Drag Racing Results - cool weather got me a new pb mph 117 in the 1/8th

been hitting my local track as much as i can to get my car dialed in a little better so i can maybe get a 9sec slip at a local event here called "Dead hookers 14" saturday. Which wil be my first time at the 1320! kinda scared to go that fast! but anyways I played with my lca angle,pinion angle and ride height which barely helped my 60' but it made the car hook mid track which ive never really had.

So im confident now with this mph i may get into the 9's and alot of people have told me i will.




http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g169/blingole/2011-12-04194005.jpg

my buddy made a video.. WHICH by the way if anyone has any suggestions on how i can make my rear squat when i launch tell me.
i have full bmr suspension,comp 50/50 shocks,front qa1's full soft. Which i just found out my pinion angle is off its at +5 deg right now so im changing that tomorow.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xv1Lil7Qhrw

got damn thats some good mph. just need the 60' to drop. whats the weight on the car.

that is good mph! any more pics

Get the pinion angle correct and that should fix the issue. The car has plenty of MPH to get in the 9's. You have to get it to hook off the line!!

Good luck.

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Get the pinion angle correct and that should fix the issue. The car has plenty of MPH to get in the 9's. You have to get it to hook off the line!!

Good luck.

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i got the pinion angle -5 and i got a 1.41 60'!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



then this happened the next run
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g169/blingole/2011-12-19224044.jpg

But i got a new nodular housing,3.45 gears, and a pt-88 turbo im installign right now, soo ill be coming back with 150-200 more hp in about 2 weeks!!! whoohoo

Congrats on the 1.41 60 foot times that is a lot better. I am sure you are changing that pinion angle to a -2.5 correct?

That thing will be moving out once it hooks without breaking. Your ET's will just keeping going down while the MPH continues to go up!

Not to mention the bigger turbo.

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Congrats on the 1.41 60 foot times that is a lot better. I am sure you are changing that pinion angle to a -2.5 correct? That thing will moving out and once it hooks without breaking those ET's will just keeping going down and the MPH will be going up!

Not to mention the bigger turbo.

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-2.5? I am at -5, but ill try -2.5 if you think thats better.

We generally recommend between -2 and -3, this will allow the driveshaft to have close to 0 degree pinion angle under full throttle since the pinion will climb upwards. You are definitely getting closer to finding the sweet spot with the car.

What did it run on the 1.41 60'?

What did it run on the 1.41 60'?

still 6.4 at 115mph.. in about 2 weeks ill have another 200whp so it'll go down,hopefully. my goal is 6.1x's in the next two weeks, i have someone i have to out run. But man every tenth is getting harder and harder to get now as it gets lower!
We generally recommend between -2 and -3, this will allow the driveshaft to have close to 0 degree pinion angle under full throttle since the pinion will climb upwards. You are definitely getting closer to finding the sweet spot with the car.

ill change it tonight. My cars in a million pieces right now so i can come back to dh's packing! i wanna beat those two 9.xx sec black ta's!!!!!!!!

What did it run on the 1.41 60'?

so whats that gator guy run? i wanted to ask in the other tread but i dont think he'll tell.

I forgot to ask why you are calling your car a Trans Am, it is a Formula correct? The -5 degree pinion angle probably got the pinion gear in a bind taking out the ring.

I am sure you will have no problem running in the 9's. Your car is going to back half real well. If you run in the 6.30 range in the 1/8 mile, 9 second time slips will be the reward so with the bigger turbo and 200 more HP building MPH and lowering ET on the back half will certainly produce 9's!

Good luck.

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You know I never call my car a trans am and I did in my sig! Huh everyon always calls it one so I guess it rubbed off on me. Ill change it. But its actually a v6 car.

so whats that gator guy run? i wanted to ask in the other tread but i dont think he'll tell.

You'll have to line em up to find out. :secret2:

so whats that gator guy run? i wanted to ask in the other tread but i dont think he'll tell.

You will crack my ass easily in the 1/4 mile. But I will gladly run you for fun if you want. Get that car to leave and it's going to run low low 9s or better.

^ oh, opps theres that gator guy...

ya if i can even break into the 9's ill be happy, but were see. Ive never made a full succesful pass in the 1/4 mile yet.

You know I never call my car a trans am and I did in my sig! Huh everyon always calls it one so I guess it rubbed off on me. Ill change it. But its actually a v6 car.


That is cool you turned a V6'er into a bad ride for sure! When a car runs that good you can call it whatever you want. I kept looking for a Trans Am in the video and finally realized what was going on. I am a little slow.

Good luck on your next outing!

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