Single Digit Club - *** Cartek Vette goes 8.87 at 155+ Mph

Please add me to the 8-second club , here's the video ,

http://www.cartek.net/videos/stealth887.wmv

Here's some details of the day , I got in on a last minute rental today and after 2 weeks of sh*t weather here in the Northeast , I was salivating at the chance to race today , everything fell into place , just like I needed it to .

The track was good , not great , and took some time to figure out , I had some promising runs in the beginning of the day , tried a few new things , had some traction problems and was under the gun by the end of the day , the rental closes at 430pm , it was 415pm and I still didn't have that 8-second slip , all day I kept leaving with less boost 2-3lbs and playing with tire pressures and finally ran ran a 9.08 at 156 , almost there , pulled a 1.47 60ft , I came back around , let the car cool down about 5 minutes and pulled in to the burnout box at 427pm , did a short burnout and staged , I got to the line and said f*ck it ! I knew I had to come out harder but wasn't sure if the track would hold because it wasn't earlier on , I came up on the transbrake saw 5lbs and let it rip , I honestly knew it was an 8-second pass by about the 1000ft mark , the car was dancing around and pulling harder than it ever has , no way I was lifting , I hit the rev limiter right at the finish line . As Julio gave me the slip he told me it was a 9.01 , I was still happy , when I read it and it said 8.87 I almost jumped through the roof .

I finally got my 3700+lb pig in the 8's and I did it like I wanted to on the same wheels and tires I drive on every day , the car was driven to and from the track ( 145 miles round trip ) on my radials .

Here's a breakdown of the slip .

60ft-1.373

1/8th-5.744

1/8th MpH-125.00

1/4-8.874
Mph-155.29

And there's more in it , no boost controller , I'm running off the spring in my Tial-60 wastegate , the largest spring combo is 15lbs , I'm running a 14lbs spring , car is making 18lbs of boost . When I get the right boost controller I should be able to run another 3-4lbs of boost .

I'm very impressed with my Cartek 402 , the motor is a mild combo , no exotic parts , I was dead broke when I had Cartek build it , so it was a budget build .

CONGRATS TO YOU AND CARTEK FOR BUILDING THE BADDEST STREETER OUT THERE!! AND IM NOT TALKING driving 20-30miles IM TALKING over a 600MILE ROUND TRIP!!!!WOW!!!:nod:

Way to go Mike and Cartek!!
Drivin' around, running 8's, driving home-it's just wrong Mike-just wrong! :D

Thats impressive! A real car!!! Congrats!

Paul

Thanks for the props .

definately a cool car. i was at the rental on the 3rd pitted close to you in the white z

congrats ! thats hauling ass !

All I have to say is WOW!:nod:

nice car man. good job

One of my friends told me about your pass, Much Props!!! Congrats!!! My Hero!!!! I'm about to purchase a turbo kit for my F-Body (99 Camaro SS). I just posted about it. Which kit would you suggest? Congrats again!!

That is impressive, coolest thing I have seen in a while. Great job guys.

Congrats man. Sick car there and makes it better if you street drive it.

Way to go Mike. You finally reached your goal. :hail:

That thing leaves with no drama, I'm impressed.. You need to start going after the viper guys with your vet!!!

Awesome story, man! :thumb:

Very nice ,, bad ass setup!!

doesnt make a hill of beans, but since its a driver, what kind of milage did you get in it?

do you have some more details on your build?

Wow that is a great running car, leaves with no issues it seems. Congrats on a goal met!

NOOOOOO!!!! You did what??? Man... that is damn impressive. You just raised the bar bigtime for me. I wanted to have the fastest rear mount street legal car in the US... sounds like you have it. I dont know if I can catch you with out build but I will sure try... CONGRATS!!!

hi mister stealth turbo i need one car like your sale your corvette

PM me your contact info .

do you have some more details on your build?

What would you like to know ?