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Old Sep 24, 2008 | 07:37 PM
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I took my car out to the track to get some times on the spray and something isn't right. The car is a M6 on a 315 nitto drag radial, so the time sucks but where's my mph??? The car is only doing 95-96mph in the 1/8th but traps 130 in the quarter. It's picking up 33-34MPH on the big end, but where's the 1/8th mph????

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Also the car on the last set-up always went 122-123MPH N/A with 470RWHP, now with 18 more to the tire its only going 119mph???
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Old Sep 24, 2008 | 07:52 PM
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Also this is on a 150 wet shot....
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Old Sep 24, 2008 | 07:55 PM
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sound like you don't know how to drive!!!
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Old Sep 25, 2008 | 09:20 AM
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what does the whole timeslip look like....my guess the low 1/8 mph is due to wheelspin or loss of momentum.
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Old Sep 25, 2008 | 09:35 AM
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I'm a little confused. Did you change your entire set up? Your last sentence says you're trapping 3-4mph slower N/A, so I would assume so. What changes were made?

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Old Sep 25, 2008 | 09:40 AM
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Post up the slip. What were the 60's, and 330's?
How much are you spraying. Also when are you spraying?
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Old Sep 25, 2008 | 04:21 PM
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I'm a little confused. Did you change your entire set up? Your last sentence says you're trapping 3-4mph slower N/A, so I would assume so. What changes were made?

Nick
Last set-up was a set of ETP ported truck heads, milled and a 244/248 camshaft. I was having problems pushing water on a 150 shot, so I called up Ron@Vengeance and ordered a set of TFS 225's and a custom nitrous camshaft. The new combo netted me 18 more RWHP than previous. My thoughts are with 18RWHP more the car should do the same if not a tad more MPH, N/A, but its not. I even let my buddy drive the car who can drive his *** off and he could only get 119mph out of the car...
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Post up the slip. What were the 60's, and 330's?
How much are you spraying. Also when are you spraying?

I don't have access to a scanner but the slip goes as follows:

60'- 1.99
330- 5.246
1/8- 7.775
MPH- 96.85
1000- 9.911
1/4- 11.667
MPH- 129.85

spray comes on in 2nd gear and its a full 150 once it hits. Window switch is 3800-6600, shifting at 6800
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Old Sep 25, 2008 | 04:37 PM
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Originally Posted by BOTTLEFEDLS1Z
spray comes on in 2nd gear and its a full 150 once it hits. Window switch is 3800-6600, shifting at 6800
thats your issue...you are spending alot of time off the bottle in the first 1/8...between delaying activation and going off the bottle to shift
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Originally Posted by Ray@Nitrous Outlet
thats your issue...you are spending alot of time off the bottle in the first 1/8...between delaying activation and going off the bottle to shift
So, once I get some real tires underneath the car and it hooks, will the MPH increase? I know the time will get faster...
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Old Sep 25, 2008 | 04:52 PM
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yes...if you can get in the botle off the line, and stay in it the length of the track you will see a very good increase in MPH

I have lost up to 7-8MPH with just progressive settings.
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Originally Posted by Ray@Nitrous Outlet
yes...if you can get in the botle off the line, and stay in it the length of the track you will see a very good increase in MPH

I have lost up to 7-8MPH with just progressive settings.
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I sent you a PM also
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Do you have an overlayed graph of the 2 setups...did you gain 18 through out the RPM range or only peak?
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Old Sep 26, 2008 | 02:58 PM
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Originally Posted by ExceSSive
Do you have an overlayed graph of the 2 setups...did you gain 18 through out the RPM range or only peak?
Yes the graphs were overlayed. The curve is the same, just 18 RWHP peak
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Old Sep 27, 2008 | 04:18 PM
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do you have the graphs?

I would also hit it off the line and get a good tire under you.
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Bottlefed, what's your a/f set at for the bottle? In addition to not spraying off the line, you could also be too rich.

Also, your n/a mph decrease could be from the weather. It was still 80+ degrees this past week. Didn't you add more weight to your ride since the last time I talked with you?
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Old Sep 28, 2008 | 10:22 AM
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Bottlefed, what's your a/f set at for the bottle? In addition to not spraying off the line, you could also be too rich.

Also, your n/a mph decrease could be from the weather. It was still 80+ degrees this past week. Didn't you add more weight to your ride since the last time I talked with you?
Whats up stranger???

I could see the weather being a factor because some other people were down 5MPH also.

A/F is a 11.0 all the way across the band and timing is only 21*

I actually pulled about 175lbs out of the car...
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11.0 is a little rich. Leaning it out a little should help your mph also.
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