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Old May 11, 2006 | 01:38 AM
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how is your bottle mounted?
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Old May 11, 2006 | 09:06 AM
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Just a long shot but check this. The WOT switch Make sure that when you jab the throttle that the arm of the micro switch is not poping inbetween the cable arm. Also look and make sure that the throttle arm is not rotating to a point where the micro switch is not making good contact. Next try a new relay.
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Old May 12, 2006 | 01:18 AM
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Nitro Dave, you were right on the money. A guy with a red nitrous fed GTO started talking to me and suggested the very same thing. Sure enough, if i kicked my foot to the right a bit, my pedal would miss the WOT switch. I bent the bracket a bit and the little arm and now it works like a charm....(just got it right tonight....in the staging lanes at the track!)

Thanks for the input guys! I knew it would be something stupid. Maybe somebody else can learn something from this .

My times turned out to be 12.22, 12.00, and to finish off the night 11.9 all at 120mph. My mods are in the link below plus an LS6 intake. I can now say I LOVE NITROUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Video of my runs http://www.jonathanmalko.com/Trans_Am_n2o.mpg
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Old May 12, 2006 | 02:02 AM
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Malko, you have your switch on the pedal? Your the first person I've talked to using that setup. Great to hear you didnt waste $900 like you thought. Now run em hard.
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Old May 12, 2006 | 05:31 AM
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Malko, you have your switch on the pedal? Your the first person I've talked to using that setup. Great to hear you didnt waste $900 like you thought. Now run em hard.
RUNUMHARD.... silly ricers
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Old May 12, 2006 | 09:02 AM
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Lol,
Sweet times. You would be amazed at how many tech calls I have been on and that being the simple solution..
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Old May 12, 2006 | 11:24 AM
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Thanks for the support guys! After working on my car for a few years, i've finally broken out of the 13's (13.00 @107 being what i usually run NA)

High 11s won't be here for long...my Fuddle 3400 is already in the mail
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Old May 12, 2006 | 12:19 PM
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Get a TPAS activation switch or at lease nitro dave's bracket to mount it on the TB.....

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AWESOME!

Really nice times Malko!
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Old May 12, 2006 | 03:34 PM
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Originally Posted by 70Stang
AWESOME!

Really nice times Malko!

yea the loser almost didn't go last night
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Old May 12, 2006 | 03:40 PM
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I like a nitrous post with a happy ending
Dave's da man. He's hooking me up with some black lines and fittings
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Old May 13, 2006 | 07:39 AM
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I have a question about the video.... is your trans slipping going from 2nd to 3rd or something else? cuz in every race you have its doing the same thing and looks like its hurting your time cuz your car seems to bog.
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Old May 13, 2006 | 11:38 AM
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Originally Posted by 02WS6Bird
I have a question about the video.... is your trans slipping going from 2nd to 3rd or something else? cuz in every race you have its doing the same thing and looks like its hurting your time cuz your car seems to bog.
Sounded to me like his shift point was off a little bit and he was hitting the rev limiter. Maybe that was due to trans slipping
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