10.59@128.68, 1.43 60' - 346ci 6-speed ALL MOTOR!

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02-06-2003, 02:06 AM

Jason99T/A

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10.59@128.68, 1.43 60' - 346ci 6-speed ALL MOTOR!

I was able to head out to NPR this evening for some shakedown passes with my new setup. The weather was overcast all day, with showers in the area, so I wasn't expecting to make many runs tonight.

Since I was in a hurry to get some runs in before the rain came, I didn't worry about dropping the y-pipe and just ran through the cutout. I swapped tires and headed to the starting line. Since there wasn't many people out there, I pulled right around and did a nice burnout on my new 28" M/T ET Drags. This resulted in:

60' ... 1.573
1/8 ... 6.969
mph ... 100.89
1/4 ... 10.825
mph ... 127.90

Since someone oiled down the left lane and the weather was still cooperating, I decided to head to the pits and drop the y-pipe and run the collector extensions on the headers. After about a 30 minute delay, I was able to make another pass leaving at 5k rpms:

60' ... 1.554
1/8 ... 6.917
mph ... 101.87
1/4 ... 10.741
mph ... 128.98

Holy crap!! Almost 129 mph!! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" /> I knew there was alot left in the car since it was spinning pretty bad off the line. I played around with tire pressure and made another 10.74@128.xx (1.54 60') pass, but was still spinning pretty bad off the line. I raced Allan from Futral Motorsports on that pass. Needless to say, he sprayed this $hit out of me. lol 10.09@136 to my 10.74 pass with just a 150 shot! He had his 346ci 6-speed car hauling *** too tonight.

I decided to drop the tire pressure down to 13.5psi hot and give it a shot in the left lane. Frank95z was out there now helping me find the best groove on the starting line. This helped a bunch and I was able to turn a 1.49' 60', but I missed 3rd gear. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Mad]" src="gr_images/icons/mad.gif" />

At this point, I knew the car at a 10.6x in it if I could get it to hook and make a clean pass. I rolled around for another pass and decided to leave a little harder (5500rpms). The pass felt good and I didn't miss a gear this time. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" />

60' ... 1.518
1/8 ... 6.832
mph ... 101.86
1/4 ... 10.659
mph ... 128.63

<img border="0" alt="[gruffy cottonball]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_gruffy.gif" /> 10.65 was what I was shooting for, but I sure as heck didn't plan on reaching it on only the 5th pass. lol The car liked the extra launch rpm. It spun a little, but accelerated hard through the 60'.

I only had time to make one more pass before heading home. The car still had more left in it, but I had to get the car to leave harder. I decided to go for broke on the last run. I was already on Cloud 9 from the 10.65 pass, so I felt I didn't have anything to loose. I left a little under 6k rpms and I felt the wheels come WAY up. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" /> I hit each gear very well and knew it was good pass.

60' ... 1.439
1/8 ... 6.773
mph ... 101.87
1/4 ... 10.599
mph ... 128.68

<img border="0" alt="[gruffy cottonball]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_gruffy.gif" /> Needless to say, I screamed my head off the entire ride back to the pits. lol I honesly didn't think the car had a .5x in it tonight considering the air really wasn't that great. 60' does wonders for ET though. lol

Here is a video of the 10.65 pass and the timeslip from the 10.59 pass:
10.65 pass
10.74 pass
10.59 timeslip

The camera was dead for the final pass, so I wasn't able to get that one on tape. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Roll Eyes]" src="images/icons/rolleyes.gif" />

Who ever said you needed a big motor to go fast? lol

Density altitude was -339' and raceweight was ~3325lbs. I'm going to get an exact weight in the next few weeks.

For those who didn't see my post in the internal engine section, here is a quick run down of mods on the car:
https://ls1tech.com/ubb/ultimatebb.p...c;f=1;t=010700

Big thanks to Geoff@Thunder for helping me get this setup put together. Also, thanks to Frank95Z and Allan@Futral Motorsports for their help tonight getting the suspension sorted out. I can't forget to thank John(john00V6A4) and Jonathan (JonathanE30///M3) for the help getting the 5-point harness in last night at 2am and for filming today.

I'm going to be racing Sunday at NPR again for the Cajun Streetcar Nationals.

I drove the car to school today, drove it to the track, ran a 10.59, and drove it home. It doesn't get much better than that. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Smile]" src="gr_stretch.gif" />

Jason

[ February 11, 2003, 12:00 AM: Message edited by: Jason99T/A ]

10.59@128.68, 1.43 60' - 346ci 6-speed ALL MOTOR!

10.59@128.68, 1.43 60' - 346ci 6-speed ALL MOTOR!

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