LE heads go 10s N/A Drops 5/10th w/TH400
06-05-2008, 02:16 AM
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LE heads go 10s N/A Drops 5/10th w/TH400 For all the non-believers. Hell I am still on a a N2O tune!
Here is a re-cap of changed items.
Convert the car to full NHRA Cert to 8.50
Finally remove A/C
Add MADMAN setup
bolt on 325 DRs
After blowing up Converter swap to TH400(I was told here I would slow 2-4 tenths)
Who was that mouthy punk?
Car hits the scales at 3,500 so it is not a light weight stripper like many we see here.
No changes to the power. Actually dyno'd 16 HP less N/A. No gear change.
Over all I am very happy with how the car ran.
First pass I am yet un-farmilar with the car. I have not made a pass in two years. The car is very different. As I go through tech I tell them I expect MAYBE mid 11s probably high 11s. Hell it is a slow fat pig!
I roll up to the lanes and they wave me up. I go to close the window net and it is all tied up in a knot and I can not get it un-done. I finally shove it under my arm and hope they do not realize I have a cage. This shook me up even more. I roll into the box and do my burn out, it feels good. I get to the Line and nose in...Hit the brake and let off my foot...she does not roll...Lights come down I hold it to the floor on the 3,600 step and then toss the brake!
Both front wheels come up and softly set back down. she is going straight and feels good.
11.06@120 1.48 60ft DAMN! That was off the trailer!
Back in the pitts we check tire air and decide to up the step to 4,000. I get the net all fixed and back in place. I head up. I am still not comfortable and it shows on this pass. I had problems staging and I push the shifter forward instead of pulling it back to get third and hit first! Thank god for a no compression TH400! All that happend is I sit on the 7,200 limiter until I get it into third! Screwed run.
11.26@118 with a 1.52 60ft. On top of that she started missing.
Oh well I hot lap it to see if I can fix my mistake. I drive right up to the box and get the tires hot. I pull to the line and get it up on the brake. BAMM it comes out of the hole high and then starts to break up on its way to 2nd and more on the way to third and at the top end of the track she is not pulling well.
11.25@118 with a 1.52 60ft again.
By now I am thinking I hurt the damn thing. Valve springs maybe. I get back to the pitts and the car is running rough. I shut it off. . then I try to start it again...and the battery is almost dead! WHEEEEW! It takes a while to find some cables and hook it up to the truck . Car gets a long cool down. Battery gets fairly charged...well as changed as the truck can get it. We take the two step back down to 3,400 and head back out again. I am starting to feel beter but still not at ease in the car. I get the tires hot and pull to the line.the guy next to me pre stages, so do I. He starts to flicker the bulb so I stage....ten seconds later he is STILL Flickering the bulb and they bulb him and send the tree. I had just came down off the brake and was going to back out but now ease it back to the floor and toss the brake. Car feels clean. I tap the limiter on the 1-2. I kiss it a little harder on the 2-3 shift. I go out the back door at 11.04@121.18 with a 1.50 60ft. MUCH Better.
I head back to the pits and we hook the car up to a real generator and battery charger. She is taking 30 amps! We let it charge and turn the fans and water pump on. we get it down to a 5 amp draw and we are running out of time. I turn the two step up to 3,800 to see if we can recover the 60ft we are missing. I get in the car and head up to the lanes and pull into the box. Nice burn out and roll to the line next to Hockie Stripes(Plinker) for a good run. We both go right in like we should no F-ing around here! We stage and both pull the trigger. Car comes up almost a foot and sets back down real nice. and goes dead straight! I ****** the 1-2 shift perfect
I tap the limiter just a hair on the 2-3 and go through the traps. Stripes flys by me in the shut down(must need brakes
). I pull up to the slip box and get greeted with a 10.97@121.18 1.483 60ft slip! Yeah baby!
I have many people to thank. Arron, Thor, Jimbob, Doug, Mark, Bill, MADMAN and many more!
Here is a re-cap of changed items.
Convert the car to full NHRA Cert to 8.50
Finally remove A/C
Add MADMAN setup
bolt on 325 DRs
After blowing up Converter swap to TH400(I was told here I would slow 2-4 tenths)
Who was that mouthy punk?
Car hits the scales at 3,500 so it is not a light weight stripper like many we see here.
No changes to the power. Actually dyno'd 16 HP less N/A. No gear change.
Over all I am very happy with how the car ran.
First pass I am yet un-farmilar with the car. I have not made a pass in two years. The car is very different. As I go through tech I tell them I expect MAYBE mid 11s probably high 11s. Hell it is a slow fat pig!
I roll up to the lanes and they wave me up. I go to close the window net and it is all tied up in a knot and I can not get it un-done. I finally shove it under my arm and hope they do not realize I have a cage. This shook me up even more. I roll into the box and do my burn out, it feels good. I get to the Line and nose in...Hit the brake and let off my foot...she does not roll...Lights come down I hold it to the floor on the 3,600 step and then toss the brake!
Both front wheels come up and softly set back down. she is going straight and feels good.
11.06@120 1.48 60ft DAMN! That was off the trailer!
Back in the pitts we check tire air and decide to up the step to 4,000. I get the net all fixed and back in place. I head up. I am still not comfortable and it shows on this pass. I had problems staging and I push the shifter forward instead of pulling it back to get third and hit first! Thank god for a no compression TH400! All that happend is I sit on the 7,200 limiter until I get it into third! Screwed run.
11.26@118 with a 1.52 60ft. On top of that she started missing.
Oh well I hot lap it to see if I can fix my mistake. I drive right up to the box and get the tires hot. I pull to the line and get it up on the brake. BAMM it comes out of the hole high and then starts to break up on its way to 2nd and more on the way to third and at the top end of the track she is not pulling well.
11.25@118 with a 1.52 60ft again.
By now I am thinking I hurt the damn thing. Valve springs maybe. I get back to the pitts and the car is running rough. I shut it off. . then I try to start it again...and the battery is almost dead! WHEEEEW! It takes a while to find some cables and hook it up to the truck . Car gets a long cool down. Battery gets fairly charged...well as changed as the truck can get it. We take the two step back down to 3,400 and head back out again. I am starting to feel beter but still not at ease in the car. I get the tires hot and pull to the line.the guy next to me pre stages, so do I. He starts to flicker the bulb so I stage....ten seconds later he is STILL Flickering the bulb and they bulb him and send the tree. I had just came down off the brake and was going to back out but now ease it back to the floor and toss the brake. Car feels clean. I tap the limiter on the 1-2. I kiss it a little harder on the 2-3 shift. I go out the back door at 11.04@121.18 with a 1.50 60ft. MUCH Better.
I head back to the pits and we hook the car up to a real generator and battery charger. She is taking 30 amps! We let it charge and turn the fans and water pump on. we get it down to a 5 amp draw and we are running out of time. I turn the two step up to 3,800 to see if we can recover the 60ft we are missing. I get in the car and head up to the lanes and pull into the box. Nice burn out and roll to the line next to Hockie Stripes(Plinker) for a good run. We both go right in like we should no F-ing around here! We stage and both pull the trigger. Car comes up almost a foot and sets back down real nice. and goes dead straight! I ****** the 1-2 shift perfect
I tap the limiter just a hair on the 2-3 and go through the traps. Stripes flys by me in the shut down(must need brakes
). I pull up to the slip box and get greeted with a 10.97@121.18 1.483 60ft slip! Yeah baby!I have many people to thank. Arron, Thor, Jimbob, Doug, Mark, Bill, MADMAN and many more!
Last edited by TwoFast4Lv; 06-05-2008 at 02:54 AM. Reason: add video
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06-05-2008, 10:08 AM
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Thanks everyone! Yeah there is definately more in it with some tuning and me settling down inside the car. Last night was just shake down passes to make sure things were going to work.
WOW what an opening pass LOL!
I am still waiting on a few parts to run juice. When I hook the solenoids back up I might need some new lines boys so I will be calling.
Sure wish I could have brought it to the shoot out!
WOW what an opening pass LOL!
I am still waiting on a few parts to run juice. When I hook the solenoids back up I might need some new lines boys so I will be calling.
Sure wish I could have brought it to the shoot out!
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Sweet runs Ellis...... Welcome to the All Motor 10 second LT1 club..... from here forward known as the "Big D*ck club"
I know how sweet that must have felt..... I went 10.95 off the trailer just giving it 70% throttle all the way thru first and was like "HOLY CRAP".....
What gears are in that thing???? Reason I ask is because all night we couldn't get my car to pull harder than a 1.52 short time. It hooked 4 out of 5 passes and one time in the video you saw it yanked the wheels a foot to a foot and a half (1.52 60').... But it would bog more than it would pull... It's like the tires bit so hard it would drag the motor down.... And yours easily went 1.4x....
I think it's my 3.89 gears that are holding me back.... I think with a 4.11 it'd easily NOT bog and go 1.4x...... but i'm keeping these gears for the big shot.... what are you running in the back???
And yeah madman suspension setups are the ****. PM me so we can compare setups out back..... Again Ellis great runs..... I wish too we could have met up at the Shootout..... I would have been bringing a big gun for you..... Your paint is better though.....
Great job man. i'm proud of you..
I know how sweet that must have felt..... I went 10.95 off the trailer just giving it 70% throttle all the way thru first and was like "HOLY CRAP".....
What gears are in that thing???? Reason I ask is because all night we couldn't get my car to pull harder than a 1.52 short time. It hooked 4 out of 5 passes and one time in the video you saw it yanked the wheels a foot to a foot and a half (1.52 60').... But it would bog more than it would pull... It's like the tires bit so hard it would drag the motor down.... And yours easily went 1.4x....
I think it's my 3.89 gears that are holding me back.... I think with a 4.11 it'd easily NOT bog and go 1.4x...... but i'm keeping these gears for the big shot.... what are you running in the back???
And yeah madman suspension setups are the ****. PM me so we can compare setups out back..... Again Ellis great runs..... I wish too we could have met up at the Shootout..... I would have been bringing a big gun for you..... Your paint is better though.....
Great job man. i'm proud of you..
