Test-N-Tune Video- let's try again
09-10-2017, 03:49 PM
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Test-N-Tune Video- let's try again
9.10@158
Gear shift **** came off in my hand on the 1-2 shift. Threaded part was still on handle but **** separated from the threaded nut. Made next shifts fun just grabbing the handle!
JIM
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09-10-2017, 04:53 PM
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Man - that's moving. And without a shifter ball no less. Congratulations
FASSST... Like a Jet. Wow. 
12-11-2017, 11:19 PM
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Thanks guys. That was a few months ago. Next time out it ran a 9.10@161.27. Still haven't got that magic 8 sec time slip yet though.
I ended up having one of my fuel pumps die and I lost a piston and hurt the head a little. Sounds bad, but it could have been a lot worse. I've been flogging this thing for 5 years with this combo now.
It's all going back together now. Shortblock is together...waiting on heads to come back and I'm upgrading the cam a little to see how it does. Need to tweak things a little to work better with the little turbo's.
Here's another video with in car stuff so everyone can take a ride!
JIM
I ended up having one of my fuel pumps die and I lost a piston and hurt the head a little. Sounds bad, but it could have been a lot worse. I've been flogging this thing for 5 years with this combo now.
It's all going back together now. Shortblock is together...waiting on heads to come back and I'm upgrading the cam a little to see how it does. Need to tweak things a little to work better with the little turbo's.
Here's another video with in car stuff so everyone can take a ride!
JIM
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12-12-2017, 12:47 PM
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On that pass I was coming out at low RPM and bogging it some to try and get some traction. Pulled it way down and a hard pull back to RPM...but once up there it stays there. Crossing the line at just a hair under 8000 RPM.
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12-12-2017, 07:39 PM
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LOL...sound is deceiving with turbos and mufflers. Take a look at the inside view and the tach readings. More like 7300-7500'ish most of the time.
On that pass I was coming out at low RPM and bogging it some to try and get some traction. Pulled it way down and a hard pull back to RPM...but once up there it stays there. Crossing the line at just a hair under 8000 RPM.
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On that pass I was coming out at low RPM and bogging it some to try and get some traction. Pulled it way down and a hard pull back to RPM...but once up there it stays there. Crossing the line at just a hair under 8000 RPM.
JIM
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12-12-2017, 11:14 PM
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You gotta figure there's about1400+ HP in front of the trans....that tends to speed up the acceleration rate through the gears!!! That was a low 9 sec run at about 160 mph.
My trans is a G-Force 5 speed. Similar design to a Richmond/Doug Nash 5 speed...but a WHOLE lot different on the inside. It's a crash box with no synchro's (drives fine on the street with a little practice). I have a steep 1st gear and run through in 4th gear. 5th is usually for top end stuff and highway cruising.
Actually my gearing is weird. Originally I set it all up for the N/A combo....I would cross the line in 4th at around 7450 RPM. With the turbo's I re-geared the trans to what I "thought" it might need but the HP has continued to get better and MPH keeps climbing. I wasn't planning on turning 8000 RPM through the lights...but here I am! I can grab 5th but it pulls it down pretty hard. The engine doesn't seem to care too much..but it sure likes to scream too.
Richmond's and my trans have a normal pattern with 1-4 normal and 5th up and over to the right and reverse down below 5th. I DID swap it around when I did the TX Mile to get a little O/D in 4th gear (5th will always be 1 to 1 the way trans is designed). I wasn't sure how happy the engine was going to be on a long hard pull like that so I was trying to kill a little RPM. Turned out I didn't need to do it.
Changing trans ratios is pretty easy by swapping some gears around and mixing/matching them.
If I was doing this purely for racing I'd change rear end gears and gear trans to use all 5 gears down the track...but I like my 3.07 rear gears.
Of course I've got a new cam coming....might have to tweak things a little more...or spin it higher!
JIM
My trans is a G-Force 5 speed. Similar design to a Richmond/Doug Nash 5 speed...but a WHOLE lot different on the inside. It's a crash box with no synchro's (drives fine on the street with a little practice). I have a steep 1st gear and run through in 4th gear. 5th is usually for top end stuff and highway cruising.
Actually my gearing is weird. Originally I set it all up for the N/A combo....I would cross the line in 4th at around 7450 RPM. With the turbo's I re-geared the trans to what I "thought" it might need but the HP has continued to get better and MPH keeps climbing. I wasn't planning on turning 8000 RPM through the lights...but here I am! I can grab 5th but it pulls it down pretty hard. The engine doesn't seem to care too much..but it sure likes to scream too.
Richmond's and my trans have a normal pattern with 1-4 normal and 5th up and over to the right and reverse down below 5th. I DID swap it around when I did the TX Mile to get a little O/D in 4th gear (5th will always be 1 to 1 the way trans is designed). I wasn't sure how happy the engine was going to be on a long hard pull like that so I was trying to kill a little RPM. Turned out I didn't need to do it.
Changing trans ratios is pretty easy by swapping some gears around and mixing/matching them.
If I was doing this purely for racing I'd change rear end gears and gear trans to use all 5 gears down the track...but I like my 3.07 rear gears.
Of course I've got a new cam coming....might have to tweak things a little more...or spin it higher!
JIM
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You gotta figure there's about1400+ HP in front of the trans....that tends to speed up the acceleration rate through the gears!!! That was a low 9 sec run at about 160 mph.
My trans is a G-Force 5 speed. Similar design to a Richmond/Doug Nash 5 speed...but a WHOLE lot different on the inside. It's a crash box with no synchro's (drives fine on the street with a little practice). I have a steep 1st gear and run through in 4th gear. 5th is usually for top end stuff and highway cruising.
Actually my gearing is weird. Originally I set it all up for the N/A combo....I would cross the line in 4th at around 7450 RPM. With the turbo's I re-geared the trans to what I "thought" it might need but the HP has continued to get better and MPH keeps climbing. I wasn't planning on turning 8000 RPM through the lights...but here I am! I can grab 5th but it pulls it down pretty hard. The engine doesn't seem to care too much..but it sure likes to scream too.
Richmond's and my trans have a normal pattern with 1-4 normal and 5th up and over to the right and reverse down below 5th. I DID swap it around when I did the TX Mile to get a little O/D in 4th gear (5th will always be 1 to 1 the way trans is designed). I wasn't sure how happy the engine was going to be on a long hard pull like that so I was trying to kill a little RPM. Turned out I didn't need to do it.
Changing trans ratios is pretty easy by swapping some gears around and mixing/matching them.
If I was doing this purely for racing I'd change rear end gears and gear trans to use all 5 gears down the track...but I like my 3.07 rear gears.
Of course I've got a new cam coming....might have to tweak things a little more...or spin it higher!
JIM
My trans is a G-Force 5 speed. Similar design to a Richmond/Doug Nash 5 speed...but a WHOLE lot different on the inside. It's a crash box with no synchro's (drives fine on the street with a little practice). I have a steep 1st gear and run through in 4th gear. 5th is usually for top end stuff and highway cruising.
Actually my gearing is weird. Originally I set it all up for the N/A combo....I would cross the line in 4th at around 7450 RPM. With the turbo's I re-geared the trans to what I "thought" it might need but the HP has continued to get better and MPH keeps climbing. I wasn't planning on turning 8000 RPM through the lights...but here I am! I can grab 5th but it pulls it down pretty hard. The engine doesn't seem to care too much..but it sure likes to scream too.
Richmond's and my trans have a normal pattern with 1-4 normal and 5th up and over to the right and reverse down below 5th. I DID swap it around when I did the TX Mile to get a little O/D in 4th gear (5th will always be 1 to 1 the way trans is designed). I wasn't sure how happy the engine was going to be on a long hard pull like that so I was trying to kill a little RPM. Turned out I didn't need to do it.
Changing trans ratios is pretty easy by swapping some gears around and mixing/matching them.
If I was doing this purely for racing I'd change rear end gears and gear trans to use all 5 gears down the track...but I like my 3.07 rear gears.
Of course I've got a new cam coming....might have to tweak things a little more...or spin it higher!
JIM
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12-16-2017, 07:43 PM
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The reason is because of the sliders. In Jim's box and in my Gforce G101 4 speed in my Nova box they use dog rings instead of regular syncros. There is quite a bit of backlash in the transmission which aids in shifting at high rpm. In fact I don't use the clutch at the track to shift the car and never let off the go pedal. Just shift it like a prostock car. The downside is you need to rev match and pay attention if you drive one of these transmissions on the street.
12-17-2017, 12:14 AM
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Ck these two videos. There's some inherent issues with the trans, but they CAN be made better.
JIM
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That is my Richmond in those videos. I bought it from a forum member who lived near Paul’s shop and he took it down there for me as he told me it didn’t shift very well. Like Jim, I wanted 3.08’s for cruising so the Richmond looked like a great option. Paul did tell me he likes the Richmond better than the TKO’s as far as strength goes. I will report back in a couple of months when the car is rolling again as to how it shifts. Paul is a great guy to deal with that’s for sure! And if I blow up the Richmond, I am all set up for a Gforce lol!
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The cam in it with the turbos is a Crane 248/248 on a 114 LSA. It has .756/.714 lift with my 1.8/1.7 rockers.
It's at Bullet cams right now being reground with a few more degrees of duration.
The old cam when it was N/A was an Engle 266/272 on a 112 LSA. It had .774/.731 lift.
None of them are 4-7 swap....but they are all on steel cores with cast iron distributor gears.
JIM
It's at Bullet cams right now being reground with a few more degrees of duration.
The old cam when it was N/A was an Engle 266/272 on a 112 LSA. It had .774/.731 lift.
None of them are 4-7 swap....but they are all on steel cores with cast iron distributor gears.
JIM