Drag Racing Tech - New Stock Internals Best

Drove 953 miles back home to Florida for the BADRAP track day (and a vacation ;) )

Had a great time at the track day and got a new best :) Not a huge jump.. but not too bad ;)

60 1.538
330 4.664
1/8 7.304
mph 92.76
1000 9.603
1/4 11.544
mph 115.39

Ran a new best MPH on a earlier run:

60 1.594
330 4.733
1/8 7.370
mph 92.93
1000 9.661
1/4 11.592
mph 115.97

Old best: 11.57 @ 115.54 (1.53)

Changes since the last new best:

Bogarts R/T's
26x11.5 ET Streets
BMR Lower Control Arm Brackets

Funny enough.. I can't update the SI list till I get back to my home computer :jest:

Drove 953 miles back home to Florida for the BADRAP track day (and a vacation ;) )

Had a great time at the track day and got a new best :) Not a huge jump.. but not too bad ;)

60 1.538
330 4.664
1/8 7.304
mph 92.76
1000 9.603
1/4 11.544
mph 115.39


hmmm :confused: look at my slip from today compared to yours

60' - 1.521*
330' - 4.635*
1/8 - 7.302*
mph - 92.40
1000' - 9.614
1/4 - 11.573
mph - 114.67

and here i thought i got it all figured out last time i was out. Guess right now my car just isn't putting down the power others are :(

Congrats on the new best. How much longer do you plan to stay SI? I'd like to see if i can get an 11.4 out of the car before I throw a cam in it, but I'm pretty impatient :devil:

congrats

here i thought i got it all figured out last time i was out. Guess right now my car just isn't putting down the power others are :(

Congrats on the new best. How much longer do you plan to stay SI? I'd like to see if i can get an 11.4 out of the car before I throw a cam in it, but I'm pretty impatient :devil:
Thank's Lynda. Raceweight or a little better DA could account for the differences in our runs.. I wouldn't worry about it.

Well.. never planned to be SI this long. My goal was a 11.5.. but now I'm thinking 11.4's ;)

Congrats~ :)

Nice runs, John.

Those are better than my H/C times. :lol:

I just keep having things screwing my car up every time I'm at the track it seems. :(

Congrats on the new best John !!
What kind of DA did you have to run in ?
Man I hate the winter :cry: Enjoy it in Florida, it's cold as hell here. :cry:

the DA had to be pretty good. John, your car looked and ran great. it didnt hook as well as i am sure it did before. you were spinning on some passes. DAMN it was cold!

oh and was the raceweight around the same as in your sig?

Sweet times congrats on the new best :) My car didnt get finished in time to come out and play :judge: I believe the DA was around -650 today which is almost the best I have ever seen in Fla. :cry:

congrats john....

Drove 953 miles back home to Florida for the BADRAP track day (and a vacation ;) )

Had a great time at the track day and got a new best :) Not a huge jump.. but not too bad ;)

60 1.538
330 4.664
1/8 7.304
mph 92.76
1000 9.603
1/4 11.544
mph 115.39

Ran a new best MPH on a earlier run:

60 1.594
330 4.733
1/8 7.370
mph 92.93
1000 9.661
1/4 11.592
mph 115.97

Old best: 11.57 @ 115.54 (1.53)

Changes since the last new best:

Bogarts R/T's
26x11.5 ET Streets
BMR Lower Control Arm Brackets

Funny enough.. I can't update the SI list till I get back to my home computer :jest:
good times ,whats wieght with driver on those runs, what bolt ons :drive:

Sweet times congrats on the new best :) My car didnt get finished in time to come out and play :judge: I believe the DA was around -650 today which is almost the best I have ever seen in Fla. :cry:



what are you doing to it now Mike? send me a pm or a email

John.. I'm not sure why I hate you more, because you are in florida racing, or because of the times. :judge:

Congrats, have a safe trip home. :drive:

hey, thats not fair john!

stay here where its 10 degrees and freeze with the rest of us!

Thank's Lynda. Raceweight or a little better DA could account for the differences in our runs.. I wouldn't worry about it.

Well.. never planned to be SI this long. My goal was a 11.5.. but now I'm thinking 11.4's ;)
that's true. so what's next them? cam? H/C?

Thanks everyone!

Raceweight was ~3320 (thats with me in the car)

List of the mods to the car are here: http://www.geocities.com/wilwaxu/about.html#formula

Traction was horrible last night. I put on a show on one pass, spun so hard that the I thought I was going to take out the tree! I lifted twice and still ran a 12.28 @ 113.63 ;)

Hey EFA guys.. Weather Update for Tampa Florida: Sun for the rest of the week, highs in the 60's and lows in the 40's ;) I'll be back in MD next weekend to enjoy your pain.

Lynda, I plan to go straight to H/C. I drive this car ALOT (44K) I'm afraid of the valve spring breakage I've seen with a cam & on the car valve spring swaps. Figure I will go with heads with double springs to give me the dependability I'm looking for.

:321: :twak: :nutkick: :wave-fing :flipeye: :cheers: :cheers:

God what I wouldnt do to weight 3300lbs...
WIL u are flying brother,I'd go for the 11.40's....

Congrats on the new best. Maybe you can catch a liitle better DA and hit 11.4's before the H/C go on.

Congrats on the new best, John!

Hey...did you see the little red 97 Cobra running 10.3's? That's Al Papitto - the car is a n/a DOHC 5.4. He's building my Factory-stock spec 4.6 for the 2004 NMRA season. :devil:

Good luck - and don't be a stranger!
Bob

Congrats on the new best, John!

Hey...did you see the little red 97 Cobra running 10.3's? That's Al Papitto - the car is a n/a DOHC 5.4. He's building my Factory-stock spec 4.6 for the 2004 NMRA season. :devil:

Good luck - and don't be a stranger!
Bob
Thanks Bob!

Al was FLYING! Too bad he broke early, only got to talk to him once in the lanes. Car has came ALONG way since the last time I saw it... he was running 11.6's then ;) He should do very well in Factory Stock.

Ya, he called me on the way home. No oil, no sound, no mess, just no power. Don't know what happened. And he's not racing F/S...I am....he's just building the motor. :D

Hey John,

It was great to meet you and race to race you!

My Dad got our run on video:

WILWAXU vs FEAR THE LS1 (http://www.cancreations.com/lee/me_vs_wilwaxu.wmv)

That is one FAST stocker you have there!

Here are some of your other runs:

WILWAXU 11.59 ET (http://www.cancreations.com/lee/bmp_wilwaxu.wmv)

WILWAXU 11.57 ET (http://www.cancreations.com/lee/bmp_wilwaxu2.wmv)


Lee

Lee your car looked yesterday to have less trouble off the line. what were you pulling through the 60'?

That is a nice run for a stock car! Wow simply amazing. Keep us posted for future and faster times. Cheer....... :burn:

Nice times. :cheers:

Great to see ya drive it all the way from MD and run in the 11's. Sweet! :hail:

Enjoy the Sun the rest of the week! :nod:

Coach

Whoo Hoo!

Found one of my traction problems. I had re-installed panhard support. It's been off for nearly a year. The bolts on my LPW cover were hitting it. Last week I "clearenced" and put it back on the car... well, I didn't clearence it enough ;) It was hitting pretty hard ;)

I did alot more clearencing today.. hopefully that will cure some of my traction problems :)

Lee, It was alot of fun! Your car was running great!

Thanks for the video's, I'll have to wait till I get back to Maryland to see them.. on dialup down here ;)