Air Strip Attack by Shift Sector Hondo, Tx
 

Went out to the half mile event hosted by Shift Sector, yesterday. This is a standing half mile event. The day was filled with plenty of ups and downs but ended on a high note with a 1st place win in the NA class with a top speed of 178mph! Conditions weren't the greatest, with a ~20mph headwind and 2000+ DA. I had a total of 3 runs and they were all above 170mph; 172mph, 178mph, and 174mph.

The day started out rough, when 2.5hrs into the drive, I realized that I forgot the key to my car! Luckily, I had a friend that was going to the event and he was able to swing by and grab it for me. Unfortunately, this meant that I had to wait a good bit to get my first run in. I missed the cooler weather in the morning and a period where the wind wasn't as strong. I didn't get my first run in until about 12pm.

On my first run, I didn't know what to expect. The beginning of the runway it very dusty, which meant traction is pretty much non existent. So, I tried to leave moderately hard and get it into second as soon as I could. The beginning of 2nd gear hooked well until the power really started coming in. On the top end of the run, I felt the car lay over a couple FT before the flag and I tried to shift it into 5th to power through the last few feet, but it just kinda fell on its face. The car shut off while I was slowing down and would not restart. After trying to start it a few times, I noticed fuel pressure wasn't rising. The tow truck showed up and the driver noticed a fuel leak under my car. Found the fuel rail had come loose and an injector popped out and just dumped all the fuel out. Good thing I had the Holley, cause it likely saved the motor in that event. Got the injector back in and rail tightened up. Pulled all the plugs and didn't see any signs of any issues.

On the second run, fastest of the day, everything went well. I think I might have let off the gas a TAD bit too early. But maybe only a couple feet. Doubt it would have made a huge difference in trap speed. I was concentrating on the shift light and when it came on, I instinctively let off the gas.

The last run was more of a pedal fest. I accidentally didn't even get into 100% throttle for the first couple feet.

Overall, had a great time. I plan to attend more events.

Just for a comparison, the next fastest NA Z06 was running 164mph. With a previous best of 169mph.


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Congrats man that is freaking awesome. Your car is a beast and sounds nasty as hell. Coming home with a trophy must have felt good!!!
I have made the same mistake you made leaving the key home before. Since then, I have downloaded an app on my phone with a check list of all the things I need to do to get ready for the track and making sure the key is inside the truck is one of them lol.
Thanks for sharing the vids too, just awesome man, i'm into that shit for sure.

Fantastic, so what are you running, true modified LS7, new block, internals, has to be a high rise intake, please provide details and RWHP with torque. Thank you.

Totally impressed man. So this thing is how light and what fuel did you end up running to get that whp number?

Sleeved, aluminum 5.3 block. 4.130" bore, stock rods/crank. CID hydraulic casting heads with a big hydraulic camshaft. Holley low ram base with dual 4500 throttle bodies. Makes roughly 760rwhp and 560ish rwtq.

Haven't weighed it in its current form. The last tuning session was done with pump E85.

I love your trailer man, I am looking to upgrade mine, right now I am climbing out my rear hatch and it's getting old.

I wish it was mine. It's amazing tho. So easy to load/unload on your own.

I have been looking, that trailer in the pic is a $15,000 plus trailer.

Here is my setup, had to make my own homemade race ramps, and have to climb out the rear hatch. However, I have less then 3g into this setup. You get what you pay for though.
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That's not bad.. I couldn't do that, since I have a harness bar in the way. I'd have to climb out of the window. Can you modify that fender so that it will allow you to open the door?

Yes, I took a bunch of measurements and if I convert the fender to be removable it will work. I am still deciding if I want to go that route or upgrade trailers.