Had a good time today. Weather was not ideal, very hot and humid. I ran the fastest vette MPH of the day that I know of. I really didn't know what to expect out of the car. What cost me 1-3mph, IMO, is that I was bouncing off the rev limiter at the top of 4th. I was only about 100-200 yards(thought it was further) from the finish, so shifting in to 5th gear would have killed the run(MPH wise). I feel that with a half inch taller tire, I could have hit 173-174mph. Nitrous runs failed, I missed 5th on the first pass, quick shifted the 2nd run to get the car in 5th soon, IAT's were in the 190's and the car fell flat on it's face and didn't pass 171.5. It also wasn't fully tuned for nitrous, we just dumped 4* of timing out of the car and ran it.

So with a good tune from GFORCE Motorsports, full street trim, 295/45-17's in the back(the way I drive it daily), 402 with an ECS Novi 1500 kit on a 6 rib belt, these were the results.

171.5mph, 170.5mph, back to back. 2nd video is still uploading.





What I have learned is that base C6's are not setup to run the half mile with my tire, gearing and power. Nitrous cars might be different on a different size tire. Also, I am ditching the nitrous for now, and going to put the bigger Novi 2200 on and put in a C16 race tune for this event. I think that 180mph is doable with better weather and just a blower.

Big thanks to ECS and GForce Motorsports in Pearland. Great group of guys, awesome tuning and knowledge, and you guys laid down a great 203+mph half mile pass.

 

Holy smokes. Good run.

 

I want 7 1/2 min of my 8:36 back.

 

Novi 2200+C16=5 Liter Eater<Winters97gt

 

Good run

 

Jez I should hope so. C16 = RACECAR

 

Congrats on the run. Glad you had a good time.

 

Congrats bro!

 

Thanks, guys. Thanks for the input Nouman.

Just an FYI. I went with 23psi in the rears, and 41psi in the front tires today. Started that way and kept it that way through the 4 runs. I have quite a bit of learning to do, but if they keep it a half mile next event, I'm going to add 50-75hp, raise the rev limiter 300rpm, and get a slightly taller tire(.5 inches). I think that will get 180mph in the 1/2 mile.

 

Nice runs, I will be out soon to play..

 

Congrats Mark!
It hauled a$$ and survived to drive it home..

Man I can't believe you can run 173 mph in 4th.. I do good to run 173mph in 5th before my 6600 limiter came in.. (C5Z tranny)

You should set it up to run the Mile in October... Then you can really haul a$$.

 

Thanks Alan, I had some issues driving home with overheating, but we will get that sorted out. 1st gear is notchy, and 5th doesn't like a hard shift. 1st might be suffering from all those heavy slips and rips at the track. Hoping the overheating is just a fan relay, etc.

Car didn't officialy do 173, just 171.5, but I'm sure it was around there at some point bouncing off the limiter for a fraction of a second. Car moves very well considering the conditions that we had. Should rocket with the 2200 and C16 tune. 6 rib for the win.

After running down Beeville(not in this car), and running this track, I won't ever run Beeville again. I'll stick to the side by side racing in Dallas, or just run the Mile if I ever get the itch to here. Night and Day difference in the track. The Texas Mile will be a thing of the past when this thing goes to a full 1 mile event, which it will the next time.

www.texasspeedsyndicate.com is where all the real racing goes down.

 

Yeah I haven't ran at Beeville yet.. I loved Goliad.. Two of my friends have already gone down at Beeville on bikes so I am leary about that track as far as bikes are concerned.

It will be awesome if they start running 1 Mile in Houston.. I heard the lay out in Houston is not conducive to spectators though and the PA/speed boards are non existent.. Hopefully they will put effort into improving the event like the Tx Mile has for the last 10 years.

It's awesome to have something this close to home though.

One thing about 1/2 mile is its a LOT easier on the engine.... As opposed to having it wot for 30 secs line in a mile..

One of the datalogs from my 1 mile race on my turbo bike showed being wot in 6th, full boost (16psi) at over 10,000 rpms and climbing for 11 secs... Talk about loading one down....lol

Yes I'm on TSS and I went to the 2012 Invitational with Blownbluez06 back a few weeks ago.. Awesome event..

 

Congrats Mark good results.

 

Nice MPH there Mark. It looks like fun and being so close to home is hard to beat. That 2200 Novi and C16 will be fun to see. Good luck!

 

Nice results

Weather definitely wasn't on your side yesterday. It was pretty nasty out.

 

Nice pass man!

 

Great runs, Better than what I thought. Congradulations on the mph. So the track is much better than Beeville, Oh that would not take to much. When is the next event?

 

Thanks guys.

Arnold, yes, it is a lot better than Beeville. It is an active military runway, Airforce one lands on it when they come in to Houston and it the heavy lifting runway for C5, C17's etc if I am not mistaken. The first part of the track is really no different traction wise. That first transition at Beeville that is at the 1/4 mark is non existant here, so you don't have to deal with that. Then on the top end, I didn't feel like the car was moving around like it does at Beeville(granted I'm talking about 2 different cars since I haven't run my own car at Beeville). You also do not have to deal with the other transitions from crossing over the next runway right at shutdown. The one bad thing that I can see here, is if you go off the runway, it better be in the right spot. Down both sides of the runway are those 1 1/2 foot metal landing lights that are thick and concreted in to the ground probably real deep and line the runway on both sides. Hate to hit one of those sideways where the cab is, it wouldn't be pretty.

You can see when the sun came up a bit more, on this 170.5MPH pass, I am still spinning at the top of 3rd and going in to 4th at 130mph.



I almost hope they keep it a half mile race, easier on the engines, great track, and we get to run drag radials, etc. I think with the Novi 2200, going back down to the 275/40 tire, I think 180mph is doable since I'll be in full boost in 5th gear.

 

Good runs Mark, have you thought about a 6l80?