st Round

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About Roger

Driver of our '57 Chev from 1972-2019, Vietnam veteran (A Troop, 3/17th Air Cavalry Scout helicopter Line Chief and later Cobra Periodic Inspection team leader), retired ASE rated automotive mechanic. Roger became involved in drag racing during his high school days and after his stint in the Army ran E & F/MP [Modified Production] here in Division 6 before switching to bracket racing when the '57 became obsolete for class racing. He often raced at Puyallup, Kent-Pacific Raceways, Bremerton, Portland & the original Mission, B.C. track.

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