Holy Crap: Colonel gets some air!!!!!
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[quote]Originally posted by NoOne:
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1. What does he do to get it to launch so straight, is he running a spool, or a auburn type posi unit. Airbags? Shocks?
Awesome looking though, the car is, at least from this perspective perfectly straight.</strong><hr></blockquote>
He has fully adjustable Afco shocks, and I'm pretty sure he has a RR airbag.
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1. What does he do to get it to launch so straight, is he running a spool, or a auburn type posi unit. Airbags? Shocks?
Awesome looking though, the car is, at least from this perspective perfectly straight.</strong><hr></blockquote>
He has fully adjustable Afco shocks, and I'm pretty sure he has a RR airbag.
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<img src="graemlins/gr_jest.gif" border="0" alt="[jester]" /> Man that Silver Car sure was PRETTY!!! <img src="gr_grin.gif" border="0"> <img src="graemlins/gr_devil.gif" border="0" alt="[devil]" />
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I watched this from about 20 feet away!!!
It was AWESOME <img src="gr_grin.gif" border="0"> <img src="gr_eek2.gif" border="0"> <img src="gr_grin.gif" border="0"> <img src="gr_eek2.gif" border="0"> <img src="gr_grin.gif" border="0">
It was AWESOME <img src="gr_grin.gif" border="0"> <img src="gr_eek2.gif" border="0"> <img src="gr_grin.gif" border="0"> <img src="gr_eek2.gif" border="0"> <img src="gr_grin.gif" border="0">
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That looks awesome!!! <img src="gr_eek2.gif" border="0"> So where is the DNA Racer? Let's here the numbers.
Now bring that **** to HRP and see what it can do!!! <img src="gr_grin.gif" border="0">
Now bring that **** to HRP and see what it can do!!! <img src="gr_grin.gif" border="0">
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[quote]Originally posted by NoOne:
<strong>2. Why does a 2 step help a NA Car? He already has a brake and a big stall, so the car stalls upto the stall speed, then brake lets go and he goes, why does the 2 step help that situation out?
Awesome looking though, the car is, at least from this perspective perfectly straight.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Converter Flash <img src="gr_stretch.gif" border="0">
I'm sure Stephen will explain the operation better than i. you stage, hit the brake and engage the 2 step. Go to WOT, watch the lights and let go of the button.
Consistant launch RPM, heavy duty converter flash, and you're at WOT already.
auto's are a misterious beast. I just wanna do that in a 6 speed <img src="gr_stretch.gif" border="0">
<strong>2. Why does a 2 step help a NA Car? He already has a brake and a big stall, so the car stalls upto the stall speed, then brake lets go and he goes, why does the 2 step help that situation out?
Awesome looking though, the car is, at least from this perspective perfectly straight.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Converter Flash <img src="gr_stretch.gif" border="0">
I'm sure Stephen will explain the operation better than i. you stage, hit the brake and engage the 2 step. Go to WOT, watch the lights and let go of the button.
Consistant launch RPM, heavy duty converter flash, and you're at WOT already.
auto's are a misterious beast. I just wanna do that in a 6 speed <img src="gr_stretch.gif" border="0">
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Whew! It felt even higher! What an adreneline rush it was! <img src="gr_eek2.gif" border="0"> Man, are we having fun yet or what?!? <img src="graemlins/fluffy.gif" border="0" alt="[Fluffy]" />
Yes, it was clean. <img src="gr_tounge.gif" border="0">
Yes, that's DNA on the back glass. LOL! The timeslip read DNA instead of 99. <img src="graemlins/gr_devil.gif" border="0" alt="[devil]" />
I have a HD Eaton posi unit in the 12-bolt.
I have no airbag. I am using a Wolfe Racecraft swaybar instead which really keeps the car straight and level.
No center caps on the rear per NHRA rules. Gotta be able to see those aftermarket axles.
Yes, I was testing out Harlan's new two step and yes, it worked FLAWLESSLY! Thank you Harlan! Installation was a breeze. Pretty much plug and play. I had it set on 4200 RPM. It allowed me to leave the line with the throttle at WOT but with the rpms at only 4200 therefore allowing me to get the full flash out of the converter. This is about a 4600 stall behind this engine. My 60 fts have been around 1.40-1.44 lately. The 60 ft on that pass was 1.37! The two-step did it's job for sure. <img src="gr_images/icons/cool.gif" border="0"> And there is probably still more to gain as I experiment with different RPM settings.
The ET on that pass was only 10.02. I don't know if I believe the clocks or not. The 60 ft was the best I've ever pulled and the trap speed was over 135 but yet my ET was slower....??? <img src="images/icons/confused.gif" border="0"> I honestly thought that it was a 9.8 run. The MPH was 136 on other runs.
On my last two runs when I'd shift into 2nd it was like I threw it into neutral. I think it's the linkage.
Also thanks to Harlan for hosting this pic for me. <img src="graemlins/burnout.gif" border="0" alt="[Burnout]" />
And no, I wasn't sure if the tires were ever going to come back down! <img src="graemlins/camaro.gif" border="0" alt="[Chevrolet]" />
Thanks all!
[ February 24, 2002: Message edited by: Colonel ]</p>
Yes, it was clean. <img src="gr_tounge.gif" border="0">
Yes, that's DNA on the back glass. LOL! The timeslip read DNA instead of 99. <img src="graemlins/gr_devil.gif" border="0" alt="[devil]" />
I have a HD Eaton posi unit in the 12-bolt.
I have no airbag. I am using a Wolfe Racecraft swaybar instead which really keeps the car straight and level.
No center caps on the rear per NHRA rules. Gotta be able to see those aftermarket axles.
Yes, I was testing out Harlan's new two step and yes, it worked FLAWLESSLY! Thank you Harlan! Installation was a breeze. Pretty much plug and play. I had it set on 4200 RPM. It allowed me to leave the line with the throttle at WOT but with the rpms at only 4200 therefore allowing me to get the full flash out of the converter. This is about a 4600 stall behind this engine. My 60 fts have been around 1.40-1.44 lately. The 60 ft on that pass was 1.37! The two-step did it's job for sure. <img src="gr_images/icons/cool.gif" border="0"> And there is probably still more to gain as I experiment with different RPM settings.
The ET on that pass was only 10.02. I don't know if I believe the clocks or not. The 60 ft was the best I've ever pulled and the trap speed was over 135 but yet my ET was slower....??? <img src="images/icons/confused.gif" border="0"> I honestly thought that it was a 9.8 run. The MPH was 136 on other runs.
On my last two runs when I'd shift into 2nd it was like I threw it into neutral. I think it's the linkage.
Also thanks to Harlan for hosting this pic for me. <img src="graemlins/burnout.gif" border="0" alt="[Burnout]" />
And no, I wasn't sure if the tires were ever going to come back down! <img src="graemlins/camaro.gif" border="0" alt="[Chevrolet]" />
Thanks all!
[ February 24, 2002: Message edited by: Colonel ]</p>
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[quote]Originally posted by Colonel:
<strong>No center caps on the rear per NHRA rules. Gotta be able to see those aftermarket axles.
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Ohh I noticed that on the BeaSSt car also, that makes sense now! So after I get my roll bar, harness, and jacket to be 11 second legal I might as well be 10 second legal also for my spray runs. Do I just need to leave my center caps off? Will I need a trans sheild and window net also, any recomendations?
Thanks <img src="gr_stretch.gif" border="0">
[ February 25, 2002: Message edited by: Onyx LS1 ]</p>
[quote]Originally posted by Colonel:
<strong>No center caps on the rear per NHRA rules. Gotta be able to see those aftermarket axles.
</strong><hr></blockquote>
Ohh I noticed that on the BeaSSt car also, that makes sense now! So after I get my roll bar, harness, and jacket to be 11 second legal I might as well be 10 second legal also for my spray runs. Do I just need to leave my center caps off? Will I need a trans sheild and window net also, any recomendations?
Thanks <img src="gr_stretch.gif" border="0">
[ February 25, 2002: Message edited by: Onyx LS1 ]</p>
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That's awesome dude!!!! Congrads!!!! I want to be able to pull my front tires like that. <img src="gr_grin.gif" border="0">
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Where can we get one of these two steps... I'd like to get one for myself.
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Where can we get one of these two steps... I'd like to get one for myself.
Thanks!!!
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LOL, thanks for explaining all that Stephan.
That is a killer wheelie.
Ya gots me thiking about that two step.
Hmmm, brake, 200R4, 12 bolt, two step..... Things that make you go, Hmmmmm....
Later amigo. Dang thats a kewl pic.
P.S., hell-uva 60' too brah!
That is a killer wheelie.
Ya gots me thiking about that two step.
Hmmm, brake, 200R4, 12 bolt, two step..... Things that make you go, Hmmmmm....
Later amigo. Dang thats a kewl pic.
P.S., hell-uva 60' too brah!
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[quote]Originally posted by Colonel:
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The ET on that pass was only 10.02. I don't know if I believe the clocks or not. The 60 ft was the best I've ever pulled and the trap speed was over 135 but yet my ET was slower....??? <img src="images/icons/confused.gif" border="0"> I honestly thought that it was a 9.8 run. The MPH was 136 on other runs.
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if i remember correctly....anything over a 6" wheel lift and you are wasting ET.
you have to remember it takes TIME for you to go that high up and TIME to come down....
get that suspension worked out so you can come out ON THE BRAKE and not pull stands like that and you *should* see those 9.8s
isn't going to be easy though. Maybe email George Baxter...i know he got his suspension figured out launching on the brake and only lifting the wheels about a foot with over 1000hp. maybe he can give you some ideas. He also runs a wolfe and i *think* afcos
later
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The ET on that pass was only 10.02. I don't know if I believe the clocks or not. The 60 ft was the best I've ever pulled and the trap speed was over 135 but yet my ET was slower....??? <img src="images/icons/confused.gif" border="0"> I honestly thought that it was a 9.8 run. The MPH was 136 on other runs.
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if i remember correctly....anything over a 6" wheel lift and you are wasting ET.
you have to remember it takes TIME for you to go that high up and TIME to come down....
get that suspension worked out so you can come out ON THE BRAKE and not pull stands like that and you *should* see those 9.8s
isn't going to be easy though. Maybe email George Baxter...i know he got his suspension figured out launching on the brake and only lifting the wheels about a foot with over 1000hp. maybe he can give you some ideas. He also runs a wolfe and i *think* afcos
later
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What size slicks are those in the back? They look like maybe 29x10.5's.
Are your front runners 26"?
Thanks and awesome pics BTW.
Are your front runners 26"?
Thanks and awesome pics BTW.
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Here's the cool thing about the wheelie! The local news was filming talking about legal racing since the BFBA let them know that some people do still participate in legal racing.........and the camera man just happened to be filming passes when the Colonel ran this run, so on the local news, we were able to see this pass not once, but twice! <img src="gr_stretch.gif" border="0"> I still say it was better in person! <img src="gr_stretch.gif" border="0">
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killer pass Colonel! Congrats on getting some hang-time! <img src="graemlins/burnout.gif" border="0" alt="[Burnout]" />
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"Do I just need to leave my center caps off? Will I need a trans sheild and window net also, any recomendations?"
I don't have one yet but I *THINK* a transheild is required quicker than 10.99 but that a window net isn't required until 9.99. You also need a 5-point harness, open lug nuts, and studs that extend into the hex part of the nuts 1/2 the thickness of the studs for 10s and of course a driveshaft loop.
I don't have one yet but I *THINK* a transheild is required quicker than 10.99 but that a window net isn't required until 9.99. You also need a 5-point harness, open lug nuts, and studs that extend into the hex part of the nuts 1/2 the thickness of the studs for 10s and of course a driveshaft loop.
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"Where can we get one of these two steps... I'd like to get one for myself.
Thanks!!!"
The ONLY place to get one is from Harlan Motorsports who is soon to be a sponsor of LS1Tech. <img src="gr_images/icons/cool.gif" border="0"> This unit I am testing is, at present, the only one of it's kind.
"if i remember correctly....anything over a 6" wheel lift and you are wasting ET.
you have to remember it takes TIME for you to go that high up and TIME to come down...."
I agree. I think with a track that is hooking well enough to allow me too hook without needing so much weight transfer that I'll be pulling 1.34s or so just from keeping the tires down. It'll be neat to see. Unfortunately, thus far I've not had this luxury of extra traction. If the latest suspension mods that I made work as well as I think they did then I should be able to dial the front Afcos in much stiffer on the extention which I've found really helps to keep the front end down.
Still, with the 1.37 60 ft I am baffled as to why my ET was worse than I'm used to. By that point the wheelie was over so 1.37 seconds is 1.37 seconds wheelie or not. I'll try again at my usual track (Montgomery Motorsports) in a couple of weeks.
"What size slicks are those in the back? They look like maybe 29x10.5's.
Are your front runners 26"?"
You have a good eye. That are indeed 29x10s in the back and 26sx4.5s in the front.
Thanks all. <img src="gr_stretch.gif" border="0">
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Thanks!!!"
The ONLY place to get one is from Harlan Motorsports who is soon to be a sponsor of LS1Tech. <img src="gr_images/icons/cool.gif" border="0"> This unit I am testing is, at present, the only one of it's kind.
"if i remember correctly....anything over a 6" wheel lift and you are wasting ET.
you have to remember it takes TIME for you to go that high up and TIME to come down...."
I agree. I think with a track that is hooking well enough to allow me too hook without needing so much weight transfer that I'll be pulling 1.34s or so just from keeping the tires down. It'll be neat to see. Unfortunately, thus far I've not had this luxury of extra traction. If the latest suspension mods that I made work as well as I think they did then I should be able to dial the front Afcos in much stiffer on the extention which I've found really helps to keep the front end down.
Still, with the 1.37 60 ft I am baffled as to why my ET was worse than I'm used to. By that point the wheelie was over so 1.37 seconds is 1.37 seconds wheelie or not. I'll try again at my usual track (Montgomery Motorsports) in a couple of weeks.
"What size slicks are those in the back? They look like maybe 29x10.5's.
Are your front runners 26"?"
You have a good eye. That are indeed 29x10s in the back and 26sx4.5s in the front.
Thanks all. <img src="gr_stretch.gif" border="0">
[ February 25, 2002: Message edited by: Colonel ]</p>
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I thought something was up with the clocks too. My car isn't fast and sure as heck doesn't do a wheelie but I was getting better 60's AND better trap speeds and losing my ET's, what the heck?
Anyone else notice this on Saturday?
Jeff
Anyone else notice this on Saturday?
Jeff