Fireball goes 8.31@167

Old 04-25-2009, 02:09 PM
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8.31 @ 167 on his first full pass with the new motor,car has some converter issues (25% slippage)once that is sorted out look out.
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that is one fast LS2!
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Nice!
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Now thats movin out and its not even 100% yet...Yikes!!! Great job!

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With 25% converter slippage to boot.
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Heck of a run for the 1st time out this year. 7's are not all that far off. Congrats

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Sweet. Congrats.

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Originally Posted by Navy David SS
Heck of a run for the 1st time out this year. 7's are not all that far off. Congrats

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not the first time out,just the first time to the 1/4,made 3-1/8 mile hits a couple weeks ago-either way it will be in the 7's before too long
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shawn, i assume you are helping tune this car (fireball) and i am pretty sure you are setting up the tune up in Phil's mustang. how in the world are you able to get these big power radial cars down the track with such few runs? all the big power radial guys around here test for months and month making tons of passes before they can get anywhere near the numbers Brian and Phil have.

i dont expect you to answer the question. more of a rhetorical, but i wanted to give you a thumbs up. most of us have a hard time trying to get a 10-9 second car down the track in teh same time you guys are getting low 8 to 7 second cars to do the same thing!

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congrats on the killer results
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it's really a group effort,between Phil,Brian and myself we have mastered the radial tire pretty quickly,we have also had the help from some good chassis guys.First thing you got to do is get the correct combination of parts,then it is just tuning(chassis and engine)i'm not sure if it's been smart or luck to get these thing figured out-but it's working.
Wait til Phil's car hit the track this year-goona raise some eyebrows.
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Originally Posted by Shawn @ VA Speed
i'm not sure if it's been smart or luck to get these thing figured out-but it's working.
Little bit of both I think
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Video:

http://home.comcast.net/~tfranklin5580/4-25-09_8p31.wmv
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is that car blacktracking the entire 1/4 mile? crazy power you have on tap!
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Originally Posted by Fireball
Wow!! Great video! Not too bad for still working out the bugs...hahahaha...

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Nice runs guys. Next time I see Fireball I gotta get an autograph!!!
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Hell of a run for "low" boost . Nice power wheel on the shift.

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after reviewing the data logs...the sumbitch is breaking up at 7500 rpm too...something in the ign isn't happy

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