Finally broke into the tens...... now it's time for a rebuild...
#1
Finally broke into the tens...... now it's time for a rebuild...
I went to Island dragway Friday night to do some shakedown runs with the beast (been in the shop for 20 weeks). hooked a couple of slow runs N/A to see how it would launch.
1st launch:60'=1.46
2nd launch:60'=1.48
not bad for an N/A launch...so I decide it was leaving nice and straight...why not give her some of the happy gas on the last run of the night.
I spray a window of 3000-5800 and spray outta the hole. The run broke down as follows:
r/t:.647 (not too good on a pro .5)
60':1.363 (kinda sweet..carried the tires through first and part of second)
330':4.432
1/8:6.930
1/8 mph:98.66
1000':9.030
1/4:10.813
1/4 mph:121.25
as you can probably tell from the numbers... I got a little scared and short shifted (@5000) and let off about the 1000 foot mark. The car got a little squirrley on the big end.
But all in all...I was pretty happy with the results.
So I decide I'll go again on sunday and play with the BIG BOYS at island. This time theres no holding back. I decide to see what It truely has.
I burn, I stage, I launch(not great but a 1.43), I bang 2 shifts and I'm pullin REALLY HARD on a blower car, I go to shift from 3rd to 4th and BOOOOMMMM!!!! just past the 1/8 mile I decintegrated 4th gear...and in doing so I wrapped the engine up around 8000rpm(it didn't like that too much) ,popped a couple of nice holes in the pistons....messed up the heads a little... and there is absolutly no 4th left in the trans. Oh well, guess I'm done for the year... But I'll be back with a 422 blower car next spring.
good luck to the rest of you this season.
1st launch:60'=1.46
2nd launch:60'=1.48
not bad for an N/A launch...so I decide it was leaving nice and straight...why not give her some of the happy gas on the last run of the night.
I spray a window of 3000-5800 and spray outta the hole. The run broke down as follows:
r/t:.647 (not too good on a pro .5)
60':1.363 (kinda sweet..carried the tires through first and part of second)
330':4.432
1/8:6.930
1/8 mph:98.66
1000':9.030
1/4:10.813
1/4 mph:121.25
as you can probably tell from the numbers... I got a little scared and short shifted (@5000) and let off about the 1000 foot mark. The car got a little squirrley on the big end.
But all in all...I was pretty happy with the results.
So I decide I'll go again on sunday and play with the BIG BOYS at island. This time theres no holding back. I decide to see what It truely has.
I burn, I stage, I launch(not great but a 1.43), I bang 2 shifts and I'm pullin REALLY HARD on a blower car, I go to shift from 3rd to 4th and BOOOOMMMM!!!! just past the 1/8 mile I decintegrated 4th gear...and in doing so I wrapped the engine up around 8000rpm(it didn't like that too much) ,popped a couple of nice holes in the pistons....messed up the heads a little... and there is absolutly no 4th left in the trans. Oh well, guess I'm done for the year... But I'll be back with a 422 blower car next spring.
good luck to the rest of you this season.
#2
Tough break man (no pun intended). That suck you spend so much time on the car in the shop and you only get a handfull of runs out of it. How about some info on the combo you were running? Tell me about the suspension set up for those sweet 60' times.
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95Z M6
383
and a few other mods
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95Z M6
383
and a few other mods
#3
I'm runnin' a polo green '97 z28 with the following...
*ECS Stage III heads and a nitrous cam (stock bottom end..hence the big boom)
*165hp TNT wet shot...customized by ECS
*@650lbs of weight loss (nothing on the crank but an alt....all wiring delete..no ABS...you get the idea...I couldn't drive it on the street without landing in jail)
*elec. water pump
*carbon fiber driveshaft (5.3lbs)
*BMR-LCA's, Panhard, DD Subframes, Extreme Duty Torque arm (all suspension mods customized by ECS)
*28x10.5Wx15 ET Drags on weld draglites out back(tubed..runnin' 12lbs)
*28x4x15 ET Fronts on weld draglites
*stock t56...with the exception of the star stage III carbon fiber clutch...another reason for the boom.
*custom cage
*sparco safety equipment...5pt,seat, etc...
*Strange 12 bolt full spool with pro axles and 33 spline
*Hooker longtubes going straight into borla XR-1's to downspouts..(sounds REALLY mean).
I'm sure theres lots more I'm forgetting... But all in all, every mod thats been done to date has been custom and installed to take SERIOUS hp/tq.
I knew it was only a matter of time before my 2 weak links (trans/bottom end) gave in.
So I look at it this way...... I'll finish it up over the winter with the new bottom end and a built th400 or lenco and be lookin' for the serious numbers next year
[This message has been edited by ksharr (edited August 13, 2002).]
*ECS Stage III heads and a nitrous cam (stock bottom end..hence the big boom)
*165hp TNT wet shot...customized by ECS
*@650lbs of weight loss (nothing on the crank but an alt....all wiring delete..no ABS...you get the idea...I couldn't drive it on the street without landing in jail)
*elec. water pump
*carbon fiber driveshaft (5.3lbs)
*BMR-LCA's, Panhard, DD Subframes, Extreme Duty Torque arm (all suspension mods customized by ECS)
*28x10.5Wx15 ET Drags on weld draglites out back(tubed..runnin' 12lbs)
*28x4x15 ET Fronts on weld draglites
*stock t56...with the exception of the star stage III carbon fiber clutch...another reason for the boom.
*custom cage
*sparco safety equipment...5pt,seat, etc...
*Strange 12 bolt full spool with pro axles and 33 spline
*Hooker longtubes going straight into borla XR-1's to downspouts..(sounds REALLY mean).
I'm sure theres lots more I'm forgetting... But all in all, every mod thats been done to date has been custom and installed to take SERIOUS hp/tq.
I knew it was only a matter of time before my 2 weak links (trans/bottom end) gave in.
So I look at it this way...... I'll finish it up over the winter with the new bottom end and a built th400 or lenco and be lookin' for the serious numbers next year
[This message has been edited by ksharr (edited August 13, 2002).]
#4
Like to see what you run when you get it all worked. Your cooking.
Congrats. Good 60'!
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1996 Z28 Camaro
2001 best 1/4 BFG DR's NA - 11.865@113.57 w/1.634 60', 1/8 - 7.563@89.82mph Best 1/4 MPH 114.82 - Best 1/8 MPH 90.73 - 2002 Mid 11's NA, Mid 10's n2o
1989 GMC 1500 truck for work 18.1@73 305
8 cats to feed clean after 1999 V6 Mustang 5 speed
15.358@89.47 MPH w/ 2.227 60'
15.364@90.92 MPH w/ 2.383 60'
Congrats. Good 60'!
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1996 Z28 Camaro
2001 best 1/4 BFG DR's NA - 11.865@113.57 w/1.634 60', 1/8 - 7.563@89.82mph Best 1/4 MPH 114.82 - Best 1/8 MPH 90.73 - 2002 Mid 11's NA, Mid 10's n2o
1989 GMC 1500 truck for work 18.1@73 305
8 cats to feed clean after 1999 V6 Mustang 5 speed
15.358@89.47 MPH w/ 2.227 60'
15.364@90.92 MPH w/ 2.383 60'
#5
<<<<<<<<UPDATE>>> >>>>>
Decided to go with a powerglide...and bottom end has been "glued" together for a few more runs this year before the big breakdown...
I should have the car back in about 2 weeks.. I'll let ya know what I run off the transbrake (should be a "wild" ride)
Decided to go with a powerglide...and bottom end has been "glued" together for a few more runs this year before the big breakdown...
I should have the car back in about 2 weeks.. I'll let ya know what I run off the transbrake (should be a "wild" ride)
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