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Old 08-08-2007, 10:13 PM
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congrats on chiseling down to the mid 8's.....insane..thanks for sharing the sweet vid and one helluva build thread.
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Awesome job!
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Awsome vid man............
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awsome Job,,,,BadAs$ project,,,
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We are getting ready for the next race in 2 weeks... stay tuned... this time I will have the incar video hooked up!
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sweet man, can't wait!
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We are at TMP... Trying a couple of small changes... Only got 1 pass in, 8.35@174.7 1.43.. Car is leaving much better, we'll crank up the boost off the line tomorrow... stay tuned!
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Originally Posted by vmax1500
We are at TMP... Trying a couple of small changes... Only got 1 pass in, 8.35@174.7 1.43.. Car is leaving much better, we'll crank up the boost off the line tomorrow... stay tuned!
Sweet how much Boost was that 8.35 At??
Race wieght???

Kyle
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85MM inlet 3380lbs 25lbs of boost... The unrestricted turbo housing is on the way Precision.... It should be interesting!

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Sweet how much Boost was that 8.35 At??
Race wieght???

Kyle
Old 08-25-2007, 01:49 PM
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Car looks awesome.

Your mph kicks butt for an 85mm turbo, The NMRA Drag radial guys have gone 8.doh's with 85mm's but they are like 3150 raceweight.
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Great progress, did you change weight dist or the torque arm? What is your f/r weight on that bad boy?
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might be a dumb ? but how many man hours and money was invested in this car? by the way nice car..
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Another new best today... 8.20@177.49 1.45'... Our tune up is almost there... We just need to work on the sixty foot!
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Originally Posted by vandejr
might be a dumb ? but how many man hours and money was invested in this car? by the way nice car..
Thanks... The answer to both questions would be alot
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Originally Posted by vmax1500
Another new best today... 8.20@177.49 1.45'... Our tune up is almost there... We just need to work on the sixty foot!


Awsome on the new best....
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Congrats
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Thanks guys.... Stay tuned for some killer videos..... I even got the incar video system installed this weekend!
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Hurry up with the videos already.
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Congrats on the new best
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Congrats on the progress. I'm looking forward to some more videos that first one was awesome!


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