TMP results from last night...
09-25-2005, 10:08 AM
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TMP results from last night... So I load up my Firebird with all 4 race wheels, mytools, a full 10lbs bottle of NO2 and a 5 gallon jug of Mark 2 race gas and headed down to TMP yesterday evening ... just before leaving I filled up with the tank with 94 thinking I would get there close to empty (mistake!). Much to my surprise I got there with over half a tank left 
I checked the DA the night before and it went down to close to 0ft... As I am sweating doing my tire change I could tell the air was OK but not great... It was in the +1000ft range early in the evening. My plan was to get in a couple good motor passes and try the 100HP shot. I spoke with the guy who I buy the race gas from (Mitch) he's the same guy that sells gas at TMP and he said that because I had so much 94 in the tank I should use the stronger Mark 5 fuel to get me to level of Mark 2... so we throw in a 5 gallon jug of Mark 5 and before you know it I have around 3/4's of tank of gas (mistake #2). So at this point I have a couple things against me and my desire to get a new PB on the motor...
1) too much fuel in the tank
2) true 28" tall tire (too much tire for motor only)
3) I am driving around with a milder nitrous tune
4) good but not great air... as the temp went down, the humidity sky rocketed...
Enough excuses
here's my best motor only pass of the night...
10:49PM 800FT DA
60ft 1.531
1/8 7.0 @ 95.9
1/4 11.1 @ 121.2
Not the 10 second I was hoping for but a new PB on the motor... it's hard building a car to run well on the motor and the spray... my converter is a 3 disk type that is designed for nitrous and I am on a VERY tall tire to make sure I don't run out of gear when spraying... the car works much better with a 27" tall tire on the motor... I guess all these hurdles could be overcome with more motor
At this point I decide if I don't spray it on the next pass I will not get to spray it all
I tried to bring up the bottle pressure, but the heater and alternator under drive pulley don't work well together and I had to make sure I did not kill the battery... I could not get the pressure much higher than 800lbs (not enough!). Here's my only spray pass of the night, another PB by a couple 1/100th's
10:58PM
60ft 1.595
1/8 6.9 @ 103.3
1/4 10.70 @ 130.6
And like Porky Pig would say... "T-T-T-That's all folks!"
I checked the DA the night before and it went down to close to 0ft... As I am sweating doing my tire change I could tell the air was OK but not great... It was in the +1000ft range early in the evening. My plan was to get in a couple good motor passes and try the 100HP shot. I spoke with the guy who I buy the race gas from (Mitch) he's the same guy that sells gas at TMP and he said that because I had so much 94 in the tank I should use the stronger Mark 5 fuel to get me to level of Mark 2... so we throw in a 5 gallon jug of Mark 5 and before you know it I have around 3/4's of tank of gas (mistake #2). So at this point I have a couple things against me and my desire to get a new PB on the motor...1) too much fuel in the tank
2) true 28" tall tire (too much tire for motor only)
3) I am driving around with a milder nitrous tune
4) good but not great air... as the temp went down, the humidity sky rocketed...
Enough excuses
here's my best motor only pass of the night... 10:49PM 800FT DA
60ft 1.531
1/8 7.0 @ 95.9
1/4 11.1 @ 121.2
Not the 10 second I was hoping for but a new PB on the motor... it's hard building a car to run well on the motor and the spray... my converter is a 3 disk type that is designed for nitrous and I am on a VERY tall tire to make sure I don't run out of gear when spraying... the car works much better with a 27" tall tire on the motor... I guess all these hurdles could be overcome with more motor
At this point I decide if I don't spray it on the next pass I will not get to spray it all
I tried to bring up the bottle pressure, but the heater and alternator under drive pulley don't work well together and I had to make sure I did not kill the battery... I could not get the pressure much higher than 800lbs (not enough!). Here's my only spray pass of the night, another PB by a couple 1/100th's 10:58PM
60ft 1.595
1/8 6.9 @ 103.3
1/4 10.70 @ 130.6
And like Porky Pig would say... "T-T-T-That's all folks!"
Last edited by vmax1500; 09-25-2005 at 10:15 AM.
09-26-2005, 09:23 PM
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i was at tmp sat night , i saw a black firebird running with skinnys up front, i dont know if thats your car, if it is , thats a killer car, sounded real nice too. whats done to the motor?
09-26-2005, 09:32 PM
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That was me 385CI LS1... so far 11.1 on the motor and 10.2 with spray... shooting for 10's on the motor and 9's on the spray... I drove to TMP all the way from Whitby (~200KM) with all 4 racing wheels in the car... next time drop by to say hello... my name is Andre... I plan on going back this Saturday...
385CI LS1... so far 11.1 on the motor and 10.2 with spray... shooting for 10's on the motor and 9's on the spray... I drove to TMP all the way from Whitby (~200KM) with all 4 racing wheels in the car... next time drop by to say hello... my name is Andre... I plan on going back this Saturday...