I was going to title this thread YOU'RE ALL WRONG!!!

But then Doug had to post his guess...

HOLY CRAP, it sure felt good to get back on the track. The last time I went down the track, I never left the starting line, as my diff split into 3 peices and I broke an axle. That was Oct 4, 2011

As I've said before, my plan for this car is to run 11.50 in any weather, and be comfortable driving it anywhere, with excellent street manners.

Mission accomplished.

So, Drop the Top showed up tonight (I owe him his entry fee) and was able to video my first pass in the car. Thanks!!!

My first pass went like this.



Good smoky burnout on brand new MT 255/50/16 drag radials

Light the top bulb, bring the rpm up to about 2500, bump into the second bulb. As the third amber lights, I let off the brake, but forgot for a second to hit the gas... silly me...

1.628 - 60'
7.159@96.40
11.235@120.83

The next 4 passes were all about trying to figure out how to slow it down to 11.50. I ran every pass out to the 1000' then brakes to a variety of numbers - none of which were 11.50... Ellis and Eric are safe for now...

The last two passes of the night, I wanted to run heads up against Andrew.

1.519 - 60'
7.006@97.03
11.051@121.74


Then
1.524 - 60'
7.024@96.82
11.077@121.55

I'm looking forward to Saturday's Corvette Challenge and the 11.50 index

Thanks again to Andrew and Marc
Doug, Chris, Matt, Tommy and the rest at ECS
And Tommy again, because he deserves it.

 

Dammmmmm.....very impressive Pete! Was waiting on the results, looked at the forum just in time. Hopefully see ya during the year down there and best of luck with the car.

 

Very nice Pete, exceeded expectations/predictions on the very first time out, impressive.
That's potentially a 10.7/10.6 and 125mph car in 5-7 months as it sits/no other major changes, 1.4 short times are coming your way too.



Damn, in that other thread I was originally going to make my 'trap speed range' prediction 121-123 instead of 122-123 too LOL.
But at least I got the sixty foot range closer than most.

 

After I saw the 11.05 slip, I secretly wished I had pulled the passenger seat and installed my leightweight battery and pulled all the tools and crap out of the back. I bet I could have dropped 100 lbs. And my fuel was on 3/4...

So close to a 10... It never occured to me that i'd be this close.

 

Very nice Pete. I am impressed.
What was the air density? Equiv altitude?
And how much does the car weigh?

That is simply very impressive for a mild setup.

I hope mine runs as well!

Ron

 

Wow...as I'd said a couple weeks ago when I first found out that you went into the motor instead of staying bolt ons only, you will have no problem running the 11.50 indexes (with some even still left in your pocket if need be) during the worst summer heat/humidity.





I was at Atco all day just prior to Pete getting there for the slightly cooler evening session but the air was not great at all, barometer was only in the 29.58 - 29.64 range with temps in the mid-high 60s, it did get a little better (cooler temps, slightly higher barometer reading) in the evening when Pete was there but likely no better than +200 DA.
The scale is rarely ever open at Atco but I would guess that Pete's race weight tonight was roughly 3300 - 3350 pounds?
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Way to go Capt'n....I knew that 4000 stall was going to get you in the 10's, it does for just about everybody.

Did you weigh it? I'm guessing 3050 as it sits w/o you in it...(your manual passenger seat is very light), you've got the light glass, etc.

Congrats on the new fast ride. Looks like you need to put in a throttle stop (1x3 under the pedal).

 

Nice runs Pete!

Were you changing CD's going down the track?

Congrats

 

Holy crap that puppy runs good. Way to go Pete

 

WooooHoooo! I won an all expensises paid trip in a private jet!!!



Congrats Pete, we'll get that EFI cable to you tomorrow and if you feel like running tens it will be a few clicks away. You have a really great car there, congrats on getting exactly what you were looking for.

It's almost as if I drive modified Corvettes for a living.

 

I thought the Z's were 3150 and and auto was slightly heavier then a stick? I'm curious to see what it weighs too.

btw, 1x3 under the pedal? What is this 1990? We do that electronically.

 

Congrats Pete. Looks like you met your ET goal and the car will produce those 11.50s in the heat.

BTW- You said that you raced Andrew heads-up. How did that go??????????

 

Thanks guys!!

I'll weigh the car tomorrow at E-Town

The DA by the end of the night was about 300' The Baro was stuck at 29.80

Doug, Thanks - I have not heard back from Jay

Andrew ran 10.70...

I forgot to bring any CDs with me...

 

I forgot to tell you yesterday, I spoke to Jay and he is going to bring his cable to E-town for you tomorrow.

 

 

Does it shift hard enough to spill your beer? You might want to adjust that.

 

Good point for Huff...LMAO

 

Why else have an automatic?

It's tricky to launch and shift 3 times and still get a couple of sips in.

 

Geez, not sure how I missed this thread! I was only checking for updates on the other thread.

Some good times for sure, but I cut out around 9:30 so I missed your last passes. Congrats

It was great meeting you Pete, and seeing you again Marc.
Andrew made some nice passes too.
And imparting some of your wisdom is the only payment I'll ever accept from you, so you hold on to that 10 bucks.

I saw Kaspar finally ran his red Z06, 12.07 if memory serves. Not too shabby. I think if he loses those billet tail light louvers, he could get in the 11's.

 

Car runs strong. Now its time to win some races.