LOL at SD...
Paul was there and got some vids and I'm sure he'll post them. The runs were actually crap though - half my fault - half the car.
The first pass on the new shifter, my dumb ass had a brain fart on the 2-3 shift and pulled the shifter BACK (like I'm used to) instead of forward so I downshifted to 1st when I was supposed to be going to 3rd...lol
When Paul posts the video - you'll see a terrible run where I'm on the limiter for at least 2 seconds. I know that pass was a 5.6x at least and I fucked it up but I was still happy to see a 5.8x.
The second pass I did perfect but after 2 oil downs the track was shit and you'll see my launch damn near go into the other lane but I still turned a 1.31 60' and ran a 127 mph but had no 3rd gear. The guys had just got the shifter in the car yesterday and it wasn't adjusted right and wasn't going into 3rd gear. I crossed the traps in 2nd at about 8000 rpm and I could feel the car flatline on power at around 6800 so it was a informative though. Despite what JPC said about the set-up being to make power through 8000 rpm - that's just not the case. I found last night I need to be shifting in the 6500-6800 range for the best results. So a big success last night and I think it is finally 'dialed'.
I'll be at PSCA next weekend so there will finally be 1/4 mile numbers on the car but I will say all you guys talking about low 9's have no clue about turbo cars. It's not like your blower cars where you have a straight line of power. My power curve is a mountain...lol
Basically, what I'm saying is that when I run a 5.8 1/8 - it's not a low 9 pass...lol More like a 8.8x pass...
You'll see next week...
Funny thing is - I am still 'conservative.' I am only running 12º of timing and only 24 psi max. I have A LOT more to go in this car...
