*** I DID IT ! ! ! Smashed the 8-second barrier today ***
 

Mission accomplished ! :yesnod: :D 8.87 at 155Mph .

I got in on a last minute rental today and after 2 weeks of sh*t weather here in the Northeast , I was salivating at the chance to race today , everything fell into place , just like I needed it to .

The track was good , not great , and took some time to figure out , I had some promising runs in the beginning of the day , tried a few new things , had some traction problems and was under the gun by the end of the day , the rental closes at 430pm , it was 415pm and I still didn't have that 8-second slip , all day I kept leaving with less boost 2-3lbs and playing with tire pressures and finally ran ran a 9.08 at 156 , almost there , pulled a 1.47 60ft , I came back around , let the car cool down about 5 minutes and pulled in to the burnout box at 427pm , did a short burnout and staged , I got to the line and said f*ck it ! I knew I had to come out harder but wasn't sure if the track would hold because it wasn't earlier on , I came up on the transbrake saw 5lbs and let it rip , I honestly knew it was an 8-second pass by about the 1000ft mark , the car was dancing around and pulling harder than it ever has , no way I was lifting , I hit the rev limiter right at the finish line . As Julio gave me the slip he told me it was a 9.01 , I was still happy , when I read it and it said 8.87 I almost jumped through the roof . :D

I finally got my 3700+lb pig in the 8's and I did it like I wanted to on the same wheels and tires I drive on every day , the car was driven to and from the track ( 145 miles round trip ) on my radials .

Here's a breakdown of the slip .

60ft-1.373

1/8th-5.744

1/8th MpH-125.00

1/4-8.874
Mph-155.29

And there's more in it , no boost controller , I'm running off the spring in my Tial-60 wastegate , the largest spring combo is 15lbs , I'm running a 14lbs spring , car is making 18lbs of boost . When I get the right boost controller I should be able to run another 3-4lbs of boost .

I'm very impressed with my Cartek 402 , the motor is a mild combo , no exotic parts , I was dead broke when I had Cartek build it , so it was a budget build .

Stock bore LS-2 block ,

Cartek Turbo Grind Hydraulic-roller cam , stock rocker arms .

Stock LS-6 Intake manifold , stock ported throttle body .

ETP 255 LS-1 Heads with stock Z-06 Exhaust manifolds .

I wonder what it would run with some 6-bolt LS-7 style heads and intake and a solid-roller ?? :reddevil ;) .

Huge props to the whole Cartek crew for all you've done for me over the last 8 years , I never could have done this with out you guys . :cheers: :thumbs: .

On to the driveline , my

RPM Built 4L80E Trans is a f*cking beast ! I hot lapped the car a few times today and it never skipped a beat , you guys are the kings of the C5/C6 driveline world :yesnod:


I've got some thinking to do over the winter , I may turn it up a notch , or I may just de-tune and enjoy it like I did most of this year .

I achieved my goal of running 8's in a true street driven IRS A4 transmission C5 , now I will have to set a new goal .
The timeslip and video will be up shortly .

That is flyin' bro !!

:eek:

:thumbs:

Bubba.

Congrats on a badass time Bro!!! Damn thats fast LOL :cheers::cool::thumbs:

congratulations Mike, i knew you would do it, and it is a true street car, man i wish i was there, the sick part is i know there's more in it:cheers:

That's a great time , your the MAN:thumbs:now get the controller installed and take it down to 8.7.

Congrats Mike!!

Now that is bad ass!!!

Awesome!!! Congrats!!! :cheers::cheers:

CONGRATS MY BRO:thumbs::cheers: You deserved it.. It was a tough beginning of the season but in the end we all achieved our goals!! We could not of done it without CARTEK and R.P.M. You guys came through for all of us this year. THANK YOU!!:cheers:

HOLY F%$# MAN!!!! Not a 8.99 but a 8.87-talk about smashing down the 8 second barrier!

Mike, it couldn't of happened to a more deserving guy-I am so happy for you!

Congrats to the Cartek Crew!

:cheers:

Congrats to Mike and to all the connections who made this possible. Awesome work. :cheers:

:iagree:

:eek::eek::willy::willy:

BIG CONGRATS !!!

I had a feeling you would get that slip!! you must be smiling from ear to ear :cheers::cheers:

its been a long road and like a last minute touchdown in the superbowl you pulled off an 8's:lol: !:cheers:

Congratulations Mike :cheers:

CONGRATS!!! Man, I know exctly what your going through! I cracked my flexplate collar in my 8 sec. attempt. Got to wait until next year.

JR

That's very impressive! Congrats!!! :cheers:

damnn.. you are the man bro! congrads.
was this on et street dr's? or et street DOT slicks...

Thanks guys , I have so much energy right now I don't think I'll be able to sleep tonight , I love setting a goal and finally achieving it . I can't wait to see the video , Max from Cartek said it pulled the front wheels pretty good on one of the runs .

On a Drag radial , same tires I drove there on . I tried the slicks , car didn't like it .

8s on dr's insane man! car is setup for sure.
look fwd to the vid

wow :cool:

Huge respect for this accomplishment done in street trim, very impressive!:thumbs:

Insane! Congrats man, I can only imagine how you feel. Must be awesome!

Can I ask what you are using as far as the rear end goes (aside from the 4L80E)?

Thanks Sonny , I appreciate your help loaning me wheels etc , your a true friend . :thumbs:

Congrats Mike :thumbs: Just got home. Wish I would have stayed, I never thought you where going to hook up on that cold track. A+ for effort. I couldn't believe the one run where you didn't get on it till mid track and went 154.xx MPH :willy:

Congrats, Thats a big accomplishment:thumbs:

Very impressive, just goes to show how hard work pays off, Mike.

Congratulations! :thumbs:

Congrats, Mike on achieving your goal. That is just awesome bro:cheers: DAYUUMM

Congrats Mike. Awesome driving. :cheers:

Here are the videos.

Julio


http://www.cartek.net/videos/stealth887.wmv

http://www.cartek.net/videos/stealth908.wmv

Thanks Jay . :thumbs: That easy shakedown pass was when I knew I was going to have a great day , I did an easy shakedown run and literally took off like I was just cruising away from a light and leaned into it once I hit third gear and still trapped 154 .

Congratulations!! That has to be and awesome feeling !!! You are my hero :)

and with a turbo in the back to boot!Congrats Mike.

Julio , I have huge respect for you as a tuner/engine builder and as a friend , thanks for all you have done for me over the past 8 years , we've had some great times together , it's days like today that make this sometimes frustrating hobby worth it , you are tops in your line of work . I have to say I think today tops the feeling I got when we were the first All-Motor IRS C5 in the nines four years ago . Thanks again to you , Roy , Mike , Julian , Max and Tim . You guys are a great team , and you have big things ahead of you . We have to have a little sit down this winter and see where we want to go from here . ;) :D

Awesome 60' time considering they are the same tires you came and left with. MPH is great too.

What you guys have done is so impressive. :thumbs:

CONGRATS Mike and Cartek!!! I wish I could have been there. I couldn't be happier for you and knew you would hit your goal. What an amazing accomplishment to be able to run 8's in a true street car with an OD trans on radials. :cheers:

Thanks for the props everyone , it feels great to finally achieve what I set out to do . :cheers: :thumbs:

:iagree:

and I think I saw the wheels come off when it shifted 3rd. :D

That's awesome and you drove there is nucking futs. Very deceiving, as the launch seems soft but then goes like stink!

Amazing! Simply stunning! Congrats! :cheers:

Yeah , It wiggled pretty good on the 2-3 shift , a lot more than you can see in the video , also if you look at where I start out in the groove and look where I finish up at the end of the track , you can tell the car was dancing around up top , it was fighting me all the way .

I'm running an RPM built rear , with a DTE brace and billet side cover .

judging by the video.. you have ALOT left in her.. i cant imagine you launch with like 10 psi..

sick video.

that shows cartek knows what they are doing:thumbs:

I have no words left other than...AMAZING. :eek: :crazy:

Glad I was there to see it/share in it in person.
A HUGE congrats to you and Cartek Racing (and RPM), stuff like this just doesn't happen every day. :D :cool: :cheers:

:iagree:

Congrats.

good job-

:cheers:
Job well done Mike
Can't wait to line you & Bill up like the old days. :cheers:

Wow, thats haulin the mail. All I can remember is a few years ago when every one said a rear mount turbo was junk, LMAO....

Nice job Mike.. :thumbs::thumbs: Now I wish I had came down to personally congratulate you.. :cheers:

Congratulations man,...thats badass. Takes a good bunch of people to come together and build something like this. Awesome man. Best wishes for the future goals.

Congrats Mike. Thats quite an accomplishment, especially for real street car such as yours.

CONGRATS MIKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Great job man, gotta love reaching a goal. Thanks for getting us in on the rental too, I would have liked to stay and watch because I knew you had it, but it was too dam cold and I had to go.

I got the 9.1 video if you want it, but doesn't matter much now!

It's a shame Jay's car took the trans out first pass, I think we would have hooked at 100%, but that's the 4l60 blue's...

Congrats Mike!!!:cheers:

It must feel so good to end the season with a solid 8 second pass.

Thanks Carmen :thumbs: , I'll line up with Bill anytime , but I think he's got me covered by a few hundred horsepower .

Thanks Doug , I can't wait to see what your car and Jay's car run with those powerglides and 15-inch wheel set ups .

Thanks Todd , You guys are the best ! :yesnod: Rodney built me an awesome transmission and rear . I couldn't have done this without you guys . :thumbs: :cheers: :cheers:

Wow:eek: you were moving from your comment are there any other IRS A4's that you know of that have run in the 8's

I achieved my goal of running 8's in a true street driven IRS A4 transmission C5 , now I will have to set a new goal

Nice going Mike, I knew u would get there!

I just want to say thanks again to everyone who helped me achieve this goal .

Julio and crew at Cartek . :cheers:

Rodney and crew at RPM Transmissions :cheers:

Denny and crew at Mufflex-Performance :cheers:

Rick at STS Turbo :cheers:

Leo Barnaby and Bobby at Carroll's Rod and Racecraft ( Leo was tragically killed a few weeks ago , R.I.P my friend ) :sadangel: :cheers:

Howard at Redline . :cheers:

Congrats :cheers:
That's a sick ride.

Congrats on the pass
i got to ask what shocks are you using

Congrats Mike :cheers:, an amazing feat. Can we see 8.5's@159 with a little more boost next time around? :D

Mike,

A well deserved pass to say the least! I can still remember being at E-town when we where just breaking into the 11's with these cars and look at it now!!!!!!:cheers:

This just goes to show people that building, tuning and driving these cars is a hell of a commitment and takes a good support team to do it as well as many passes!

Good to see the Cartek crew back in full attack mode and getting this beast dialed in. When can we expect 8.5x's? LOL!!!!!!!

Congrats again!

Howard

Nice run Mike!!

Congrats!
:cheers:
JB

Adjustable QA-1's in the front , Bilsteins out back . With the front shocks cranked all the way tight , it handles great on the street , even with the skinny's up front , I've been driving it that way for three years now .

Not to my knowledge , there was a Lingenfelter 427 Twin-Turbo that went 8.95 but that was with C5R heads , a sheetmetal intake and a 4L60E trans with 4th gear/overdrive removed for less drag/added strength . There are a few other guys out there who are closing in on 8's .

That's awesome!!!:eek:

Running 8's and driving it on the street.:thumbs: A true street/strip monster.

There should now be a law that you can't trailer your car to the track unless it runs faster than 8's.

Congrats!

Congrats Mike!!! That is one VERY impressive street car. :cheers:

I haven't stopped watching the video yet,

What makes this so friggin crazy is:

It was done on a M/T "Street Radial"

Car has a "true overdrive transmission"

Driven to the track

And the car weighs 3700lbs:eek:

This is the FIRST and FASTEST A4 equiped C5-that's one hell of an acomplishment Mike!

I have to thank you Mike cause this pass just turned on my competitive fire!

I was really missing that with Dave's passing this year.

:thumbs:

Awesome Mike! Just awesome! :cheers:

I think Boweryboy is the fastest c5 irs auto out there. :cheers:

:iagree: But he has a build TH400 trans and his car is a race car.

:iagree:

Thank You !

Bill's car is awesome , but he can't drive it to the track and run an 8 , not without stopping every few miles to fill up his fuel cell . I don't want this thread to turn into a war , so let's end the comparison now , most of us know the difference between the two cars .

Mike,

That is awesome!! I know what work went behind that 8.87 from you and Cartek. Well deserved!!!!


Julio,

It must be the Cigar that made the difference!

Adam

Thanks again Arun , I stuck to my plan and it worked out for me , I wanted to be the guinea pig for the 4L80E conversion to prove to the big power " street driven " C5/C6's that it could be done and it gives everyone another option to go fast with reliablity and still retain the drivability .

It's a lot easier to throw money at a car and go fast with hardcore race parts , I just proved you can still be fast , maybe not the fastest , but fast enough and have a car you can drive anywhere .

god that car works good nice pass and some good driving also it get scary after 130

congratulations dude...Nice time

8.87 ! ! ! Thats smoking ! ! !

Congrats man, that had to feel like nothing else!!!!

Way to go Dude!

totally bad a$$

you guys are kickin BUTT!:thumbs:

Congrats man!! What is the exact tire you are running? I can't find any 315 Mt's anywhere in 16 inch.

Congrats Mike I knew you would get that 8sec ET. I've been bustin you up for a while to try and make it happen, I guess it worked. I'm looking forward to meeting you (and letting you buy me a drink) at PRI in a few weeks. :D Hey would you mind if I put your 8sec video up on our website? :cool:

congrads man

Congrats Mike! :cheers:
It's been a long road for you. I hope you can sit back and simply enjoy the car now. After all, what more could you want from a street car?

I think Brent had the right idea when he bought a fully built, turn key race car and trailer for the track. If you want anymore than what you have now, you might want to consider doing the same. Although, I can't see how you could. 8 seconds is INSANE no matter who you are. The fact that you are doing it with a true street car just makes it more amazing. Props to you and Cartek for reaching all the goals that were set.....and then some.:thumbs:

Wow Mike impressive pass no doubt, congrats. The thing is with a 1.37 60'er it seemed so damn smooth; that car is really set-up and took the power perfect. I also would like to host your video on my site, even though it's an N2O site i will add a turbo video section because the pass is such an accomplishment for a 100% true street/strip car. I knew you would get an 8.xx pass, but you have tore into the 8's and certainly more left. :thumbs:
Robert

That is absoloutly sick man just sick :party:

I'm hoping for mid 10's with mine this weekend in bakersfield at FAMOSO! :D

I just need the MT ET Streets to hook good and I think I'll do it :smash:

Thanks,Matt

Rodney , I owe you more than a drink , dinner is on me my friend . Thank you for all you've done for me over the last 4 years , this would not be possible with out your help and great product , you can see in the video how crisp the trans shifts , it really kicks you in the asz inside the car . I'm proud to be the first RPM A4 Trans car in the 8's :yesnod: , and of course you can put the video up . :cheers: :thumbs:

Thanks Robert , And yes you can use the video .

They are on backorder , very hard to find , my friend Adam gave me the set I just recently put on a few weeks ago , I have another set that's got a little life in them as a backup . I hope they keep making these tires .

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I'm new to the vettes but not new to the track- those numbers and that vid speak volumes!

running 8s on a car you DROVE to the track is VERY RARELY seen and it's such a beautiful sight when you see it :thumbs:

Congrats to you and everyone who had a hand in your success and frame that timeslip:thumbs:

Thanks for the very kind words Mike. We will always be there for you. :cool:

Julio


BTW, here are the time slips.

http://www.cartek.net/images/stealth887.jpg

Freaking Incredble achievement Mike just OUTSTANDING and I feel your excitement bro and am happy for you! :cheers: :cheers:

GREAT JOB, incredible machine and did it with the tires you run on the street is very, very :cool: :cool:!!!!

Simply amazing that you were able to achieve this on Drag Radials (MTs I assume) that were hooking you better than slickes. Really speaks volumes on those drag radials and the fact you drove it to the track and drove it back home is truely priceless and the true test of your beast being a true street/strip car!

Congrats for smashing into the 8s with a street driven Vette, never thought I would see that out of a daily driver:thumbs::thumbs:

Adam , You were part of that pass , if you didn't give me those tires , I would be in trouble , they have been on backorder for months , I don't know what I'm going to do when these wear out , hopefully they'll be available .

Congratulations Stealth on the Great runs!! :cheers:

Like someone else said in this thread, you didn't creep into the eights, you broke the door down! :thumbs:

Thanks , I honestly would've been just as happy with an 8.99 , now that I know there is still more in it , and my competitive juices are flowing , with a few small changes over the winter , I think I'm going to shoot for 8.70's at 160 .

Im glad everything is working out for you..:cheers: