nwilson44

Went to royal purple two weeks ago and had a tough time. First of all I had the metal part of a broken valve seal in my Drain plug and other parts in my oil filter. Brought down my oil pressure to 20 PSI at idle (I have a melling high volume and it never drops below 40). My pressure pegged out at like 50 instead of 80 PSI+. After the track day I did my oil change and replaced valve seals, and runs sooooo much better...

That being said I ran 3 different times all the same 12.8 ET. I was trapping 116.9 and I am just beside myself because I was expecting so much more! I will post some vids soon. I was cutting 2.2-2.3 60' on street tires. I am wondering if my car will hit the 11's :/

nwilson44

Did I mention that it was hot af? (104.5 track temps)

HCI2000SS

iTrader: (2)

Not really a fair comparison of what your car is capable of. IIRC hadn't your car trapped around 120 mph before?

nwilson44

Yeah but it was unofficial.

HCI2000SS

iTrader: (2)

What do you mean by that exactly?

nwilson44

Some dude had some timing and speed equipment we tried using down in mexico at our dig spot

HCI2000SS

iTrader: (2)

Gotcha. What's your best official?

nwilson44

This was my only official since engine swap.

HCI2000SS

iTrader: (2)

I see. I bet you have at least another 2-3 mph in it

nwilson44

Im hoping so because it runs noticeably stronger with out crap in the oil and good pressure.

HCI2000SS

iTrader: (2)

Yeah I bet it does lol. Based on some of your races I've seen it wouldn't surprise me if you really did click off a 121 quarter mile

nwilson44

That race where I got beat by a car with that FBO lightened E85 coyote, I had the same issue with my oil pressure as I did at the track. I need a rematch. I wonder If It'd be even or if I'd pull.

munciegoat

Glad to see you got the oil and valve seals right. If you're going for 11s at the track it looks like you'll need about a 1.85ish 60'. A tire/dr would help you quite a bit. IMO a tire/dr, chris1313 ram air w/AC, FTP 98mm lid, truck 85mm MAF, & home ported TB would be next on my list and should get you to the times you want. Obviously a FAST would be awesome but its just about how much you want to put in it like anything else lol

nwilson44

Yeah man, that low oil pressure thing killed my engine performance as well as the pulled timing from 105 degrees and burning oil. Its all fixed now.

I think the torque arm relocation and tubular torque arm kit is going to help me hook up much better too. I think that'll bring my 60' down significantly. I was expecting 120+ on the trap and now I know why I didnt get it.

munciegoat

Sounds good man! Keep us updated next time you hit up the track. Vids if possible!