Thread: Need help to push vega down the track,sbc

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If the chassis is working correctly a smaller tire will do just fine if the horsepower is matched to it correctly.... Look at all the cars that show up for a 10" slick race and rund 10.0's or better.... I'd say that little Vega in the picture picked the ideal combination of horsepower and suspension!!!!!!!!

A well built 355 will push that Vega as fast as you would Like down the 1/8 . I helped a guy build a ( Budget ) S/J 327 from the junk yard for his Vega . He also ran a TH400 and a 12 Bolt with a 355 gear . He did use a Don hardy kit with the radiator headers and mounts . That car was very fast . The 327 was just honed and re-ringed the engine had #461 heads on it. He had a stock valve job done to them ( no porting ) The camshaft he used was the Comp 268H not the XE one . Intake was a Edelbrok #2101 Performer with a 750 V/S Holley 3310-2 . He also had a 2400 street stall speed . That car was mild . He ran it with street tires the full exhaust and air cleaner . in the 1/4 mile we dont run the 1/8 out here . He ran a 13.26 . I know you are building an all out race car . But you can see what A smaller engine can do in one of these cars . By looking at a mild Street Vega Like this one . COOL

well bill jenkins did it with his little vega he hit the 9's with a buzzing 327

Of the Vega's I had, I liked the most, was a '72 hatchback, 283 with 2x3's, m22, V-Gate shifter, Dart 8 3/4 (it's 1/2" per side wider then vega's rear end), posi 411's, Astre's 140 speedo.
Had a cop pull me over, just to check it out. I use to clean cop cars on the side from 2:00-5:00 am , and yes! I did lock myself in the back seat. , but thats another story! I would go up on the hwy and race, the cops, in wee early mornings. I had my Vega and my '67 SS-RS 350 Camaro, 4spd, 12 bolt posi , that I pulled the 350 and had a built 454 in it. in '75-'76 I can honestly say they Never beat me!

Pat

I Think the rear end in my Friend's V8 Vega . Came out of a 1966 L-79 Chevy II . It was a 12 Bolt . It Looked Like he bolted it in with out a Lot of Mods . But It did stick out a bit but not bad .

I use to have a jig to put all the stock Vega brackets, back on the Dart rear end, we did bunch of them back in late '70's early '80's for people.

Pat

I had two V8 Monza's . But I would really Like to build a V8 Vega .

Originally Posted by BigTruckDriver

I bet this guy surprises a lot of people with the little tires

That vega is a sexy little bish! See all those guys galking?

Originally Posted by FAYLUR

That vega is a sexy little bish! See all those guys galking?

How bout this one......

were is the heads up vega ?? that car was BAD .i seen that car carry the front end thru two gears easy it runned a big bad block so much for front end weight

Dont know any specs on the car but looks like a backhalf car???

it was a back half car i think runned out of detroit in the 80s cars was bad

That's the only thing I don't like about short wheelbase cars..... Dang big wheelies sure do kill the et.... It's up high enough that the left rear is almost completely unloaded which of course kills the forward bite on the car.... Ought to be against the law to only back half a short car with a Big Block!!!! Too much time going up, not enough going forward!!!! But, it sure is a crowd pleaser!!!!!!

well that front end was in the wind but was still very fast i bet .i built a Anglia that they runned a bbc in with a trans brake

I like them to launch so you can just barely sit a bit of air under the front tires, then take an inch out of the lift with the rear bar angle or the travel limiters on the front end.... When the front tires just dust the track, gonna be the best 60' time the car is capable of..... Not too tough to set up with ladder bars, a little tougher with a 4 bar to keep the front lift consistent and controlled........At least the 4 bars have always been that way for me.....