Is Something Wrong With My Car?
Is Something Wrong With My Car? I also posted this in the Drag Racing Section so Mods. feel free to move or delete if you like. I went to HRP Friday night and I was hoping for some low 11's but only got a 11.56 @ 116 on a 150 shot. My sixty foot was a 1.62(with M/T ET Streets), so I know it hooked and the 1/8 time was a 7.39, but it just seemed like a better pass than what it made. I haven't ran the car on motor yet (since I changed the cam and intake), but I would think that the car should be faster than that. The car runs great (no misses, etc.), and I had the bottle pressure at 1000 psi, and am using a window switch set to come in at 3000 rpm. With the mods in my sig, what do you guys think? Is my car just a slower LS1, or maybe the tune is off? I had it tuned for nitrous by Texas Speed & Performance, and they also tuned it for the other mods. I haven't had it dynoed so I'm not sure what power the car is making. Any and all help is appreciated. Thanks in advance for your advice.
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From: MO
How old is the stall, # passes, etc. And was it stalled for nitrous? If not you could be getting excessive converter slippage from to much power which will slow the car down.
I too would think you'd be running quicker.
I too would think you'd be running quicker.
The stall is about 1 year old with about 20 passes on it. It was supposed to be a nitrous stall, but the car also seems to be slower on motor when compared to other cars with similar mods. I'm just lost on what it could be.
Spray that bitch off the line.
You definately have something holding you back, I would think that it could go 6.90's in the 1/8th with that setup.
What brand converter do you have?
You definately have something holding you back, I would think that it could go 6.90's in the 1/8th with that setup.
What brand converter do you have?
I would spray off the line, but I don't think the 10 bolt will hold up. If I have it dynoed I guess that will give me some idea of what's going on. I guess I could say screw it and spray off the line, at least then I could take some aggression out on why the car isn't running at its full potential. Also, the converter is a custom made one by a local shop called Circle D Transmissions (Very good reputation as far as I know).
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It sounds like you're already getting off the line nicely with 1.6 60's. And Circle D has a good reputation from all the information I've found to date.
I know it's apples to to oranges kind of, but I had a h/c/i fox body with a 3200 rpm Edge stall, and only ran a 100shot and it ran 7.35-7.40 consistently in the 1/8th. This was with a stock s/b and 130k on the clock. Full weight at that. Oh, and with 3:55 gear.
I know it's apples to to oranges kind of, but I had a h/c/i fox body with a 3200 rpm Edge stall, and only ran a 100shot and it ran 7.35-7.40 consistently in the 1/8th. This was with a stock s/b and 130k on the clock. Full weight at that. Oh, and with 3:55 gear.
I am currently having similar issues with my goat. My convertor is a 3200 fuddle and i am the third owner. It was also stalled for nitrous, but I am not running nitrous as of yet. My car won't 60 foot for ****, so I am thinking the convertor is either too tight for my n/a application or its too low of a stall for my cam. Then again, it could be taking a dump too
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From: MO
Try by-passing the window switch a pass or two the next trip to the track. I had an issue with my window switch pulsing my nitrous solenoid in and out. I too had a 3200 rpm converter in the stang, so I by-passed it and never ran it again. The car ran hard and clean from then on out. The window switch was malfunctioning or losing signal, so I just ditched it all together.
Just a cheap and easy way to check or eliminate a possible issue.
Just a cheap and easy way to check or eliminate a possible issue.
Try by-passing the window switch a pass or two the next trip to the track. I had an issue with my window switch pulsing my nitrous solenoid in and out. I too had a 3200 rpm converter in the stang, so I by-passed it and never ran it again. The car ran hard and clean from then on out. The window switch was malfunctioning or losing signal, so I just ditched it all together.
Just a cheap and easy way to check or eliminate a possible issue.
Just a cheap and easy way to check or eliminate a possible issue.
the bottle was full of nitrous (first pass after filling it), and the window switch i am using a msd digital window switch (bought new a couple of months ago), and I didn't feel like it was running out of nitrous on top end, at least it didn't fall on its face or nosedive.
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Yeah, mine never "fell on it's face", but I kept thinking to myself that it's hitting nice on the line, but just not pulling like I expected. Then one pass I actually felt it intermittently miss/hesitate. Plugs, fuel everything looked o.k., then my friend who helped wire up the system said lets just by-pass the box for a pass and see if that's not the issue. Sure enough, it never missed a beat after. Though we did hook it back up for another pass to see if we could re-create the problem, and it happened again.
