My homemade Ram Air Box- pics inside
06-16-2013, 10:00 PM
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Nice right up man it looks great. i have been thinking about making one for my self and this was the final nail in the coffin. looks like i will be fabbing one up this week.
06-17-2013, 11:57 PM
#23
My first pass with the car since completing my 4L85E swap was about a month ago on May 18th, temp was around 86 degs and humid with DA around + 2000 ft. The new 4L85E tranny was shifting out a little early at 5700rpm on the 1st-2nd shift, and 6200 rpm on the 2nd-3rd shift. Was really wanting to make the shifts at 6500 rpms. Made two passes that day, the 1st was the best here's #s
Motor pass
60ft- 1.7177
330ft- 4.0904
1/8th- 7.5194
1/8th- 93.11 mph
1000- 9.7970
1/4 - 11.7163
1/4 - 117.89 mph
Three weeks later on June 7th I got to make three more passes. Weather was somewhat cooler that evening, 72 degs and not as humid. Also got the tranny shifting out at 6500 rpms in each gear. Plus, I had just finished installing the RAM AIR BOX. My last two passes were almost carbon copies of each other, literally within thousandths of each other. The last pass #s
Motor pass
60ft- 1.6393
330ft- 4.6801
1/8th- 7.2074
1/8th- 96.84 mph
1000- 9.4108
1/4 - 11.2761
1/4 - 121.16 mph
Like I said, there were three factors different than the previous outing three weeks earlier. Cooler air, higher shift points and the new Ram Air Box.
Don't know for sure how much each accounted for, but was definantly a successful night out for the car. Not too bad for a 3775 lb raceweight and driving a 75 mile round trip to the track, making three lower 11 sec passes and driving back home and only burned 3/8ths of tank of gas.
Needless to say I was satisfied for only the second time out with the car. I still have the 150 shot to try out here pretty soon. Hoping for some pretty low 10s at 128-130 mph or so?
Here is a few pics of the car.
Last edited by floman; 06-18-2013 at 12:03 AM.
