BBB AMX project

This has been the never-ending project, but my local track finally open at a very limited capacity.  They were also doing NHRA chassis certifications.  I went to get the cage certified but was unexpectedly able to get in and make a few shake down passes.  The first pass I was very jittery as I haven’t been down the track in years and I had never driven a stick car on the strip.   The first run was a mess as far as my procedure goes and I ended up easing the car to a 15.50 at 107.  On the bright side, the car went straight, handled well, stopped good, plus, it didn’t blow up so I was happy.  I let the car cool down and went up for another shot.  I simplified my procedure and much to my surprise was able to muster a 10.70 at 123 with a 1.546 60’.  Not bad for the cars second trip down the track.  I made one more pass and ended up with a 10.268 at 134.35 mph, unfortunately the 60’ on that run was a 1.589.  I’m thinking I should be able to crack into the 9s with some cooler weather (it was 90 degrees and quite humid) and if I can improve the 60’ time..  But I’m extremely pleased with how the car performed.  I need to dump the oil to make sure the head gaskets are hanging in there, but things are finally moving in a positive direction.  I thank all forum members for the advice and encouragement, this place has been invaluable.  I wou post a video of I cold figure it out.  Andy

nice job !!!! 134 mph ,, its making horsepower !,, more seat time and working the clutch tuning you will get there !!!!

I believe I have the original trans and shifter out of the POS actually Mike.  I’m shifting it cluthless for now, I was planning to use the clutch, but I don’t know if I need to?  It seems like it would be easier on parts to use it but I’m also under the impression that the soft lock will provide a little cushion between gear changes.  I definitely left at too low of an RPM on all my runs, I need to wire the two step into my clutch switch so I can leave with some degree of consistency.  The car has a used clutch in it at the moment, and honestly I’m not sure where it is at.  I have a second clutch that is freshly rebuilt, so I plan to play with this one until i screw it up, which probably isn’t too far off.  Haha, Andy

Wow!  nice car.  Its like the only BBB next to mine that I have seen with white stripes.  is it a real BBB and white stripe car?