3 years in the making...Outlaw 10.5 #4033...First Hits
11-12-2007, 09:42 AM
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And yeah, that's a trans cooler up front.
11-12-2007, 09:43 AM
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11-12-2007, 09:46 AM
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We're using Methanol which has about exactly 1/2 the PE of regular fuel so you have to use almost exactly twice as much of it, that's why the A/F is 4:1. This tune-up on a gas engine would be something like 8.3:1.
11-12-2007, 10:10 AM
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Very nice fellas for the first time to the track. I really like the flat black paint! When you called me and said it went 1.19 to the 60ft on its first pass I was stoked! Its nice tio see Ernie finish the car. THat thing has been changed morre times than I can count. Its for sale its not for sale its for sale ect...
PS no love for all the trailor use and tickets LOL..
PS no love for all the trailor use and tickets LOL..
11-12-2007, 11:08 AM
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Don is mainly helping us with the ignition side of things.
11-12-2007, 11:12 AM
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The tune we had in it yesterday was actually the baseline tune that Alan will setup for you when you buy the unit from him. The computer will actually do most of the tuning for you once it gets some logs in it, and you can tell it your desired A/F ratio. It will compute the algorithems and make the changes for you. Once you've got the baseline tune you can pretty much tune it yourself based on the plug readings and MPH.
Don is mainly helping us with the ignition side of things.
Don is mainly helping us with the ignition side of things.
I had an interesting convo this weekend with Don about the MFI. The BS3 does the same stuff plus we didnt need to purchase a data recorder.
Killer passes for the first weekend out.
11-12-2007, 11:57 AM
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Yeah, if you're building a new car and don't have a Racepak yet then the BS3 might be better, especially if you're just planning on having somebody very experienced tune it, but we plan on doing a lot of tweaking ourselves, so the user friendly part of it was very important to us. And we had already spent 10k with Racepak. LOL.
11-12-2007, 01:06 PM
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Yeah, if you're building a new car and don't have a Racepak yet then the BS3 might be better, especially if you're just planning on having somebody very experienced tune it, but we plan on doing a lot of tweaking ourselves, so the user friendly part of it was very important to us. And we had already spent 10k with Racepak. LOL.
Damn Ben you are making us get a big head. We tune our own stuff
11-12-2007, 01:22 PM
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Looks awesome!
Why do you guys (and others) hook the tow strap to the top of the cage instead of the front bumper? Seems like the dude on the 4-wheeler might get a lung knocked out of that strap breaks. Couldn't be that much heavier to run a little tow hook out of the front bumper (or is the front subframe not strong enough?).
Why do you guys (and others) hook the tow strap to the top of the cage instead of the front bumper? Seems like the dude on the 4-wheeler might get a lung knocked out of that strap breaks. Couldn't be that much heavier to run a little tow hook out of the front bumper (or is the front subframe not strong enough?).
11-12-2007, 01:23 PM
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Tuning your own stuff really is the way to go. It's great to get baselines from people, but the way racing is going these days if you can't figure some of this stuff out on your own and do your own tuning you'll always be in second place.
11-12-2007, 01:24 PM
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Looks awesome!
Why do you guys (and others) hook the tow strap to the top of the cage instead of the front bumper? Seems like the dude on the 4-wheeler might get a lung knocked out of that strap breaks. Couldn't be that much heavier to run a little tow hook out of the front bumper (or is the front subframe not strong enough?).
Why do you guys (and others) hook the tow strap to the top of the cage instead of the front bumper? Seems like the dude on the 4-wheeler might get a lung knocked out of that strap breaks. Couldn't be that much heavier to run a little tow hook out of the front bumper (or is the front subframe not strong enough?).
Its also easier for the driver to see the strap.
11-12-2007, 01:45 PM
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When I saw Paco at HRP a few weekends ago he thought I had been smoking crack. WTF. 