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Old Aug 24, 2014 | 08:00 AM
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Awesome Doug! Knocking on that 8 second door.
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Old Aug 24, 2014 | 09:09 AM
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I am amazed at how you guys crack off 1.3 second 60 foots first time out, haha. Congrats on a great first outing!
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Old Aug 24, 2014 | 09:53 AM
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well glad to see it all is working out for ya doug, what size converter you running? sorry if i missed that
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Old Aug 24, 2014 | 11:55 AM
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Doug Macy's Low 9 Second 99' SS Camaro:
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Old Aug 24, 2014 | 12:04 PM
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That first pass (in car view) looked so smooth he could have had a cup of coffee in his hand.
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Old Aug 24, 2014 | 04:22 PM
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Nice work Doug.
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Old Aug 25, 2014 | 05:24 AM
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Originally Posted by 35thsscamaro02
Nice! How much boost on the last pass?
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Originally Posted by Sarg
I am amazed at how you guys crack off 1.3 second 60 foots first time out, haha. Congrats on a great first outing!
Its great to have a buddy who's damn good with suspension tuning. That and this badass Leash boost controller really help make it consistent


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well glad to see it all is working out for ya doug, what size converter you running? sorry if i missed that
its got 2 miles on it so hopefully keeps alive for a little longer lol
its a 9.5" PTC


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That first pass (in car view) looked so smooth he could have had a cup of coffee in his hand.
haha It goes nice and straight most of the time need an alignment tomorrow which will help it out a lot.


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Nice work Doug.
Thanks man!
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Old Aug 25, 2014 | 05:35 AM
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haha It goes nice and straight most of the time need an alignment tomorrow which will help it out a lot.
Nice video. Car looked shaky at the end of the second pass. Due to the alignment issue?
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Old Aug 25, 2014 | 07:18 AM
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Originally Posted by White.Lightning
Nice video. Car looked shaky at the end of the second pass. Due to the alignment issue?
Yes i just haven't had time to do it. Dropping it off today
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Old Aug 25, 2014 | 07:27 AM
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New fuel set up -10 feed into a Y 8 to the rails 8 return E85 Lines ditched the meth and once i get injectors will be going to corn
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Old Aug 25, 2014 | 07:34 AM
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Now its time to really crank it up.
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Old Aug 31, 2014 | 08:18 AM
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Came down to the Yellowbullet Nationals running in the Super Street class.





First pass in
Added a couple lbs of boost and finally got that 8 second pass!
This was 19.8psi on c16

Then backed it up with a 8.94@152.


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Old Aug 31, 2014 | 09:17 AM
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Wow, congrats on the 8 second pass Doug! Killer 60' too.
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Old Aug 31, 2014 | 09:20 AM
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Old Aug 31, 2014 | 10:35 AM
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Doug's camaro 8.8 @ 152.95mph:
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Old Aug 31, 2014 | 10:37 AM
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Congrats on the passes! I was there from probably 830am-530pm. I think I saw you near your car talking to a bunch of guys.....I was wearing my gray Mightymouse Solutions t-shirt and a black hat.

Here are a couple pics I grabbed while there


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Old Aug 31, 2014 | 02:22 PM
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Congrats on the 8 second pass Doug.
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Old Aug 31, 2014 | 07:45 PM
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Congrats on the snowman. Looks like you got your launch figured out also.
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Old Aug 31, 2014 | 09:33 PM
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Originally Posted by White.Lightning
Congrats on the passes! I was there from probably 830am-530pm. I think I saw you near your car talking to a bunch of guys.....I was wearing my gray Mightymouse Solutions t-shirt and a black hat.

Here are a couple pics I grabbed while there


Awesome thanks for the pics!!
I think I did see you, I was so busy all weekend with getting things ready and making changes. Should if came by!!

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Congrats on the 8 second pass Doug.
Thanks Martin! Car has came a long way and this cam you specd seems to be shining!
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Congrats on the snowman. Looks like you got your launch figured out also.
Thanks! Ya the 60' keeps getting a little better, I'd like to see mid 1.2x soon though just didn't get enough testing in down in MD to really hammer it
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Old Aug 31, 2014 | 10:55 PM
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99 Camaro SS 370 S480 8.94@152:

Announcers got the name and obviously turbo size wrong.
8.88@152.9 Yellowbullet Nationals:

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