Adam Dorey

1979 Chevrolet Malibu

“Bench Seat No-Bar Street Car”

Races With Rocky Mountain Stick Shifters

Rocky Mountain Race Week Finishes: 4

Drag Week Finishes: 1

Driver Name Adam Dorey
Location Colorado
Year / Make / Model 1979 Chevrolet Malibu
Best E/T & MPH 11.62 @ 120.89
Race Weight 3,800 lbs.
Powerplant Naturally Aspirated LS2
CNC Dart 205 Cylinder Heads
Trailblazer SS Intake Manifold
Fuel System: Dual Pump Flex Fuel E85
Walbro 255 For Street Use
Walbro 450 For Track
Transmission Fully-Loaded GTO T56 by Liberty
Shifter Silver Sport transmission mid-shift
Clutch McCloud RST
Rear End Ford 9″
4.56 Gears
31 Spline Quick Performance Axles
Rear Suspension Stock Suspension
Stock Springs
Double adjustable AFCO’s
Front Suspension QA1 Upper and Lower Control Arms
Stock v6 Springs
Double adjustable Vikings
Wheels & Tires Rear:
15×10″ Billet Specialties Street Lites
Mickey Thompson 28×10.5″ Stiff WallFront:
15″ Billet Specialties Street Lites
MT Bias Front Runners
Launch Strategy Burnout:

  • I currently have the two step and the line lock on the horn button.
  • I use the horn button to activate the line lock and I do a burnout in third gear.
  • I see smoke then roll out.

Starting Line:

  • I get it to first then get the car staged. Hold the clutch and gas down and dump the clutch.
Clutch Slipping Devices Experimented with a clutch tamer. But none at the moment.
What is the secret to stick shift drag racing? “You have to build a car that a normal person would build two seconds faster for your E.T. If you want to be an 8 second stick shift guy guy, you need to have 6 second parts in your car.”
Notes Bench seat
No-bar street car
Bought the car 15 years ago between Iraq deployments
Rocky Mountain Race Week Finishes: 4
Drag Week Finishes: 1
Races With Rocky Mountain Stick Shifters
Driver Name

Adam Dorey

Location

Colorado

Year / Make / Model

1979 Chevrolet Malibu

Best E/T & MPH

11.62 @ 120.89

Race Weight

3,800 lbs.

Powerplant

Naturally Aspirated LS2
CNC Dart 205 Cylinder Heads
Trailblazer SS Intake Manifold

Fuel System:

Dual Pump Flex Fuel E85
Walbro 255 For Street Use
Walbro 450 For Track

Transmission

Fully-Loaded GTO T56 by Liberty

Shifter

Silver Sport Transmission Mid-Shift

Clutch

McCloud RST

Rear End

Ford 9″
4.56 Gears
31 Spline Quick Performance Axles

Rear Suspension

Stock Suspension
Stock Springs
Double adjustable AFCO’s

Front Suspension

QA1 Upper and Lower Control Arms
Stock v6 Springs
Double adjustable Vikings

Wheels & Tires

Rear:
15×10″ Billet Specialties Street Lites
Mickey Thompson 28×10.5″ Stiff Wall

Front:
15″ Billet Specialties Street Lites
MT Bias Front Runners

Launch Strategy

Burnout:

  • I currently have the two step and the line lock on the horn button.
  • I use the horn button to activate the line lock and I do a burnout in third gear.
  • I see smoke then roll out.

Starting Line:

  • I get it to first then get the car staged. Hold the clutch and gas down and dump the clutch.
Clutch Slipping Devices

Experimented with a clutch tamer. But none at the moment.

What is the secret to stick shift drag racing?

“You have to build a car that a normal person would build two seconds faster for your E.T. If you want to be an 8 second stick shift guy guy, you need to have 6 second parts in your car.”

Notes

Bench seat
No-bar street car
Bought the car 15 years ago between Iraq deployments
Rocky Mountain Race Week Finishes: 4
Drag Week Finishes: 1
Races With Rocky Mountain Stick Shifters