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Posted by Team SOLO (Member # 722) on
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Yesterday was to be a 12-4:00PM TNT that was extended to 6, then to 8....and next thing you know, I'm making my last pass....errrr...launch....at 9:30 at night. Talk about a day of racing. We took the coupe out to see if we could get a full pass in with nitrous since the last two times out were not great sucesses even though we hit the 8s and niether time was the car getting down the track with its full potential. Well, talk about a learning experience. I did a quick shakedown motor run to see how it was as if it was on a rail the whole way down. Time to hit it with a 250 shot...that's when the fun began.
The car launched left for a good part of the day and I was not able to go more than 200 feet before having to get out of it. Finally, we went agressive on some of the suspension settings to see if we could force the car to go right...it worked, it went right. We made one more change and the car launched dead straight...set the tires down nice...and was continuing to go straight - but only for 300 feet or so ![[Frown]](frown.gif)
Either the car got out of the groove or the suspension needs a little tweaking still (or both), but we were able to get the best 60 foot of the day on that pass...
1.263
The other 2 best sixty foots for the day were 1.279 and 1.300. Now if we can only figure out the other 1260 feet then this thing is gonna rock!
[ August 27, 2007, 07:51 PM: Message edited by: Team SOLO ]
Posted by jayl (Member # 185) on
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car still quick on the motor ? gain anything?
Posted by Team SOLO (Member # 722) on
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Originally posted by jayl:
car still quick on the motor ? gain anything?
Oh the car is a turd on the motor now. Before, it ran a best of 9.56 at 142 (and 9.6 all day long), but that was with 4.56 gears and timing was set at 40 degrees. Yesterday, it went 9.95 at 138 - that's with 3.73 gears, nitrous plugs, and total timing was at 32.
[ August 25, 2007, 11:52 PM: Message edited by: Team SOLO ]
Posted by jayl (Member # 185) on
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ahh ok, that makes sense though. i was just curious to see how motor reacts to the n20 timing/setup. im sure it will kill on the jug now though. good luck
Posted by TRIXSNK (Member # 2844) on
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![[Eek!]](eek.gif)
Nice 60's ![[worship]](graemlins/worship.gif)
Got any vids of these launches..........i like vids!
Posted by Team SOLO (Member # 722) on
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I'll upload some vids later today or tomorrow...they are on my buddy's computer. He was downloading them from the camcorder to his comptuer so that we could see frame by frame exactly what the car was doing real-time.
Posted by Team SOLO (Member # 722) on
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http://www.norcal1320media.com/view_video.php?viewkey=72e42b59d74cff571fbb
Posted by 93PONY (Member # 60) on
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9.95 @138 on motor......
That's a Turd? LOL
Posted by KevinL (Member # 2428) on
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If you have not had the car scaled yet then by all means get that done. Theo at Wizard Racing in Woodland can scale your car and get your suspension set correctly. His number is on his web-site.
wizard-racing.com
Posted by Team SOLO (Member # 722) on
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Originally posted by 93PONY:
9.95 @138 on motor......
That's a Turd? LOL
What can I say? I have high expectations ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
Posted by Team SOLO (Member # 722) on
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Originally posted by KevinL:
If you have not had the car scaled yet then by all means get that done. Theo at Wizard Racing in Woodland can scale your car and get your suspension set correctly. His number is on his web-site.
wizard-racing.com
Thanks for the lead. Turbo Todd, the guy that used to tune on Norm's old cars, Jason Mack's, and now Dave Bowman's, has scaled the car for me. One major issue (which you can see from the behind the car view) is that the rearend is rolling so much because of the bushings that we are using for the control arms. I'm actually looking at upgrading the whole rear suspension to:
-wolfe uppers/lowers
-wolfe torque arm bar
-strange dbl adjustable shocks
-coil overs
-spherical bushings
This should make things much more solid and much more tuneable.
Greg
Posted by KevinL (Member # 2428) on
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Why not ladder bars?
Posted by Team SOLO (Member # 722) on
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Originally posted by KevinL:
Why not ladder bars?
I have some personal goals with stock suspension that I want to get. Not with this motor....but I would like to put a huge big block in this thing, naturally aspirated, and shoot for 7s....insane eh?
Posted by KevinL (Member # 2428) on
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7's on a stock suspension--you're a brave man.
Posted by jayl (Member # 185) on
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Originally posted by KevinL:
7's on a stock suspension--you're a brave man.
insanity at its finest! and i wouldn't doubt the goal for a second! haha good luck!
Posted by Team SOLO (Member # 722) on
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Originally posted by KevinL:
7's on a stock suspension--you're a brave man.
7s on stock isn't unheard of...naturally aspirated and stock suspension in the 7s IS unheard of
Posted by jayl (Member # 185) on
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true 28x10 ?? Do it on a radial too!! ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
Posted by Team SOLO (Member # 722) on
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Originally posted by jayl:
true 28x10 ?? Do it on a radial too!!
ET Drag...I swear by 'em...
Posted by 93PONY (Member # 60) on
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Originally posted by Team SOLO:
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Originally posted by jayl:
true 28x10 ?? Do it on a radial too!!
ET Drag...I swear by 'em...
On a much slower 10 second N/A setup we swapped from 26x10 ET Drags to 26x10 Hoosiers & knocked off .05 off the 60ft on the first run. Best with any ET Drag on that car was 1.52 (we ran 26x8.5's & 26x10's). The Hoosiers netted a 1.47 right off the bat. They also don't pill-up like the ET Drags were doing.
Posted by Team SOLO (Member # 722) on
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Originally posted by 93PONY:
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Originally posted by Team SOLO:
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Originally posted by jayl:
true 28x10 ?? Do it on a radial too!!
ET Drag...I swear by 'em...
On a much slower 10 second N/A setup we swapped from 26x10 ET Drags to 26x10 Hoosiers & knocked off .05 off the 60ft on the first run. Best with any ET Drag on that car was 1.52 (we ran 26x8.5's & 26x10's). The Hoosiers netted a 1.47 right off the bat. They also don't pill-up like the ET Drags were doing.
That's interesting...good to know. I haven't ever run anything but the M/T ET Drags. Back in the day with my old 10.8 car, it went a best of a 1.46 sixty on the jug but would average a 1.48...same car would pull 1.56-1.58 on the motor (running 12.0). My brother is trying to get me to put a drag radial on the coupe.
Posted by cummins (Member # 5931) on
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I tried twice at sac in the summer but had no luck getting the car to hook. I should have listened to the old timers telling me to wait til it cools down. But nope I wanted to get out there and was anxious to do so. Now I'm sitting here waiting just like the old timers told me to do. And sac never preps on grudge or tnt's either so that doubles the suck.
[ August 30, 2007, 01:33 PM: Message edited by: cummins ]
Posted by Cm4hawks (Member # 5231) on
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On a much slower 10 second N/A setup we swapped from 26x10 ET Drags to 26x10 Hoosiers & knocked off .05 off the 60ft on the first run. Best with any ET Drag on that car was 1.52 (we ran 26x8.5's & 26x10's). The Hoosiers netted a 1.47 right off the bat. They also don't pill-up like the ET Drags were doing.
My brother did that with thier Pinto And the car hook great amatter of a fact so good they got new headers out of the deal LOL ::wheel stand::
[ August 30, 2007, 01:42 PM: Message edited by: Cm4hawks ]
Posted by TRIXSNK (Member # 2844) on
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Originally posted by cummins:
I tried twice at sac in the summer but had no luck getting the car to hook. I should have listened to the old timers telling me to wait til it cools down. But nope I wanted to get out there and was anxious to do so. Now I'm sitting here waiting just like the old timers told me to do. And sac never preps on grudge or tnt's either so that doubles the suck.
I wouldn't say never ![[Roll Eyes]](rolleyes.gif)
as some of my best times and 60's were at some of those events granted i wasn't in the same hp club as you big boyz.
But juts like what 93pony and i were saying about the last grudge.....sac + heat + hp = ![[burnout]](graemlins/burnout.gif)
Too frustrating to wrench, drive, and sit in the hott asss staging lanes!
Posted by cummins (Member # 5931) on
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That's why I still have a/c in my car. When I'm in the staging lanes sitting in the car my a/c is on and I'm sitting there cool as hell even if its 100 degrees outside.
Yep and you can think sac has great prep til you make 700+ hp then try it again. Last time I was at the track everyone was raving at how good the prep was, well, everyone except the high hp guys of course. We all thought it sucked balls!
[ August 30, 2007, 08:02 PM: Message edited by: cummins ]
Posted by 2stangs69-91 (Member # 1951) on
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physc LOL
Posted by cummins (Member # 5931) on
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Originally posted by 2stangs69-91:
physc LOL
What's a physc? Or did you mean physics?
Posted by 66 AC COBRA (Member # 904) on
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Originally posted by cummins:
That's why I still have a/c in my car. When I'm in the staging lanes sitting in the car my a/c is on and I'm sitting there cool as hell even if its 100 degrees outside.
Yep and you can think sac has great prep til you make 700+ hp then try it again. Last time I was at the track everyone was raving at how good the prep was, well, everyone except the high hp guys of course. We all thought it sucked balls!
by the end of the last grudge night the track was pulling my shoes off, after the u joint let go from it hooking so hard it was hard to push off the track, the tires didnt want to roll
Posted by 66 AC COBRA (Member # 904) on
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but your buddies car from WA didnt hook for shit, must have been da mad boost yo
if your buddy ever comes down again tell him he has heads up when the track is good, his chute to my drum brakes ![[patriot]](graemlins/patriot.gif)
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