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Originally posted by NC3x58:
If you were trying to slow down a car, what would be the best option?

1. adjust throttle pedal stop (or lengthen throttle rod) to close carburetor throttle blades to 50-70% roughly
2. under carb throttle stop, various options on opening/closing, but to keep it simple just fixing it at the same blade opening as you would with carb blades
3. adjustable restrictor plate style?
4. another method?

This is in a 5.40ish door car, 565BBC application. Standard powerglide etc.

Without a doubt the best way to slow the car down is to have Mike Rietow try to make it go faster!

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Originally posted by TOP38:

quote:

Originally posted by NC3x58:
If you were trying to slow down a car, what would be the best option?

1. adjust throttle pedal stop (or lengthen throttle rod) to close carburetor throttle blades to 50-70% roughly
2. under carb throttle stop, various options on opening/closing, but to keep it simple just fixing it at the same blade opening as you would with carb blades
3. adjustable restrictor plate style?
4. another method?

This is in a 5.40ish door car, 565BBC application. Standard powerglide etc.

Without a doubt the best way to slow the car down is to have Mike Rietow try to make it go faster!

Ouch well there goes another thread

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Originally posted by RacerVX54:

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Originally posted by TOP38:

quote:

Originally posted by NC3x58:
If you were trying to slow down a car, what would be the best option?

1. adjust throttle pedal stop (or lengthen throttle rod) to close carburetor throttle blades to 50-70% roughly
2. under carb throttle stop, various options on opening/closing, but to keep it simple just fixing it at the same blade opening as you would with carb blades
3. adjustable restrictor plate style?
4. another method?

This is in a 5.40ish door car, 565BBC application. Standard powerglide etc.

Without a doubt the best way to slow the car down is to have Mike Rietow try to make it go faster!

Ouch well there goes another thread

It was getting boring, and I couldn't resist!

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Originally posted by TOP38:

quote:

Originally posted by NC3x58:
If you were trying to slow down a car, what would be the best option?

1. adjust throttle pedal stop (or lengthen throttle rod) to close carburetor throttle blades to 50-70% roughly
2. under carb throttle stop, various options on opening/closing, but to keep it simple just fixing it at the same blade opening as you would with carb blades
3. adjustable restrictor plate style?
4. another method?

This is in a 5.40ish door car, 565BBC application. Standard powerglide etc.

Without a doubt the best way to slow the car down is to have Mike Rietow try to make it go faster!

LOL.....he's great at making a slow car slower

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Originally posted by CURTIS REED:
I slowed my roadster from 5.80 to 6.50. It took 60lbs on the back, pulling 6° timing, shifting at .200 and running a 1.1875" restrictor plate.

It's harder than I thought it would be to slow one down. I can kill .400 just by running high gear only but I'm a footfeeder.

How much can you slow it with just a restrictor plate setup?

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Originally posted by Luvtruck:

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Originally posted by CURTIS REED:
I slowed my roadster from 5.80 to 6.50. It took 60lbs on the back, pulling 6° timing, shifting at .200 and running a 1.1875" restrictor plate.

It's harder than I thought it would be to slow one down. I can kill .400 just by running high gear only but I'm a footfeeder.

How much can you slow it with just a restrictor plate setup?

Sorry, I have never tried with just the restrictor plate. I did use a plate and shift at .100 and hang 20lbs on the front to run 6.0 index. That's the least I have ever tried to kill. I believe I had a 1.200" hole plate in it then. That was May of 2021 2300'-3600' of air. It slowed to 5.95 and I raced it there.

I know some on here have used just the plates. I believe Ed used to slow his .500 just using plates so he was above 10.00 but not positive on that.

I used a mechanically adjustable restricter plate, to slow to 9.0x in the 1/4, the class ET cutoff.

I only missed it by a second. LOL

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Originally posted by CURTIS REED:
I only missed it by a second. LOL

Well shame on You!

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Originally posted by Luvtruck:

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Originally posted by TOP38:

quote:

Originally posted by NC3x58:
If you were trying to slow down a car, what would be the best option?

1. adjust throttle pedal stop (or lengthen throttle rod) to close carburetor throttle blades to 50-70% roughly
2. under carb throttle stop, various options on opening/closing, but to keep it simple just fixing it at the same blade opening as you would with carb blades
3. adjustable restrictor plate style?
4. another method?

This is in a 5.40ish door car, 565BBC application. Standard powerglide etc.

Without a doubt the best way to slow the car down is to have Mike Rietow try to make it go faster!

LOL.....he's great at making a slow car slower

Every tom, dyck and Harry with plastic windows, tin floors and steamroller tires run 5.5999, same as you.

You can't find a single all steel, factory condition muscle car on this board or anywhere on this planet that'll run with my mph n/a 23 degree sbc at 3200 lbs.

Fact.

Libtards such as you invert reality.

This is some home made shyt I threw together under an oak tree in my backyard, when I was bored with nothing better to do. Engine, transmission, ring and pinion. You can't outrun it and nobody you know of can either 3200lbs.

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Originally posted by Mike Rietow:
You can't find a single all steel, factory condition muscle car on this board or anywhere on this planet that'll run with my mph n/a 23 degree sbc at 3200 lbs.

Fact.

Fake News!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmo6PYKb2dw

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Originally posted by TheBlueTruck:

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Originally posted by CURTIS REED:
I only missed it by a second. LOL

Well shame on You!

Right? honest mistake

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Originally posted by 1320racer:

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Originally posted by Mike Rietow:
You can't find a single all steel, factory condition muscle car on this board or anywhere on this planet that'll run with my mph n/a 23 degree sbc at 3200 lbs.

Fact.

Fake News!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmo6PYKb2dw

That's a Dud

You can't show a n/a 23 sbc from this board or anywhere on the planet that can mph with this, 3200 lbs.

This message has been edited. Last edited by: Mike Rietow,

I just did retard, your junk ain't the fastest anything nor is it a "factory condition" muscle car, nope it's just another nothing special cutup shyt box!

That car is a 10.0 dud Retard.

To find a sb that'll run with my Nova around the same weight, I look at the COPO Camaro's with the big cubic inch LS sb's.

They can't even run with my Nova, really. I'd rip it on a COPO Camaro off a .370 or .400 Pro Tree heads up.

I was gonna suggest let me work on it to try and make it faster.Sure way to slow it down.

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Originally posted by Mike Rietow:

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Originally posted by 1320racer:

quote:

Originally posted by Mike Rietow:
You can't find a single all steel, factory condition muscle car on this board or anywhere on this planet that'll run with my mph n/a 23 degree sbc at 3200 lbs.

Fact.

Fake News!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmo6PYKb2dw

That's a Dud

You can't show a n/a 23 sbc from this board or anywhere on the planet that can mph with this, 3200 lbs.

Mike....my 23* motor in a 3200lb car would curb stomp your aftermarket stuff.
122mph at 2700lbs do the math!

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Originally posted by 1320racer:
I used a mechanically adjustable restricter plate, to slow to 9.0x in the 1/4, the class ET cutoff.

I was thinking you had a setup like that Ed.
I'd like to slow from 5.50s so I could run some 5.90 stuff.

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Originally posted by Luvtruck:

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Originally posted by Mike Rietow:

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Originally posted by 1320racer:

quote:

Originally posted by Mike Rietow:
You can't find a single all steel, factory condition muscle car on this board or anywhere on this planet that'll run with my mph n/a 23 degree sbc at 3200 lbs.

Fact.

Fake News!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmo6PYKb2dw

That's a Dud

You can't show a n/a 23 sbc from this board or anywhere on the planet that can mph with this, 3200 lbs.

Mike....my 23* motor in a 3200lb car would curb stomp your aftermarket stuff.
122mph at 2700lbs do the math!

That's high gear only 23 sbc world record mph at 3200 lbs sport. You ain't got neighborhood record mph amongst every other tom, dyck and harry with plastic windows, tin floors and steamroller tires in your neighborhood, that run the same 5.5999 et's as your cat turd.