I'M IN...10's and 130+
 

Didn't expect all the good results today when I took the ole' show car to track today for some fun. Borrowed 2001WS6VERT's 275/40/17 MT Drag Radials to see If I could hook'em. Those things are awesome! My goal was to better the 11.43 at 127.8 mph I ran in the summer. I figured I could top that and maybe even break the 130 trap mark.

For those who don't know...the car has a W2W built 408 CU IN with a D1SC Procharger at about 13-14 PSI and a small shot of NOS to cool the charge. It's an M6 :drive: with a Spec Stage 3+ clutch I thrashed in at Midnight last night after I smoked the Cartek I had. Raceweight was about 3850 lbs. with me in the car. So it's pretty much a sled. Oh yea....and a 10 bolt :eek2: !

Here's the details of the runs:

1st pass left at idle, ended up short on fuel in 3rd and 4th gear but the built proof W2W block held up.

11.64 @ 108mph (1.85 60')

2nd pass left at idle, had plenty of fuel and felt good.

10.99 @ 131 mph (1.73 60') :eek2: I was high fiveing everyone in the pits!

3rd pass got greedy and left at 3500 rpms and...

11.17 @ 132 mph (1.85 60')

4th and final pass, uncapped my cut-outs, left at 3000 rpms and hauled the mail....

11.16 @ 135.6 mph :headbang: (1.76 60') It shook the tires a bit in first so my 330' was off from my 10 sec run otherwise this was another 10 in the bag.

Had a great time today and met my goals in one pass for the car. It could be very competitive if it was set-up for racing but I'm fine with these results especially when the real race car project is coming along nicely. :devil:

Mark

congratulations..i know it must feel very good!!! I bet you were SURPRISED!!!

Nothing like pullin up to the time slip house and rolling away smiling a mile wide with such an improvement.

BTW....You just had that experience....Congrats on your 9! That's awesome.

Congrats Mark, I think I talked with you a while at BG at the LS1tech thing - thought you said you never drag raced it and it was a show car only ;)

Congrats Mark, another one to break into the 10s :hail: I'm living off you guys right now until I can get out to the track, so keep knocking down those times:burn:

Damn son, 135.60! Who needs a stinkin' turbo. Only 4.4 MPH's from 140. She was really pulling strong. Congrats.

that mph means you can go mid 10s for sure...and thanks! You are right...very good feeling....

Were you spraying it?

Congrats!!!! Wow all that on a stock 10-bolt to.

Congrats on some decent runs with a great looking car.

:thumb:

KP-That was only the third time it's really been to the track....It's hard not to run it down every once and awhile to my FIX :jest:

J-when you gonna get that thing to the track? It has to be killing you. With your build up though you will kill your personal bests.

Tom-your right, I could not hardly believe it!

BlackZ93-Yes, but again it's a very small dry shot, trying to help the efficiencies of the restrictive twin IC's, it adds about 75hp.

Hellraiser-it's a 10 bolt, beefed up the best you can, Moser Axles, Racing Carrier, GM Superior Gears.

Everyone else...thanks for all the comments.

Sir, can I see your (NHRA) drivers license please? Now that your going 135+ you'll need to add 10 more points to your roll cage + you'll have to go shopping for some new clothes + there are a few other requirements.

Blow up that 10-bolt so you can buy a 12-bolt or 9"!!! :devil:

Congrats on the run

Andy

Now that you say that...it might have been a hot dog wrapper tripping the lights! :jest:

congrats on the ten mark.
thats quite a bit of improvement, glad your clutch held up.

I take it that new Spec clutch is broken in now... lol Congratulations! Bob

very cool looks like it pulls hard with that mph! got any pics of your car?

Funny you bring that up. Spec recommends 400 break in miles (you probably know that). Since I was short on time, I drove it 75 miles that morning up shifting and down shifting as much as possible, even when I didn't need to. I figured that would excelerate the break in. Either way I was going to the track. It held perfectly. Any damage...who knows....who cars...I had fun!

Go here...there are a few pics of it. Click on the main pic and it will take you to a thumbnail set of them that you can enlarge.

http://www.cardomain.com/id/blwnta