Went to the track last night....
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Went to the track last night....
First, I prepped the car and put it in full "track mode"..
Got to the track, let the car cool down, got the lanes and let it rip. The air was averaging +380' DA and very humid, lots of water vapor.
First pass was 10.63@128.85 with a 1.54 60'. So cooled the car down, decided to make a jet change, made another pass and it slowed some to a 10.65@128.84. 1.54 60'. We decided to wait it out, let the car cool down and hope for better air as the night went on, but it actually warmed up some, so I tried it again, left at idle, shifted a little lower in the rpms, and it went 10.59@128.76, 1.52' 60'.
A little disappointed, I was really hoping for a 130 mph trap. After looking at the datalogs, it appears to have leaned out in 2nd gear to 14.0 afr on all 3 passes for some reason, its never done this before, and it doesn't do it on the street, so I am thinking its a turbulent air flow thing or something without the air cleaner on it. Explains why my 1/8 mph was 1 mph slower then it should be.
Anyway, here is some vids and more pics:
Courtesy of John Woods, Houston Raceway Park media guy and CF forum member
In car
Got to the track, let the car cool down, got the lanes and let it rip. The air was averaging +380' DA and very humid, lots of water vapor.
First pass was 10.63@128.85 with a 1.54 60'. So cooled the car down, decided to make a jet change, made another pass and it slowed some to a 10.65@128.84. 1.54 60'. We decided to wait it out, let the car cool down and hope for better air as the night went on, but it actually warmed up some, so I tried it again, left at idle, shifted a little lower in the rpms, and it went 10.59@128.76, 1.52' 60'.
A little disappointed, I was really hoping for a 130 mph trap. After looking at the datalogs, it appears to have leaned out in 2nd gear to 14.0 afr on all 3 passes for some reason, its never done this before, and it doesn't do it on the street, so I am thinking its a turbulent air flow thing or something without the air cleaner on it. Explains why my 1/8 mph was 1 mph slower then it should be.
Anyway, here is some vids and more pics:
Courtesy of John Woods, Houston Raceway Park media guy and CF forum member
In car
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You can see the car was not happy in 2nd gear by the lean and erratic afr. Gonna have to research this more, it doesn't do it on the street with the air filter on it.
My drive home, you could say its a little humid...
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Great job collecting and sharing all the data, Alan. It looks and sounds great. Do you think you'll find better air before the heat comes, or is this too close to spring to hope for that? You're close to your goal! Could you possibly gain by putting the filter element on? In any case, it's a strong effort for the first time out. I suspect that you'll sort out the AFR and get back out there soon.
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If you are going to run open on the air cleaner you should investigate 4 barrel stub stacks
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Great job collecting and sharing all the data, Alan. It looks and sounds great. Do you think you'll find better air before the heat comes, or is this too close to spring to hope for that? You're close to your goal! Could you possibly gain by putting the filter element on? In any case, it's a strong effort for the first time out. I suspect that you'll sort out the AFR and get back out there soon.
In this situation, it kind of is what it is I guess. Coulda, shoulda, woulda.....
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What ever happened to your Hayabusa drag bike? As to your vette effort anything under 11.00 is impressive with an off idle hit the throttle launch.
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Airflow can be a funny thing. One of the air cleaner designs I worked on would flow huge amounts of air with the element in, but would get extremely turbulent without the element and flow very little air. Under the hood with air coming in through the radiator and from underneath the car, it's hard to say what it looks like around the carb entry. Elements straighten the airflow and make it more laminar. If there is enough surface area to the element, you could very well flow more air with it in place, certainly smoother more laminar air.
Mike
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Airflow can be a funny thing. One of the air cleaner designs I worked on would flow huge amounts of air with the element in, but would get extremely turbulent without the element and flow very little air. Under the hood with air coming in through the radiator and from underneath the car, it's hard to say what it looks like around the carb entry. Elements straighten the airflow and make it more laminar. If there is enough surface are to the element, you could very well flow more air with it in place, certainly smoother more laminar air.
Mike
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Bet v2 is right, nice runs!
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Airflow can be a funny thing. One of the air cleaner designs I worked on would flow huge amounts of air with the element in, but would get extremely turbulent without the element and flow very little air. Under the hood with air coming in through the radiator and from underneath the car, it's hard to say what it looks like around the carb entry. Elements straighten the airflow and make it more laminar. If there is enough surface are to the element, you could very well flow more air with it in place, certainly smoother more laminar air.
Mike
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Here is a datalog from a street hit a couple weeks ago.... Notice how smooth the AFR is from 2nd on...(the purple line)
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Here is a blown up shot of the last pass last night...looking at the purple trend, you can see it got real unhappy in 2nd gear, lots of that was over 14.0 afr... I think the air cleaner is the resolution for this...I hope...LOL
Fuel pressure was a steady 7 psi through the whole pass so, I know its not that.
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Alan - Nice vids, and the car looks great. So you matched your previous best ET while running 1 full mph better. I know you changed the camshaft while you had the motor out, and you dynod the engine and you picked up some power compared to before, but not a huge gain. How does your short time on this run compare to that on your 10.59 at 127 pass originally? You might have moved your torque and HP curves up in your rpm range a little compared to before. Anyway, I know you were hoping for more, but really that car is amazing. A mid 10 second, all motor, C3 that you can drive, and have driven, cross country, is very impressive.
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Alan - Nice vids, and the car looks great. So you matched your previous best ET while running 1 full mph better. I know you changed the camshaft while you had the motor out, and you dynod the engine and you picked up some power compared to before, but not a huge gain. How does your short time on this run compare to that on your 10.59 at 127 pass originally? You might have moved your torque and HP curves up in your rpm range a little compared to before. Anyway, I know you were hoping for more, but really that car is amazing. A mid 10 second, all motor, C3 that you can drive, and have driven, cross country, is very impressive.
Last night it went 10.59@128.76, 1.52 60', in +380' DA, at an unconfirmed 3700lbs estimate... The engine on the dyno gained 35 CORRECTED HP.....and about 20 OBSERVED HP. So yeah, I was definitely hoping for 2-3 mph gain, but, I guess if you look at the DA swing, additional 40lbs and a minor lean out in 2nd gear....I think I could see not getting the full amount of that 35hp gain to the slip..... Flip side of that thinking is, it made and actual 20 more HP, and that jives with the 1 mph gain in worse air. Its really splitting hairs but...that's how I get when chasing numbers.
Either way, the car runs/drives great, sounds killer, revs higher and the power holds on longer, no more hyd roller lifter clatter etc etc... so even if I didn't gain much power, the other improvements help justify the cost of the rebuild. Plus its all fresh looking under the hood to match the body's new paint....
So it is what it is....
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St. Jude Donor '05-'06,'11,'13-'14,'16,'18,'19
Thanks for sharing,
Brother-in-law said your car came out great and I agree the paint job is nice
Great to see you back at the strip with the new engine,
Neal
Brother-in-law said your car came out great and I agree the paint job is nice
Great to see you back at the strip with the new engine,
Neal
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Comparing last night to your previous best, you picked up a full mph in air that was worse by a DA difference of 1,200. That shows a significant improvement in my book. If you can get back out in -850 air, you'll get that 130mph.
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Great videos and data! Glad to see you are going back out to the track after you address you potential issues. I know a lot of guys who just accept disappointing results and never get them resolved. Didn't you make a converter change? Anyway, looking forward to your next time out.
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Bruce, on my old previous best from 6 years ago, the car went 10.59@127.52, 1.51 60' in -850 DA...(I looked at the old slip this morning). At that time the car was 3660lbs.. Best 60' ever was that 1.51.
Last night it went 10.59@128.76, 1.52 60', in +380' DA, at an unconfirmed 3700lbs estimate... The engine on the dyno gained 35 CORRECTED HP.....and about 20 OBSERVED HP. So yeah, I was definitely hoping for 2-3 mph gain, but, I guess if you look at the DA swing, additional 40lbs and a minor lean out in 2nd gear....I think I could see not getting the full amount of that 35hp gain to the slip..... Flip side of that thinking is, it made and actual 20 more HP, and that jives with the 1 mph gain in worse air. Its really splitting hairs but...that's how I get when chasing numbers.
Either way, the car runs/drives great, sounds killer, revs higher and the power holds on longer, no more hyd roller lifter clatter etc etc... so even if I didn't gain much power, the other improvements help justify the cost of the rebuild. Plus its all fresh looking under the hood to match the body's new paint....
So it is what it is....
Last night it went 10.59@128.76, 1.52 60', in +380' DA, at an unconfirmed 3700lbs estimate... The engine on the dyno gained 35 CORRECTED HP.....and about 20 OBSERVED HP. So yeah, I was definitely hoping for 2-3 mph gain, but, I guess if you look at the DA swing, additional 40lbs and a minor lean out in 2nd gear....I think I could see not getting the full amount of that 35hp gain to the slip..... Flip side of that thinking is, it made and actual 20 more HP, and that jives with the 1 mph gain in worse air. Its really splitting hairs but...that's how I get when chasing numbers.
Either way, the car runs/drives great, sounds killer, revs higher and the power holds on longer, no more hyd roller lifter clatter etc etc... so even if I didn't gain much power, the other improvements help justify the cost of the rebuild. Plus its all fresh looking under the hood to match the body's new paint....
So it is what it is....
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Great videos and data! Glad to see you are going back out to the track after you address you potential issues. I know a lot of guys who just accept disappointing results and never get them resolved. Didn't you make a converter change? Anyway, looking forward to your next time out.
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