Black Sunshine/ 00SS
11-11-2003, 02:38 PM
Believe me, I aint crying. I knew the rear end was my weak link. It was set up wrong, and had major whine, and pinion slop. Before tearing into it, my guess is that the ring & pinion broke.
My goal was to get a 9 sec run. I got the car back so late from ARE, that I did not have time to get everything together that I wanted to. There was much more to do. I wont get into that.
I'll have to get together the time slips & post all the runs. From memory, off the trailer Fri night. tires @25 psi, fronts @33, I forgot to mess with the Hals, so they were set on stiff, the run was a 11.1@121, I think the 60 was 1.6 something. I was very impressed that the car ran this, with a 400T, heavy driveshaft, 12 bolt, and a nitrous built motor with the timing set back @ 25.
Expect a 10 sec all motor run out of the car next year, on motor. BTW, raceweight was 3500.
On Sat, I set up the car for the nitrous runs. I dont have the slips right in front of me, but the car did not want to go better than a 10.01@135.
Sun, pretty much the same thing. The car was leaving hard, but twisting very hard. It was obvious that I needed a sway bar or bags in the rear. After talking to other racers who had the Hals, they thought that with the Hals on 0, their cars seemed to be unloading the rears when it came down. So I turned mine up to 6, came out, launched, it felt pretty much like the rest, pulled up a few feet, twisted, and launched. Didn't come down as hard, @ I hit every shift as soon as the light came on. Get to the booth to get my slip, let out a big yell!!
.471
1.417
4.099
6.334
110.02
8.263
9.901@137.39!!
Raceweight on that run was 3552.
So, a PB on motor, a PB on spray. A win win for me.
Then we get to the grudge match with Derty. He's been running 9.5's, so I'm not expecting anything special. Let go of the TB, and the rear went. So he go me on that one. I wish we had went on motor, I got ya there Steve:D
So, now to rebuild the rear. set up the rear the right way, sway bar, air bag, & come out in the spring swinging. If you look at the pics, or video, you can see how messed up the rear setup is. I am guessing at least a tenth gain with the car launching straight, that combined with a few other things that I have in mind should make for some better times next year.
Did I mention I got a 9.90?
My goal was to get a 9 sec run. I got the car back so late from ARE, that I did not have time to get everything together that I wanted to. There was much more to do. I wont get into that.
I'll have to get together the time slips & post all the runs. From memory, off the trailer Fri night. tires @25 psi, fronts @33, I forgot to mess with the Hals, so they were set on stiff, the run was a 11.1@121, I think the 60 was 1.6 something. I was very impressed that the car ran this, with a 400T, heavy driveshaft, 12 bolt, and a nitrous built motor with the timing set back @ 25.
Expect a 10 sec all motor run out of the car next year, on motor. BTW, raceweight was 3500.
On Sat, I set up the car for the nitrous runs. I dont have the slips right in front of me, but the car did not want to go better than a 10.01@135.
Sun, pretty much the same thing. The car was leaving hard, but twisting very hard. It was obvious that I needed a sway bar or bags in the rear. After talking to other racers who had the Hals, they thought that with the Hals on 0, their cars seemed to be unloading the rears when it came down. So I turned mine up to 6, came out, launched, it felt pretty much like the rest, pulled up a few feet, twisted, and launched. Didn't come down as hard, @ I hit every shift as soon as the light came on. Get to the booth to get my slip, let out a big yell!!
.471
1.417
4.099
6.334
110.02
8.263
9.901@137.39!!
Raceweight on that run was 3552.
So, a PB on motor, a PB on spray. A win win for me.
Then we get to the grudge match with Derty. He's been running 9.5's, so I'm not expecting anything special. Let go of the TB, and the rear went. So he go me on that one. I wish we had went on motor, I got ya there Steve:D
So, now to rebuild the rear. set up the rear the right way, sway bar, air bag, & come out in the spring swinging. If you look at the pics, or video, you can see how messed up the rear setup is. I am guessing at least a tenth gain with the car launching straight, that combined with a few other things that I have in mind should make for some better times next year.
Did I mention I got a 9.90?