Just like Kyle, I got 2 in at Atco yesterday.

To start, Tommy and I intalled drag bags at 7:30 am. He did most of the work, but, I still felt relevant. Always there, we owe him big when his car gets back on the track.

Barry walked me up to the line. No red light. No staging f-ups...well...I DID leave the TC on after being reminded 1,000,000 times. Once I got it restarted, the burnout sucked. My posi got pissed and spun only one tire. Left soft and first run ever for ME and the car posted a 12.849 @ 109.01. All in all not a bad first showing but Larry fell asleep at the line waiting for me to stage. Sorry dude.

2nd run almost 3 hours later. I shook my burnout gremlins. I left alot harder. Little bit of mild wheel hop. Better 60' and 330' but hit the limiter on the 1-2 AND 2-3 shifts. 12.958 @ 107.27.

The car has alot more in it, but, I'm green and so are the tires. I look forward to learning the car and it getting to like me I suppose.

Lot of best times. Joel (all motor), Kyle (no bottle), Barry (new rear + "more"), me (LOL).

 

Hey Ken it was nice meeting you yesterday, it was a good time even though it was a looooooooong day.Congrats on your first pass you will only get faster once you get some seat time. I enjoyed hanging out with you guys, yea Tommy is the man huh! See ya down there again hopefully before the season ends.

 

gee thanks.

Ya know, I still don't believe that car is stock.

It was a pleasure. Nice to talk with you....especially after having my mind melted by Barry or PJ. LOL!

I almost forgot.....You had a PB too "all-stock" motor of course.

 

well im glad somene had fun.....i thought it sucked yesterday, casue of the waiting,breaks and pying 35 bucks for 1 run.

congrats
brandon

 

I'm new to it all. The fun was the socializing for the most part. I'll agree, they took their sweet *** time cleaning up yesterday. It was frustrating, but, I'll assume moreso for the guys who do this regularly. I would have wanted more runs, but, I guess first time out there were other things for me to take in.

Least they could have done was be more organized. I don't know much about racing, but, even with that i could see the staff was a bit keystone cops.

 

Brandon I know it was a long drawn out day but I got there early so I was lucky to get 3 runs in. Yea Ken alot of people find it hard to believe what my car runs and that its stock motor, I just got a real strong one ( a bit of a freak ). The converter really helps as my sixtys are helping me run such good times. 12.33 and 12.31 at almost 110 is best to date,who knows a 29 next week maybe. Gotta luv the LS1.

 

Congrats Ken! Good times for your first time down the 1320. That car has more in it for sure. A few more passes and we will see. Seat time is the mod you can make!

 

Thanks.

Look at the upside, I learned 2x that my truck tows like a ****ing champ.

Barry and I keep building a ton of reasons to take one of the brothers to their words. "You don't have enough....." How did it go?

 

Just talked to Barry....

You can bet on it. Leave the weekend of 12/14-12/15 open.

 

Nice job Ken.

 

The raceway is still open? or is it open all year round

 

they close normaly around the 2nd or 3rd weekend in dec
then reopen in mid to late jan depending on weather

-brandon

www.atcorace.com

 

True but I'd heard they might be doing some concrete/launch pad work again this year, might not reopen until March.

 

Well, thought I'd share the latest....

We were wondering why the traps were so low compared to the whp....the 109 equates to 350-375 whp. I didn't launch too hard but I do shift well and should have been higher. I ran the same trap speed twice.....0.1 mph difference and 0.1 sec.

Turns out that the Service Vehicle Soon warning (NOT check engine) I get is subtly pulling timing but not throwing any codes. It comes on for a second or two and then dissapears and the power comes back strong.

You can see this on the dyno graph too.

Don't know if it's wiring, sensor, or programming.

Any ideas?

 

to all those who aren't concerned, Tommy found the problem. Turns out the new oil pump was sending a high voltage spike to the 'puter. It pulled timing just enough to cause a MIL but not store a code. Turns out the car is much stronger and fixed. Now I hopefully will see the traps if not the ETs.

That said, I hope the car will drive well on the 15th. We have a dyno tune next week with the new valvetrain and intake mods. Im hoping for a nice strong curve that will hold it's power to the new redline of 6600.

Wish us luck.

 

Good luck Ken.

 

Thanks!

I'm new to this circle, yet, the gremlins don't spare anyone.

I was pleased how it ran but it's nice to know there's alot more there.

Have fun at PRI. Going to be a long drive.