My 2nd time out with the glide... switched to 3.73's...
10-01-2006, 09:59 PM
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My 2nd time out with the glide... switched to 3.73's... This is a follow on to my thread from 2 weeks ago when I swapped my A4 to a glide... I noticed that when going to the glide I lost the ability to lock my converter, so I ended up running out of gear with my 4.10's... Check out this link for more details...
https://ls1tech.com/forums/drag-racing-tech/577472-so-i-swapped-my-a4-glide.html
I was expecting to slow down a little when running on the motor with 1.76 1st gear and converter that was speced out to handle a 300HP shot... I was really happy on friday night when I beat my previous NA best of 10.3@132 with a 10.1@134... On Saturday morning I did a spray pass with 200HP jets in my ring kit and ran a new spray best of 9.2@148 compared to 9.4@143 my last time out! Here's a video of that pass along with the time slips...
http://s97997631.onlinehome.us/temp/...ep%2029-30.wmv
https://ls1tech.com/forums/drag-racing-tech/577472-so-i-swapped-my-a4-glide.html
I was expecting to slow down a little when running on the motor with 1.76 1st gear and converter that was speced out to handle a 300HP shot... I was really happy on friday night when I beat my previous NA best of 10.3@132 with a 10.1@134... On Saturday morning I did a spray pass with 200HP jets in my ring kit and ran a new spray best of 9.2@148 compared to 9.4@143 my last time out! Here's a video of that pass along with the time slips...
http://s97997631.onlinehome.us/temp/...ep%2029-30.wmv
10-01-2006, 10:20 PM
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Great times,im also thinkin of putting 373 in instead of the 411s that are in now. With my a4 in im at 3100rpm at 80, its pretty brutal. Im going to see if it will run out of gear with a 27inch tire this saturday. If it does ill swap the gears.
10-01-2006, 10:21 PM
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Nice! Judging from your tire smoke carrying to the front of the car, the wind was at your back in your favor 
My last track outing the wind was hitting me head on against me. It's nice to see the wind working for someone instead of against them. That car is freeking moving man. When is the chute going on
My last track outing the wind was hitting me head on against me. It's nice to see the wind working for someone instead of against them. That car is freeking moving man. When is the chute going on
10-01-2006, 10:28 PM
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Originally Posted by 02SOMWS6
Nice! Judging from your tire smoke carrying to the front of the car, the wind was at your back in your favor My last track outing the wind was hitting me head on against me. It's nice to see the wind working for someone instead of against them. That car is freeking moving man. When is the chute going on
My last track outing the wind was hitting me head on against me. It's nice to see the wind working for someone instead of against them. That car is freeking moving man. When is the chute going on
The air was good and the wind was blowing down the track... I was a little out of the groove and spun off the line... I sixty footed in the high 1.3's before with less spray... it's hard to get the perfect run where all the stars align 
10-01-2006, 10:44 PM
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Thanks guys! I have about another month of racing left in the season... I am shooting for an 8 second timeslip This winter I will need to upgrade my 6 point roll bar to a 10 or 12 point cage, along with certify the chassis and and a chute...
This winter I will need to upgrade my 6 point roll bar to a 10 or 12 point cage, along with certify the chassis and and a chute... Trending Topics
10-01-2006, 11:19 PM
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Damn, you chased that red whatever the **** it was down.
That was one hell of a tail wind. I'd say a lot of favor.
When are you going to up the pills? Sounds like it's time for a direct port and a 300+ shot. Good times!
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Nice! Judging from your tire smoke carrying to the front of the car, the wind was at your back in your favor
When are you going to up the pills? Sounds like it's time for a direct port and a 300+ shot. Good times!
10-02-2006, 07:31 AM
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Originally Posted by JL ws-6
congrats.. looks like the tranny swap was definately worth while.
Looks like the steering wheel's alot closer to center now too, did you change something to fix that?
Looks like the steering wheel's alot closer to center now too, did you change something to fix that?
The problem I had was with the Madman adjustable tie rod end... he sent me an updated one... but for some reason the steering wheel was a little off... we'll check the tie rod ends as well as the BMR kmember...
10-02-2006, 07:32 AM
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Originally Posted by ls1408cp
thats moving how much power does the car put down on the motor?
10-02-2006, 07:57 AM
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650 flywheel and it's almost in the 9's on motor..... that's good! Did you dyno it after the tranny swap? I knwo that the converter realyl makes the # not mean much, just curious... I'm in the sameboat, my new motor's dyno # wasn't huge, but with a converter that flashes to about 6200 on the dyno, the #'s are kinda meaningless.
10-02-2006, 08:07 AM
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Originally Posted by JL ws-6
650 flywheel and it's almost in the 9's on motor..... that's good! Did you dyno it after the tranny swap? I knwo that the converter realyl makes the # not mean much, just curious... I'm in the sameboat, my new motor's dyno # wasn't huge, but with a converter that flashes to about 6200 on the dyno, the #'s are kinda meaningless.
I find people get too hung up on RWHP numbers... it's the number at the track that counts... I have plugged in my results into different drag race calculators and they 620-630RWHP NA and 835RWHP on my spray pass... I don't think those numbers are accurate... if anything they give a better idea of crank HP...
10-02-2006, 09:01 AM
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kinda what I figured. After getting my car back, ther's no way the #'s that we got from the tuning are close, it's making WAY more power then what the dyno says. by the sounds of it my conv erter might be even looser then yours is... making the # even more meaningless.
12-05-2006, 09:38 AM
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My motor is for sale... I have decided to go turbo next season
https://ls1tech.com/forums/lsx-parts-sale/615001-my-427-motor-sale.html
https://ls1tech.com/forums/lsx-parts-sale/615001-my-427-motor-sale.html
12-05-2006, 10:07 AM
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Originally Posted by vmax1500
My motor is for sale... I have decided to go turbo next season
https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthread.php?t=615001
https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthread.php?t=615001
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