Went to the track and tried using my TH400 like a power glide
10-18-2008, 02:56 AM
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Went to the track and tried using my TH400 like a power glide Good news is the idea works, the 28" tires let me cross the 1/4. Car ran low 10's, best of 10.20@135.5 with a 1.60 60'. I think i killed the power by running 111 octane and not upping my timing. Car went from trapping 134.5-135.5 when I added 1 degree, but chunked a brand new ET street so I was done for the night so I didn't get to try upping the timing. The tires didn't help my 60' out at all, still the same shitty 1.6x 60's. It would go 1.4x if I ever got to run on a prepped track, but that will never happen. I lost a coupler on my intercooler pipe too, so to sum up my night:
$1000 on wheels and tires
$90 on 111 oct gas
$10 admission
now I need
$30 new coupler
$250 for new tire with shipping mounting and balancing
I'm sick of spending money on the car. I think i'm done with drag racing, tired of spending 6 hours at the track to get 3-4 passes because there are literally 400+ cars with 300+ of them 16 second fwd street tire **** boxes ******* up what tiny scrap of track prep is left over from TNT. They had a PSCA TNT earlier and they were complaining about the lack of prep on the track which is really bad news for them since they are very fast cars.
$1000 on wheels and tires
$90 on 111 oct gas
$10 admission
now I need
$30 new coupler
$250 for new tire with shipping mounting and balancing
I'm sick of spending money on the car. I think i'm done with drag racing, tired of spending 6 hours at the track to get 3-4 passes because there are literally 400+ cars with 300+ of them 16 second fwd street tire **** boxes ******* up what tiny scrap of track prep is left over from TNT. They had a PSCA TNT earlier and they were complaining about the lack of prep on the track which is really bad news for them since they are very fast cars.
Bleach
10-18-2008, 05:30 AM
#6
Good news is the idea works, the 28" tires let me cross the 1/4. Car ran low 10's, best of 10.20@135.5 with a 1.60 60'. I think i killed the power by running 111 octane and not upping my timing. Car went from trapping 134.5-135.5 when I added 1 degree, but chunked a brand new ET street so I was done for the night so I didn't get to try upping the timing. The tires didn't help my 60' out at all, still the same shitty 1.6x 60's. It would go 1.4x if I ever got to run on a prepped track, but that will never happen. I lost a coupler on my intercooler pipe too, so to sum up my night:
$1000 on wheels and tires
$90 on 111 oct gas
$10 admission
now I need
$30 new coupler
$250 for new tire with shipping mounting and balancing
I'm sick of spending money on the car. I think i'm done with drag racing, tired of spending 6 hours at the track to get 3-4 passes because there are literally 400+ cars with 300+ of them 16 second fwd street tire **** boxes ******* up what tiny scrap of track prep is left over from TNT. They had a PSCA TNT earlier and they were complaining about the lack of prep on the track which is really bad news for them since they are very fast cars.
$1000 on wheels and tires
$90 on 111 oct gas
$10 admission
now I need
$30 new coupler
$250 for new tire with shipping mounting and balancing
I'm sick of spending money on the car. I think i'm done with drag racing, tired of spending 6 hours at the track to get 3-4 passes because there are literally 400+ cars with 300+ of them 16 second fwd street tire **** boxes ******* up what tiny scrap of track prep is left over from TNT. They had a PSCA TNT earlier and they were complaining about the lack of prep on the track which is really bad news for them since they are very fast cars.
10-18-2008, 06:52 AM
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LOL @ anti shitbox events.
Do they run a regular bracket series out there?
We would rather run at a bracket race than a test and tune. All the bracket racers around run big *** steam rollers and run mid 11s LOL. at least the dont produce bald spots on the track.
brent
Do they run a regular bracket series out there?
We would rather run at a bracket race than a test and tune. All the bracket racers around run big *** steam rollers and run mid 11s LOL. at least the dont produce bald spots on the track.
brent
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10-18-2008, 12:05 PM
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Only one tire. I'm not sure how, but it chunked a 1x1x.25 piece out of it near the edge. Only reason i'm pissed at all is because of that. Now I have to buy a new tire and I'm not going to do that for a few months because of how much i've already spent.
They have anti shitbox events, but I need to spend another couple of thousand dollars on the car just to make it legal to race.
They have anti shitbox events, but I need to spend another couple of thousand dollars on the car just to make it legal to race.
10-20-2008, 01:14 PM
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With the 28.5 tires , it runs 136.5 in second gear. It can run I think 140 or 141 vefore it hits the limiter in second with 28.5's and the 2.75 rear gear even at about 3800 lb race weight.
Now I really want to do it with one of my lighter cars. I planning on running 2.41's in a cobra kit with a th400. 160 in second @ about 2400 lbs.
Now I really want to do it with one of my lighter cars. I planning on running 2.41's in a cobra kit with a th400. 160 in second @ about 2400 lbs.
