Made a few passes with the F1A today..
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Made a few passes with the F1A today.. Havent heard much from me lately, W2W did a 25.5 cage last month, I put an air shifter and a fire system in the car plus new carpet and trying to make everything look as stock inside as possible. Unfortunately I missed the good weather so no great ETs really for a while. Since I dont want the the hassle of an A2W I'm at the mercy of ambient air temps and the 150.00 eBay intercooler only can do so much.
Anyhow, couple pics of the new cage, turned out pretty nice except I added 100lbs to the car with all the new stuff, figured the 18 or so cubic inches would even that out and it appears that it did. DA was around 2300' today at Steele Alabama and ran a 9.09 and a 9.10 @ 148.xx which is a little off the pace from last year for the same DA but add the 100lbs and its not bad really. I had a little smaller pulley on the F1A, 7.25/3.9 as opposed to last years 7.25/4.0 but all it seemed to do was make more heat, IATs were in the 170s at the end of the 1/4 and it was only 77* out. Might have even run better with the 4.0 pulley, who knows.
Video of a few passes from today, first was some hefty tire spin and 2nd I had to let off, hit some oil or water on the track at about the 1/8 and it go a little loose.
http://lsx.streetfire.net/video/2465...930000ab56.htm
Nothing new really, still trying to decide what to do, I'd like to step it up some but this thing is about as trouble free as you can get, not sure if a few tenths is worth the extra hassle (A2W and bigger blower/drive or turbo swap). Might just try to get the 100lbs out I put in but not a lot of places to take weight out without noticing it, might ecen finally make the switch to manual steering
Anyhow, couple pics of the new cage, turned out pretty nice except I added 100lbs to the car with all the new stuff, figured the 18 or so cubic inches would even that out and it appears that it did. DA was around 2300' today at Steele Alabama and ran a 9.09 and a 9.10 @ 148.xx which is a little off the pace from last year for the same DA but add the 100lbs and its not bad really. I had a little smaller pulley on the F1A, 7.25/3.9 as opposed to last years 7.25/4.0 but all it seemed to do was make more heat, IATs were in the 170s at the end of the 1/4 and it was only 77* out. Might have even run better with the 4.0 pulley, who knows.
Video of a few passes from today, first was some hefty tire spin and 2nd I had to let off, hit some oil or water on the track at about the 1/8 and it go a little loose.
http://lsx.streetfire.net/video/2465...930000ab56.htm
Nothing new really, still trying to decide what to do, I'd like to step it up some but this thing is about as trouble free as you can get, not sure if a few tenths is worth the extra hassle (A2W and bigger blower/drive or turbo swap). Might just try to get the 100lbs out I put in but not a lot of places to take weight out without noticing it, might ecen finally make the switch to manual steering
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Its pulling the front end a little higher than usual, combination of new tires, decent track prep and the smaller blower pulley most likely.
I'm keeping my fingers crossed a 50 degree weekend will roll through before the hot weather comes, Feb/March and October/November are the 'good' weather days in these parts..
I'm keeping my fingers crossed a 50 degree weekend will roll through before the hot weather comes, Feb/March and October/November are the 'good' weather days in these parts..
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Nice looking intercooler, something like that would probably help some but I'm kicking around a lot of different ideas.
But most likely will just leave it the way it is for a while
But most likely will just leave it the way it is for a while
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I need to lose about 25lbs, that will make up for the power steering and brakes AND make my wife happy lol. The compression on this engine a little lower than the last one and I think thats hurting me a little since the blower is about maxed out, I need to stock up on some extra head gaskets and just bolt an F1R on there
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Yea, thats with the same old panasonic camera, thats pretty low quality for the internet though, looks a lot better on the TV/computer here.
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I would be happy with 145 from the A2A, but when you start turning the blower higher on a 80 degree day its more like 160-170 degrees at the TB.
I'm pretty happy with how this is running overall though, 9.0x in he summer isnt bad really, its very little work and cost to wait for cooler weather
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Yea, but also nothing like never having to open the hood/door/decklid and add ice
I would be happy with 145 from the A2A, but when you start turning the blower higher on a 80 degree day its more like 160-170 degrees at the TB.
I'm pretty happy with how this is running overall though, 9.0x in he summer isnt bad really, its very little work and cost to wait for cooler weather
I would be happy with 145 from the A2A, but when you start turning the blower higher on a 80 degree day its more like 160-170 degrees at the TB.
I'm pretty happy with how this is running overall though, 9.0x in he summer isnt bad really, its very little work and cost to wait for cooler weather
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Besides I built this to be a 10.0 car, a 8.90/9.0 car is a nice bonus I suppose
