MPHmotorsports

iTrader: (18)

Christian. Long time no talk to.
This is Jeremy from Ft. Myers.
I am sending you a PM.
I see the car is still running strong and making you happy.
Hope all is well and Happy New Year.
Jeremy

miami993c297

iTrader: (6)

Hi Viper,

I am back home in sunny Florida...finally.

MT ET street/Firestone are mounted on CCW Drag Pack/Skinnies and ready to roll...

I know Moroso Race Track will reopen early January and fortunately I will find time to make my FIRST start at the Drag strip(need to find an helmet LOL).
I know DA is by far not the best in South Florida especially vs. NJ end of the season...but I will not be there with any pretension and will still run the 3:42 OEM rear end.

As promised, I will keep this thread updated whatever happen with the pass.

Happy New Year to every Member here.
Christian

Asmodeus

very nice numbers!

In a light car like your vette, you should see 130+ traps!

miami993c297

iTrader: (6)

Hi Asmodeus,

I would say that with a 4:10 rear dif and a DA of ~-600, this car weighting ~3020 should trap ~7200rpm @~131mph....with a good driver able to extract a 1.46/1.50 60' on perfect tires...

A lot of variable in this equation to make the results optimum.
This afternoon the DA was 1600, wind was wrong direction and ground was way too hot (around 88°@ 3pm) to translate any kind of real power and I still have the OEM rear dif which is way too tall to make the power-band optimum for a 1/4 mile.

Plus it is going to be my first time at the Drag Strip!!!

Will let you know
Christian

Viper

iTrader: (6)

Hey I'm still stuck in the 12's but I know by my trap speed it's a decent car with real tires and driver. Ed built me a road race cam and for my first RR event ever this year it performed very well.

Happy New Year to you!

miami993c297

iTrader: (6)

I receive regularly PMs from Members asking about my "track time".

Not always the opportunity, and maybe not the real motivation...

This afternoon I made a short video launching a run on my usual private road in the 77* 70% Florida humidity.
It was pretty sandy and traction is effective in third gear only.

I still love the way my 'small' engine is accelerating on his 3:42 rear dif...

What do you think?



Christian

98camaroLS1M6

iTrader: (35)

Nice vid!

wichoms4

nice video. love vetts. keep us updated.

ExTurbo

damn miami, your car is seriously my inspiration to hit 500rwhp N/A...ive already got the intake on the way from Mamo...now i just gotto save for a clutch and heads...damn LS7 isnt gonna like 450+ft-lbs in a 3700lb car...lol

Brad Hutchcraft

iTrader: (8)

What the Hell?
Short Sleeve shirt + fingerless leather driving gloves x skinny white arms = super

your Car is seriously dope, and I give it all of the respect in the world, but yeah, I had to laugh when I saw that video. Great sounding Exhaust note though!!! Sounds awesome when you are in the upper RPMs!

The Alchemist

iTrader: (19)

A quick question, what was the wieght difference between the two clutch setups? The exo skel setup looks like it has a considerable amount of wieght savings compared to a standard pressure plate. I'm not sure I would need a twin disc, but I didn't see where the exo skel setup had a single disc.

Congrats on a nice setup. I wish I had a safe 'private' road that I could do some tuning runs on, but you work with what you have.

miami993c297

iTrader: (6)

Hi The Alchemist,

In the upshifting video post # 106 there is a RPS TWIN Carbon/Organic in the Z and have zero problems with...really close to stock in daily driving conditions, pedal a little stiffer than stock, upshiftings between 0.195 sc to 0.25 HPTuner recorded from disengagement to full engagement...

The Exo-Skel is in the same window, the MOI is helping the effort on the shifter on the disengagement plus the revs decay is quicker, require a little more attention in town.

I did weight all the assemblies on my scale:

- OEM =----------------------------- 49 pounds
- Spec Alu Flwh = ------------------- 40 pounds
- Exo-Skel April 2007 ---------------- 38 pounds
- RPS Twin Street Carbon/Organic ---- 39 pounds
- Exo-Skel February 2008 -------------37 pounds

Christian

The Alchemist

iTrader: (19)

Cool. Thanks for the calculations and wieghts. I'm sure the 12lbs of rotational mass lost off the crank (flywheel + pressure plate) is pretty noticable.

Thanks again and congrats.

98camaroLS1M6

iTrader: (35)

Interesting results on the clutch assemblies!!

98Z28CobraKiller

iTrader: (17)

Put an automatic in it if you want to shift fast.

allngn_c5

iTrader: (3)

Hey Christian I finally got a chance to watch the vid. Your car sounds awesome!! Makes me think of my car a lot. Awesome vid !! Nothing like WOT bro !!

venom ws7

iTrader: (13)

Nice vid car sound mean.
is your 1st gear 100mph or something??

miami993c297

iTrader: (6)

Hi venom ws7,

I watched the HPTuner log of the video I did link above in post # 106 and here are the following upshifting speed/revs:

-First gear :-----53mph----7300rpm
-Second gear :--76 mph---7200rpm
-Third gear :---111mph----7200rpm

Other of that in my top speed video in the initial post of this thread:

-Fourth gear :--158mph---7100rpm
-Fifth gear :----187mph---7187rpm (that's the top speed I did HPTuner and Garmin recorded)

All gearing and tires are OEM...

Christian

venom ws7

iTrader: (13)

Thanks for the info and again awesome setup and car.

allngn_c5

iTrader: (3)

I watched the vids again. This time all 3. Boy oh boy did you get some good results. Most people probably miss the fact of how difficult it is to get this kind of power out of only 346 ci's and have the level of drivability coupled with the explosiveness of N2o from an N/A built motor that doesn't have nitrous but makes power like it does. You have really got the devil by the horns. I am really hoping that there is a bit more power in my car with the item we discussed Christian. I'm sure it won't let me surpass you but the item in question and some additional milling may get me close.

Final comment AWESOME CAR !!!!