Curt I told ya the day you guys came down to just get the 10 pt in the car and be done with it... the nitrous had you fast enough to need it and you didn't even put any power to it!

Nice to see the car running well. You get the thing dialed in and put 14 lbs to it you'll probably have enough to go 9.0 with it.

Does it run on pump fuel at all still? If so that's great, you can even drive that thing around. Nice work.

 

haha i know JL, i wish i had a 10 pt in it bad . the car runs on 93 and i've been driving the thing all over

 

Curt do you have any pics of the engine bay with all the fab work you did for the turbo setup?Well if you turn up the boost im toast but keep it were it is and it will be a good race.How is stageing the car off the line working out for ya?

 

Yeah check out my build thread in the forced induction section.stagging isn't too bad but i still need some more seat time

 

Judging by your reaction time you have ALOT of work to do off the starting line. I could run ya with a car that's a second slower and win no probltm right now. Probably 2 seconds if we go of a pro tree

 

Nice pass, I have been kicked out a few times myself, back before a cage. Its always fun to remember.

 

Give me a break. It was my first time at the track with the new setup and I wasn't even trying to run the tree. I don't race competitivly and probably never will. It's really just a street car.

 

all right , running at the valley , if you go pm me , im only 1 hr away and havent raced my formula there this year . Glad to see someone local going that fast , gonna need a chute soon .

 

will do man, be nice to have a couple more f-bodies up there

 

I don't know if I missed it but what compression and gear are you running?

 

the compression is around 10.4. im running a 3.73 gear now but am switching to a 3.42

 

Car may actually go faste that way.. it will load the motor alot harder in 1st and get the boost up faster. Drive on the street like a stock car too.

I don't know where your trap mph was, but if you figure it out to be more then 8% slippage then the converter needs adjusting not the gear... if that had anything to do with the reason for the change.

 

the car drives awesome on the street. i was on the limiter at the end, just ordered some 3.42's tho. my converter slip was right around 6%

 

Where do you have the limiter set?

 

6900.

 

That's the problem. That needs to be bumped up to about 7500. No need not to... just make sure the valve springs are up to the task, and keep about an extra 1/2 qt of oil in the motor and you'll be fine.

 

Im not going to change what my tuner has set it at, he put it there for a reason. Remember this is a turbo car. Not a high winding n/a setup. Honestly I think going threw the traps at about 64/6500 would be optimal for my setup.

 

Do what you are comfortable with I guess. I wouldn't call 7500 a high winding setup... if you were trying to spin it to 8000+ then I would say that.

Retard the cam 2 degrees and it will pick up alot on the top end I bet, unless that's totally out of the compressor map's usable range (not sure what you went with for a turbo) it will work pretty well I'd think.

 

Sounds like a freakin jet taking off