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Old Mar 15, 2004 | 08:06 PM
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well i put this in my old post in the dyno meter archives but here is the crappy and disappoinging results.
well the weather was horrible and not sure what the da was. still felt pretty strong. now for the times i ran, you'll have to break out the calculator to figure out what i could have ran, because i ran into a smelly problem
can you say "fried cluch" so try not to laugh to hard.

1st run. dumped from 6000. cluch spun all the way through first. let off eased into second ran through the rest 2nd and thrid, never botherd with 4th.
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60"= 1.92
1/4 mile 13.01@80mph coasting.

after the clutch cooled down, it seemed to hold a little, so i gave it another shot leaving at 2500, it held up ok riding it out
60"=1.85
1/4 mile 12.17@116.7
shifted second kinda easy.

last run. figured id bump it up a little.
left at 3000, sliped a little, 1st to 2nd also sliped a lil.
60"=1.89
1/4 mile 11.92 @ 118.8

pulls really hard up top, and puts out great mph. so i cant wait to see what better da and air quallity+ some 1.49-1.55 60's will do.

needless to say, i was pissed that the damn clutch fried on the first pass. time for a spec stg.4 hopefully somtime this week.

im also still at a dissapointing 3530lbs. so if i could loose another 200lbs. and get some 1.50 60's it should go 11.0 easy assuming 11.72. with just weight reduction and easily .15 in the quarter for every .1 in the 60ft. plus i havent had time to figure out how do drive this cam yet with 2 halfass passes. and im gettin a actual real dyno tune sometime this week since i have basicly a mail order tune at the moment.
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Old Mar 15, 2004 | 08:16 PM
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sucks that the clutch let go on you!

good numbers nonetheless!
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Old Mar 15, 2004 | 08:57 PM
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my hunch was right.knew that single wont hold.good luck on the spec.stg4 or get the twins already.following your post brah!
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Old Mar 15, 2004 | 09:29 PM
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my hunch was right.knew that single wont hold.good luck on the spec.stg4 or get the twins already.following your post brah!
i knew it wouldnt last long, but jason got 15 or 20 out of his pulling 1.5's so i figured it go a few launches. guess not. its not like i had time to put one in, i finished the gears 7pm friday night. they had 3miles of breakin on them
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Old Mar 15, 2004 | 10:33 PM
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Hi Rodney I was weighing your car at the SBSO event, it was for sure one of the heavier cars. If your clutch is dying, you're losing 1-4mph easily because of it.
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Old Mar 15, 2004 | 11:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Pro Stock John
Hi Rodney I was weighing your car at the SBSO event, it was for sure one of the heavier cars. If your clutch is dying, you're losing 1-4mph easily because of it.
yea that figures. i have no weight left to take out. guess next is a k-member and control arms and a dynabat. and i had a half tank of gas
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Old Mar 16, 2004 | 01:19 AM
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Originally Posted by SMOKIN01TA
i knew it wouldnt last long, but jason got 15 or 20 out of his pulling 1.5's so i figured it go a few launches. guess not. its not like i had time to put one in, i finished the gears 7pm friday night. they had 3miles of breakin on them
cool.whens the spec. going in? Im sure you can see 10s.good luck.
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Old Mar 16, 2004 | 09:09 AM
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good luck with the new clutch. I used a Mcleod Rev Lok 2 and that held over 200 passes in the low 1.5 range and 3515 raceweight
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if that clutch is really that gone you're losing big mph, what was your 1/8th mile like? that will give you an idea because the clutch is going to slip the most down the track in 3rd and 4th which will totally kill your mph gains that would normally happen in the last half of the track.

sounds like a good start though, nice work.
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Old Mar 16, 2004 | 09:26 PM
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if that clutch is really that gone you're losing big mph, what was your 1/8th mile like? that will give you an idea because the clutch is going to slip the most down the track in 3rd and 4th which will totally kill your mph gains that would normally happen in the last half of the track.

sounds like a good start though, nice work.
1/8 mile was 7.70 some reason the track dont give mph until the end. that was on a 1.89 60ft. a bad clutch will slip more on the launch and on the 1st to 2nd shift than on the last half of the track. but the spec stg.4 or the revloc 2 will be in really soon cause i want to see what i can do in this la. weather.
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Originally Posted by Chris ARE 360
good luck with the new clutch. I used a Mcleod Rev Lok 2 and that held over 200 passes in the low 1.5 range and 3515 raceweight
that is the clutch im leaning toward
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Originally Posted by Coach 02 A3 Z/28
Keep practicing. Things are going to workout for ya. Your in good hands with Thunder Racing.

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yea, thunder is my hangout spot, im always over there buying something.
looked like you car was running pretty good coach. cant wait to see what that nice looking motor siting over there will do. might want to think about getting a wheelie bar.
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Originally Posted by SMOKIN01TA
1/8 mile was 7.70 some reason the track dont give mph until the end. that was on a 1.89 60ft. a bad clutch will slip more on the launch and on the 1st to 2nd shift than on the last half of the track. but the spec stg.4 or the revloc 2 will be in really soon cause i want to see what i can do in this la. weather.
Whatever you do, do not get the Rev-Loc 2! I had it in my car when I was a 6-speed, first one held for like 3 months with just bolt-on's, and then went out within a week after I put the cam in, and then they sent me a second revised one, and it went out within 3 weeks of being installed and took out 3 and 4 blocker ring (think that's what the mechanic said, not sure though) and a shift fork in my freshly built transmission! And that wasn't even with any hard launches on slicks, just street driving and a couple of low rpm launches on nitto's!!!! After that is when I said **** the 6-speed and put a Turbo 400 in my car!!! Personally, i'd go with the mcleod twin disk, or one of the specs, good luck man!
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i just bought a spec stg. 4 that should hold.
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Originally Posted by SMOKIN01TA
i just bought a spec stg. 4 that should hold.
Phew!!! Good thing you didn't get the rev-loc!!! Good luck on the track times!!! Eventually i'll be throwing in a bigger cam and hoping to go for the record too, just got some other stuff I gotta do first and get the money to do it, hehe!!!
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Originally Posted by Loudmouth LS1
Phew!!! Good thing you didn't get the rev-loc!!! Good luck on the track times!!! Eventually i'll be throwing in a bigger cam and hoping to go for the record too, just got some other stuff I gotta do first and get the money to do it, hehe!!!
haha, i hear ya on the money thing. seems to be the main problem.
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Originally Posted by SMOKIN01TA
haha, i hear ya on the money thing. seems to be the main problem.
Yeah, i'm in training at a new job, should be makin some good money and modding the car again w/in a few months!!!! I can't wait!!!!!
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