New PB 9.90 @ 137.33 tonight!

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Well finally was able to go out and do some testing , Learned a few new things tonight got a few great video's in HD which we will upload to You Tube tomorrow .

Well here's what happened. PBIR is 110 miles one way , the day was beautiful today , Changed out the plugs gaped at .022 , changed the oil looked great , lifted the front ride height a little b/c the car was just a bit too low up front , now it has a 1/2" rake but the suspension should work better .

On the way to the track there was a thunder storm off the exit to the track didn't look like it was going to happen , and I was pissed. Pulled into the track wasn't raining but humid as hell and it was raining around the track so we waited and everything worked out , few cars showed up and we were able to make alot of passes if we wanted .

My 1st pass I dropped the 2 step to 3700 rpm saw 9 psi's on the gauge but I think I must have triggered the light when I hit the tb.

The ticket said my 60ft was a 4.1 which was impossible so my et read 12.67 @ 137.12 ran 105.18 in the 8th . This was at 20 psi's

I told my crew there's no way that was a 12 sec pass. Made a quick change to the 2 step and raised it back to 4000 rpms and got back in line.

2nd pass reads like this :

60ft ................. 1.403
330 ................. 4.076
1/8th ................ 6.325
MPH .................. 105.78
1000 .................. 8.269
1/4 .................. 9.909
MPH .................. 137.33

When I looked at the datalog saw that the IAT were at 154* which pulled timing and in the back half I ended up with 10* of timing , so there's some time and MPH left on the table .
The other was 1st gear shift was right around 6100 but 2nd gear was 6544 which was too high , 3rd gear shifted too far down the track since 2nd stretched , and the converter locked almost at the end.
I was real happy with the car not to mention that the track officials came by my pit and said , this is your 1st and only warning , We'll let you run tonight but you need a cage to come back. Shit now what. Dont want to put one in .
So the 3rd pass I up'd the boost and the 2 step to 4300 , I also dropped the 2nd to 3rd shift 400 rpms so it should pick up some more.

On the TB saw 12 psi's but was a little too much spun the tires for a quick second out the gate pulled hard 1st and 2nd but then the car died nosed over. Damn felt real strong since I up'd the boost to 25 psi's , but it blew the Intercooler coupler and lost boost , scratched the run and loaded the car back on the trailer couldn't fix it there .

I think the converter needs to be tightened up a bit because with more boost it should have gone faster in the 8th on my second pass but it went the same MPH seems like its slipping too much until 3rd and lock up .

Overall Im happy she ran great, and I got my best 60ft to date 1.403 , not bad for Drag Radials and a 3.27 rear gear .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ri6LO9v9Bmo

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Congrats pete!!!!!!


Thank your Sir. Had a good time , just sucks to drive that damn far and then now I get warned about the cage.

Nice, but it sucks you didn't get more runs in


I was a bit disappointed , I usually have some tools with me and extra T-bolt clamps just in case , but I figured it would be fine , and sure enough today it blows the damn coupler off , Oh well learned my lesson today.

You did this in summer heat of Miami?

Yeup and it rained so it was humid as hell . Pretty happy with how it ran , need to make a few small adjustments to the tune up with Willie , and Maybe make a long trip to a cooler track somewhere.


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I don't think your going to find a cool track anywhere right now brother unless your right off the ocean or something.
 

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nice times Pete. The car is really hauling.
 

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That is awesome Pete. To do this with fuel that costs 2.30 a gallon is even better. I bet the converter could be hurting you. Mine goes to 2700 on the brake before slowing down then as the boost kicks in I can get it up in the 3k range depending on weather and that is where my MPH comes from. I like that 60' though. I cant get out of the 1.5s though. I guess with the converter differences it shows. Time for a cage now!!!!
 

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Have you tried locking the converter in second?


Did that at Bradenton earlier this year . Since I have a AVB what would happen is the tranny would unlock converter before shifting into 3rd and then re-lock. During the in between shifts the rpms are hunting and Im loosing MPH and ET.
Jason @ ATF said its better to just lock it in 3rd only so I did it this time , and the car worked better.
If the converter was a little tighter it would pick up mph with less slip . When looking at the Data log I can see the RPM's floating around during the pass at the higher RPM's it stays steady in 3rd when its locked obviously.

Im also guessing that since the tune pulled 10* of timing that Im leaving at least 100hp up top which should give me another 5 mph at least on that last pass.

I don't think your going to find a cool track anywhere right now brother unless your right off the ocean or something.


I was thinking of going to ALABAMA to see my buddy Dave Lewis ( GIJOE ) , next time they do a track event so that way I dont get tossed.

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That is awesome Pete. To do this with fuel that costs 2.30 a gallon is even better. I bet the converter could be hurting you. Mine goes to 2700 on the brake before slowing down then as the boost kicks in I can get it up in the 3k range depending on weather and that is where my MPH comes from. I like that 60' though. I cant get out of the 1.5s though. I guess with the converter differences it shows. Time for a cage now!!!!


Thanks , why cant you get the car to leave harder , care you spinning tire b/c its putting more power to the wheels with the tighter converter, or is it b/c you come out of the gate with less boost?
My car with the tighter converter went 111 in the 1/8th before but didn't 60ft like it does now.




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great times man. Congrats on the new PB. You were lucky the track let you keep running. At my track as soon as you start getting faster then 11.49 they will boot you for no roll bar.
 

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Thanks , why cant you get the car to leave harder , care you spinning tire b/c its putting more power to the wheels with the tighter converter, or is it b/c you come out of the gate with less boost?
My car with the tighter converter went 111 in the 1/8th before but didn't 60ft like it does now.




Pete


Yea that is the problem with the converter. Here is how I stage the car and launch. Usually right before or at the 1st bulb, I foot brake the car to about 2200 and roll in to the 2nd light. Once the 2nd light goes on, then I activate the trans brake with the 2 step at 3500 and it goes up to 2700 and stops. Then it slowly climbs to about 3000 in about 3seconds. Another 3 - 4 seconds its at 3500. The converter stops it from going higher. I recently moved the 2step to a button so I can footbrake it on the 2step to 2400 and roll into the transbrake then activate the transbrake and go from there. It seems to like being on the 2step with footbrake cause of the dumping of raw fuel into the exhaust spools up better. I can get 1-2 psi on the footbrake now when using the 2step. I want to do what you did and put another 2step box in. I just dont know how to wire it up. Did you guys tap into every wire on the 2step to make it work dual? Like cut and soldier all 16wires? Do you have any pics of the way it was done with the wiring. I think this might be the ticket for me. 3 step made from 2 MSD boxes. 1 on the footbrake activated off the brake lights, and 1 activated off the transbrake. Footbrake at 2400 and transbrake at 3500 to keep that 1000 rpm difference that blows. I wish there was a way to get around that. I also have a shift light with a tach in it, that I need to get to work. Do you know if you can get a tach signal from the MSD box? It must read the tach signal, so I would think you can get the signal from the box somehow.
 

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Yea that is the problem with the converter. Here is how I stage the car and launch. Usually right before or at the 1st bulb, I foot brake the car to about 2200 and roll in to the 2nd light. Once the 2nd light goes on, then I activate the trans brake with the 2 step at 3500 and it goes up to 2700 and stops. Then it slowly climbs to about 3000 in about 3seconds. Another 3 - 4 seconds its at 3500. The converter stops it from going higher. I recently moved the 2step to a button so I can footbrake it on the 2step to 2400 and roll into the transbrake then activate the transbrake and go from there. It seems to like being on the 2step with footbrake cause of the dumping of raw fuel into the exhaust spools up better. I can get 1-2 psi on the footbrake now when using the 2step. I want to do what you did and put another 2step box in. I just dont know how to wire it up. Did you guys tap into every wire on the 2step to make it work dual? Like cut and soldier all 16wires? Do you have any pics of the way it was done with the wiring. I think this might be the ticket for me. 3 step made from 2 MSD boxes. 1 on the footbrake activated off the brake lights, and 1 activated off the transbrake. Footbrake at 2400 and transbrake at 3500 to keep that 1000 rpm difference that blows. I wish there was a way to get around that. I also have a shift light with a tach in it, that I need to get to work. Do you know if you can get a tach signal from the MSD box? It must read the tach signal, so I would think you can get the signal from the box somehow.

Can you build enough boost as the tree comes down to launch on green or do you have to sit there for a second or two?
I can footbrake my car to almost 3400 , so yea I think it maybe a little too loose. I'll try and take some good pics today after I fix the intercooler coupler and I also need to go pick up my trailer.
Ill PM you with the pics.

Man I wish I could go and make a pass with the timing back in it see if the MPH goes up to 140 to 142. If it would run that Ill leave the converter alone.

Pete
 
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Can you build enough boost as the tree comes down to launch on green or do you have to sit there for a second or two?
I can footbrake my car to almost 3400 , so yea I think it maybe a little too loose. I'll try and take some good pics today after I fix the intercooler coupler and I also need to go pick up my trailer.
Ill PM you with the pics.

Man I wish I could go and make a pass with the timing back in it see if the MPH goes up to 140 to 142. If it would run that Ill leave the converter alone.

Pete

If I just activate the transbrake and push the petal down the car will build about 2psi only. I have to get that turbo going on the transbrake for it to spool. It takes a while to get into boost. By the time I would normally launch on the 3rd yellow light it will only be at 1 - 2psi. I have to sit there for a while to get it higher. When I bracket race, I leave at 2700 and 60' in the 1.8s. I am thinking of adding some nitromethane mix in the meth kit. It should get me more torque down low and get that turbo spooled up faster. I did some research on the Nitrometh and adds some nice power. Snow has it already to go into the water meth mixture and they picked up 30-50whp just from nitrobooster alone. We will see.
 

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