Canada's Fastest IRS Vette
11-04-2015, 10:49 AM
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Canada's Fastest IRS Vette The weather was looking hot and the GTR Boys were renting the track so we decided to get this whip ready last minute to go to the rental day.
When I brought the car to Wade @ Maximum Performance on Friday it was riddled with problems since it had been sitting at my shop for 3-4 years without testing. When i drove it into the dyno room, Wade told me the map sensor was out of it, I couldn't even keep my eyes open while running. I pulled it out and he was right, vacuum line was off it. This caused my wide band to fail because running so rich, so we replaced that. We did a pull on the waste gates and the car was heating up. Coolant system was not bled properly. At this point I was loosing hope, but that was an easy fix. Monday morning he calls me and says the boost controller decrease solenoid was screwed up, the car hit 38psi as soon as he stabbed the throttle. I called a couple local buddies and one had an extra AMS1000, so he sold it to me cheap and were off to the races.
Got to Toronto Motorsports Park and Wade told me lets do 300ft test hit which was very lucky as the car went toward the wall. This had me pinch a loaf as it was my first time ever driving an auto. We made some adjustments to the suspension and tire pressure and decided to do an 1/8th mile pass. The car was all over the track due to power and 5 year old tires. At this point I had considered asking him to drive for me as I was scared of the car. He had me raise the front of the car a little because the back was to high and unloading the suspension. Sweating like a fat bastard, I was again thinking of asking him to drive when he suited me up and said " Real Racers Sweat & Drive " I knew he wasn't taking no for an answer.
I got to the line and was getting better at staging the car by this point, did a great burnout, activate the boost controller and she left fairly soft. Grabbed second gear and she was waging the dog but I drove threw it. Grabbed the next gear and she nosed up and charged hard. Very first complete pass she set a Canadian Record !!!
8.40 @ 170 MPH
We decided to put a couple more psi off the line and out the back door. I was lining up for a second pass when we had the starter shorted out ... go figure. Maybe it was for the best considering the tires were hockey pucks.
I want to send a special thanks to Wade @ Maximum Performance for all his help. I would never have got it to the track without his help. Thank you
When I brought the car to Wade @ Maximum Performance on Friday it was riddled with problems since it had been sitting at my shop for 3-4 years without testing. When i drove it into the dyno room, Wade told me the map sensor was out of it, I couldn't even keep my eyes open while running. I pulled it out and he was right, vacuum line was off it. This caused my wide band to fail because running so rich, so we replaced that. We did a pull on the waste gates and the car was heating up. Coolant system was not bled properly. At this point I was loosing hope, but that was an easy fix. Monday morning he calls me and says the boost controller decrease solenoid was screwed up, the car hit 38psi as soon as he stabbed the throttle. I called a couple local buddies and one had an extra AMS1000, so he sold it to me cheap and were off to the races.
Got to Toronto Motorsports Park and Wade told me lets do 300ft test hit which was very lucky as the car went toward the wall. This had me pinch a loaf as it was my first time ever driving an auto. We made some adjustments to the suspension and tire pressure and decided to do an 1/8th mile pass. The car was all over the track due to power and 5 year old tires. At this point I had considered asking him to drive for me as I was scared of the car. He had me raise the front of the car a little because the back was to high and unloading the suspension. Sweating like a fat bastard, I was again thinking of asking him to drive when he suited me up and said " Real Racers Sweat & Drive " I knew he wasn't taking no for an answer.
I got to the line and was getting better at staging the car by this point, did a great burnout, activate the boost controller and she left fairly soft. Grabbed second gear and she was waging the dog but I drove threw it. Grabbed the next gear and she nosed up and charged hard. Very first complete pass she set a Canadian Record !!!
8.40 @ 170 MPH
We decided to put a couple more psi off the line and out the back door. I was lining up for a second pass when we had the starter shorted out ... go figure. Maybe it was for the best considering the tires were hockey pucks.
I want to send a special thanks to Wade @ Maximum Performance for all his help. I would never have got it to the track without his help. Thank you
11-04-2015, 10:59 AM
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Thanks Arun ! Finally found the time to get it down to the track. I am pretty confident she has a 7.9 in her to as we had not ever started to lean on it yet.
11-09-2015, 12:13 PM
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Got a video of my shake down 1/8 mile pass ... Better than nothing 
http://vid780.photobucket.com/albums...ps4up79zml.mp4
http://vid780.photobucket.com/albums...ps4up79zml.mp4
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congratzzzzz!!!!! Congrats....wait till you guys try and go fast next year. How many passes did you do??, cause I don't think you were really trying LOL. Wade Stevens built you a monster!!! You paid your dues man and are fully deserving of the trophy....I cant wait to see what the blue car can do too...an I can personally say that the car sounds like a complete monster too!!!!! It seems to me like your not just a fiew steps ahead of your competition, but several!!! I guess Karma is a beech.
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with Wade in your corner, guaranteed not a problem. You may want to change your sig Canada's fastest C5. I am sure your also planning on having the fastest stick vette too!! 2016 is going to be an interestering year for LB !!! let me know when your ready, I need to know how much I will have to step it up!!!!!
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12-26-2015, 11:13 AM
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Thanks Arun, I think a new set of slicks and couple more psi off the line will get me there. Looking forward to breaking records in 2016.