10 sec club !!!
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Melting Slicks
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From: LAS VEGAS NV
St. Jude Donor '08
Ran my new best last night,10.73 at 131.xx with a 1.6 sixty !!!
Now I know that pales to the nine sec vettes back east but let me note,DA was over 7000 last night,high humidity and 80deg temps. Buddies H/C Z06 ran 11.92 ! Lingenfelter 2 step works great,one less thing to worry about at the line. Cant wait to take it to Vegas and see what it turns there !
Now I know that pales to the nine sec vettes back east but let me note,DA was over 7000 last night,high humidity and 80deg temps. Buddies H/C Z06 ran 11.92 ! Lingenfelter 2 step works great,one less thing to worry about at the line. Cant wait to take it to Vegas and see what it turns there !
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Drifting
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From: Pl Grove Utah
One more update as our track is now closed for the year ! Ran a little better Fri night,10.57 at 135 and 10.55 at almost 136 !!!. Then to top it off,the track/weather cooled down,I tried to lay down a 10.4x pass only to spin BADLY off the line,cutting a horrible 1.94 60 but rolling up 138 trap speed at the big end ! Car LOVES the cool air,wish we could run another month ! I am looking forward to next year and hope to get down to Vegas and see if I can somehow dip into single digits with the beast !
. Then to top it off,the track/weather cooled down,I tried to lay down a 10.4x pass only to spin BADLY off the line,cutting a horrible 1.94 60 but rolling up 138 trap speed at the big end ! Car LOVES the cool air,wish we could run another month ! I am looking forward to next year and hope to get down to Vegas and see if I can somehow dip into single digits with the beast !
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Drifting
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From: Pl Grove Utah
Oh,and as a side note,my buddy blew up his Mustang trying to chase down the vette,we had to tow it home on my trailer and I drove(after running 4 times) back the 40plus miles from the track to my house.Man I wished I would have got a picture of that,they arent going to hassle me anymore about trailering my car to the track !
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Haha, way to go! Got your stuff fixed up FAST and ran some nice numbers. Those match my best times at sea level! I'll be in trouble if you ever come down here. 
Got to bury the Ford doing it, heh everyone has their day.
I hope to get one last shot at Test n Tune if the weather holds for one of the next 2 weekends, but this weekend forceast is rain. Not expecting too much, because I think my 4th is hurt. It feels funny going into gear at any speed.
Got to bury the Ford doing it, heh everyone has their day. I hope to get one last shot at Test n Tune if the weather holds for one of the next 2 weekends, but this weekend forceast is rain. Not expecting too much, because I think my 4th is hurt. It feels funny going into gear at any speed.
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Drifting
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From: Pl Grove Utah
Haha, way to go! Got your stuff fixed up FAST and ran some nice numbers. Those match my best times at sea level! I'll be in trouble if you ever come down here. Got to bury the Ford doing it, heh everyone has their day.
I hope to get one last shot at Test n Tune if the weather holds for one of the next 2 weekends, but this weekend forceast is rain. Not expecting too much, because I think my 4th is hurt. It feels funny going into gear at any speed.
Got to bury the Ford doing it, heh everyone has their day. I hope to get one last shot at Test n Tune if the weather holds for one of the next 2 weekends, but this weekend forceast is rain. Not expecting too much, because I think my 4th is hurt. It feels funny going into gear at any speed.
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From: Weatherford, TX
Yeah, it would be nice to have a climate where there tracks are open all year!
Was it difficult to change the synchro, or did you take it somewhere? I've never messed with the tranny, but wondering if I should send mine to get freshened up.
I'm up in the Seattle/Tacoma area, in Turbo Tech's backyard!
Was it difficult to change the synchro, or did you take it somewhere? I've never messed with the tranny, but wondering if I should send mine to get freshened up.
I'm up in the Seattle/Tacoma area, in Turbo Tech's backyard!
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Drifting
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From: Pl Grove Utah
Yeah, it would be nice to have a climate where there tracks are open all year!
Was it difficult to change the synchro, or did you take it somewhere? I've never messed with the tranny, but wondering if I should send mine to get freshened up.
I'm up in the Seattle/Tacoma area, in Turbo Tech's backyard!
Was it difficult to change the synchro, or did you take it somewhere? I've never messed with the tranny, but wondering if I should send mine to get freshened up.
I'm up in the Seattle/Tacoma area, in Turbo Tech's backyard!
.We popped the rear open,pulled the diff apart to inspect the output shafts while we had the trans out,everything looked OK there.Fresh fluid,button it all back up and quick test drive to make sure all gears were smooth(wife took it ! ) and all set ! Pulling these trans/diffs on a hoist is NOT a big deal,I think I can do them quicker than F-bodies ! As far as where you are at,I would love to hang out up near there,I am afraid my bank account would suffer greatly being that close to their shop !
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Drifting
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On the other z we race,we had problems with wheel hop on MT DR,275/17s on my car it simply blew the tires away under anything more than 3 psi boost(maybe just our track prep) switched to MT ET streets on both cars and have not had any issues until last week on mine.slight problem with 14 psi,aired down to 12 OK.Realigned rear (whole car,but I played with rear toe mainly) 1/8" toe out on rear as I was seeing some weird scuffing on the tread and my spotter at the line noticed the car was forcing the rear tires towards the front of the rear wheelwells,aggravating toe in(I suspect) and causing scrub instead of a clean even launch.I have a set of pfadt bushings ordered that I hope will help with this issue,and remember,I am just a rookie,I have VERY little experience compared to most guys here.Take all this with a grain of salt,talk to some of the guys that race regularly.
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On the other z we race,we had problems with wheel hop on MT DR,275/17s on my car it simply blew the tires away under anything more than 3 psi boost(maybe just our track prep) switched to MT ET streets on both cars and have not had any issues until last week on mine.slight problem with 14 psi,aired down to 12 OK.Realigned rear (whole car,but I played with rear toe mainly) 1/8" toe out on rear as I was seeing some weird scuffing on the tread and my spotter at the line noticed the car was forcing the rear tires towards the front of the rear wheelwells,aggravating toe in(I suspect) and causing scrub instead of a clean even launch.I have a set of pfadt bushings ordered that I hope will help with this issue,and remember,I am just a rookie,I have VERY little experience compared to most guys here.Take all this with a grain of salt,talk to some of the guys that race regularly.
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Drifting
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From: Pl Grove Utah
50/50 premium and 112 leaded racing fuel. No Meth(yet) No NOS(loaned my bottle to a buddy) 18 psi boost,made 797 at 17psi on a Mustang dyno last year,690 at 12 psi on dynojet this year after switching to a 2 BAR tune. Dont have a current 18psi dyno,but once the new heads are on,I will probably update.
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Drifting
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I guess technically,10.99 ??? My first runs were 10.72 and 10.68 ones. Car hovered at 11.2x for a little while as I was not willing to turn up the boost until I had the 2BAR tuned completely with WB data and some full dyno pulls to confirm AFRs as well as inj duty cycle and fuel system capabilities. May sound lame,but I have too much invested in my car to burn it up first time out. Car is at 10.5x now and I am confident my last pass would have been 10.4x with the cooler air/138 trap speed. Simple math tells me the car should be low 10s if I drop my 60s down,still only cutting high 1.6x but I am going to work on that.Next years goal is VERY low 10s,hopefully high 9s. Everyones gotta dream right !
I wish my car had the capabilities your does! I'm still running on the stock LS1, to include the intake, in my car.......when I get the money saved up I am going 408 nitrous motor!!!Do you have any vids?
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Drifting
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Well I am hoping to pull at least a 10.99 at the track day we have coming up. I was able to pull an 11.09@125 with the temp out side over 90 degrees. I think my car was pulling timing. It has cooled down now and the track is supposed to be preped better this time I wish my car had the capabilities your does! I'm still running on the stock LS1, to include the intake, in my car.......when I get the money saved up I am going 408 nitrous motor!!!
Do you have any vids?
I wish my car had the capabilities your does! I'm still running on the stock LS1, to include the intake, in my car.......when I get the money saved up I am going 408 nitrous motor!!!Do you have any vids?